Sunday Oct 21 |
 | Terrain (Grass) 26:00 [2] | |
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| Warmup. Legs felt just awful at first, but were OK by the end. |
| Orienteering race (Woods) 1:45:39 [3]*** 10.8 km (9:47 / km) +220m 8:53 / km | |
| 15c |
| Blue Long on Country Lane Woods (CAOC 1:10).
OK run for the first 10K (got to #13 in 87 minutes) then threw it all away when I misread the contour direction (throught I was looking for a derpression in a reentrant rather than one on a spur). After my third attack, I figured it out. Lost about 10 minutes there (and picked up quite a few scratches as the control area was all thorns). Finished 7th. |
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| Not quite the results I was hoping for, although the middle was a good run. Need to lift it up a notch in two weeks or get buried on Blue. |
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Long (Blue) - Splits |
Saturday Oct 20 |
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| Event: Big Blues Ramble 2007
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| Running (Road) 19:00 [2] | |
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| Warmup for middle. |
| Orienteering race (Woods) 42:31 [3]*** 5.9 km (7:12 / km) +25m 7:03 / km | |
| 16c |
| Middle distance at Busse Woods (CAOC, 1:10). First time I've made it through a whole course at Busse with no disaster legs. Did have a few bobbles and lost around 2:30 on a section where the trail network was so complex (on the ground - the map made it look pretty simple) that I just pushed through the green. Pretty pleased with the result. 5th on Blue. |
| Terrain (Grass) 15:00 [2] | |
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| Warmup for sprint. |
| Orienteering race (Woods) 14:55 [4]*** 2.2 km (6:47 / km) +9m 6:39 / km | |
| 12c |
| My usual disaster in the sprint, on a 1:5 version of the Busse map. |
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Sprint - Splits |
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Middle (Blue) - Splits |
Friday Oct 19 |
| Cycling (Road) 50:00 [2] | |
| weight:163lbs |
| In to work at a very brisk clip assisted by a massive tailwind. Felt like riding rollers - hardly any resistance, even in the 75 and I didn't want to go higher than that with the races coming up.
None to pleased about the G value. Yesterday was supposed to be a gain and I felt like I was eating plenty. I'm definitely not dehydrated, so something's amiss with carb stores. Legs felt OK this morning, but I wasn't really asking anything of them, either. Fortunately, tomorrow's races are short, but if I go into them depleted, I don't know how I'll get the levels topped up for Sunday. Ah well, it probably won't matter much. Sunday will be sufficiently green that I'll have to get off the gas a little bit, anyway. |
| Orienteering (Woods) 1:06:00 [2]*** | |
| 12c |
| Model event at Willow Springs (CAOC 1:10). Jogged most of the legs, walked a few to get a good look at some of the more interesting features. Then ran the last 1.5K at close to competition speed to get used to moving fast through the thick stuff. |
Thursday Oct 18 |
| Orienteering (Woods) 58:00 [2]** | |
| 5c weight:164lbs |
| Setting the course for the Third Thursday Adventure Run at Forest 44 (1:15). |
| Orienteering (Woods/Night) 54:00 [2]** | |
| 5c |
| Control pickup. Probably more than I needed to run two days before an A-meet, but I was going pretty easy both sessions. |
Wednesday Oct 17 |
| Cycling (Road) 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| In to work. |
| Running (Road) 22:00 [2] | |
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| After work over to SLU and back. |
| Orienteering (Park) 17:00 [2]*** | |
| 21c |
| Testing the viability of St. Louis U as a sprint venue using the aerial at 1:5. Lot's of fun, even at a pokey pace. With a good map and a carefully set course, it could be quite excellent. Lot's of passageways and uncrossable fences affecting route choice. Don't know if I need to cross Grand or not to get enough distance. |
| Cycling (Road) 58:00 [2] | |
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| Quick shoe change and home via Olive. At 5PM. In the rain. Fun? Not so much. |
Tuesday Oct 16 |
| Cycling (Road) 55:00 [2] | |
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| In to work. Blew off the morning track work again. It's just too much to try to shoehorn it in when I'm getting out on a map every day. I'm sure the map work is more valuable. |
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| C • The adventure runs you're o... 4 |
| Cycling (Road) 1:18:00 [2] | |
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| From work to Emmennegger and then home. First 45 minutes was super easy since I wanted my legs fresh for the run. |
| Orienteering (Woods) 24:24 [4]*** 2.5 km (9:46 / km) +95m 8:12 / km | |
| 14c |
| Emmennegger test loop. No chance for a PR with the vegetation still thick and just to make a slow time worse, I boomed 12. However, an excellent session for moving through the green stuff quickly. Still not sure how fast I should try to move through the green at Country Lane this weekend, but I'm thinking I should give it a go at full speed and see what happens. |
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Test Loop - Splits |
Monday Oct 15 |
| Orienteering (Woods) 1:13:00 [4]*** | |
| 28c |
| 3x500@3:25-3:40 6:00R at Babler (1:15). Pretty much the same drill as Friday, but these legs were set in light green. Followed with a control picking course that was supposed to train focus when tired. Failing at that, it was more a session of correcting stupid mistakes when tired. |