Sunday Jun 22 |
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| Event: WCOC Crandalls Park
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 | Road running warm up/down 12:00 [1]1.4 mi (8:34 / mi) | |
| shoes: BA7 |
| Warmup before O sprints at Crandall Park, Tolland, CT. I missed my Sunday run group by being late to the starting point, and couldn't find them, so I did a little road warmup. |
| Orienteering race 27:43 [4]2.2 km (12:36 / km) | |
| shoes: Jalas2 |
| Sprint A. Major screwup on leg 8. |
| Orienteering race 26:27 [3]2.2 km (12:01 / km) | |
| shoes: Jalas2 |
| Sprint B. No major messups or walkabouts, but I did a lot more walking than I should have. The humidity was oppressive. |
| Orienteering race 1:24:00 [3]5.5 km (15:16 / km) | |
| shoes: Jalas2 |
| Red. The humidity had started to abate a bit, and it actually got a bit cooler. I saw a new phenomenon while orienteering that I had never seen before: a lightning bolt strike in my field of vision.
AOWN: Saw 2 deer in the woods. |
Thursday Jun 19 |
| trail runnung warm up/down 25:00 [1]2.0 mi (12:29 / mi) | |
| shoes: Salomon trail shoes |
| Warmup 15' before and cooldown 10' after trail race. |
| trail runnung 24:46 [4]3.14 mi (7:53 / mi) +95m 4:29 / km | |
| ahr:167 max:179 shoes: Salomon trail shoes |
| 3rd and final Wachusett 5K trail race. I had marked approximate split locations for each half mile, though at race time I only remembered where the .5 and 1.0 mile hacks were. I wanted to get a better idea of the pace, and whether I was dogging it early in the race. I didn't think so, but it was hard to tell.
This week, I thought I was in about 11th after the start, passed 2 people around .5M, and was eventually passed by 2 or 3 others between .5 and 1.25 miles. After that, no passes, even though I thought I could nip a guy wearing a Wapack Trail race Tshirt on the last hill. I didn't have it in me today, though I managed to preserve my position on the last major uphill.
I thought I raced harder this week than last, but clocked almost the exact same time.
The Tshirt for completing all 3 races was a bit disappointing: large sponsor logos, no graphics other than logos, plain white, nothing to get worked up over. For the race I wore my 1998 Billygoat shirt (aka PG as Satan^H^H^H^H^Ha cross between a man and a goat), though it was too hot for a cotton Tshirt. |
Wednesday Jun 18 |
| Road running tempo 23:40 [4]5 km (4:44 / km) | |
| ahr:156 max:175 shoes: BA6 |
| CMS Members only 5K race. Done as a tempo workout, since I plan on racing the trail 5K tomorrow. First 2 miles were 7:49, 7:48; last 1.1M was in 8:03, 7:19 pace. Did not leave 2-2 breathing, but still managed to pass a person or 2 in the last half mile. At one point I caught a glimpse of Barb McManus (a 2:56 marathoner) pushing her daughter in a stroller, and put on a little speed: I did not want to be passed by the person pushing the stroller. |