Training Log Archive: PG

It's been more than a week since the USOF Board meeting at the Flying Pig. Any idea of what might have happened? Did they have the meeting?

C • BoD 5

Still not doing any running.The heels, especially the left one, are better, but a three-hour walk today seemed to irritate them more than I'd wish. Maybe some biking this week. And of course more walks.

Went to Boston yesterday, visit with my niece who lives in Somerville and my brother and sister-in-law who came up from Austin for the weekend. Rainy and cold, but a nice visit.

First into Chinatown for lunch, quite good. Then a visit to the JFK Library, never been there, glad to have gone though it wasn't anything really special. I think I've now been to three of these presidential libraries, LBJ's in Austin, and also Truman's in Independence, MO, just outside of Kansas City. The latter was by far the most interesting to me, I think mainly because I was pretty unaware of most of what had happened during his presidency and so it was quite an educational visit. As opposed to JFK's, which felt like a somewhat sanitized trip down memory lane.

As a side note, the senior rate for admission ($10 vs. $12 for adults) began at age 62, and my brother asked if Gail was 62, and I said of course she was, at least for orienteering purposes. Well, that was good enough for the JFK folks and we saved another two bucks. Another benefit of our USOF membership.

So by now it was 3 pm, and my brother, normally a person of quite superior intelligence and good judgment, had just said for about the third time how it might be nice to go see Plymouth Rock.

Now I've been to Plymouth Rock, and while I hardly remember the visit, I did seem to remember that it wasn't much of a rock. And, given the process history seems to go through as it passes through generations, it's also quite likely that it was the product of a marketing scheme of some later Chamber of Commerce and had nothing whatsoever to do with the Pilgrims.

But for lack of a reasonable plan B for the next couple of hours, off we went to Plymouth. And after quite a long drive, and a number of jokes at my brother's expense, we arrived in Plymouth, where the weather was even worse, rainy, cold, now also windy, but with the advantage that the crowds were very slim. No waiting, we could walk right up close to the rock, and watch it as long as we wanted, no pushing, no shoving, no entrance fee.

And the rock? I guess it depends on what you're used to. It would be laughed out of town at Pawtuckaway. At the other extreme, in Kansas it would be mapped as an extra-large boulder.

We stayed about two minutes and headed back to Boston, and then back to Sunderland. A bit of a long day, but definitely worth the trip, we see them all too rarely.

C • Plymouth rock 6

C • Walking on your heels 2

First time out for "rogaine practice," hitting the little white ball and then trying to find it. Very enjoyable. Played a round by myself, then saw some friends and played some more with them. Fine day.

And then went off in the evening to see "Män som hatar kvinnor." Very enjoyable, I think even more so having read the book, all three parts, so everything made sense, didn't have to wonder what was happening, could just relax and enjoy it. And could even understand a lot of the Swedish, they seemed to speak more slowly/clearly than the average Swedish orienteer.

Vacation is a good thing. :-)

To Boston tomorrow for a family day.

Got a fine gift certificate from a client to the local art film house, will probably head off tomorrow to see the new Dragon Tattoo flick. For tonight, it was Get Shorty on the tube, no ads, seen it before and would gladly watch it a couple more times. I do like John Travolta.

I suppose one of these days I'm going to have to start training again. But for the time being I'm trying to do a reverse-Phil, think what he would do when injured and do the opposite. So no tempo runs for a while.... :-)

Sent in my donation of $25 for the Junior Team, a result of sponsoring Barb. A pleasure.

So no training for 3 days, other then hitting a few golf balls a couple times at lunchtime. Just getting fat. Pretty soon I will need to set up a sponsorship operation like Bab's to get me back on the straight and narrow.

The heels are maybe feeling a little better, but no point in rushing things.

C • Independence Day 2

I didn't watch much of the Masters this past weekend, maybe an hour each day (Sunday it seemed more reasonable to stay and help pick up a few controls, and then a short visit to my mom, and then a badly needed pizza stop), but it was a strange experience.

Meaning, totally rooting against Tiger. First time I've felt that way.

And it's hard, because the guy is an amazing golfer, and you know that rooting against him is like rooting against the Yankees, you are more often than not going to be disappointed.

But it's also easy, because the guy is such a jerk.

C • tiger 7

Maps from the previous weekend at Stratton Brook (I'd only posted the Hounds sprint) --

Score course
Fox sprint

Reminder to myself on process to post map with QR --

1. Scan map (with route?), save in pictures file (shared between Mac and Windows).
2. Upload 305 route to Garmin Connect (from Mac)
3. Export gpx file from Garmin Connect (from Windows), save in downloads file (automatic)
4. In QR, load map from pictures file, track from downloads file
5. Align track
6. Adjust color band
7. Export image, save in pictures file
8. Upload to web site
9. Link in AP log

I think that's it. A lot more complicated than what I've been doing (just steps 1, 8, and 9). But not bad if I remember the steps. And the end result is more interesting.

Seems like I was very dehydrated yesterday. Probably a contributing factor to feeling so crappy.

Will lay off running for a bit, see if I can get the heels to calm down.