Training Log Archive: cedarcreek

Event: Canal Cities Challenge
 

Event: NSF -- Green Corn Moon Rogaine
 

Event: 2011 OUSA Convention
 

80m ARDF set by Dick Arnett. Dick actually set two short courses, one 80m, the other 2m. Brian and I started on different courses, and that had the interesting benefit of letting us each pick up the transmitters on our second course (with negative effect to our times).

Hot.

2m ARDF, with 10 minutes of standing-around time disassembling the controls. Didn't get them all---Marji got MO5.

Slower because of the heat.

I got pretty scratched up and I went through some poison ivy (not much). I usually don't notice the poison ivy, but many of the scratches got inflamed and red, even though I had a shower within an hour. I thought I might have thorn tips stuck in my skin, but I couldn't detect any. I put on some windex (yeah, MBFGW, busted), but that didn't seem to help. I tried some 1% Hydrocortisone cream. That seemed to burn for about 5 minutes, but then it seemed to kick in. Weird. Still red, but the swelling is gone.

I bought a Dahon Classic folding bike off craigslist. This was sort of a quick checkout ride. It needs a good going-over, but today I learned specifically that it needs the front and rear fenders tightened, the rear wheel moved back to tighten the chain, and the 3-speed Sturmey-Archer hub shifting adjusted. It seems to only have 2 gears and the middle shift position results in a neutral effect, like it's disconnected. I read about this Friday, but I need to go find that link again now that I know mine is afflicted.

Video of folding (not the best, but shows the bike). Mine's red. And at least 2 people have called it a clown bike. It wants to wheelie, except the stupid bumper drags so you can't. (And I actually bought 2 of them, but the other might be spoken for...)

I've really wanted a folding bike, and I thought this would be a good way to try it out to see if I use it enough to justify spending real money on a nice one. It takes about as long to assemble as taking a bike off the roof and attaching the tire, so it's not bad. Gearing seems a little high, but it might be the adjustment, and if not that, then there are some cog-changing possibilities. It's great on the flat.

GPS track only shows about half the ride---I hit the wrong button. Twice.

2 hours of mapping trails at Keehner. Much easier than the other map I'm working on which is from a poor basemap. It's much easier when you can locate yourself on the map and just add short segments of new stuff. Having all these solid fixes from the existing map makes it so much easier.

Lots of new trails. Original map is from 1999, so...yeah. Vegetation wasn't as bad as I thought in most places.

10 lengths of the pool. I started off feeling better than before, but ended pretty spent. I'm definitely improving both in fitness and in technique. I had less recovery than last time, so I was still having trouble maintaining form.