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Tuesday Jan 31, 2006 #
trail running 58:55 [3]
weight:140lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
The hour loop on the ridge. Had a dusting of slop (some mix of snow/sleet/slush) overnight, though perhaps a "basting" would be a more appropriate term, but running conditions were still decent.
It seems well accepted that AttackPoint can provide some good incentive to get out training, and also, judging by the fact that most posts seem to happen during working hours, a good diversion from work. It also provides a good diversion for the mind while running. Any number of times in the middle of a run I have thought about what I might have to say on my training log, and the next thing I know I've got an idea or two, and, of course, another mile or two has gone by.
On today's run I wasn't thinking so much about what I might write, but rather wandering back to a few favorite subjects on AP in the past -- a Xmas eve trip to Buffalo, fearsome battles with the FDFs (and then I thought about the fact that I hadn't battled them for several months, and then I thought, well, I can live with that), an unsuccessful attempt to break my neck, and most recently the development of G (which the Swampfox gets full credit for and which places him right up there with Newton and Einstein in man's attempt to define how the universe works). And that got me thinking about a run with Phil in December when we occupied ourselves on a long climb with an attempt to determine how much less we would weigh in Laramie. And I think we decided that it would be about half a pound less than our weights at nearly sea level (he lives at about 150', I'm at 180'). And what does that say about the value of the G?
Well, as you can imagine, I have no idea, but the last 20 minutes of the run went by in a flash. And that was just fine.
It seems well accepted that AttackPoint can provide some good incentive to get out training, and also, judging by the fact that most posts seem to happen during working hours, a good diversion from work. It also provides a good diversion for the mind while running. Any number of times in the middle of a run I have thought about what I might have to say on my training log, and the next thing I know I've got an idea or two, and, of course, another mile or two has gone by.
On today's run I wasn't thinking so much about what I might write, but rather wandering back to a few favorite subjects on AP in the past -- a Xmas eve trip to Buffalo, fearsome battles with the FDFs (and then I thought about the fact that I hadn't battled them for several months, and then I thought, well, I can live with that), an unsuccessful attempt to break my neck, and most recently the development of G (which the Swampfox gets full credit for and which places him right up there with Newton and Einstein in man's attempt to define how the universe works). And that got me thinking about a run with Phil in December when we occupied ourselves on a long climb with an attempt to determine how much less we would weigh in Laramie. And I think we decided that it would be about half a pound less than our weights at nearly sea level (he lives at about 150', I'm at 180'). And what does that say about the value of the G?
Well, as you can imagine, I have no idea, but the last 20 minutes of the run went by in a flash. And that was just fine.
Monday Jan 30, 2006 #
trail running 1:15:03 [3]
weight:140lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
Trails from the Body Shop. The mild winter continues, upper 30s and frizzle (fog and drizzle). The trails were actually pretty good after a bunch of rain yesterday, a mix of crusty snow, soft ice, slush, and bare ground. What was missing was the puddles in all the micro-depressions. I think there's not that much frost in the ground and the low spots are draining better.
Legs not too bad. Did the hour loop plus an out and back to Sachem Head along the rocky trail along the top of the ridge. Would have been nice to be able to see the rocks, but my glasses were pretty fogged up by then. I suppose that's good training....
Legs not too bad. Did the hour loop plus an out and back to Sachem Head along the rocky trail along the top of the ridge. Would have been nice to be able to see the rocks, but my glasses were pretty fogged up by then. I suppose that's good training....
Sunday Jan 29, 2006 #
track race 5:46 [5] 1.0 mi (5:46 / mi)
weight:140lbs shoes: Pegasus 10/05
SMAC indoor track meet at Smith College. Ran the mile in 5:46.4. Excellent. Excellent. One more time -- excellent. :-)
Was shooting to break 6. Phil said we should be able to do 5:50 but I had my doubts. He ended up just behind me in 5:49 so we were both pretty pleased.
Quarter-mile splits were 87.8, 88.2, 87.7, and 82.7. It didn't hurt as much as I remember previous mile races hurting, meaning you're past the red line and there's still 600 meters to go. So maybe I had more in me -- over-60 record for the meets, which have been going on for at least 20 years, is 5:38. But it's hard to push the pace when you haven't raced the distance for a long time. (Best ever, last real attempt at the distance was 5:01 in 1989.)
