Training Archive: CristinaIn the 7 days ending 2007-06-24:
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Sunday Jun 24 | ||
| Hiking 1:58:00 | |
| ahr:148 max:180 shoes: Asics Trail Attack III | ||
| Flew back to Tucson today, marking the true end of my most recent O-palooza. Which means it's time to prepare for the next event - Finger Lakes with Sandy, who I'm sure is going to be a total slavedriver.
I got home at about 3 and it was kind of hot out - about 103. I would probably have been content to sit at home and take care of homey things but instead I thought to myself, "It's 117 degrees in Baghdad, stop being such a weanie." And that did it. It was pretty hot. And it takes a lot for me to say it was hot. headed over to the Rincons and hiked up to Bridal Wreath Falls via Douglas Springs (just under 1 hr) then up a bit farther to make 75 min. Turned around and came straight back, running (slowly) when it wasn't too steep. Very nice, though the way down was much more pleasant as the sun started to go down. Only saw one person on the way up, a dude coming down wearing shorts, a t-shirt and flip-flops. I bet his feet were burned. Saw some bunnies (live), some chipmunky things, and approximately 78 lizards, give or take a few dozen. I'm sure there was more to see, and I would have liked to hike longer, but I had to pick up Seabass at work. Not much in the way of HTFU training this way. In other news, I've come back to a DDP-free household (good) with a microwave (boo hiss). And some really cute kitties! | ||
| C • mix 5 | ||
| C • Wait wait wait!!! 9 | ||
| C • slave driver 1 | ||
Friday Jun 22 | ||
| Note | |
Just for kicks, here's the photo that Vadim took of me punching at the infamous 10th control:
And a closer view of the actual punch:  | ||
| C • Accidentally perfect shot:) 3 | ||
| Orienteering 1:31:00 [3] * | |
| shoes: Asics Trail Attack III | ||
| Barb's Nahant street scramble. Fun! I had to go a minute overtime to do it, but I got them all. I figured that since I was there I might as well see the whole island. I think the dastardly duo of Viktoria and Brendan got me by 4 minutes, but they had two brains and four eyes. Um, I mean, four real eyes, not like my four eyes.
My mom also went out and got a few and I think she felt a little neglected since I wanted to go on my own. I can't help it that I like to run. She actually did run for a bit when I passed her and wasn't doing a bad job keeping up, but that didn't last long. This was great, a perfect way to start off a party. Thanks Barb! | ||
| DDR 10:00 [1] | |
| There were a couple of dance pads set up last night and I got to shake off a bit of rust. Didn't play continuously, and none of it was too intense, so this just gets a little more than a mention.
It was a lot of fun to see people like my mom and Judy trying to play. Viktoria is a natural. | ||
Thursday Jun 21 | ||
| Running (road) 18:30 [2] | |
| shoes: Asics Trail Attack III | ||
| Ran over to meet Boris for another easy morning run. I showed up and he shoved a map at me and said, "Line-O on trails". This is the running before and after getting to Stadsskogen (including running back to Zan's on a full stomach knowing I had a bus to catch). | ||
| Orienteering 41:30 [2] * | |
| shoes: Asics Trail Attack III | ||
| Line-O on trails at Stadsskogen. Good way to keep occupied and a little dose of help on forming some good map-glancing habits. | ||
| Note | |
| Made it back to Sudbury. Washing swampy clothes and eating yummy mami food. :-) | ||
Wednesday Jun 20 | ||
| Running (trail) 42:15 [2] | |
| shoes: Asics Trail Attack III | ||
| Morning run with Sandra and Boris. Sandra was half asleep, so I could keep up. | ||
| C • Yeah, she was never much of a ... 3 | ||
| Strength/Core (stretching) 10:00 [1] | |
| After the run, waiting for the store to open so that we could eat breakfast. Yum. | ||
| Running warm up/down (trails) 14:00 [2] | |
| To and from the start triangle from super secret bike stashing location. | ||
| Orienteering 1:12:00 [2] ***** | |
| shoes: Integrators (orange) | ||
| Course at Nåsten with Boris in the afternoon. He led for a few controls, telling me what he was looking for, and then I took the lead. This was very good training. Not only was it useful to see what he would look for on the map, in this terrain that is so unfamiliar to me and much more familiar to him... but it was also extremely helpful to have someone behind me trying to instill some technique discipline... making sure I have a plan, checking my map and direction frequently, keeping my eyes up and following through to the control. Mentally very tiring. It would be quite awesome to do something like this regularly. | ||
| Note | |
| Also got a little look at one of the DX Deluxe maps today. Actually picnic'd on the map with Zan and then walked to a few control points. It looks like it would be totally wild to race there.
