Saturday May 3 |
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| Event: West Point A-Meet
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 | trail run 10:00 [2] | |
| shoes: INOV8 Mudclaw |
| Running up the hill a few times on the way to the start. |
| Orienteering 55:41 [3] *** 4.2 km (13:15 / km) +170m 11:02 / km | |
| spiked:12/14c shoes: INOV8 Mudclaw |
| West Point Middle.
~ 13 minute mistake on 11... haven't done that in a long time. I'm showing sure signs of improvement. |
| Orienteering 21:45 [4] 3.1 km (7:01 / km) +80m 6:13 / km | |
| shoes: Pro 1 O shoes |
| West Point Sprint
Fun! I liked the trickiness factor of having to run by lots of controls that weren't yours! |
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| C • Many controls that weren't yours 2 |
Friday May 2 |
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| I feel sort of like a bum not training two days in a row, and maybe not training e days in a row next week, but I really don't think this will affect me in the long run. This weekend is going to be all about clean races, which means keeping my head up and simplifying my routes so I can keep a steady pace the whole way. |
Thursday May 1 |
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| No running today. I am entering final crunch time for my graduate presentation on Wednesday and I still have a long way to go. So no running today, something tomorrow before going to West Point, but nothing hard. Then orienteering this weekend. Hopefully I'll be able to get a run in Monday and Tuesday, but that depends on how much I get done! A low point in training, but since I feel so out of whack anyway, it may not matter. Then after Wednesday it's back on track! |
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| C • So are you going to use the... 8 |
Wednesday Apr 30 |
| Orienteering 12:57 [2] | |
| shoes: Montrail |
| Setting out half the controls for one of the sprints at Pine Hill. |
| Orienteering 18:56 [4] 2.8 mi (6:45 / mi) | |
| shoes: Montrail |
| Running sprint #1. Ran hard, except when I was caught in briers (which I always thought was spelled with an a). I was trying to punch each control in the correct box on the punchcard which was in my map case. This is difficult! I had to unfold the map each time and I was losing valuable seconds. So going into 14, I planned how I was going to leave for 15 and just unfolded the map in advance in order to punch quickly. Well, I went down the wrong trail on the way out, had to climb up to the correct trail and then didn't see the control right away because I was staring into the setting sun. It was scenic at least! Struggling a bit for speed. |
Tuesday Apr 29 |
| trail run 9:00 [1] | |
| shoes: Pro 1 O shoes |
| Jogging over to the start. Dad, Ross and I went to Mt. Misery to run the old "sprint" course. Ross was home sick today so he was able to come, which was fun :) The plan was to run the sprint forwards and backwards as hard as we could. |
| Orienteering 22:50 [5] 4.5 km (5:04 / km) | |
| shoes: Pro 1 O shoes |
| The sprint forwards. Ross and I started at the same time in the pouring rain. I felt like I was inhaling water as I was running and it was blinding to run through - both because it was coming down hard but also because the pine trees soaked me as I ran through them. I was just behind Ross until #4, where we both paused briefly. I recognized where we were, partially from the map, and partially from just knowing the terrain, and took off for #4. Apparently Ross didn't trust me, as he spent another 2 minutes looking for it. I ran hard the rest of the way, and when Ross wasn't catching up to me I thought that maybe he somehow got in front of me. But I reached the end and he wasn't there, so I managed to hold him off. Helps that he's sick and a bit jet lagged :) Pushing really hard and legs felt much better than last week. I was tired, but didn't feel like I hit the wall. Gasping a bit for breath though... |
| Orienteering 23:56 [4] 4.5 km (5:19 / km) | |
| shoes: Pro 1 O shoes |
| Running the sprint the second time backwards. Again Ross and I started together, but he was running a bit slower in the beginning than the first time. Of course, this is not to say I could keep up too well. Running behind him until I almost ran down the wrong trail going to #7 (backwards). I didn't go far, but had to climb back uphill and in that short short amount of time he was out of sight until I started running down the trail. It's amazing how a 15 second mistake, if even, can move someone out of sight. Caught back up to him by taking a better route to #5, and finished 2 seconds behind him. Considering I knew where I was going both time, it's not quite fair :) It was a good physical workout - good practice running at high speeds through terrain while having to do atleast minimal navigation. It was nice to have Ross there, as I certianly pushed harder and would not have wanted to go out a second time if he weren't there. It was cold and I was soaked after the first sprint. |
| trail run 9:00 [1] | |
| shoes: Pro 1 O shoes |
| Jogging slowly back to the car for Ross. We were too wet and cold to wait at the finish for dad. During the second sprint it stopped raining and the sun almost came out, but it was too late. We were already soaked. Really glad I thought to bring dry clothes to change into. The warm weather from last week has disappeared, and it being replaced by more typical April weather. |
Sunday Apr 27 |
| Orienteering 50:00 [2] | |
| shoes: INOV8 Mudclaw |
| Did the advanced line-o. Tried to take it easy since my legs are really tired, for reasons unknown. Walked up the hills, ran on the flat and downhill sections. Had to walk at times just to stay on the line, and was a bit off the line in the indistinct area on the other side of the pond. Talking to the others, they had some trouble there too. Since you could see so far in the woods it was enjoyable to run with my head up and pick off features as I ran by. Nice to be out in the woods, and the rain held off! |
| Orienteering 14:42 [3] 1.9 km (7:44 / km) | |
| shoes: INOV8 Mudclaw |
| The late morning sprint. Started out and could feel that I had nothing in my after a few steps, so eased up for the whole course. Legs truly dead feeling. Navigation was fine, although I wanted to kick myself for checking a control that I KNEW wasn't mine, but was along my route. Made me stop for a few seconds and lose concentration. Really steep climb near the end that had the calves burning.
Finished and my entire legs were sore, from calves all the way up to my butt. What did I do to my legs?? Stretched for a long time afterwards and they felt a bit better, but still heavy and really tight. I've taken this weekend easy in an attempt to rest my legs (although from what I have no idea) but they are still tired. Going to train as normal next week and hope the feeling goes away. Undertraining and therefore tired? Overtraining and therefore tired? Neither makes a great deal of sense. |