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Training Log Archive: daedalus

In the 7 days ending Jun 9, 2009:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
biking	4	8:00:00	81.11	(5:55)	130.53	(3:41)	500
orienteering	4	6:10:00	23.49	(15:45)	37.8	(9:47)		12 /	54c	22%
road run	3	3:18:00	20.93	(9:28)	33.68	(5:53)	600
terrain run	1	2:00:00	7.46	(16:06)	12.0	(10:00)	700
Total	7	19:28:00	132.98	(8:47)	214.01	(5:27)	1800	12 /	54c	22%

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Tuesday Jun 9, 2009 #

road run 13:00 [3] 1.5 mi (8:40 / mi)
shoes: blue dirt dawgs

C • Future training 4

orienteering 40:00 [3] *** 4.0 km (10:00 / km)
spiked:12/14c shoes: dirt dawgzadvanced

Aux crêts de Seythenex again. I guess if it takes me this long to adjust to new terrain it's good I'm starting a month ahead of time. Well I'm not quite sure what my problem was last week, but the map reminded me quite a bit of hills and dales, but with slightly more rocks, although I handled them much better this time, and USGSesque contours (probably taken straight off an IGN map). Anyway this was an easy day for me, although my stomach hurt a little. Marie Antoinette was wrong, la brioche had no positive effect on my health.

road run warm up/down 1:00:00 [3] * 7.0 mi (8:34 / mi)
shoes: dirt dawgzadvanced

To seythenex and back. Also some sprints on the way back with dersu's course on the JWOC 09 sprint map. Well the stupid rubber cleat things are a little painful when running fast on roads, so I think I'll remove them for JWOC. They would be a good idea for a sprint that's half roads, half muddy forest.

Monday Jun 8, 2009 #

orienteering 4:00:00 [2] ***** 15.0 mi (16:00 / mi)
20c shoes: blue dirt dawgs 2

Camped on top of the Semnoz, and did this training over the last two days. The map is very detailed but is ten years old and apparently the rocks have rolled around since then. I had the impression of being on top of a very loose pile of large rocks, and there was some kind of cavern system underfoot, lots of pits and chasms. I also did some above the treeline, but this was trivial, and the footing was very good, and this is where I did most of my running. There were also some particuliarly nasty horseflies that followed me for about a mile.

biking 2:00:00 [2] 40.0 km (3:00 / km)

From the summit back to Faverges by way of St Jorioz

Sunday Jun 7, 2009 #

biking 1:30:00 [2] 23.0 km (3:55 / km)

To Annecy to catch the bus to the summit of the semnoz.

Saturday Jun 6, 2009 #

orienteering 50:00 [3] *** 3.5 mi (14:17 / mi)
10c shoes: dirt dawgzadvanced

Alright I'm starting to get used to this map and terrain now. Still, side-hill running on a 45-degree rocky slope covered with downed trees is slow at best. At least I got a few legs in at under 10min/km.

road run 1:00:00 [3] 10.0 km (6:00 / km) +300m 5:13 / km
shoes: dirt dawgzadvanced

To Seythenex and back

Friday Jun 5, 2009 #

orienteering 40:00 [3] **** 2.5 mi (16:00 / mi)
10c shoes: dirt dawgzadvanced

Seythenex-Les crêts. Well I wasn't exactly expecting that terrain. Rocky and steep. I'm still not used to the idea that normal-looking contour lines on a 1:5000 represent a very steep slope. Anyway the map is a tad old so there were a few new paths, etc. I need to work on my compass skills. It's too bad I didn't complete my Compasswoods map at Alma until end of may or I could have gotten some good compass training in.

road run warm up/down 1:05:00 [3] 10.0 km (6:30 / km) +300m 5:39 / km
shoes: dirt dawgzadvanced

From Faverges up to Seythenex and back.

Thursday Jun 4, 2009 #

biking 1:30:00 [3] 14.0 mi (6:26 / mi) +500m 5:47 / mi

to La Ramaz and back

terrain run hills 2:00:00 [3] 12.0 km (10:00 / km) +700m 7:45 / km
shoes: blue dirt dawgs

climbed la Belle Etoile from la Ramaz

Wednesday Jun 3, 2009 #

biking 3:00:00 [3] 45.0 km (4:00 / km)

to Annecy and back to pick up maps

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