Sunday Mar 18 |
 | Orienteering 1:41:00 [2] *** 6.7 km (15:04 / km) +150m 13:33 / km | |
| ahr:180 max:194 14c slept:6.0 shoes: Integrators (Red) |
| Red course on the Chimney Rock map, local Tucson meet. I'm feeling about 50% better than I was during the week, which is great... but I started running as if I were 100% healthy and it hit me after about 5 controls. Walked much of the second half of the course. Also blew two controls, one because I saw a freakin' mylar balloon straight in front of me, looking just like a control for a silly parallel error (control was in the next reentrant to the left). Pretty nice area, never been there before. Very nice map. Too bad I had such a slow day!
At least when I was feeling good I was also orienteering well, had some very nice 'flow' at the beginning.
It's hot in Tucson. Hit 94 (!) yesterday, a new record for the date by 6 degrees! Too bad I'm going to get here after the heat starts to pick up. I guess I'll just have to find a way to make lots of orienteering trips to get some relief. Finland sounds good. ;-)
Just checked HR and I'm really surprised at how high it was. I think it was a combination of the heat and the rough terrain, so that even walking and slow jogging was strenuous. Oh, and I almost forgot - saw the usual ranch animals - spooked a few cows, saw one horse and... a gray fox! S/he was extremely cute, despite being a member of the dog family. |
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| C • sit-stay for runners 2 |
Thursday Mar 15 |
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| I feel like less of a wimp - I really am sick! It's not just allergies. It's just a cold, but now I feel like it's reasonable for me to feel sluggish.
Pretty interesting time in the HC-130 world last night - both my flight and a buddy's flight in Tucson. Both involved potential ground egress (ours for a possible fuel leak, his for a possible failed nose gear) and both involved really impressive bird strikes! Talk about a coinky-dink! |
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| C • ground egress? 9 |
Wednesday Mar 14 |
| Running (road) 19:00 [2] | |
| slept:9.0 shoes: Kayano XII (pink) |
| Felt like I needed a shower, so I had to figure out a way to earn one. Ran to Walgreens and back. It's hard to run with a 12-pack of DDP in your hands.
I've slept 16 of the last 30 hours and feel like I haven't slept at all. Awesome!
I also used the trip as a trial run of my new glasses that arrived yesterday. Now I have an up-to-date prescription pair of lenses that aren't BCG-style flight glasses. Being gov't lenses they aren't exactly stylish, but they're free so I'm not going to complain. I've been wearing an old back-up pair of glasses for a couple of months now. Hey, maybe all of a sudden I'll be able to see controls from even farther! ;-) |
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| C • I've thought about going to re... 1 |
Tuesday Mar 13 |
| Running (trail) 35:00 [2] 5.3 km (6:36 / km) +100m 6:02 / km | |
| ahr:167 max:182 slept:7.0 shoes: Asics Trail |
| Everything I could think of to write was very negative. So I'll keep it short: foothills. run. need new trail shoes. |