Sunday Dec 9 |
 | Running warm up/down (dirt) 8:00 [2] 0.8 mi (10:00 / mi) | |
| ahr:158 max:173 shoes: Jalas |
| Warm up before the start. |
| Orienteering race 1:24:00  *** 7 km (12:00 / km) +135m 10:57 / km | |
| ahr:184 max:194 spiked:7/11c |
| Phoenix meet at First Water, on a "contour only" map. No roads or trails (there are quite a few of them) except the big main one as safety... but there were fences and pits, which came in handy. First part of the course went through a fast and flatter section and then we headed into some gnarly rocky stuff with more intricate contour detail. It was a good course, and since Max started 2 min ahead and Ludwig a few behind we had some good head-to-head. The terrain, when flatter, is pretty runnable, though definitely thicker than Arthur Pack yesterday. Had a lot more leg to cactus collisions than I would have liked.
I had a few pretty significant goofs. A couple of minutes on 3 (not paying attention and drifting) and a couple more on 4 (bad plan). Seems I had slightly less efficient route choices than Ludwig to 7 and 9, and then lost another minute on 10 (momentary complete and total disorientation) and bits here and there. That's lots of minutes. When I left I think I was still second, which means I beat Max, Windy (barely), Dave, Erik and Ron...nice set of names, but I was a whole 10 minutes behind Ludwig. I guess we all stunk it up a bit.
As far as good stuff, I felt very in control on the first two controls, just like it should be, and felt like I was okay on 6-9. Those were in the slower section, and I certainly have trouble keeping the intensity up when you can't move fast and you can't look at the map well while trying to avoid tripping over a rock into a cactus. Just gotta keep doing it.
The map. |
Saturday Dec 8 |
| Orienteering 1:10:00  *** 6.7 km (10:27 / km) | |
| 29c shoes: Jalas |
| Went up to the site of the club's newest map at Arthur Pack and ran the red course that Ludwig set for next weekend's meet.
This was really neat. The park is quite small and would be a pretty boring map if it were normal. But it's mapped at 1:6000 with 4 foot contours (a little weird, but it works) and detailed vegetation that includes all mature saguaros. Immature saguaros aren't mapped, which I thought might be a bit confusing on the run, but it turns out to be brilliant. (Mature saguaros, in this case, are the ones with arms.)
The courses are control-picky in character, which I think is great use of this terrain. It's almost completely flat, but the slight dips and dry washes and washlets are also mapped very well. It's a nice change from the terrain we have that are essentially contour maps with almost no additional detail and very high visibility. On those maps you can get lazy - just look off in the distance to see the ridge or reentrant you're looking for and run. You have to pay attention with this stuff. I guess it will be easier with actual controls instead of the teeny tiny flagging Ludwig used.... and I predict some really fast times.
Anyway, about my orienteering - okay. I had plenty of good legs where I did all the things I wanted to do, but goofed a few, too, and that's no good. When things went well I was preparing for what I'd see ahead and adjusting on the run. Things didn't go well if I just tried to go in the right direction. Of course, part of that is my inability to actually go in a straight line, but that's even more reason to be looking ahead. This was good practice, I'll have to go back for more. |
| |
| C • nice analysis... 3 |
Friday Dec 7 |
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
| |
| Ride in. |
| Running (road) 33:00 [2] 3.47 mi (9:31 / mi) | |
| shoes: Kayano XII (pink) |
| Afternoon PT, Cristina-style. I had everyone meet at the 1.5 mile running track by the golf course and run 2 laps at their own pace. Most were able to run with someone of a similar ability level and everyone actually traveled two laps, though many of them had to walk to the second one. At least they did something.
Is that double clicking calculation thing new, or is it just my browser? |
| Cycling (road) 18:00  | |
| |
| Ride home. |
Thursday Dec 6 |
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
| |
| Ride in.
Hardly slept at all last night. I'm a bit behind on stuff I need to take care of at home... and at work. I'd rather take care of the stuff at home, but I'm at work, distracted by the other stuff. Good times. |
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
| |
| Ride home. |
| Running (road) 35:00 [1] 3.18 mi (10:59 / mi) | |
| shoes: Gus |
| Evening run with seabass out to the bike path. Really gorgeous weather. Unfortunately, it feels like Gus may not be sensitive enough for me. |
| |
| C • I can tell already that the... 1 |
Wednesday Dec 5 |
| Cycling (road) 20:00 [2] | |
| |
| Ride in. More fomenting. |
| Cycling (road) 25:00 [2] | |
| |
| Ride home, with a fuzzy view of the world. I usually take my glasses off when I fly and hang them over the zipper on the front of my flight suit. They fell at some point during the flight and I left without realizing it. Luckily the nav on the next crew found them (and not because he heard a "crunch", I hope) and I should be able to get them back tomorrow... but not without some compensation. Tradition dictates cold beer, but this nav just wants Arizona Iced Tea - so easy! |
| |
| C • He'd catch some crap... 2 |
Tuesday Dec 4 |
| Cycling (road) 25:00 [2] | |
| |
| Ride hom.e really ridiculsly tire.d |
| |
| C • Did I miss something? 2 |
| Running (road) 30:00  3.2 mi (9:23 / mi) | |
| shoes: Gus |
| I wanted to go for a nice run at Sabino Canyon this morning but Seabass drove to work so I was carless. Instead I worked on the family calendar, version 2 (Le Calendrier Luis 2008) and went out at about noon for a quick jog around da hood. Over to the bike path and back in my new shoes. I've decided to follow feet's lead and give my shoes names, starting with those of ex-boyfriends, because there are so many similarities between the two kinds of relationships. |
| |
| C • Explain 10 |
| Cycling (road) 22:00 [2] | |
| |
| In to work. Yay! I love work! wuhu! |
| Cycling (road) 25:00 [2] | |
| |
| Ride home. Not as tired. But the ride home gave me time to think about work. Something about the ride home foments more hatred. |
Monday Dec 3 |
| Note | |
| |
| OMG:
|
| |
| C • Another awesome view! 6 |
| Cycling (road) 22:00 [2] | |
| |
| In to work. Suckage. |
