Training Log Archive: Lori

80m sprint training! I got all the frequencies marked on my receiver and then checked how strong things were. Sadly one of the transmitters was WAY stronger than the other 3, so I'm actually not really sure what the strength will be like... It also does not appear that the referees can read maps, which is somewhat concerning. I wanted to check out what the various flavors of green were like and a referee told me I couldn't pass because of the golf course and then pointed to a trail intersection. But we were at a different trail intersection. Le sigh. ARDF. Regardless, the lightest green looks passable-ish. The middle green looks unpleasant but doable if absolutely necessary and dark green is definitely out. Wide slash is ok, but narrow slash is not.

C • ARDF 1

Foxoring training! The frequencies are the same for foxoring and sprint (luckily!). The foxoring transmitters are pretty low power. My receiver can get them about 100m out on telegraph.

80m training! The 80m transmitters are powerful! I can get to the control in a minute if the gain is around 2. 500m away is just under 4, a kilometer away is between 4 and 5. I should book it for all I'm worth if the gain is 3 or under. (All of these notes are for tone. We couldn't get far enough away to check telegraph.)

2m training! The beacon annoyingly interferes with the transmitters, as usual. I don't understand why they don't put the frequencies further apart. For what it's worth if the gain is under 3 I should book it. For reasons that were unclear to me, they wouldn't let us go further than 100m away from either transmitter in a direction away from the beacon, so I couldn't really get any other info. That being said, it's 2m so these sorts of things aren't so useful. Also it was raining, which changes everything, so what I'm trying to say is who knows what's going to happen with 2m!

I ended up running more than I wanted today, so it was good to get some stretching in.

Event: World ARDF (Radio Orienteering) Championships
 

Running with Ken around the ARDF event center! We got on the bus over to Sokcho on the east coast of Korea, checked in and then had some time to kill. I wanted to remind my legs what running is, so I headed out for a run and Ken decided to join me. Running was feeling pretty good by the end, so that's good! My stomach's been bothering me a bit for the past couple of days, but it was feeling a bit happier by the end.

Most of my normal stretching. I didn't bring my roller, so I couldn't do any rolling. My quads are strangely sore for no apparent reason.

More walking around Seoul with my parents! We hiked up Namsan mountain to Namsan Seoul Tower, which had awesome views across Seoul and to the surrounding mountains. Then my dad went to take a nap while my mom and I walked around Bukchon Hanok Village and then over to Jongmyo Shrine. Fun day!

Quick stretch before bed.

Woohoo! In Korea! Walking around Seoul to Gyeongbokgung and Changdeokgung Palaces. There are a gazillion stores that rent hanbok (traditional upperclass Korean clothes) around the palaces, and if you are wearing hanbok you get into the palaces free, so there were a hilarious number of people dressed up :-).

Quick stretch before bed.