Really fun. And there is no fudging the numbers at the track, no wind, no snow, no cactus. You just find out what sort of shape you're in, for better or worse. And with sprints a serious part of O' these days, and often on hard surfaces, running on the track and roads shouldn't be brushed off as irrelevant any more.
Was shooting to break 6. Phil said we should be able to do 5:50 but I had my doubts. He ended up just behind me in 5:49 so we were both pretty pleased.
Quarter-mile splits were 87.8, 88.2, 87.7, and 82.7. It didn't hurt as much as I remember previous mile races hurting, meaning you're past the red line and there's still 600 meters to go. So maybe I had more in me -- over-60 record for the meets, which have been going on for at least 20 years, is 5:38. But it's hard to push the pace when you haven't raced the distance for a long time. (Best ever, last real attempt at the distance was 5:01 in 1989.)
Really fun. And there is no fudging the numbers at the track, no wind, no snow, no cactus. You just find out what sort of shape you're in, for better or worse. And with sprints a serious part of O' these days, and often on hard surfaces, running on the track and roads shouldn't be brushed off as irrelevant any more.
track 30:00 [3]
shoes: Pegasus 10/05
About 15 minutes before, including 4 or 5 quicker 100-meter efforts, and then 15 minutes after.
Legs felt good, by the way, helps taking the day before off.
Legs felt good, by the way, helps taking the day before off.
C • Fast 20
Friday Jan 27, 2006 #
trail running 1:00:32 [3]
weight:140.5lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
Tax time again so running in Grrenfield or thereabouts. Standard "hour loop" on Greenfield ridge. Footing was a little better than I expected -- it's all foot trails (as opposed to snowmobile trails), but there are a few people that walk or snowshoe there so they slowly get packed down after each storm. Today some were packed down well, some a little rough, and in a few places I was going in 6-8", overalll a nice mix.
Legs felt only so-so at the start (or maybe it was not having the good feeling of a running partner suffering behind you?), better as I went along.
Legs felt only so-so at the start (or maybe it was not having the good feeling of a running partner suffering behind you?), better as I went along.
Thursday Jan 26, 2006 #
trail running 1:13:36 [3]
weight:140.5lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
With Phil, same as yesterday, plus a little further on the other side of the Conway-Whately Road. We were planning to go a bit more but there was a wide enough stream crossing, not frozen over because of the mild weather, and we weren't keen on wading.
Nice day, sunny, but a stiff wind out of the NW (20-25 mph, a gentle Laramie zephyr). Most of the time we were sheltered from it by the woods and/or the terrain, but across a couple of fields on the top of a hill it was blowing hard and drifting the snow. In a few places it was a foot deep, or at least that's how far it felt like I was going in. And 30 minutes later on the return trip our footprints had already disappeared. I'm glad we weren't relying on them to find our way back!
Relaxed pace, legs felt good, conditions still a bit soft but mostly ok.
Nice day, sunny, but a stiff wind out of the NW (20-25 mph, a gentle Laramie zephyr). Most of the time we were sheltered from it by the woods and/or the terrain, but across a couple of fields on the top of a hill it was blowing hard and drifting the snow. In a few places it was a foot deep, or at least that's how far it felt like I was going in. And 30 minutes later on the return trip our footprints had already disappeared. I'm glad we weren't relying on them to find our way back!
Relaxed pace, legs felt good, conditions still a bit soft but mostly ok.
Wednesday Jan 25, 2006 #
trail running 1:05:10 [3]
weight:140.5lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
Snowmobile trails, route 93 from Boyden's sugar shack to the Whately-Conway Road and back. Not bad, a little soft, usually sinking in an inch or so, and a few wet spots that hadn't frozen over. But certainly runnable and nice to get off the roads.
Tuesday Jan 24, 2006 #
track 8:40 [5] 1.5 mi (5:47 / mi)
weight:140.5lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
At the Smith College indoor track with Phil (plus about a dozen members of the UMass women's track team, just to provide something else to think about...).
There's an indoor track meet this Sunday that we are thinking of doing the mile at, so of course we had to get a little faster running in, not that it will do any good. 2 x 800 working hard, with a good rest in between, 2:55.8, 2:56.0, then 2 x 400, also a good rest, 84.5, 83.6. Phil seems to think a mile in under 6 is in the cards, I have my doubts.
