Training Archive: randyIn the 7 days ending 2006-09-03:
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Sunday Sep 3 | ||
| coursesetting 2:37:00 [1] | |
| Hickory Run sprint finals farsta
reviewing vetter comments; moving that control that made me queasy (killing a darling; not that the rest of the contols won't make the runners queasy :-)); replace original tape with control number tape . Put a fork in it, its done. Total distance 8600m. Set your expectations low, and you still may be disappointed ... Mishung the GO control. Vetter didn't catch it either, but did make a comment that caused me to reinvestigate things. Only would have been 5 seconds max at most, but mishung is mishung. | ||
| orienteering 13:30 [4] | |
| hickory run sprint finals
test run some route choices | ||
| coursesetting 2:14:00 [1] | |
| hickory run sprint finals sprint 2
I think we're close, if not done. At least j-man has 2 fantastic sprints. This is the most difficult area I've ever tried to set anything in. WT should be fine, and controls in the right place, at least ... | ||
Saturday Sep 2 | ||
| running (trail/XC) 2:06:15 [3] 22 km (5:44 / km) | |
| misery loop 6 + misery joy misery loop 4
tough run in the wind and rain with the ghost of Ernesto passing thru. We got to know each other quite well, and I appreciated the change from the same ol' boring headwind patterns on Mt. Joy. Passed by the car 3 times, and each time thought of packing it in, but I felt motivated to finish the planned run; more from the negative of how bad I'd feel if I wimped out rather than the positive of finishing. Oh well, its better than no motivation. I guess I'm glad I got to do a couple of world cups. Of course, when I started, being 70 pounds overweight and absolutely no sports background (I didn't even do gym in high school, and was forced into doing some sport due to diabetes testing), I put no limits on how good I could get, and even tho I figured my chances of getting to a WOC were closer to nil than getting to Pluto; if I foreclosed on the possibility, they'd be absolutely nil, and I was clueless (well, more clueless), and I don't give up. Since the US rules make it easier to get to a WC than a WOC, it was the perfect intermediate goal. And while I certainly wasn't good enough to do a WC in 2004, my trajectory was still up, so I figured it would be valuable, and I think it was (the prestege, pomp and circumstance, and being with teammates is different than a random WRE, and IMO the mental experience is valuable if you have WOC aspirations). I certainly wasn't twice the WT in the B final (in the classic, anyway), I was 27% behind Matthias Müller and 24th of 39 starters. Had I been 20 years younger and had some modicum of physical talent, it would have been immensely valuable, and I feel sad not for myself who would never do another WC in any case, but some possible kid that could be in that situation -- now that important motivating stepping stone and experience opportunity is gone. I guess you're supposed to get that at JWOC, but why foreclose of adult beginners or late bloomers? At least one WOC team member this year was an adult beginner. IMHO, WRE and WC aren't even the same class of thing. (I did decline WC in 2005, but that adult beginner talked me into one later in year, which I should have declined, no longer being on an upward trajectory, but the chance to run in Cervara was worth the embarrassment the IOF no doubt suffered with the likes of me making the IOF controller and the media circus wait around for a few centuries after everyone else had finished ...) Oh well, there is nothing I can do to correct the situation. But it motivates me to keep entering WREs (and the cynic in me is saying to pay IOF sanctioning fees). In the odd incentive system the IOF has set up, I'm still motivated to score points for the federation, even tho I would likely never go to a WC myself. Weird. I actually don't think my points are enough to help, but I'll keep trying ... Onto other threads ... I've actually run in a race in Sweden where there was a mishung control (#10 was mishung), and they thru out that leg and all remaining legs. I didn't like the idea then, and don't like it now, but I forget why. I know I've blogged about the whole thing, and I'm on the 'throw out the unfair course bandwagon' in pretty much all cases. Oh well, time to do housework and prep for the final visit to HR for coursesetting. | ||
| C • your new toy rocks the house! 4 | ||
Friday Sep 1 | ||
| running (trail/XC) 53:07 [3] 10 km (5:19 / km) | |
| joy loop 2
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Thursday Aug 31 | ||
| running (trail/XC) 16:50 [3] 3.06 km (5:30 / km) | |
| TNT media run to terrain
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| orienteering 29:24 [3] | |
| TNT media O training
tough in shorts and running shoes, definately lost some blood ... | ||
| running (trail/XC) 15:23 [3] 2.8 km (5:30 / km) | |
| TNT media run from terrain
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Wednesday Aug 30 | ||
| running (trail/XC) 52:46 [3] 10 km (5:17 / km) | |
| joy loop 2
I felt really good this morning, like a sub 5 pace, and was surprised and dismayed with my time. Perception is not reality (its actually often when I feel slow that I put in my best times). Perhaps I'm still recovering from COC, which was quite physical. I've been quite a dis-organized, forgetful ditz lately; more so that usual, as I am a natural ditz. I imagine that that is a handicap in O. I wonder if there is training to correct such a handicap? | ||
| C • relevant training? 2 | ||
| aerobics 30:00 [3] | |
Tuesday Aug 29 | ||
| running (trail/XC) 58:52 [3] 10 km (5:53 / km) | |
| misery loop 5
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