Training Archive: peggydIn the 7 days ending 2007-11-02:
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Friday Nov 2 | ||
| Event: US Champs | ||
| Orienteering 58:02 [2]*** | |
| Sprint & Classic models. I nominally was in charge of the models, but in reality all I did was set them on paper. Nadim was concerned about me gaining any kind of competitive advantage, and he didn't want there to be any suggestion of unfairness, so he and Jan Merka vetted and put out the controls. I put out the Clear control for the sprint model. Then I jogged the course (which was not intended to be a course, just 8 controls ... oh well). The woods were mostly not very nice, but I knew that they were greener than the actual sprint terrain. Mostly it was good for scale & map preparedness.
Then I realized I needed to streamer the first leg of the "intermediate" course for the classic model, so I headed out there and did that, then did the "advanced" course nice and slowly. I blew the first control, then was clean; it was useful. Although the area was green, it was well-mapped, I thought, and some of the woods were very nice. Thanks to Dasa for watching Max while I did this. | ||
| Orienteering race (sprint) 21:20 [5]*** 2.5 km (8:32 / km) | |
| US Sprint O' Champs ... Green ... F45. Wow, this was a blast. Caught Valerie at #1 (she started a minute ahead of me after having to get a new start time). Gave her some words of encouragement, I think.
I was clean the whole way ... except for my boneheaded second-guessing of myself on the "long" leg to 8. I took the left trail, and about halfway there, at a trail junction, I suddenly thought I had made a big mistake and I was somewhere else. I turned about 270 degrees onto a ride, and took several steps but my compass didn't make sense so I stopped, freaked out for a second or two, then pulled myself together and realized I was right in the first place. Bad mistake in a sprint -- cost me over a minute. Thought about the road option to 9 but decided on the more straight route through the parking field & to the trail. Coursesetter Dave Onkst was happy to hear I went that way -- most took the road -- and claimed it was the best route. Who am I to argue? Great fun, very fast, loved it. Finished 1st in F45, about 2.5 min ahead of Kissy. Whew, one race down, 2 to go. Hey, how'd ya like those start chutes??!! ;-) | ||
Sprint Green - Splits | ||
Thursday Nov 1 | ||
| Cross training (recumbent exercise bike) 47:00 [2] | |
| Very easy spinning on the bike. Just wanted to do something to counteract, in a small way, all the Halloween chocolate I've been eating. Who scheduled the US Champs just a few days after H-ween?? Too much discipline needed to avoid the candy. :-(
Forgot to bring a magazine so I picked up an old People; the mindlessness of the mag went along with the mindlessness of the workout. | ||
| C • No no no 1 | ||
Wednesday Oct 31 | ||
| Cross training (recumbent exercise bike) 42:00 [3] | |
| I was planning on going to the old gym, my regular Mon-Wed-Fri gym, but I got distracted when I ran into a former co-worker and he asked me a question (about the Swedish alphabet, of all things). So I found myself at the new gym instead. Oh well.
Finished reading Women's Health. Just the right amount left for the ride. | ||
| Cross training 5:00 [2] | |
| 10 lb barbells. | ||
| Note | |
| Halloween! Max was Clifford the Big Red Dog. Woof!
Photo will follow, but I don't have time today to get that worked out ... leaving for the US Champs meet HQ very soon (writing this on Thursday). Looking forward to fighting rush hour traffic heading south. :-) Yay! I have mastered photos in the log. Max before trick or treating, with me on the porch.  | ||
Tuesday Oct 30 | ||
| Trail intervals 32:24 | |
| Max's daycare had its Halloween "parade" today at 10:30, and I decided I'd just take the rest of the day off & get stuff done. First up, after the party, was a run. I moved my car to the trailhead for the Georgetown Branch Trail (southern trailhead in East Bethesda) and ran south, past Max & his friends still playing, in costume, at school, through the tunnel & back for my warm up. Then I did 3x800, jogging back & forth after the first two for recovery and starting where I ended the last one. I thought about only doing two, given the races coming up, but the first one felt pretty good so I decided I'd do three. I like to think this was sprint race pace (!) but I doubt it. The last one was much slower for some reason. I did feel like I was slowing but not that much.
Splits: 3:41, 3:31, 3:52. Horrible pacing! It's not like the 800s were of varying difficulty. So I don't have a good explanation. Around 52; felt cool enough that I kept my (very light) jacket on the whole time. Wimp! Foot felt okay. It does best on unpaved flat stuff, like this. | ||
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Happy 46th Birthday Nadim!! Max made Nadim a birthday card.  | ||
Monday Oct 29 | ||
| Cross training (recumbent exercise bike) 47:00 [2] | |
| The regular crowd at the gym; we all recognize each other now. The new fitness leave has not added anyone to our little group. :-)
Continued reading Women's Health. Someone in the group (everyone but me?) has a thing for The Price is Right, so that was on ... just doesn't do anything for me. | ||
| C • TV in the waiting room 1 | ||
| Weights 5:00 [2] | |
| 10 lb barbbells, arms/wrists/shoulders. | ||
| Note | |
| Nadim called from home this morning, and Max wanted to say hi. After saying that, he said "I don't like my life!" I was about to get into some philosphical musings about how we all go through times when we don't like our lives, when Nadim clarified that he was eating Life cereal... :-) | ||
| C • :-))) 2 | ||
Sunday Oct 28 | ||
| Orienteering 57:42 | |
| shoes: VJ Integrator | ||
| I went to Great Falls, MD for some woods training. I had to park at the far end of the Ford Gold Mine parking lot because it was a beautiful day and the park was busy. So I started out going north on the trail then headed up the hill into the FGM woods. So lovely. Went almost to a new fence at the edge of some rich person's property. Then south up & down traversing the ridges to the road. The map I had started at the road so, after walking across the road & along the road (to reduce suspiciousness by any drivers :-), I started running again. Like the last time I was in GF, I ran part of a Summer Short Series course, running every other leg hard. I didn't do much of the course as I only wanted to be out an hour or so. I had some trouble, as always, in one vague-ish area, but slowed down, figured things out, and found the control. I'd rather not have those moments next weekend, but at least I think I minimized my error.
Taped my ankle because it's really been hurting, and I didn't want to make it worse. That did seem to help, and I will plan on taping next weekend, too. Otherwise, I felt pretty good, strong on all the uphills (never had to walk!). We'll see. I am definitely not in the shape I'd like to be in, physically or technically. If I were a bettin' man, I'd put 20 on Kissy. Deer count: 10. Human count: 0. Around 55, sunny. :-) | ||