There's an indoor track meet this Sunday that we are thinking of doing the mile at, so of course we had to get a little faster running in, not that it will do any good. 2 x 800 working hard, with a good rest in between, 2:55.8, 2:56.0, then 2 x 400, also a good rest, 84.5, 83.6. Phil seems to think a mile in under 6 is in the cards, I have my doubts.
track 23:00 [3]
shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
Before/after.
Monday Jan 23, 2006 #
road running 36:15 [3] 4.3 mi (8:26 / mi)
weight:140lbs shoes: Pegasus 10/05
Short loop around town at the tail end of a snowstorm, got about 7-8", a little on the heavy side. Footing not too bad.
So we're back to winter again. It ought to be enough snow to get the snowmobiles out, so maybe the trails will be OK in a couple of days.
So we're back to winter again. It ought to be enough snow to get the snowmobiles out, so maybe the trails will be OK in a couple of days.
Sunday Jan 22, 2006 #
road running 1:19:25 [3] 10.4 mi (7:38 / mi)
weight:140lbs shoes: Pegasus 10/05
Fun run from Phil's, partly with him, partly with 3 other guys, partly by myself. Pace was just a little quicker than I wanted, so after 50 minutes I went a different way on my own. Legs were feeling a bit battered toward the end. Need to do more longer runs.
Saturday Jan 21, 2006 #
road running race 41:57 [4] 6.21 mi (6:45 / mi)
weight:140lbs shoes: Pegasus 10/05
10K race at Forest Park in Springfield. Didn't feel good when I was warming up, but I've learned that is an unreliable indicator. And then for the first couple of miles I didn't think I was doing so well, but part of that was due to forgetting exactly where the mile markers were and therefore miscalculating my pace, and partly due to Seth (one of the guys I judge may pace off of) starting off faster than usual, which I didn't find out until afterwards. Phil, however, was his usual bit ahead, and like last time I slowly caught and passed him around 3 miles, which we passed in 20:41. Not so bad, that's the slower part of the course. So I pushed it on the 4th mile, felt like i was losing it on the 5th but hung on, ditto on the 6th, and surprised myself by being 34 seconds faster than 4 weeks ago, new single age record again. Conditions were perfect, and unreal for mid-January -- bare pavement, sunny, temps in the 40s, shorts and t-shirt weather. And the fact that the vaue of the G has returned to its long-term baseline certainly doesn't hurt.
Nice seeing George/Lyn and Charlie/Rhonda there too!
Splits: 20:41, 6:33, 6:47, 6:32, 1:24.
Nice seeing George/Lyn and Charlie/Rhonda there too!
Splits: 20:41, 6:33, 6:47, 6:32, 1:24.
road running 23:00 [2]
shoes: Pegasus 10/05
Warm-up.
road running 13:00 [1]
shoes: Pegasus 10/05
Very easy cool-down with the Walkers and Phil, managed to find a bit of ice/mud/water and therefore was on the receiving end of some heckling for my route choice.
Friday Jan 20, 2006 #
Note
To work for a while until the power went off, then caught in a traffic jam coming home (no movement on I-91 for 30 minutes), then to Litchfield to deal with some things at my mother's. A run just didn't make it.
Thursday Jan 19, 2006 #
trail running 1:55:35 [3]
weight:141lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
On Mt. Toby, race course to the top (70:23), back via the S curves. Lots of bare ground after the heavy rains yesterday, also a lot of running/standing water, and still some ice which was really slippery. Got a little tired towards the end, but an ok outing.
Tuesday Jan 17, 2006 #
trail running 1:00:45 [3]
weight:141lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
With Phil in the January Hills. Unexpectedly good conditions -- 4 inches of new snow over ice, but the snow started as rain so the first bit of snow fell on wet ice and bonded. Hardly slippery at all, though I did win the falls competition 1-0. Relaxed pace, legs felt fine, sunny and beautiful.
Sunday Jan 15, 2006 #
orienteering 1:22:05 [4] 10.5 km (7:49 / km) +1050ft 6:47 / km
shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
Day 2. Despite feeling sluggish before I started I felt really good physically, though in a couple of places my orienteering left something to be desired. But even so, it was just fun to feel like I was running well. Ran most of the uphills and felt like I was pushing the pace at the end, not just trying to hang on.
I think it helped that I put away a lot of fluids the evening before, much more so than I usually do. I think it also helped that I wore my trail running shoes instead of my O' shoes. They gave a little more cushioning on the rocky areas and i think let me go a little freer/faster. Routes/comments for the whole weekend.
