Friday Apr 29 |
 | Orienteering (course setting) 1:40:00 [2] *** 10 km (10:00 / km) | |
| spiked:11/11c shoes: Montrail Vitesse II (2005) |
| Finalizing control sites for Afton - west half of adv courses |
Monday Apr 25 |
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| (injured) |
| Serious deep bruise on the front of my right quad. Will keep me from training for a couple of days at least. I hope it heals sufficiently by our first 8 hour race on 5/1. |
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| C • Injury 1 |
Sunday Apr 24 |
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| Mike's AR Tune-up Lake Elmo 9 AM |
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| Lake Elmo O-meet |
| Orienteering (course setting) 1:00:00 [3] *** | |
| spiked:10/10c shoes: Montrail Vitesse II (2005) |
| Taping control points for Afton courses |
| Orienteering race 54:48 [4] *** 7.2 km (7:37 / km) | |
| spiked:15/16c shoes: Montrail Vitesse II (2005) |
| Lake Elmo meet (set by Mike and Julia). Good conditions and good run, except for the barbed wire and susequent rock to the quadriceps. Last 4 controls were a little slower. Good enough for 2.5 min behind Owen. |
Saturday Apr 23 |
| Ropes 30:00 [2] | |
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| Practiced ascending at Taylors Falls (that's the only part of the morning that counts as a workout.) |
Thursday Apr 21 |
| MTB (technical) 1:45:00 [2] 7.1 mi (14:46 / mi) | |
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| Drove up to Hillside after work with Suzanne. Slower pace since she's not as experienced on singletrack. |
Wednesday Apr 20 |
| Orienteering (course setting) 1:40:00 [2] *** 10.3 km (9:43 / km) +410m 8:06 / km | |
| spiked:16/16c shoes: Montrail Vitesse II (2005) |
| Field checking courses for 5/7 meet at Afton. |
Monday Apr 18 |
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| (rest day) |
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Sunday Apr 17 |
| MTB (road) (AR training) 8:20:19 [3] 97 km (5:09 / km) | |
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| AR night training, on mountain bikes with tow. Stayed on roads and trail due to previous day of rain. I had some tire problems for the first time in a long time. Luckily, we found a gas station with free air at 3 AM. |
| Hiking (AR training) 2:55:55 [2] 8 km (21:59 / km) | |
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| Night AR training. About 2 hours in Lake Elmo, I had Mark navigate the advanced POC in the dark and fog. About 1 hour the following morning at Pine Point Park. I did no navigation so it was just a hike for me. |
Saturday Apr 16 |
| Orienteering race (Night-O) 1:10:55 [4] **** 4.9 km (14:28 / km) +140m 12:40 / km | |
| spiked:10/13c shoes: Denver Salomons |
| Night-O at Sunfish Lake. Ian set a looped course that started out easy and got progressively harder. It had rained for the past 24 hours or so, and there was heavy fog in the low lying areas which just made things harder. Towards the end of the course I had to take my glasses off. I was able to minimize mistakes, though, longest split was 11 minutes. Still ended up first runner across the finish, though!? |
| Road Run (AR training) 30:00 [3] 3 km (10:00 / km) | |
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| Beginning of AR night training session at 11:30 PM. We ran loops from my my house to pick up maps before getting on the bikes. |
Friday Apr 15 |
| Orienteering (Score) 39:03 [4] ** 6 km (6:30 / km) | |
| spiked:26/26c shoes: Denver Salomons |
| All 26 controls at the Lake Elmo POC, score format. Like a weird cross between a normal Red/Blue and a sprint event, but only 2 stars technical (maybe 1 1/2).
