Training Log Archive: CleverSky

Gay City, Red, 5.9 km, 215 m, 5th. Anticipating nasty weather (which maybe never really came), I ran early by special arrangement with the meet crew, starting a bit before 9 AM. While getting ready, I was unable to locate my orienteering shoes, though I specifically remembered getting them out and putting them by the door with the rest of my stuff when I was preparing to leave home yesterday morning (and they were still right there when I got home). So the best choice was the retired running shoes that I wear when hang gliding, and in this terrain, they were fine.

Chilly to start, but very nice temperature once I got rolling (LS poly shirt and an O top). No big mistakes, but several small ones. Went around the hill from the start intead of just going straight, had to stop and figure out what was going on when I got near #3, the approach to #5 was probably a little slow, pretty far wide to the left on #6 (but I knew I was doing that), a couple other hesitations, and my route to the finish could have been faster. We'll see if any of those show up as errors on SA. (Answer: #3 and #6 were time losses, plus a hesitation on #12.)

This is a wonderful park with a fine map, and it's a pretty fun place to run when the visibility is so good. And a nice enjoyable course, thanks, Bill and Charlie!

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C • I was thinking the same - e... 1

Not exactly training, but I spent a sunny 60+ degree day outdoors on my feet, and walked or jogged the length of the field several times, sometimes carrying stuff. This was a hang gliding deal, more training with the hydraulic winch. I had three short tows in the morning, then one spectacular one in the afternoon that was so awesome that nobody else wanted to fly afterwards.

Tomorrow has the potential to be some serious HTFU training.

C • My thoughts exactly, though... 2

Meandering in the Lane property, out early enough to stay ahead of The Dim, which was good because I didn't bring a headlamp. I wanted to go a little shorter, but wasn't sure exactly where, and I saw a trail off of the Enigma Road that I couldn't remember if I had gone down before,so I tried it, but it was heading for the house and I doubled back. Then instead of going to the Powerline trail, I decided to take the southernmost part of Mystery Blazes back to the cooler, but it's getting pretty faint, and I never did find it, but there was no way to miss the Mulpus, so I was able to follow it back to the bridge and thence home. Just what I had in mind, a bit shorter, pushing a bit harder, and slightly faster than the past few days. Still plenty of congestion, though.

In The Dim again. I thought this loop was shorter than this (translation: man, am I slow right now). Not very wet or muddy out there, which was nice. There were a few places where pretty big trees have come crashing down o the trail, which isn't much of a problem for an agile pedestrian. But I suspect there are folks who will get out there with chainsaws before too long, considering that they've been doing some modest earthmoving in spots to smooth and widen the trail.

(Actually, looking at my historic times for this loop, I think it actually is longer than I had remembered.)

50 situps, 25 pushups, 8 ring pullups. Snow again, the third time in the last week or two that we've gotten white stuff, but not enough to warrant dealings.

Townsend SF, In The Dim. Brought a map, didn't look at it too much. It wasn't too helpful early on because it was a 1990s vintage map, and the beavers have... been busy... and at the end it was too dark to see it even if I wanted to. Okay, I suppose I could have turned on my headlamp, but what fun would that have been? I was pretty confident that I had the map memorized well enough to get back to the car, and in fact I went exactly where I intended, but things were pretty mysterious in the last part. It appears that I even made a 90 degree right hand turn (both on the map and on the GPS track) that I have no memory of actually making. It was a longer run than I was vaguely expecting it to be, which is fine. A lot of puddles out there.