I think it helped that I put away a lot of fluids the evening before, much more so than I usually do. I think it also helped that I wore my trail running shoes instead of my O' shoes. They gave a little more cushioning on the rocky areas and i think let me go a little freer/faster. Routes/comments for the whole weekend.
orienteering 20:18 [3]
shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
The Maze-O. Very cool. I was feeling a little tired/sore (especially the bottoms of my feet), so doing the short version seemed sensible. Lots of fun, no injuries.
Saturday Jan 14, 2006 #
orienteering 1:23:02 [3] 8.9 km (9:20 / km) +1214ft 7:43 / km
shoes: new Integrators
Anza Borrego Desert O', blue course. Not too bad, just slow. One small miss early on, plus I couldn't get down some cliffs and had to try the next spur, but generally orienteering was ok. That despite busting my compass in the first 10-15 minutes. At least the sun was out so I could get some help there.
Terrain/course was terrific. Very, very complicated in some places, despite the tremendous visibility. And the challenge changed completely as the terrain varied from steep and lots of cliffs to very suble contours.
Best time was 65 (Eric Bone, Mark Everett, and Andreas Haldi all about that), Clem I think 69. I was 10th out of about 20, perfectly fine, though Spike got me by a couple of minutes despite stopping a couple of times to pull off pieces of cholla cactus. He was just moving faster.
Terrain/course was terrific. Very, very complicated in some places, despite the tremendous visibility. And the challenge changed completely as the terrain varied from steep and lots of cliffs to very suble contours.
Best time was 65 (Eric Bone, Mark Everett, and Andreas Haldi all about that), Clem I think 69. I was 10th out of about 20, perfectly fine, though Spike got me by a couple of minutes despite stopping a couple of times to pull off pieces of cholla cactus. He was just moving faster.
orienteering 19:35 [4] 2.8 km (7:00 / km) +394ft 5:46 / km
shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
Team fundraiser sprint, set by Vlad. Fun course. Had just about as good a run as was possible, worked hard the whole way, just one mistake maybe 15 seconds. Had some help from others on the course -- Grant Staats started 3 minutes ahead of me, Thorsten Graves 2 minutes, I caught them both by about #6, got ahead by 8. But then I nicked a cholla and a piece of it was hanging onto my left shin. Tried to ignore it, but it started hurting more and more, so I yanked it off (using the map/case for protection), and then just after that ran by a control without seeing it. But then finished strong.
Physically the whole thing felt like a 5K race, but a lot more fun.
Best time was Eric (16:03), then Clem, then Mark; Suzanne was the best woman.
Physically the whole thing felt like a 5K race, but a lot more fun.
Best time was Eric (16:03), then Clem, then Mark; Suzanne was the best woman.
Note
One of the things that I'd known, mostly ignored, and then been reminded of at the Winter Training Camp in Hamilton was that taking in fluids/carbs/electrolytes within 45 minutes of finishing a run gets much more back into your system than if you wait an hour or two.
Tried it today, eating and drinking a lot as soon as I finished. And had surprisingly good energy for the sprint.
Of course I didn't do the same after the sprint, so tomorrow may be a struggle.
Tried it today, eating and drinking a lot as soon as I finished. And had surprisingly good energy for the sprint.
Of course I didn't do the same after the sprint, so tomorrow may be a struggle.
Friday Jan 13, 2006 #
orienteering 22:00 [2]
shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
Jogged around the model course at Anza-Borrego. Very gool terrain, not easy. What we get tomorrow will probably be a mix of what we had today (very gentle slopes, very subtle features) and some much steeper/hillier stuff.
Two concerns -- map is hard to read (printing is not sharp), and hitting cactus. There's not that much cactus, but I think it may be easy not to see it when you're reading the map on the run/walk.
Blue course this weekend (why?), looking for a spot in the top 10 or 15.
Oh, and I think today put me over 100 controls for the year. I think I had 98 in Hamilton.
Two concerns -- map is hard to read (printing is not sharp), and hitting cactus. There's not that much cactus, but I think it may be easy not to see it when you're reading the map on the run/walk.
Blue course this weekend (why?), looking for a spot in the top 10 or 15.
