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Saturday Nov 12, 2011 #
9 AM
Running 14:38 [1] 0.92 mi (15:59 / mi) +59m 13:19 / mi
ahr:105 max:133
10 AM
Orienteering race 59:28 4.95 mi (12:01 / mi) +210m 10:37 / mi
ahr:155 max:174 23c
Red @ Breakheart Reservation
Really enjoyed this, fun, fast runaround on a good little area. (Thanks for the courses Lori + SGB!) Understand why the map is 1:7,500, I still used my magnifier much as it was.
Anyways, had an ok if not amazing race, most major goof was going to 18 instead of 8, whoops- there was no line going that way, just 18 was closer to how I was approaching 8 and must have ignored the '1'.
1- slight hesitation, didn't see cliff clearly from trail
2- meant to go perfectly straight, encounter trail, so used it for a bit
3- remember hesitating slightly as I left depression, not sure why now...
5- not good, thought I was right on line from the various bumps I was going over, but then was too far N at the circle, searching between two cliffs in a pseudo-reentrant. why didn't I note the stone wall, must have been quite close to it...
8- think the major problem is that I wimped out going all the way up the hill, diverted way off the line to the R, and then 18 looked better to go to than 8. Spiked 18, and then realized. Really should have just gone up the hill fairly straight in the first place!
12- hesitation in the circle, just didn't see the rock under/behind a tree or something, had a good map stare
15- blech, so much green in the way
16- reading control description, found a tick occupying one of the squares, hmm, new contol feature. gross.
17- confused as I came out into developed area, was surprised by pond, but really that was just a marsh on the map, bent a bit too much right through that bit
20- failure in execution. decided to go around on the trail, tired of green. but didn't see the first indisintct trail on map, so found trail and went left, took me to road, grr
Really enjoyed this, fun, fast runaround on a good little area. (Thanks for the courses Lori + SGB!) Understand why the map is 1:7,500, I still used my magnifier much as it was.
Anyways, had an ok if not amazing race, most major goof was going to 18 instead of 8, whoops- there was no line going that way, just 18 was closer to how I was approaching 8 and must have ignored the '1'.
1- slight hesitation, didn't see cliff clearly from trail
2- meant to go perfectly straight, encounter trail, so used it for a bit
3- remember hesitating slightly as I left depression, not sure why now...
5- not good, thought I was right on line from the various bumps I was going over, but then was too far N at the circle, searching between two cliffs in a pseudo-reentrant. why didn't I note the stone wall, must have been quite close to it...
8- think the major problem is that I wimped out going all the way up the hill, diverted way off the line to the R, and then 18 looked better to go to than 8. Spiked 18, and then realized. Really should have just gone up the hill fairly straight in the first place!
12- hesitation in the circle, just didn't see the rock under/behind a tree or something, had a good map stare
15- blech, so much green in the way
16- reading control description, found a tick occupying one of the squares, hmm, new contol feature. gross.
17- confused as I came out into developed area, was surprised by pond, but really that was just a marsh on the map, bent a bit too much right through that bit
20- failure in execution. decided to go around on the trail, tired of green. but didn't see the first indisintct trail on map, so found trail and went left, took me to road, grr
1 PM
Running 15:00 [3]
Capture the Flag!
So, so pleased enough kids/parents showed up so we could play! About 7 on each team, which was probably just enough. Each team had 5 flags out in the woods, team Awesome Purple Lions managed to just barely get all 5 by the time call, while team Black Cheetahs put in a great final push to recover 2 flags in the last 10 minutes for a total of 4.
I scampered about during the game, refereeing jail, the border line, the flag recovery zone/start triangle. Joanne S. was the other referee/organizer and was really critical for having this work well. An especially good touch of hers was having cookies and water for both jail sites (much less depressing to get sent to jail then!), and then actually printing out the rules, which I'd forgotten to do.
So, so pleased enough kids/parents showed up so we could play! About 7 on each team, which was probably just enough. Each team had 5 flags out in the woods, team Awesome Purple Lions managed to just barely get all 5 by the time call, while team Black Cheetahs put in a great final push to recover 2 flags in the last 10 minutes for a total of 4.
I scampered about during the game, refereeing jail, the border line, the flag recovery zone/start triangle. Joanne S. was the other referee/organizer and was really critical for having this work well. An especially good touch of hers was having cookies and water for both jail sites (much less depressing to get sent to jail then!), and then actually printing out the rules, which I'd forgotten to do.
2 PM
Orienteering 8:01 [2] 0.64 mi (12:32 / mi) +1m 12:28 / mi
Capture the Flag control pick up, well really streamer pick up as the kids had found all the flags, woo! And then taking down my streamered northern boundary.
