Training Log Archive: jcampbellIn the 7 days ending Oct 4, 2014:
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Saturday Oct 4, 2014 #
Dragon Boat Racing 45:00 [5]
slept:6.0
All Day: Philadelphia Independence Dragon Boat Regatta on Schuilkyll River.
So race day had arrived. A damp and drizzly start to the day, luckily not raining when we raced. Turned out nice and sunny in afternoon. First race was at 8.55am. Had a great race, excellent start and just kept going, in the lead from the beginning, but we sagged about 50m out perhaps as well in the lead, but made the A Division okay. Time 2.21. 2nd race wasn't until 2.00pm. Had a hard time lining up at start due to head wind and not best steers person. Not such a good start and despite driving hard, came 5th, (time 2.28), so final race in A Division consolation. Final race 5.00pm: drove hard and came 4th (time 2.24),behind 3 strong teams who practice several times a week and are a lot younger than us. Overall we did fine 12th best boat out of 152 participants in the festival. Not bad for a team where the average age is probably older than 50!
So race day had arrived. A damp and drizzly start to the day, luckily not raining when we raced. Turned out nice and sunny in afternoon. First race was at 8.55am. Had a great race, excellent start and just kept going, in the lead from the beginning, but we sagged about 50m out perhaps as well in the lead, but made the A Division okay. Time 2.21. 2nd race wasn't until 2.00pm. Had a hard time lining up at start due to head wind and not best steers person. Not such a good start and despite driving hard, came 5th, (time 2.28), so final race in A Division consolation. Final race 5.00pm: drove hard and came 4th (time 2.24),behind 3 strong teams who practice several times a week and are a lot younger than us. Overall we did fine 12th best boat out of 152 participants in the festival. Not bad for a team where the average age is probably older than 50!
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Thursday Oct 2, 2014 #
Dragon Boat Racing 1:00:00 [4]
6.00pm: Final practice before race day. A good strong practice, though Marylyn as drummer is pretty painful as she is pretty clueless.
Wednesday Oct 1, 2014 #
Note
Alison arrived home - great to see her.
Tuesday Sep 30, 2014 #
Cycling 38:07 [3] 9.5 mi (4:01 / mi)
slept:5.5 weight:196.8lbs shoes: Bike: Jamis Coda Comp - hybrid
5.55am: Took a while to get to sleep, in fact had to read for a while. It is suddenly got dark in the mornings which is a bummer. I like to start in the dark and watch it get lighter as I exercise. Steady pace around the loop. Out 20.21, Back 17.46.
Stretching 10:30 [0]
Good stretch after cycle.
Sunday Sep 28, 2014 #
Orienteering 1:09:44 [3] 5.4 km (12:55 / km) +155m 11:18 / km
slept:6.0 weight:195.8lbs shoes: Innov8-2(Yellow)
11.00am: DVOA Event - French Creek South/Crow's Nest Preserve - Green Course
Mark Frank planned courses to use the best woods as it is pretty thick inlaces. Hot day 82deg F for end of September. Left calf feeling very tight so opted to go slowere and concentrate on my navigation skills which are a little rusty. The magnifier would have helped reading some of the detail. Lost some time on 4 from attackpoint and being a bit vague in my plan. 6-7 a tricky leg requiring accurate compass work which with thickness of woods was not so easy. Drifted to left a bit and found another control which then used as attackpoint. 9-10: planned to use control 7 as an attackpoint which I got okay, then not sure what happened next as several minutes later I was back at control 7!. Slow walk on bearing from there to 10 the second time round. 10-11: was just slow work through the vegetation. Rest of course straight forward, though walked a chunk as too hot to run.
Overall still sloppy navigation in places. Hoping calf will be better before NAOC.
Mark Frank planned courses to use the best woods as it is pretty thick inlaces. Hot day 82deg F for end of September. Left calf feeling very tight so opted to go slowere and concentrate on my navigation skills which are a little rusty. The magnifier would have helped reading some of the detail. Lost some time on 4 from attackpoint and being a bit vague in my plan. 6-7 a tricky leg requiring accurate compass work which with thickness of woods was not so easy. Drifted to left a bit and found another control which then used as attackpoint. 9-10: planned to use control 7 as an attackpoint which I got okay, then not sure what happened next as several minutes later I was back at control 7!. Slow walk on bearing from there to 10 the second time round. 10-11: was just slow work through the vegetation. Rest of course straight forward, though walked a chunk as too hot to run.
Overall still sloppy navigation in places. Hoping calf will be better before NAOC.