Training Log Archive: Lori

Red Middle at Pacheco! In general my navigation was spot on, but I could use some more fitness out there. The one glaring exception to the navigation proficiency was a stupid route choice to 10, which I then flubbed and ended up at 11 instead and cost me about 2 minutes. Oops! Luckily 10 and 11 were extremely close together, so I think the major time-loss was in the route choice error rather than the execution. I was feeling like death on the hills, but apparently I was moving fast enough for my first A meet win in a really, really long time! (Very plausibly my first F21 win?) Awesome!

Endless "2km" run/walk to the start while I frantically attempted to make it in time for my 9:30am shift working the start.

Hiking the "short" way to the start and back with Ian and Mladen to find my backpack (which unfortunately did a two-ships-passing-in-the-night thing) and collect a few controls. Fun!

On the way back home, my joints started getting achier and achier, my throat started getting sore, and then I began turning the heat up and up and up. I guess some of the death-by-hills was actually due to whatever sickness is going around lab. I still need more fitness for these hills, but I imagine that this at least explains the feeling that the A meet was at altitude!

Aside from the sickness, today was an awesome day! It was really good to hang out with everyone and see lots and lots of people I don't get to see very often and the orienteering was tons of fun :-).

Middle Red - Splits

Monday yoga! I've been hoping that taking a week off running would improve my foot, but alas, it has sort of stagnated at an aching pain. I suppose this is better than the sharp pain that running causes... I'm not sure whether the taping is actually helping or hurting. It makes my foot feel better but makes my ankle hurt instead.

C • Taping 4

Monday pilates! Wow! Lots of hamstring stuff today. I will be sore! It's probably good for me, though :-).