Training Log Archive: Spike

Orienteering at Burr Oak Woods. Dick L set the course.

I was satisfied with my run. I worked pretty hard and wasn't lazy. Except I was lazy about warming up and did that on the way to the first control. I was a little suprised to beat Tom H. Not shocked, but pleased.

I've got maflixer running. I'm guessing it will take all night to run. If it works, I'll post the video tomorrow.

I didn't do a first dinner to prep for a second dinner. So I got really hungry before dinner. There are some lessons to learn from Tom C.

Update...mapflixer video. I was curious how long it would take to create the video. I guess I spent maybe 10-15 minutes downloading the video files, georeferencing the map, adjusting the GPS track, and editing the mapflixer configuration file. I started mapflixer about 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The final video file was finished at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday (roughly 11 hours to generate the video for a race of about an hour). That's good to know.



Ack...I made a small typing error in the configuration file (not noticing that the files names used a 0 rather than an O). The result is that the final video gets hung up at the 12 minute mark. I'll see if I can fix that.


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C • Camera makes 12 min chunks?... 5

C • First dinner 1

Jogging on West Campus. The temp seemed to be falling.

A very short mini-night-sprint. Mostly this was to get a GPS track and chest-mount video to do another mapflixer video. I wanted to test adjusting the GPS track at map.routegadget.net so that it doesn't go through buildings. I also want to see if it works to start the video but not start the map immediately. I don't think the video will be great because I was running with a headlamp and I think the camera likes a lot more light.

The mapflixer is running. When it is done, I'll upload the video and post it here. It might be later tonight or it might be tomorrow.....and now it is ready.




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I jogged on West Campus tonight. As I was heading out, Mary was returning...and her lamp was out. I hope the problem was that I unplugged her charger when the battery wasn't fully charged. That would be better than the time I set her jacket on fire with a headlamp.

I went slowly. I always run slowly, but tonight was even slower than usual.

Warm out there tonight.

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I biked on the paths out to Clinton. The temp fell during the ride and my toes got cold on the last ten minutes.

The stretch from the arboretum to the dam road was really nice - very quiet and nice sky.

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Another mapflixer video. This is the first 12 minutes of the Park University sprint. The course went underground at about the 3:30 mark. In the race, you turned the map over and used a second map. In the video, I keep showing the above ground map and it gets a bit screwy becuase the GPS track doesn't work underground and you can't see the actual map. I should have turned the map off in the video when I went underground.

https://youtu.be/EYuTHITGKF0

The stabilization doesn't seem to work as well underground. Maybe I was running less smooth or maybe the lower light levels have something to do with it. I ran with the GoPro on a chest mount.

The GPS track doesn't fit very well on the first leg. I think that's because I didn't give my watch much time once it got the satellite signals and the high buildings might cause some trouble. I remember reading (maybe on WorldofO?) that to get the best GPS track, you should give the watch a few minutes sitting still to acquire the satellite signals before you start moving. I don't know if that's true, but it seems like an easy thing to do.

C • GPS track/video 2

Mary and I went to Woodridge. She put out mini markers for a training course that will be out for a month or so. I checked some of the permanent markers and ran a mini-course using three of the controls Mary put out.

The mapflixer video of my little run:

https://youtu.be/tzCDGgoPcJw

Fun, but my legs were feeling a little tired.

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