Training Archive: iamsinhtIn the 7 days ending 2008-04-26:
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Saturday Apr 26 | ||
| Road running 39:37 [2] 7.3 km (5:26 / km) | |
| shoes: NB ABZORB EX 12 | ||
| Charles river loop with Lori. 4x30 strides. Contemplated the submarine component of the US Navy, its function, and the general role and purpose of the military. | ||
Wednesday Apr 23 | ||
| Road running 16:00 [3] 3 km (5:20 / km) | |
| shoes: NB ABZORB EX 12 | ||
| Run from Alewife to the Park O at Menotomy Rocks Park. I was uncomfortably carrying my backpack. | ||
| Orienteering race 22:50 [4] 2.73 km (8:22 / km) | |
| 13c shoes: NB ABZORB EX 12 | ||
| A CSU Park-O at Menotomy Rocks Park, organized by Nikolai. The distance is a rough estimate based on my route. I was not displeased with my performance - Brendan finished in 17:08, Ross in 17:20 - but I made a few errors that could have been avoided. It was good practice, and my running was strong for almost all of the course.
After my days off (Tuesday inadvertent) recovering from the Middle Distance champs, today's activity felt pretty good. After the sprint, I ran about one kilometer picking up controls. There was a funny episode with Ross trying to put on some of Lori's infinitesimal running shorts. Mark Webb proudly sported the garb of the Swedish National team. What I suppose is reassuring is that I made my biggest navigational error while picking up controls - I ran up a shallow reentrant and did not pay sufficient attention to my compass to note my error promptly. | ||
| Orienteering 10:00 [2] 1 km (10:00 / km) | |
| shoes: NB ABZORB EX 12 | ||
| Might as well log it: picking up controls. | ||
Sunday Apr 20 | ||
| Orienteering (Relay) 19:09 [5] *** 3 km (6:23 / km) | |
| spiked:13/15c shoes: NB ABZORB EX 11.5 | ||
| The US Relay Championships; I was the first leg (orange) on an official eight point team with Sara Mae Berman, Lori Huberman, and Ken "Daddy-O" Walker Sr. We had a solid team with a good showing all around.
The course describes itself as 3 k, which I find dubious - 2.8 or 2.6 k is more probable (I might measure it with a ruler one day). The orienteering was not difficult - only five or six of the controls required any navigation at all. The others were in the enormous spectator field or on such blindingly obvious features that missing them was all but impossible. I booked it as hard as I could, but I was a bit sluggish going up some hills from controls four to five and seven to eight. I would have liked to run it again, because I think with better knowledge of the distance and optimal pacing, I could have shaved a minute from my time. Oh well. I was pleased with how I handled the mass start - no errors due to psychology - though the first three controls were easy to find (actually visible from the start). I was happy to run whatever course was deemed necessary by the more experienced runners. Ken Walker was an obvious choice for red given his experience and skill. I would have preferred to run Green, but Lori had a very accurate and quick run; I don't believe I could have beat her by much, if at all. She's definitely the more experienced and reliable navigator - it is much more likely I would have made a navigational error and bombed a green leg. Conversely, I'm a faster runner (at least on short distances on open ground), and the orange gave me plenty of opportunity for running without probability of getting lost. I think our team arrangement was as fast as it could have been. Sara Mae had a great leg, especially given her knees have passed the 100,000 mile running limit (where you're supposed to get them rotated and such). Ken had an excellent finish leg, posted just under 10 min/km and made up lots of time on the teams ahead of us. The CSU A team (Brendan, Alex, Peter, Ross) had an excellent showing and were the second fastest official 4 point team. (DVOA won). Overall, a very good day for CSU. Brendan's bull horn was excellent infrastructure for cheering and heckling, and Ross had great things to yell at people (e.g. "if you don't finish in | ||
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Relay - 8pt Orange - Splits | ||