Running 2:52 [1] 0.24 mi (11:44 / mi)
Orienteering 16:56 [2] 1.42 mi (11:56 / mi) +22m 11:23 / mi
7c
Control pick up, ran out and back on a busy trail, got lots of questions about what the heck I was doing/what was going on. Maybe 1 couple that might actually come out and try next spring, they were directed to look NEOC up!
772/2000
772/2000
Friday Nov 11, 2011 #
10 AM
Running 11:11 0.97 mi (11:34 / mi) +37m 10:21 / mi
ahr:138 max:168
Orienteering 1:04:31 3.77 mi (17:07 / mi) +180m 14:54 / mi
ahr:137 max:167 27c
Multi-stage Boris-planned training @ Baldwin Hill, Ali version
This was great. Boris planned 4 different-focused exercises for me and Alex at Baldwin Hill. Felt good out there, but did miss a few.
Exercise 1: Attackpoints/control enlargements. Picked my features for this beforehand, circled in red. Some worked, some didn't. Actually, kind of helpful to learn that things I thought would be helpful just weren't. Much more helpful to have features that guide into control as opposed to right at it/behind. Seem to have stopped at a too-early boulder for 5 according to QR, whoopsie!
Exercise 2: Go straight
Found this pretty hard. Not many features to guide the way, just using a bearing, scared. Drifted left on all 3, interesting to know, I wonder if that was a function of the slope/wanting to avoid climb or if that's a general thing I do. Accidentally missed going to 12 and 13, stopped at the next start too early instead, although actually missed it the first time by, thinking was an earlier lower boulder.
Exercise 3: Low-vis control pick
Happily cruising through, not finding it too hard and then bam! Miss 19, was sucked into a lower reentrant, not seeing the upper one because wasn't high enough. Quite confused for a bit there. I went back to 18 and redid it to try to learn.
Exercise 4: Downhill intervals
Racing Alex! And failed, got way too distracted by her pretty much running my speed, thinking I should be faster, and totally botched the first control, bah!!! Must learn to be calm, even running around others. Hesitation to 21, would have seen a flag, but have never liked that formline reentrant. Others went ok, round 2 Alex and I finished pretty much simultaneously, yay training company!
InstaQuickRoute!
742/2000
This was great. Boris planned 4 different-focused exercises for me and Alex at Baldwin Hill. Felt good out there, but did miss a few.
Exercise 1: Attackpoints/control enlargements. Picked my features for this beforehand, circled in red. Some worked, some didn't. Actually, kind of helpful to learn that things I thought would be helpful just weren't. Much more helpful to have features that guide into control as opposed to right at it/behind. Seem to have stopped at a too-early boulder for 5 according to QR, whoopsie!
Exercise 2: Go straight
Found this pretty hard. Not many features to guide the way, just using a bearing, scared. Drifted left on all 3, interesting to know, I wonder if that was a function of the slope/wanting to avoid climb or if that's a general thing I do. Accidentally missed going to 12 and 13, stopped at the next start too early instead, although actually missed it the first time by, thinking was an earlier lower boulder.
Exercise 3: Low-vis control pick
Happily cruising through, not finding it too hard and then bam! Miss 19, was sucked into a lower reentrant, not seeing the upper one because wasn't high enough. Quite confused for a bit there. I went back to 18 and redid it to try to learn.
Exercise 4: Downhill intervals
Racing Alex! And failed, got way too distracted by her pretty much running my speed, thinking I should be faster, and totally botched the first control, bah!!! Must learn to be calm, even running around others. Hesitation to 21, would have seen a flag, but have never liked that formline reentrant. Others went ok, round 2 Alex and I finished pretty much simultaneously, yay training company!
InstaQuickRoute!
742/2000
Running 5:28 0.38 mi (14:34 / mi) +10m 13:27 / mi
ahr:126 max:143
2 PM
Rollerskiing 55:16 8.33 mi (6:38 / mi) +287m 6:00 / mi
ahr:129 max:177
CSU skiing practice in Concord
Uphill double pole test, hard! But felt better than last year.
2.58
3.00
3.00
3.05
Pushed, pushed, pushed last one, but still slower....
Uphill double pole test, hard! But felt better than last year.
2.58
3.00
3.00
3.05
Pushed, pushed, pushed last one, but still slower....
4 PM
Running 2:16 0.22 mi (10:22 / mi) +27m 7:29 / mi
ahr:148 max:158
Orienteering 22:48 0.95 mi (24:00 / mi) +31m 21:47 / mi
ahr:116 max:150
Oooh, getting dark. Met up with Joanne at Breakheart, then went off to flag the rest of controls, and check out the jail situation. Hope people come tomorrow!