Oh, and I think today put me over 100 controls for the year. I think I had 98 in Hamilton.
orienteering 20:00 [1]
shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
A little more time walking around.
Wednesday Jan 11, 2006 #
road running 31:00 [2]
weight:141lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
In San Diego, leisurely run with Charlie and Rhonda to Old Town and Presidio Park (which looks like it would be a fine place for a sprint). Shorts and a t-shirt, just fine.
Tuesday Jan 10, 2006 #
trail running 1:13:37 [3]
weight:141lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
Nice run with Phil, even though he was showing a bit more energy a few times than I cared for. On Mt. Toby, over to the gate, then down to the river and home, the last couple of miles on the road. Warm day, low 40s, snow was soft but not too deep.
Monday Jan 9, 2006 #
trail running 38:06 [2]
weight:141lbs shoes: Air Max Trail 09/05
Slow run up to the power line (20:56) and back (17:10). Warm, snow/ice was soft, often sent my feet slipping in unexpected directions. Probably still tired from the trip, although at least I was properly hydrated (which I know I wasn't most of the time up in Hamilton).
Sunday Jan 8, 2006 #
trail running 4:00 [2]
shoes: Old Silva spikes
To the start.
orienteering 1:06:29 [3]
shoes: Old Silva spikes
Final session of the Winter Training Camp, up on the escarpment at Hilton Falls West, adjacent to where the North Americans will be in October. Fine terrain. Routes. I'll post more comments in a while.
Overall the camp was great. I hung in there pretty well physically, did every training session though I cut a couple short. One blister on a little toe Saturday morning, taped it and didn't feel a thing either that afternoon or this morning. I think I mean that quite literally -- my toes would get pretty cold every session and I really wasn't feeling them very much. Legs held up ok, I'd get tired but seemed to be able to keep plugging away.
Really glad I went, and glad I encouraged a few other Americans to go. Too bad there weren't even more.
Overall the camp was great. I hung in there pretty well physically, did every training session though I cut a couple short. One blister on a little toe Saturday morning, taped it and didn't feel a thing either that afternoon or this morning. I think I mean that quite literally -- my toes would get pretty cold every session and I really wasn't feeling them very much. Legs held up ok, I'd get tired but seemed to be able to keep plugging away.
Really glad I went, and glad I encouraged a few other Americans to go. Too bad there weren't even more.
Saturday Jan 7, 2006 #
orienteering race 52:43 [3]
shoes: Old Silva spikes
THOMASS race (handicap), came in 4th. Routes at the usual place. An inch or two of new snow made the footing very marginal on trails (there was ice underneath) or steep slopes. But a neat event.
trail running 12:00 [2]
shoes: Old Silva spikes
To the start and back from the finish.
orienteering 50:00 [2]
shoes: Old Silva spikes
Route choice training with Spike. Relaxed pace, but was dragging by the end anyway. Routes at the usual place. More comments to follow but it's time for bed. One more training tomorrow across the road from where the North Americans will be in October.
Friday Jan 6, 2006 #
orienteering 13:00 [2]
shoes: Old Silva spikes
Warm-up on a little piece of the sprint map at Rattlesnake Point. Cold (upper teens) and windy, good bit of ice and snow as this was up on the escarpment, any self-respecting rattler was deep underground.
orienteering 20:10 [4] 2.5 km (8:04 / km) +246ft 7:01 / km
shoes: Old Silva spikes
Sprint. Not too bad, but both Samantha and Spike got me. Oh, well. I'll try and post map tomorrow. Routes.
orienteering 49:14 [4]
shoes: new Integrators
Relay training in the afternoon in a group with Spike, Jeff, and Randy Kemp from Ottawa. 5 sections of 2-4 controls each, forked, we'd regroup after each section. Excellent training, ought to do it much more often. Not as cold, no snow and ice but wet in places, right before the end I took a fall and got wet from the waist, pretty cold. But still a lot of fun. Routes.
Thursday Jan 5, 2006 #
orienteering 57:39 [3] 6.1 km (9:27 / km) +1148ft 7:21 / km
shoes: Old Silva spikes
First outing of the winter training camp. Mineral Springs map, part of Dundas Valley just west of Hamilton. No snow, though ice on most of the trails, upper 30s, a bit of rain. Moderate effort, nice to be out in the woods, though the footing was reminiscent of last year's Pig -- muddy and slippery on all the hillsides. Routes.
orienteering 33:02 [3]
shoes: Old Silva spikes
Afternoon training at Ancaster Creek (east end of Dundas Valley). A control picking course that I only planned to run part of, and then after 4 controls changed my plan to run an even smaller part of it. Lots of steep slippery hillsides (hello, Pig!). I ended up at least doing one nice section of less steep stuff. Routes.
trail running 16:00 [3]
shoes: Old Silva spikes
Fromt the parking to the afternoon training, and back.
