Training Archive: cedarcreekIn the 7 days ending 2006-10-15:
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Sunday Oct 15 | ||
| Orienteering race 57:43 [4]*** 3.6 km (16:02 / km) +115m 13:49 / km | |
| spiked:10/18c shoes: Adidas $42 Cleats | ||
| OCIN Green Course at Indian Creek, near Reily, Ohio.
Basically a middle course. The map is 1:5000 and very small, and the legs were short and often difficult. This is probably the best course I've ever seen set at Indian Creek. It was a little climby, with some gratuitous climb, but overall it was really fun, and a really good course for practicing difficult orienteering. I had some more MTP joint pain, and I noticed it climbing the really steep slopes on my toes (sort of front-pointing, if I had on crampons). I really need to start trying on O'Shoes. Interestingly, I notice my plantar fasciitis flares when I power up steep slopes on my toes (again, this front-pointing). Today I was pushing easy, and we'll see tomorrow if my heels are sore. | ||
| C • Good result! 8 | ||
| Note | |
| I've done some more thinking about last week's NAOC long course, and I've been going back-and-forth over whether I wimped out on the long legs, particularly the second one on my course. Looking at other people's legs, particularly those who went straight into the green swamp, make me think I wimped out. But then I think of how slow the western part of the map was for me, and I think I made good choices. And then I think of how much easier the less-rocky parts of the map seemed to be, and I think I should have noticed that and been more aggressive. I could go on like this, but I have to stop somewhere. In the end, I had two bad days on a difficult map, and I did the best I could have done at the time with the information I had. I'm pretty happy with the way I kept pushing, but I need to work on managing my focus---I let my guard down at least twice, and it cost me. | ||
Green - Splits | ||
Tuesday Oct 10 | ||
| Note | |
| (rest day) | ||
| My ankles are killing me after running three days on rocky, uneven surfaces. The worst ankle roll was during the farsta, when I stepped in a hole and heard my ankle snap. I had to limp for 100m or so, but it started feeling okay and I finished. No swelling today. | ||
Monday Oct 9 | ||
| Orienteering race 1:00:00 [5]**** 4.2 km (14:17 / km) | |
| shoes: Adidas $42 Cleats | ||
| Wine-O Farsta at Mount Nemo near Hamilton, Ontario.
I did the first two loops and skipped the 4km final loop. Just a great fun course. Intricate terrain, fast to semi-fast running, lots of people. I was again slow, but after the workout at the Long, I didn't have a lot left. I ran most of the way, though, and a lot of it was pretty physical running. I made the same mistake on my second loop as I did during the final loop of the Sprint Finals: As I was leaving a control, my eye went to the wrong control, and I planned and executed the wrong leg, starting from the wrong place. It's almost funny, because my first control on the second leg was a "U" small depression, and as I left it, my eye went to the second control a black "V" rocky pit, and I thought, "That rocky pit wasn't very rocky." The two legs were in the same direction, and I just didn't notice it right away. I haven't checked the splits, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a 10 minute error. I'd guess 7. I finally got it figured out. As I did the last three controls, I heard footsteps behind me, and imagined one of the older male runners passing me. I was pleasantly surprised to find out it was a 12 year old girl with about 7 years of orienteering experience. (I found out later.) We did the last three controls with Nate Lyons and a few other people. I think that means she did the two laps five minutes faster than me. Then I collected my third map and punched finish. I had two "O moments". The first was seeing Louise Oram rocket by left-to-right on a trail as I was navigating along, and the second was being passed by Mike Smith (in first place) as he finished his second loop just before I finished my first. | ||