Thursday Nov 10, 2011 #
5 PM
Running 8:03 0.33 mi (24:24 / mi)
ahr:130 max:142
Home and was too cooped up all day, so decided to go out and do a little set of drills at the track. Then super-hyper-energetic Alex came in the door and was very easily convinced to do the same, yay roomate-training buddy!
Cool talk on lunar (and Martian and Mercurian(?)) cratering by another postdoc this afternoon, totally not what I do, but neat! They basically have lidar for the whole moon from LOLA and he IDs craters based on a basemap constructed from 5 billion laser returns. Although they seem to prefer looking at the elevations by color, not contours... The issue at stake is whether there was a period of Late Heavy Bombadment possibly due to a resonance from the outer gas giants flinging a whole bunch of comets into the inner solar system or not. Story is still inconclusive...
Cool talk on lunar (and Martian and Mercurian(?)) cratering by another postdoc this afternoon, totally not what I do, but neat! They basically have lidar for the whole moon from LOLA and he IDs craters based on a basemap constructed from 5 billion laser returns. Although they seem to prefer looking at the elevations by color, not contours... The issue at stake is whether there was a period of Late Heavy Bombadment possibly due to a resonance from the outer gas giants flinging a whole bunch of comets into the inner solar system or not. Story is still inconclusive...
Drills 7:18 0.53 mi (13:46 / mi)
ahr:126 max:154
Running 10:16 1.13 mi (9:06 / mi)
ahr:128 max:153
Strength 14:00 [1] 0.2 mi (1:09:58 / mi) +3m 1:06:51 / mi
ahr:83 max:104
10 min abs, 2 min back, 2 min side plank, just normal, tired from SJJs... Abs a bit sore from specific strength, will see how tomorrow's dp test goes...
Wednesday Nov 9, 2011 #
7 AM
Rollerskiing 1:33:35 13.14 mi (7:07 / mi) +73m 7:00 / mi
ahr:134 max:174
Very misty morningski with Alex. Made it a bit longer by starting at the first parking, extra double-pole! Read the rest of Stephi's Orange course from Happy Valley and then on the way back, the two night-ski-o sprint relay ones from Högbo Bruk.
Specific strength felt hard today! Maybe because of extra dp out there, maybe because of track yesterday...
Specific strength felt hard today! Maybe because of extra dp out there, maybe because of track yesterday...
6 PM
Strength 7:00 [1]
Pushups and hammies, during the early stages of dumpling-making!
3 x 17 and normal 3 x 15,15,15
Moon + Jupiter looked pretty cool tonight!
3 x 17 and normal 3 x 15,15,15
Moon + Jupiter looked pretty cool tonight!
Tuesday Nov 8, 2011 #
6 AM
Running 11:23 1.25 mi (9:06 / mi) +23m 8:37 / mi
ahr:122 max:141
Woke up from an orienteering nightmare - *everything* was going wrong, late to the race, forgot all o-stuff, late to the start itself, printing of map was terrible, got lost to the first two controls, all before waking up... is amazing how your brain can just create an o-map out of thin air/memories though! It was a kind of interesting city sprint, lots of star-shaped intersections and long passageways.
Drills 7:31 0.53 mi (14:17 / mi)
ahr:137 max:154
Running 38:31 4.94 mi (7:48 / mi) +14m 7:44 / mi
ahr:139 max:178
To the track in the early with Alex!
5 x 1k, alternated with and without a map from Bulgarian European champs 2010 that Pavlina gave me, I was reading the Long Final, was hard, lots of green in the way and unsure how good reentrant bottoms would have been for route choice. Was happy to have my magnifier for the 1:15 too.
3.52
3.26
3.53
3.27
3.59
Ones with map obviously slower, which I guess is to be expected, but would be nice to close the gap a bit more...
5 x 1k, alternated with and without a map from Bulgarian European champs 2010 that Pavlina gave me, I was reading the Long Final, was hard, lots of green in the way and unsure how good reentrant bottoms would have been for route choice. Was happy to have my magnifier for the 1:15 too.
3.52
3.26
3.53
3.27
3.59
Ones with map obviously slower, which I guess is to be expected, but would be nice to close the gap a bit more...