I'm off to Boston tomorrow. Not sure where I'll be for the two days, and I should rest for one, but I do plan on being in the woods somewhere. Wonder if there are any maps near Westport ...? | ||
| C • near Westport 12 | ||
| Strength/Core (stretching) 10:00 [1] | |
| More stretching, just before bed. Good. | ||
Tuesday Jun 19 | ||
| Running warm up/down (trail) 20:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Integrators (orange) | ||
| Running to and from the start area at Lunsen. | ||
| Orienteering 1:15:00 [1] ***** | |
| shoes: Integrators (orange) | ||
| Today was Lunsen day, with Boris, Patrick, Zan and Sandra. Everyone set out a few streamers for a short loop and then we "ran" (walked, in my case) other people's loops. I managed to successfully hang my two streamers in the right place, but that's mostly because Boris was kind enough to give me cairns as control features. ;-)
Unfortunately, I was tired and perhaps very hungry and was not able to concentrate well, even while walking. It was very good to get out on this map (another face to the name!) but I think I might need several dozen more visits before I'd feel comfortable. I can't imagine night-o there! | ||
| Running warm up/down (trail) 40:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Integrators (orange) | ||
| Running to and from the swamp/Linné clubhouse for swamp football. | ||
| Swamp Football 45:00 [5] | |
| shoes: Integrators (orange) | ||
| Boris was in charge of his club's training tonight and had decided to play swamp football. Somewhere along the process of trying to procure a soccer ball he realized that while he didn't have one of those, he did have a football (aka pigskin). So, Swedes be damned, American football it was.
We got out to the swamp and Boris attempted to explain the rules in Swedish. I think they mostly understood (but I didn't). We started playing, more or less the way it's supposed to be done (which was funny enough), but that didn't last much more than a touchdown. These guys wanted some real training, so it soon degenerated into something resembling two team Smear the Queer. Play didn't stop, which meant tackles turned into 6 person coed mud-wrestling until someone could wrest the ball away. It was quite an experience. I imagine if someone were to predict what would happen if you handed a bunch of Swedish orienteers an American football in a swamp, that's pretty much it. But that doesn't mean it's not still hilarious. Patrick lost his shoe in the mire and it took him 15 minutes to find it. I thought that was funny, but then I ended up with a face-full of swamp mud, so I guess he got the last laugh. Just for the record, running through a swamp is very tiring. And it's been a long time since I've been so nasty gross in an O suit. But I'd definitely do it again! | ||
| C • I guess... 3 | ||
| C • Rugby? 2 | ||
Monday Jun 18 | ||
| Note | |
| Whew, guess I never did get as many live Jukola updates up as I figured I would... I feel asleep and no one bothered to wake me.
In Uppsala now. Sandra dragged me shopping this morning. Don't think Marc reads this so I think it's safe to say that she bought something. Looking forward to a session of, "So, you think you can orienteer?", Swedish edition. | ||
| C • it's big enough:-)
is zan sle... 7 | ||
| Note | |
| My splits from Venla. Shows pretty clearly that I was pretty god awful in the beginning. I think I have two choices - decide to care about mass starts and practice them... or never run the first leg of a relay ever again.
And my splits from the WC qual. I'm actually not last on more legs than I am last. Neat. But not so much on the final. I want to see people's routes! | ||
| Orienteering 1:20:00 [2] ***** | |
| A little training on Nåsten with Suzanne. A nice easy intro - it was actually quite fun! And it's good to finally put a name to the face.
First did a short little map hike loop, started walking with Zan, then I tried running each of the short legs and met her there for control location confirmation. Then I did a few slightly longer legs. Fun stuff. And easy to get off the line if you're not looking in front of you on the map and in the terrain - a most important skill, and one that I certainly need to work on to make automatic. The bike ride to and from was quite a bit more arduous than one would expect. Or maybe not if one were to see the bike. | ||
| Note | |
| Ocean's 13 (0)
But maybe only because I was really tired and kept falling asleep...? | ||
| C • (0) 7 | ||