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Training Log Archive: iansmith

In the 7 days ending Jun 15, 2016:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m		load
Hiking	2	5:33:25	11.05	(30:11)	17.78	(18:45)	1857		139.8
Running - Trail	3	5:15:01	17.66	(17:50)	28.42	(11:05)	2388		48.1
Running	5	3:02:25	19.93	(9:09)	32.08	(5:41)	62		18.2
Orienteering	5	2:03:19	13.9	(8:52)	22.37	(5:31)	200	126c	71.8
Bowling	1	2							0.0
Total	12	15:54:12	62.54		100.64		4507	126c	278.0

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Wednesday Jun 15, 2016 #

12 PM

Hiking 1:47:35 [2] 4.79 km (22:27 / km) +739m 12:41 / km
shoes: 201507 Mizuno Wave Inspire 11

Climbing Kirkjufell! It was a little technical in places - with about five fixed ropes of sort of dubious quality, but a very pleasant outing and well within my technical ability. I was quite happy to have a trail to follow once I reached the halfway point, unlike on Skessuhorn where I was thoroughly improvising. The exposure was significant.

C • Kirk fell 1

6 PM

Running - Trail 1:50:52 [2] 10.26 km (10:48 / km) +674m 8:08 / km
shoes: 201507 Mizuno Wave Inspire 11

Cute little trail run near Olafsvik. The least ambitious of the recent outings, but some stellar views of the Snaefellsjokull glacier and stratovolcano to the south.

Tuesday Jun 14, 2016 #

Note

Climbed a majestic terraced horn north of Skarðsheiði near Hvanneyri; I spied its beauty and like a goat, decided I must stand on top of it. The approach to the mountain meant crossing kilometers of rising, marshy grasslands with occasional sheep and streams. I made a traverse around some snowfields with a few tricky moments of exposed YDS 5.0 - 5.2 climbing around some boulders on the ridge. The challenge then became working my way up the 10m terraces without dying. I wore running shoes and had one glove to protect my battered right hand; the scramble was near the edge of my technical ability. Even while I was worried about the descent, I was obsessed with getting to the top. The descent turned out to be quite straightforward - I found a nice descending chimney, and splayed my feet on opposite sides. Then, I recalled my Canadian training and boot skied a good 50-75m section with tremendous style. After reaching the base of the terraces, the rest of the descent was trivial.

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10 AM

Hiking 3:45:50 [3] 12.99 km (17:23 / km) +1118m 12:09 / km
shoes: 201507 Mizuno Wave Inspire 11

Climbing Skessuhorn!! I saw this bad boy in the distance and decided I simply had to stand on top of it. It was less snowy than in this picture, though still with large swaths of snow cover on its flanks. It was near the limit of my technical ability and featured a long hike to the mountain, scrambling, technical climbing on the terraces, a few moments of concern, and some delightful boot skiing on the descent. It felt absolutely epic to stand on top of it, even as I wasn't quite sure how I was going to get down.

From the website:
"Skessuhorn (967 m) is a particularly impressive and outstanding peak when the range is viewed from the north. Skessuhorn is located in Borgarfjörður it takes 5-6 hours to hike the mountain and you will need good equipment."

My ambition for adventure is unconstrained by your "good equipment" requirement.

10 PM

Running - Trail 1:24:16 [1] 6.99 km (12:04 / km) +539m 8:42 / km
shoes: 201507 Mizuno Wave Inspire 11

Twilight run at a little wee hill near Stykkisholmur, my destination for the night. At about 10:30, I spied a hill that I needed to stand on top of. My escapade earlier had also not had very much running - the hike to the mountain was across some very slow marshes, while this hill looked very runnable. It turned out to be steep in places, but it was nonetheless a delightful jaunt in the setting sun. 10:00/km doesn't really count as running, but c'est la vie.

Monday Jun 13, 2016 #

Note

I spent the day in Reykjavik - stopped by the grocery store, walked through the botanical gardens, and took a nap. In the evening, I ran up the Þverfellshorn 1.5 times. I was concerned that my 8p start time was risky, but I reached the summit after 40 minutes, loads of people were still starting out, and sunset was at 11:45 because Iceland. The summit was thoroughly obscured by clouds - precluding my plans to run to the summit of Esja and the monolith to the east, but the views from the lower slopes were still glorious.

I camped at a picturesque campground at Akranes overlooking the Atlantic. Magnificent.

C • sounds 2

8 PM

Running - Trail 1:59:53 [1] 11.17 km (10:44 / km) +1175m 7:02 / km
shoes: 201507 Mizuno Wave Inspire 11

A mix of running and hiking up Esja. Sometimes, I was fast; sometimes I was slow. I was virtually always on a trail, though sometimes it was so rocky that I was playing rock scotch. The last bit to the summit from the split was labeled as "3/3 Scandinavian hiking boots" difficulty and involved some scrambling, exposure, and chains. When I reached the fork on my descent at 1:16, I decided to add a bit more distance and ascended a more steady trail. A pleasant evening. Despite the late hour, it was still bright twilight when I reached my car.

