Training Log Archive: Spike

Just the work commute.

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If you understand Swedish, this is nicely done: http://www.svenskorientering.se/Grenar/Orientering...

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MTB on the bike path, roads and some gravel. Nice day - mostly cloudy and not too hot. I was tired at the end. When I got home I opened a bottle of Coke and drank it. It was good.

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A mini-adventure. Mary and I drove down to Fort Scott to check out Gunn Park. I made a quick base map - KP lidar + trails shown on OSM. I had a MTB trail map that looked ok and showed some trails not otherwise shown on OSM.

I jogged around on the trails, checking things out. The forest was mostly nice. That was a big surprise. The contours were steep in places with some interesting shapes and features. There's also a flood plain area. The middle of the park is open with some scattered trees, two ponds, and some park features (like shelters). The MTB trail network is more interesting than I'd initially expected. They've expanded a bit compared to the MTB map I'd found. There are also some short cuts that make it more interesting and would give some route choice options if you did MTBO.

The area would make a nice map, but it is 90 minutes to drive from Lawrence. That's too far to make it useful for us. On the other hand, it might be fun to make a rough map and use it just for fun. There's a small campground in the middle of the map...maybe drive down there some Saturday morning, do some training and exploring, camp overnight, do some more training and exploring, and then drive home.

When we got home, I added trails from my GPS tracks.

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MTB on roads and single track. I biked over to the river trails and did a lap. The trail was in good shape (I skipped the Mud Creek bit because of high water to get there).

My technique on the trail felt a bit off. I wasn't going into corners at the right speed (sometimes too fast, but sometimes too slow).

I biked in the heat of the day and I felt the heat.

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I woke up early and decided to get in a little jog before settling in to watch the WOC sprint relay and enjoy a cup of coffee.

I jogged through a little sprint-ish course that Mary designed a month or so ago on an enlarged version of the neighborhood map that shows Holcom Park. The map was a tiny map from last year (I think) and was made at 1:10,000. It doesn't show what you'd expect on a sprint map.

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MTB on bike paths and roads - from home to Clinton SP and around the park a bit. Fun.

I got out a bit late after watching the WOC coverage (worked fine for me, no problems) and some of the TDF coverage.

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Work commute. Met Mary downtown to exchange some docs that I need to FedEx to USAA for a used car loan. I'm buying Dad's old car - a 2011 Toyota Camry with ~46K miles on it and automatic transmission. It is a great old man's car.

Shuffled around on West Campus. Felt ok. Slow, but ok.

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Shuffled around a little bit. My legs felt pretty good and I didn't think about my right ankle at all.

Drove to work to avoid huge rain/wind/thunderstorm in the morning.

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And a bit of an update on the future of independent performance auditing in Lawrence. This is what I sent the members of the governing body today:


I have accepted another job and will end my employment with the City on or about July 14.

I hope that the City Commission will continue to discuss the independent performance audit function, strengthen the function and fill the City Auditor position. I believe that an audit committee would strengthen both the independence and performance of the audit function. An independent audit function supports the City Commission to provide oversight and strengthens the credibility of the entire organization.

I am proud of what performance auditing has achieved in Lawrence. I’m proud I can demonstrate measurable savings that have exceeded all the expenditures for performance auditing since 2008. I’m proud of two successful external quality controls reviews that demonstrate the quality of my internal quality control processes and my compliance with Government Auditing Standards. I’m proud that the Lawrence audit function received national recognition including a national award, positive press, requests to mentor other audit shops, and invitations to present at national conferences.

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