Running1:08:14 [2] 10.64 km (6:25 / km) +354m5:30 / km ahr:133 max:148 shoes: O-VJ-Grey-Spikes
Having stayed in CA an extra day for the Pinole Sprints, the Ugly Mudder was out so I could spend more time with the family. Did a 3 hill loop in the park instead (I think I'm lagging way behind on my 5km climb target for Feb.)
Running warm up/down 20:00 [2] 3.33 km (6:00 / km) +40m5:40 / km shoes: O-VJ-Grey-Spikes
Two short warmups, and a longer cooldown
Orienteering race 14:02 3.1 km (4:32 / km) +36m4:17 / km ahr:175 max:181 shoes: O-VJ-Grey-Spikes
BAOC Pt. Pinole Sprint Prologue. Pretty clean run & HR shows a reasonable effort. 2nd in 14:02 nearly a minute clear of Mikkel Conradi in 3rd. Francois Leonard was 12:42.
Francois is a French Canadian who showed up in BAOC about 5 years ago, typically running Blue about 10-30% behind where I'd be. However, about a year ago, he apparently decided he cared about his orienteering results, and started training - 65km a week currently, with appropriate mix of intervals, etc. And it has paid off well for him, in that he's beating not only me, but also Eric Bone & others at the recent BAOC A-meet. I wonder if he's going to try for WOC for Canada. He's got a shot physically, although I'm not sure how broad his nav. experience is.
This is a relatively easy park, but in some ways, I have forgotten how trivial some BAOC navigation can be - esp. with such a nice 1:5000 map, and very open forest & fields...
More PO than expected (maybe a dozen patches seen of ~5-15m in diameter with sparse, up to 2-ft high sprigs) I managed to jump/dodge/go-around most of it and wash the rest off, I think, as 5 days later I'm still PO free.
Orienteering race 15:42 3.45 km (4:33 / km) +70m4:08 / km ahr:173 max:185 shoes: O-VJ-Grey-Spikes
BAOC Pt. Pinole Sprint Chase. 100% handicap from the AM, so I started 2nd to last, with Francois starting 80 seconds behind me.
For the first 5 minutes or so, in the forest, I worked hard to gain on 4th & 3rd with them in sight much of the time. At about minute 10, we had a right hand turn in a very large field and 'the line' of ~50 or so people stretched way out in front of me, and I could see Francois exitting the previous control, gaining on me... At that point I had passed 1 person.
Over the next leg, I pushed hard, just barely passing Mikkel (3rd) and the guy in 4th, as well as about 10 others. Next leg was quite short, but passing a crowd at the end I ended up doing three hard leaps in a row - between people, over some veg., then over a stream. Exitting that hard (to justify my leaps through a crowd) I quickly redlined (hitting my max HR of the past 12 months at 185) and then settled back a bit, trying to pass a few more people. Of the next dozen or so people I passed, Dennis Wildfogel proved the hardest as he gave a very strong push up the finish chute, not allowing me to pass until the very end.
Running38:00 7.18 km (5:18 / km) +18m5:14 / km ahr:143 max:156 shoes: R-NB Black
Silicone Valley HHH run that conveniently went through the parking lot of my hotel, as well as an In & Out drivethrough, and a Yahoo! highrise courtyard, as well as a random greenway and creek berm. Several nice running ideas for next time I'm staying at that hotel. Had maybe 2 pints afterwards and happily walked back to the On On, then maybe had a down down or two, or three, and walked to the On On On. And despite no beer there, a lot of food, and a least an hour elapsed, the 1km drive back to the hotel wasn't up to my usual sobriety standards...
Running intervals 41:10 8.89 km (4:38 / km) shoes: R-NB Black
3x1600 intervals, with the Spartan track club in San Jose. About 8 people doing intervals on a dark track, including 2 that were much faster than me (incl. an M46 who'd run a 34min 10k the previous weekend...)
5:43 = 2:53+2:50
5:43 = 2:50+2:53
6:01 = 3:10+2:51 (chatting on the 1st 800 until I saw my bad split...)