Wednesday Jan 4, 2006 #
Note
Off to Hamilton today, meeting John F. in Buffalo and picking up Leif here at the airport, but not before spending the morning listening to the Mass. Dept. of Revenue folks go through all the changes in the tax code and procedures for the coming tax season. Quite boring, but also quite interesting for a couple of reasons:
1. The state legislature passed a rather complicated tax package not quite a month ago, and the DOR is still writing the rules to implement it. What they do is write up proposed rules and then allow a period for public comment and then issue final rules. They're still in the public comment period. So they still have to finish that, issue the final rules, then the software companies have to get their software in order, then that has to be tested and approved by the DOR, and then they'll finally start accepting returns, which usually is by about the 15th of January. There are some pretty smart folks at the DOR, but I'm wondering how far into February it will be before they finally open for business.
2. One of the folks from DOR doing the presentation was a lady I hadn't seen before, and with any luck won't see again. She got through the first two slides of her Power Point presentation, just reading word for word the text on each slide (which drives me nuts!), and then she paused for a moment, and then announced she was a little nervous -- which often has is a way of calming someone down -- and then she just said she thought she'd sit down for a while! So someone else stepped up and continued her section of the briefing and did a much better job, but it was all really weird!
By the way, to anyone who thinks that orienteers are nerdy, well, you should have seen the crowd here.
1. The state legislature passed a rather complicated tax package not quite a month ago, and the DOR is still writing the rules to implement it. What they do is write up proposed rules and then allow a period for public comment and then issue final rules. They're still in the public comment period. So they still have to finish that, issue the final rules, then the software companies have to get their software in order, then that has to be tested and approved by the DOR, and then they'll finally start accepting returns, which usually is by about the 15th of January. There are some pretty smart folks at the DOR, but I'm wondering how far into February it will be before they finally open for business.
2. One of the folks from DOR doing the presentation was a lady I hadn't seen before, and with any luck won't see again. She got through the first two slides of her Power Point presentation, just reading word for word the text on each slide (which drives me nuts!), and then she paused for a moment, and then announced she was a little nervous -- which often has is a way of calming someone down -- and then she just said she thought she'd sit down for a while! So someone else stepped up and continued her section of the briefing and did a much better job, but it was all really weird!
By the way, to anyone who thinks that orienteers are nerdy, well, you should have seen the crowd here.
Monday Jan 2, 2006 #
road running 23:00 [2]
weight:142.5lbs shoes: Pegasus 10/05
Warm-up.
road running race 42:31 [4] 10.0 km (4:15 / km)
shoes: Pegasus 10/05
New Year's Day 10K in Montague (held on Monday so as not to interfere with church services on Sunday, really). Conditions about as nice as possible, low 30s, minimal wind, bare pavement. Splits: 6:22 (down), 6:52, 6:52, 7:01 (up a little), 7:13 (up some more), 6:51, 1:20. Route/profile.
Worked pretty hard, though I also spent a good bit of time trying to relax, don't know if that helps but I think it does. Course goes down to the river for the first mile and then virtually flat the next three, and then you get several modest hills in the last couple of miles. Had company over the hills with a couple of what I believe Boris refers to as "chicks in tights" plus a couple of guys who I seem to have much less distinct memories of. I remember at one point with a mile to go, looking at another guy about 40 yards ahead and thinking about the usual post-race feeling (I could have run harder/faster), and deciding quite immediately and quite certainly that, no, I was going just as fast as I could. I did manage to beat the chicks/guys in my group, another in a series of life's trivial victories.
Prize for first 60+ was a 5 poud bag of potatoes (excellent, produced by a farm right along the course), and a non-descript some kind of sweat bread that will be tossed if we have any sense.
