Training Archive: cmorseIn the 7 days ending 2007-11-09:
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Wednesday Nov 7 | ||
| Note | |
| just using the AP rankings to get a relative sense of where I'm at with my orienteering. Hadn't done much (any?) up until September, then made a committment to myself to do more. And post US Champs seems a good time to reflect although there is still more than a months worth of good O still to come this season.
Currently in sprints I'm on par with Nadim at 80.1 points up from 76 points at this time last year. In the classic I'm on par with J-J at 60.3 which is down from 63.5 last year. But I rarely get out for long runs these days so its likely a matter of fitness combined with my propensity for making huge errors on longer legs. I think a large part of that is a tendency to pick out intermediate targets enroute on longer legs but then go into autopilot and drift due to lack of constant focus on the navigation. Just sloppy on my part and something I need to work on. Perhaps more line-O type training - draw a specific route on a map and then go out and execute that route, rather than just choosing 'controls' and running random routes between them. Perhaps the line-O type training would help me to concentrate on the entire route more than I do currently. Its a plan anyway, we'll see if I can follow through on it... | ||
| C • drifting 9 | ||
| Strength (stove chow part deux) 25:00 [1] | |
| moved the other ton, in daylight this time which might explain the speedier time. Sweating pretty good by the time I was done. | ||
Tuesday Nov 6 | ||
| Strength (stove chow) 30:00 [1] | |
| moved the first of two tons of stove pellets from the backyard where they were delivered last night and down into the basement. Didn't feel like tackling the other pallet so I decided thats a task for tomorrow night. | ||
Sunday Nov 4 | ||
| Trail Run - Long / Easy (US Champs warmup) 30:00 [2]4 km (7:30 / km) | |
| shoes: Adidas Response Trail XI | ||
| easy jog out to scope out the finish/spectator area. Woods look much nicer today than yesterday, at least in this area. Then back to parking, drop off warmups and jog out to the remote start area. | ||
| Orienteering - Event race (US Champs RedY Day 2) 1:41:55 [5]*** 7.4 km (13:46 / km) +300m 11:27 / km | |
| shoes: Adidas Response Trail XI | ||
RouteGadget & comments Much nicer woods for the most part (except the part I should not have been in). One really major brain fart on #4, the rest a combination of fine running and reasonably competent navigating... Couldn't keep the map, so my comments are just from memory... In the comments I noted that I yo-yoed with Pavlina in here, but in comparing some of the splits and trying to determine where my fast short leg split on 11 came from, I now realize that it probably wasn't Pavlina sporting the Bulgaria top, but Iliana Shandurkova, that I was seeing out there (never saw the face, just saw a Bulgaria jersey and assumed it was Pavi.) But Iliana's split on #11 is only two seconds off of mine and I remember beginning that leg a bit behind her but she dropped down into the reentrant on a straight line and I ran hard clean line around but saved the climb and managed to close distance on her - so those two seconds tell the story there. It was such short leg that the gain didn't amount to diddly, but it shows how even minor route choices can gain or lose time. | ||
| Trail Run - Tempo tempo (run away, run away fast..) 4:20 [4]1.2 km (3:37 / km) | |
| shoes: Adidas Response Trail XI | ||
| Having spent more time in the woods than planned, and having promised JJ a departure no later than 11:45am, I sprinted the road back to the parking area and hopped in the car. We were on the road less than 60 seconds later... | ||
Day 2 Red Y - Splits | ||
Saturday Nov 3 | ||
| Orienteering - Training (US Champs Model) 30:00 [2]*** | |
| shoes: Adidas Response Trail XI | ||
| more crappy woods and a model map that was not representative of the real thing as far as printing quality. But the lack of terrain quality certainly was there. Had a few issues with the vegetation, but remembered the disparity between yesterdays model and race maps so hoped for the best.. | ||
| Orienteering - Event race (US Champs RedY Day 1) 1:55:07 [5]*** 9.2 km (12:31 / km) +310m 10:43 / km | |
| shoes: Adidas Response Trail XI | ||
| Routegadget - though some of my green wanderings are just guesses. Plus I probably should have added more hesitations in appropriate spots. But it is kind of cool so see how my speed picks up on the good legs and slows down on others...
Somehow managed to finish the day in 5th place, but well back of the leaders. Fair? Yes; Fun? Not really... Had the fastest RedY chute time (12s) though, not that it matters in the big picture. 
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Day 1 Red Y - Splits | ||