AOZNFYMXWLEKVUTSJIRQHCDBPG |
| Trail Run 26:51 [3] 6.1 km (4:24 / km) | |
| shoes: Denver Salomons |
| Clockwise loop around Eagle Point Lake. Ticks are out. |
Thursday Apr 14 |
| MTB (technical) 1:20:00 [3] 24 km (3:20 / km) | |
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| River Bottoms trail again, from the east side up to the RR bridge and back. Plenty of water to float the raft. Trails dry to tacky, small wet spots. |
Wednesday Apr 13 |
| Trail Run 50:48 [3] 10.5 km (4:50 / km) | |
| shoes: Denver Salomons |
| Hidden Falls park, Hwy 5, Snelling SP, Minnehaha, Ford bridge. About 2/3 trail/grass, 1/3 paved |
Sunday Apr 10 |
| Orienteering 20:00 [2] ** | |
| shoes: Montrail Vitesse 2 |
| Control retrieval at WOB |
| Hiking long 5:40:00 [2] ** 25 km (13:36 / km) | |
| shoes: Montrail Vitesse 2 |
| Night trek/orienteering with Gnome Hunters at Wild River. I let the others navigate a 14 point course. Got home at 3 AM. |
| Ropes 30:00 [3] | |
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| Ascend and rappel work at Taylors Falls. Gotta get ready for AR season. |
| Orienteering race 1:27:20 [4] *** 10 km (8:44 / km) | |
| spiked:16/19c shoes: Montrail Vitesse 2 |
| 10k blue course at the first meet of the season at William O'Brien. Not difficult, but used 3 stars because the map was inaccurate in places and required greater concentration. Warm, humid, lots of thorns. Came in 2 min behind the Bairds for 3rd overall. About 4-5 minutes of errors due mostly to bad contours. |
Saturday Apr 9 |
| MTB (technical) 2:45:00 [3] 36 km (4:35 / km) | |
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| MN River bottoms trail - E side double loop with Suzanne and then W side by myself. Raft isn't going in until tomorrow.
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| Hiking 1:00:00 [1] | |
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| 2 hr trail hike at Frontenac. Only counting half the time, and only because there were some pretty steep hills. Slow pace, examining the local flora and fauna. |
Friday Apr 8 |
| Trail Run 40:00 [3] 7.3 km (5:29 / km) | |
| shoes: Montrail Vitesse 2 |
| Cottage Grove Ravine again. Same perfect weather. |
Thursday Apr 7 |
| MTB (technical) 1:40:00 [3] 17 km (5:53 / km) | |
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| First off road bike of the year at river flats, with Mark and Suzanne. Raft isn't in yet, but the E side of Lyndale is dry and fast.
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Tuesday Apr 5 |
| Orienteering 28:30 [4] ** 4.5 km (6:20 / km) | |
| spiked:11/11c shoes: Salomon XA Comp XCR |
| Lake Elmo. Decided I don't like these shoes - shouldn't hurt after only 45 minutes of running. |
| Trail Run 20:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Comp XCR |
| Warm up and cooldown. 70 degrees and humid out today |
Monday Apr 4 |
| Trail Run 55:00 [3] 10 km (5:30 / km) | |
| shoes: Montrail Vitesse 2 |
| Cottage Grove Ravine for the first time this year. Perfect trail conditions, slight leftover snow, trails dried up otherwise. And gotta love daylight savings time. |
Sunday Apr 3 |
| Hiking 1:00:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Montrail Vitesse 2 |
| About an hour rambling about on the North Shore. |
Saturday Apr 2 |
| Orienteering 55:00 [2] *** 5.5 km (10:00 / km) | |
| spiked:11/11c shoes: Salomon XA Comp XCR |
| Out at 8 AM to set controls for skills clinic. Sunny and wonderful to be out. |
| Orienteering race (Sprint) 8:32 [5] ** 1.61 km (5:18 / km) | |
| spiked:8/9c shoes: Montrail Vitesse 2 |
| Members only sprint course. One mistake, but it didn't matter (it wouldn't have affected my place.) Made the mistake of eating a brownie just before... oops. |
| MTB (road) 55:00 [3] | |
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| Bike tow practice with Gnome Hunters after the O clinic. |