Sunday Jun 12, 2016 #

Note

BOS-KEF
Remembered passport.

C • d'oh 1

10 AM

Running 15:00 [1] 2.5 km (6:00 / km)
shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Orienteering 15:01 [4] 2.71 km (5:32 / km) +31m 5:14 / km
16c shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Prelim; a bit slow at the beginning. Painfully slow on the long run across the field to 10 for some reason, though I took the tunnel correctly. I made a 15s mistake on 13 overrunning it, then tripped over a rock and faceplanted hard running downhill out of 14. I was shaken up, banged my knee, and lost about 40s on the trivial last two controls.

1 PM

Running 10:00 [1] 1.8 km (5:33 / km)
shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Orienteering 15:14 [4] 2.46 km (6:11 / km) +37m 5:45 / km
15c shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Final at Franklin Park. I started out ok, though still painfully slow. My execution to 2 was sluggish, and I chose to suboptimally go straight to 3 rather than around on the trail. My route to 5 was also incorrectly straight instead of using the trail. I caught sight of Will, Giacomo, and Christian briefly while I was approaching 7 and they were leaving 8. I executed 9 poorly (5s hesitation, thicker vegetation than expected), epically botched 10 (20s trying to go straight before backing out and running the right trail route), and screwed up my attack on 11 - 10s. Isak was untouchable, but I think I could have run 14:30 with choices that were less idiotic. The fast kids all had yolo controls, so I squeaked into second.

Prelim B - Splits

Final - Splits

Saturday Jun 11, 2016 #

10 AM

Orienteering 10:24 [2] 2.26 km (4:36 / km) +1m 4:35 / km
19c shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Basic skills morning at Magazine beach practicing (1) reading each leg completely, (2) looking up and seeing my exit and (3) smoothing my route. Ran faster than I should have given the day's workload.

C • Ran faster 4

Orienteering 25:47 [2] 5.27 km (4:53 / km) +2m 4:53 / km
6c shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Isak's diabolical one-way O.

Orienteering 1:40 [1] 0.33 km (5:00 / km)
6c shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Sprint O-tervals at Dana Park.

Orienteering 1:32 [1] 0.31 km (5:00 / km)
6c shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Orienteering 1:25 [1] 0.27 km (5:17 / km)
6c shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Orienteering 1:22 [1] 0.29 km (4:39 / km)
6c shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Orienteering 1:20 [1] 0.31 km (4:22 / km)
6c shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

5 PM

Running 13:42 [1] 2.34 km (5:51 / km) +13m 5:41 / km
shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Warmup jaunt.

Orienteering 14:06 [5] 3.04 km (4:38 / km) +2m 4:37 / km
19c shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Sprint race at North Point Park. I was painfully slow, though I navigated comparatively cleanly. I finished about 75s back of Laraia. Sigh.

North Point sprint - Splits

Friday Jun 10, 2016 #

Bowling 2 [1]
shoes: Dexter Ricky II Bowling

2016 New England Champs
Candlepin game: 32- 8-- -3- 6-4 5-- --3 242 511 71- 513 = 66
Ten pin: 7- 5- 7/ 81 81 7/ 8/ X 8/ 81 = 133
FBP: 7.6
No 1-pin shots :'(

C • Really? 8

1 PM

Running 1:30:00 [1] 16.1 km (5:35 / km)
shoes: 201507 Mizuno Wave Inspire 11

Run from the Springfield bus station to Spartan auto shop where das auto was waiting. I could have taken a local bus, but I figured I might as well get my workout in. I wore a long shirt and a hat to protect from the sun, and I must have been dehydrating. Near the end, I downed a liter of gatorade and barely noticed the dramatic influx of fluid.

C • Das auto 8

Thursday Jun 9, 2016 #

Event: Boston Sprint Camp 2016

6 PM

Orienteering 22:32 [1] 3.42 km (6:35 / km) +79m 5:54 / km
21c shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Pine Banks Park-O. Extremely sloppy.

Orienteering 12:56 [1] 1.68 km (7:43 / km) +48m 6:45 / km
shoes: 201510 X-Talon 212

Control pickup.

Running 48:43 [1] 8.34 km (5:51 / km) +49m 5:41 / km
shoes: 201507 Mizuno Wave Inspire 11

I decided to polish off the day with a run home. My route was suboptimal.

Running 5:00 [1] 1.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: 201507 Mizuno Wave Inspire 11

Run from the T to Pine Banks.

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