Training Log Archive: vmeyer

Hanging out at the hospital with Roger. He had a Bronchoscopy done in order to determine what is going on in his lung. The opinion is infection, which would be great. Just another chapter in his 30 year history of renal cell cancer. No biggie.



We had a good laugh after Roger asked the nurse if she was going to mark the side with a black sharpie so the doctor would know where to go. She told him that there was only one hole they would want to enter.

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Pool open again after being closed for maintenance the last week. Got there just after the noon rush, during which all lanes were circling. I got a lane to myself for about 55 minutes, sharing with a young girl near the end. Had to stop to discuss with the lifeguard, but otherwise I swam without stopping. Negative split with first 1500 in 3100 and second in 3050. Felt great.

Renewed my pass for another year. Swam about 80 times on 2016 pass, averaging $4.70 per swim vs. $5.10 per swim on 10 swim pass. Perhaps that would have been a better buy for the coming year, but I like having the motivation of each swim lowering the per swim cost. And, it is convenient.

Yup, I gained another pound since yesterday. Back to work tomorrow. It was a good break.

Trying to start the new year the way I ended the last year...active and sober, so I hatched a plan a couple of days ago to orienteer today, and to invite people to join me. I knew choosing an early start time (9-10 am) would limit the participation, but I was interested in having an afternoon nap, so early it was.



Not the hardest course in the world, but I was happy that the climb was reasonable, and we stayed in what I consider to be the nicer woods...and, it was a beautiful morning - started about 40 and went up to 50+ by noon time.

In deference to Roger's concern that I have been limping around, I took the bike and passed on actually doing a course today.

The attendees were Amy, Kris, Florence and Tom, John V and Caleb, Craig and his sheltie, Mark M and David P. Getting a jump on fundraising efforts, $110 was collected for the Senior team!

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Putting out 5 controls which needed to be added to get course closer to 6k and control count to 17.

On the observation tower - possibly the only gratuitous climb on the course...




The fence

While walking to control, I left my bike on the side of the indistinct trail, then I was having doubts that I could find it again...but, I did. Whew!

The ditch/stream junction which I was walking to...didn't feel too hard to do in my bike shoes.

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Rode out to park entrance and then around to entertain myself while people were in the woods. Hit probably my top speed every, about 21 mph on the way back. Whee!!

The new park entrance sign


Tom N finishing in about 54 minutes...


And, then going back out past control 10/refreshment point to check on Florence, who did the whole course despite any concerns to the contrary. Congratulations Florence!


John V and Caleb...


Valerie and Kris, just after Kris finished. I need to work on the whole "big head out front" thing.

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Picking up three visible controls. Left rest out for another day. Rode back on unpaved trail to get more off road practice.

Picking up the observation control


Tried for an artsy shot...


TIme in the woods, albeit mostly on the bike, and happy people orienteering, and a nice nap after. Yup, it was a good day, indeed!

It is going to be a busy day with a lunch date with Sarah et al, then Lailah for the afternoon., so I squeezed this in while I could.

2 mintues at 3 mph,18 at 4.5 and 10 at 4. Left back of knee didn't like the walking. Right heel remains sore after, not during.

Putting out controls for some training on New Year's Day. Figured it would take me about two hours at a mostly walking pace. Was finished quicker than that, including starting my watch from the parking and a detour to the observation tour, so I figured something was wrong with the jpg map scale, and it was. My 6K course is only 4K.

Beautiful day in the woods, though very windy in the open.

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So windy on the outbound - 20-25 mph winds. But, with the sun out, and knowing I was going to be on my feet for other activities this weekend, I wanted to ride today. MTB again, which was good for grip when the winds came from the side. So hard to get up the hill to the house, like I was crawling, but I made it! Then a couple of "victory" laps at the end into the wind some more, but knowing I was almost done made it easier. No inhaler today, on purpose, to work on deep breathing. All was good.

Before the ride, Sarah, Matt, and Lailah visited today, which was perfect timing...first, they helped to unload the van, and then Lailah and I started dusting and organizing the dollhouses.







Wanted a updated Lailah and Grammy photo. However, I had to tickle Lailah out of her posed smile first. It mostly worked. :)