Worked pretty hard, though I also spent a good bit of time trying to relax, don't know if that helps but I think it does. Course goes down to the river for the first mile and then virtually flat the next three, and then you get several modest hills in the last couple of miles. Had company over the hills with a couple of what I believe Boris refers to as "chicks in tights" plus a couple of guys who I seem to have much less distinct memories of. I remember at one point with a mile to go, looking at another guy about 40 yards ahead and thinking about the usual post-race feeling (I could have run harder/faster), and deciding quite immediately and quite certainly that, no, I was going just as fast as I could. I did manage to beat the chicks/guys in my group, another in a series of life's trivial victories.
Prize for first 60+ was a 5 poud bag of potatoes (excellent, produced by a farm right along the course), and a non-descript some kind of sweat bread that will be tossed if we have any sense.
Sunday Jan 1, 2006 #
trail running 36:25 [2]
shoes: Old Silva spikes
A couple of inches of snow overnight made everything back like winter, plus covered over all the ice still left on the trails. Didn't feel like much, so dug out the old spikes and headed up to the power line (19:41) and back (16:44). Relaxed pace, mostly just trying to stay upright, especially on the way back down where you're never sure what kind of grip you will get. Not much of an outing, but better than nothing. Weight, yet again, was exactly 1G.
Note
Time for a few numbers for 2005:
61 O' races:
-- 22 sprints
-- 8 middle
-- 24 classic
-- 2 long
-- 2 goats
-- 2 relay
-- 1 night
-- 0 trail-O
I find notes of only 3 sessions of O' training done at a run. A few others (models, course setting, a bit of mapping) done at a walk.
278 hours training (344 in 2004) including:
-- 56 orienteering (68 in 2004)
-- 193 other running (145 in 2004)
-- 20 biking (76 in 2004)
-- 0 rogaining (24 in 2004)
So less training overall, and a little less time orienteering. But that reflects much less biking, and more sprints. Generally the quality was better, with more time spent running, though I really slacked off in summer and early fall (more golf, less biking than 2004 in those months).
Also ran 22 races:
-- 11 on the roads, from 5k to 10 miles
-- 5 local 5K XC
-- 6 trail races, from 10 miles to a marathon
Other thoughts --
1. Very little downtime from injury or sickness (especially compared to what I see on other training logs).
2. Went to a lot of really fun O meets. The highlight was the trip to Oregon, but overall there were just a lot of really good events.
3. Spent a lot of time on both the Team and the Sprint Series, with both bringing a lot of personal satisfaction.
4. Laughed a lot, and got my share of being laughed at too.
5. Weight held steady at 1G all year long.
6. And finally, this is a cumulative total (I don't know when Kenny started counting), but so far there have been 6,908 times that someone has stopped doing something useful to come look at my training log. With that in mind, I should update at least one story, last December 23rd (2004) was the last time my mother drove a car. It was a hard thing to do, taking her car, but the right thing, and the world is just slightly a safer place because of it.
61 O' races:
-- 22 sprints
-- 8 middle
-- 24 classic
-- 2 long
-- 2 goats
-- 2 relay
-- 1 night
-- 0 trail-O
I find notes of only 3 sessions of O' training done at a run. A few others (models, course setting, a bit of mapping) done at a walk.
278 hours training (344 in 2004) including:
-- 56 orienteering (68 in 2004)
-- 193 other running (145 in 2004)
-- 20 biking (76 in 2004)
-- 0 rogaining (24 in 2004)
So less training overall, and a little less time orienteering. But that reflects much less biking, and more sprints. Generally the quality was better, with more time spent running, though I really slacked off in summer and early fall (more golf, less biking than 2004 in those months).
Also ran 22 races:
-- 11 on the roads, from 5k to 10 miles
-- 5 local 5K XC
-- 6 trail races, from 10 miles to a marathon
Other thoughts --
1. Very little downtime from injury or sickness (especially compared to what I see on other training logs).
2. Went to a lot of really fun O meets. The highlight was the trip to Oregon, but overall there were just a lot of really good events.
3. Spent a lot of time on both the Team and the Sprint Series, with both bringing a lot of personal satisfaction.
4. Laughed a lot, and got my share of being laughed at too.
5. Weight held steady at 1G all year long.
6. And finally, this is a cumulative total (I don't know when Kenny started counting), but so far there have been 6,908 times that someone has stopped doing something useful to come look at my training log. With that in mind, I should update at least one story, last December 23rd (2004) was the last time my mother drove a car. It was a hard thing to do, taking her car, but the right thing, and the world is just slightly a safer place because of it.