Monday Mar 31 |
 | Spinning 1:05:00 [3] | |
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| Usual Monday |
Saturday Mar 29 |
| Orienteering race (sprint) 15:03 [4] *** 2.75 km (5:28 / km) +30m 5:11 / km | |
| spiked:11/11c shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2007, gray) |
| Long sprint at Hyland to kick off the season. Fast running in open area, felt good and had only one (possible) mistake, in route choice.
Thanks Ian!
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| Orienteering 15:00 [2] | |
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| Other running around on the map. Spent most of my time inside at Jan's Place, though. |
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Sprint - Splits |
Monday Mar 24 |
| Spinning 1:05:00  | |
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| Cycle 60 at 98th Street |
Saturday Mar 22 |
| Terrain Run (no map) 1:15:00 [2] | |
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| Off trail at Sibley. Visitor center over to Mt. Tom, cross country as the trails were unpacked and the road not plowed. Then around Little Mt. Tom and back. |
Friday Mar 21 |
| Hiking 30:00 [2] 2.0 mi (14:59 / mi) | |
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| Logged a little time for chugging to and from the walk-in campsites at Afton, while carrying a chair and a (full) backpack. Spent a nice evening with Mike, Julia, and Annie. |
Tuesday Mar 18 |
| Orienteering (Score-O) 30:00 [3] ** 3.2 km (9:22 / km) +60m 8:34 / km | |
| spiked:4/9c |
| TNT at Katherine Abbott and Joy parks. With Ian, JJ, Babycakes and Waima. 30 min score at KA, had trouble seeing the blue tapes and spent at least 5 minutes just looking for them at the right feature. Grr. Oh, also a little rusty on the navigation - not good to be going south when you think you're going east. |
| Trail Run 30:00 [2] | |
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| Jog to Joy Park from the ballfields at the south end of KA. (Includes return trip to Ian's house). Called it a trail run because there were few sidewalks and some sloppy snow. |
| Orienteering (Score-O) 13:32 [4] ** 1.9 km (7:07 / km) +40m 6:27 / km | |
| spiked:9/9c |
| 9 controls in the gloaming (I love that word) on a contours only map. Strangely enough, it was easier to find the blue tapes in my headlamp than it was in the daytime. Open, fast park with lots of local relief which will be great for a sprint course (or two, or three.) |
Monday Mar 17 |
| Spinning 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Cycle 60 at 98th St. Kept it cool because of the effort yesterday - quads are still a little tight. |
Sunday Mar 16 |
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| Human Race 8K (St. Paul) |
| Road Run race 32:25 [4] 8 km (4:03 / km) vdot: 50.5 | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2007, gray) |
| Happy with the result for my first real road race. I think I prefer a more uneven surface, though! |
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| C • nice! 1 |
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| C • nice! 2 |
Wednesday Mar 12 |
| Trail Run 58:00 [3] 7.5 mi (7:43 / mi) | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2007, gray) |
| River Bottoms. Still mostly iced over, but the warm day kept a layer of slush/water on top that was runnable. Traction wasn't all that good, though. |
Tuesday Mar 11 |
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| Only trip of the year so far to Afton Alps. Not enough for a workout, but fun anyway. |
Monday Mar 10 |
| Spinning 1:10:00  | |
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| Cycle 60 at 98th Street. Fighting off a cold but still felt strong. |
Saturday Mar 8 |
| Hiking hills 4:55:00 [2] ** 10.5 km (28:06 / km) +1000m 19:02 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2007, gray) |
| Same Afton loop, with Rozzi. Saw tons of turkey tracks and a deer kill site. |
Saturday Mar 1 |
| Map Run hills 3:10:00  ** 10.5 km (18:06 / km) +1000m 12:15 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2007, gray) |
| First PQ specific training event of the year. Point-to-point map hike (about 20 points) at Afton with special emphasis on bouncing between the top and the bottom of the bluffs. According to the O-map, the route crossed 200 uphill contours, and it sure felt like it. My pack wasn't very heavy (started about 10 lbs), but I figured that was OK because of the 1-10 inches of snow, quite variable depending on the slope and exposure. |