Friday Apr 4 |
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| Event: Flying Pig XII
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 | Road Run warm up/down 20:00 [2]3 km (6:40 / km) | |
| shoes: Adidas Response Trail 14 |
| warmup before the middle pig. Cool and damp, but the rains of earlier had subsided. Ran up the hill at a pretty decent pace to get the heart rate up and then jogging around and stretching at the start. Although chilly at the start, I decided to take off the longer top I had on and just run in short sleeves. Was a good choice. As I was standing around waiting for my start I heard a familiar name called up to the line - Ivar Helgeson. I thought to myself, the basemapper? nah, can't be... but indeed it was... |
| Orienteering - Event race (Middle Pig Red) 36:56 [4]*** 4.3 km (8:35 / km) +150m 7:19 / km | |
| spiked:13/20c shoes: Adidas Response Trail 14 |
| The absolute last starter of the day, and no one out on any other courses either, so started alone. The crew began taking down the start while I was on the line and apparently put away the beeping timer before I started - seemed like a long minute on the line and I asked the guy - shouldn't there be a beep? He says, 'oh yeah - you can go....'
Very slick especially in the area around each control since everyone had been there before me churning up the goo. Almost slid past the first and fifth controls.
A few minor hesistations, a couple route corrections required but a fairly clean, but far from perfect run. Overtook and passed a couple of M45's so felt good about that. Wound up 3rd on M45, only 9 seconds shy of 2nd spot, Mark Voit winning the class in 32:33.
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Red - Short Pig/WRE - Splits |
Tuesday Apr 1 |
| Mixed Run (Happy Feet) 30:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Puma Sierra Trail Racers |
| The usual, but today my 'station' was jumping jacks - so I estimate I did somewhere on the order of 600 of them on a muddy field so the more I did, the slicker it got. |
Sunday Mar 30 |
| Exercises (various) 3:30 [1] | |
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| Trail Run - Tempo (LoDFP) 19:36  4.15 km (4:43 / km) +65m 4:23 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon TR2 |
| moderate intensity except the last bit on the old trolley bed. Fine day, no weasels... |
| Road Run warm up/down 9:30 [3]2 km (4:45 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon TR2 |
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| Road Run (Hare & back) 26:00 [2]4.7 km (5:32 / km) +30m 5:22 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon TR2 |
| Hayden's first bike ride on the roads - I ran along side to temper his speed and enthusiasm. |
Saturday Mar 29 |
| Orienteering - Training (Trout Brook Loop A) 48:31 [2]*** 2.6 km (18:40 / km) +110m 15:24 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon TR2 |
| Went down to Easton to do Pavlina's 1-man relay with Jackson along. Original plan was to do a beginner course with him, then go do the relay solo. Decided when we got there that we would do the first loop together, then he would hang out while I did the remaining loops at a less pedestrian pace. Very nice day in the woods, Jackson had lots of fun with the stream crossings and marsh traipsing, but hard to convince him to jog at a steady pace, particularly on the trails in the second half and the fine white woods. Oh well, he got out there with me. |
| Orienteering - Event race (Trout Brook Loop B) 19:13 [4]*** 2.5 km (7:41 / km) +110m 6:18 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon TR2 |
| Picked up the map, checked to make sure Jackson was good and then headed out on the second loop behind a number of others including Petr Polivka. Passed the other couple of people after the first two, but seemed like Petr was always in the distance. Took different routes but never really gained on him. I think I could have caught him if I wanted to, but due to my slower first loop, I was on #2 and he was likely on #3 so I didn't want to overdo it on this loop. Clean all the way around. |
| Orienteering - Event (Trout Brook Loop C) 23:07 [3]*** 2.1 km (11:00 / km) +110m 8:43 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon TR2 |
| Third loop, stopped by the car to make sure Jackson was still doing ok (subtracted 30s for this), then out on my final loop. A lot of climbing early (or maybe I was just feeling it more on this leg) so quite a bit of walking and lower intensity on this loop. Went just fine except for the final control in the marsh, I cut off the main trail and headed over the spur of the hill and wound up quite a distance down the marsh from where I eventually found the flag. Didn't take the time to size things up, but I suspect the bag wasn't really in the middle of the circle and perhaps not in the circle at all. Got a bit muddy checking backsides of rootstocks for possible flag hiding spots until I finally worked my way up to where it was located. Pretty steady effort, no falls or injuries... |
| Hiking (Shafran) 40:00 [1]1.75 km (22:51 / km) +30m 21:03 / km | |
| shoes: Puma Sierra Trail Racers |
| Knots Geocache with Jackson and Hayden. Found all three without difficulty (Hayden and I found #1 previously, but let Jackson find it today). Getting chilly out - too chilly for late March... |