Monday Nov 7, 2011 #
Note
Setting in motion the plan to play a fun game of orienteering capture-the-flag at Breakheart next Saturday! Anyone know of any o-interested families or other groups with juniors within striking distance of Breakheart, for sure let them know what's happening! Little blurb with the basic info:
*** Capture the Flag, 12pm (noon) Saturday, Nov, 12 @ Breakheart Reservation ***
Come play capture-the-flag, orienteering style! Similar to normal capture-the-flag, but multiple flags, and you'll need a map to find them and make your teams' winning strategy. Designed for juniors and their families, even those without much orienteering experience- bring your friends! NEOC Breakheart info
*** Capture the Flag, 12pm (noon) Saturday, Nov, 12 @ Breakheart Reservation ***
Come play capture-the-flag, orienteering style! Similar to normal capture-the-flag, but multiple flags, and you'll need a map to find them and make your teams' winning strategy. Designed for juniors and their families, even those without much orienteering experience- bring your friends! NEOC Breakheart info
6 PM
Running 4:37 0.54 mi (8:33 / mi) +24m 7:31 / mi
ahr:124 max:147
To/fro laundry
Running 57:23 4.72 mi (12:09 / mi) +191m 10:48 / mi
ahr:136 max:189
Whoop, and time 2 out with snazzy light! Nighttime recovery run @ Amethyst brook with Alex. So nice to have company, especially when I got us lost... twice. Whoopsie! But tough 1) in the dark, 2) with downed trees all over the place, you're almost full time clambering over/going around them.
So a smidge longer than intended, but we did keep it pretty easy. Calves were a bit tight from the weekend, few right ankle backwards crunches. It might want a day or two off from off-road.
HR monitor seems to have spazzed out about halfway through workout, really wasn't going L5 in the downhill cruise!
So a smidge longer than intended, but we did keep it pretty easy. Calves were a bit tight from the weekend, few right ankle backwards crunches. It might want a day or two off from off-road.
HR monitor seems to have spazzed out about halfway through workout, really wasn't going L5 in the downhill cruise!
Running 4:35 0.53 mi (8:39 / mi) +17m 7:52 / mi
ahr:126 max:151
Final laundering, dry clothes!
7 PM
Strength 14:00 [1]
10 min abs, 2 min back, 2 min SJJs, while the enchiladas cooked, mmm
Sunday Nov 6, 2011 #
12 PM
Running warm up/down 2:45 0.3 mi (9:13 / mi) +1m 9:08 / mi
ahr:153 max:173
Orienteering race 48:22 3.73 mi (12:58 / mi) +70m 12:15 / mi
ahr:148 max:180 16c
NEOC Needham Green, take one
Not super-pleased, felt just again and again bewildered out there. After a bad control, told myself to just forget it and focus on next one, but would just mess up again. Bah!
Really, only one terrible one, to 5 just got real confused and lost ~2.5 min probably. Others were all smaller misses.
QuickRoute Hmmm, on QR my miss to 5 was checking out an unmapped trail???
Not super-pleased, felt just again and again bewildered out there. After a bad control, told myself to just forget it and focus on next one, but would just mess up again. Bah!
Really, only one terrible one, to 5 just got real confused and lost ~2.5 min probably. Others were all smaller misses.
QuickRoute Hmmm, on QR my miss to 5 was checking out an unmapped trail???
Orienteering race 41:43 3.56 mi (11:43 / mi) +58m 11:09 / mi
ahr:156 max:179 16c
NEOC Needham Green, take two
Since Needham won round 1, decided to go back out and try to actually orienteer well around the course. Even went over the routes I'd do beforehand with Brendan, since the element of surprise was already lost.
Definitely went better, still made a small mistake to 8 and a bigger one (must have been immediately above the control and not looked down?) to 11. Both of these I at least have the excuse of having approached from a totally different way from the first time, but I guess further evidence wasn't quite into the map out there today...
Did at least feel good to do things better and have some understandings about what when awry on take one.
*Double* QuickRoute
715/2000
Since Needham won round 1, decided to go back out and try to actually orienteer well around the course. Even went over the routes I'd do beforehand with Brendan, since the element of surprise was already lost.
Definitely went better, still made a small mistake to 8 and a bigger one (must have been immediately above the control and not looked down?) to 11. Both of these I at least have the excuse of having approached from a totally different way from the first time, but I guess further evidence wasn't quite into the map out there today...
Did at least feel good to do things better and have some understandings about what when awry on take one.
*Double* QuickRoute
715/2000
Orienteering 22:29 1.74 mi (12:55 / mi) +34m 12:11 / mi
ahr:125 max:156
Control pick up, yellow and white courses, so not counting towards control count, too easy for the speed I was running. Maybe if I were attempting to sprint...
Oh oh! But saw the super cool in the middle of the woods trainset out there! Jeff I think reported that some neighbor brings out a train that actually runs on the tracks there sometimes- neat!
Oh oh! But saw the super cool in the middle of the woods trainset out there! Jeff I think reported that some neighbor brings out a train that actually runs on the tracks there sometimes- neat!