Training Log Archive: bishop22In the 31 days ending Jul 31, 2007:
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Tuesday Jul 31, 2007 #
Running intervals 58:43 7.0 mi (8:23 / mi)
rhr:48 slept:5.0
Intervals on trails from Old Faithful with the whole crew. About 14 minute warm-up, then 5x(3 min hard/3 min easy). John out in front, then Nate and Amos on the early ones, Emily on the last couple, then me, Andrew, Sergei, Ethan and Sylvia. Zach ran the w/up and w/dn and explored while we did intervals.
I think the altitude got to me a bit. I had the strange chest feeling that I used to get after racing indoors. I was dragging a bit on the last one, while the others were racing.
I think the altitude got to me a bit. I had the strange chest feeling that I used to get after racing indoors. I was dragging a bit on the last one, while the others were racing.
Monday Jul 30, 2007 #
Running 25:22 [2] 2.9 mi (8:45 / mi)
slept:6.5
Easy run thru some pastures adjoining the KOA outside West Yellowstone. Ran with Nate, John, Andrew, Ethan, Amos and Emily (I think that's everyone). I couldn't keep up on the uphills, since my legs were quite hungover from yesterday plus about 9 hours of driving today.
Cut off early with Andrew as darkness set in. Doesn't stay light past 10pm like in Saskatoon.
Cut off early with Andrew as darkness set in. Doesn't stay light past 10pm like in Saskatoon.
Sunday Jul 29, 2007 #
Orienteering race 3:41:14 [3] *** 12.8 km (17:17 / km)
spiked:15/23c
COC Long Champs at Mr. Eb's, northwest of Saskatoon. I'll try to add more when I have the map and it's not 1AM, but the short story is DNF, and I would have been OVT. I punched control 22 just under 3 hours, then couldn't find 23. The open and white and open with scattered trees blended too much for me to decipher, and there was no place to relocate. I gave up at about 3.5 hours and jogged back the long way (if I had found 23, I could have gotten back quicker thru the terrain.
The heat was tough. I drank as much as I could at each water control, and it was still not enough. The terrain was tough. I could feel cramps coming on each time I jumped (/stepped) over deadfall in the latter parts of the course. The navigation was tough. The visibility was limited in many places and there were many subtle depressions that I need more practice to determine which are on the map.
It was certainly a challenge. I've never DNF'd in a running race, and I think my only DNF was in a ski-o, when I ran out of time (although the blisters would have been a good excuse, too). I almost went back into the terrain when I got to the road and quickly figured out where I was. Am I a wimp for packing it in? If the time limit had not been 3 hours, I would have gone on.
The heat was tough. I drank as much as I could at each water control, and it was still not enough. The terrain was tough. I could feel cramps coming on each time I jumped (/stepped) over deadfall in the latter parts of the course. The navigation was tough. The visibility was limited in many places and there were many subtle depressions that I need more practice to determine which are on the map.
It was certainly a challenge. I've never DNF'd in a running race, and I think my only DNF was in a ski-o, when I ran out of time (although the blisters would have been a good excuse, too). I almost went back into the terrain when I got to the road and quickly figured out where I was. Am I a wimp for packing it in? If the time limit had not been 3 hours, I would have gone on.
Running warm up/down 8:00 [2] 0.89 mi (9:00 / mi)
I wasn't going to do much of a warm-up, but I jogged out to catch Zach on the way to the start, then I sat down and was attacked by bugs, so I hustled back to the assembly area for bug spray, then back out to see Zach off.
Saturday Jul 28, 2007 #
Event: ROC - Score-O & Sprint
Orienteering race 1:15:00 [4] *** 4.2 km (17:51 / km)
spiked:10/17c
COC Middle Champs at Mr. Eb's trails, northwest of Saskatoon. More to come when I have my map.
Poor effort on my part. Each time that I started to get comfortable with my navigation, I was thrown a curve that I whiffed on. The contours were too subtle for my untrained eye, so I had problems with several controls.
Nate had a real rough go, but Zach flew thru his course for the win.
Poor effort on my part. Each time that I started to get comfortable with my navigation, I was thrown a curve that I whiffed on. The contours were too subtle for my untrained eye, so I had problems with several controls.
Nate had a real rough go, but Zach flew thru his course for the win.
Orienteering warm up/down 15:00 [1] 1.0 km (15:00 / km)
Mostly walked around some of the warm-up controls with Zach. I could tell it was going to be difficult to move thru this terrain.
Running warm up/down 15:00 [2] 1.67 mi (9:00 / mi)
More warm-up than I bargained for. We were told that it was a 500m walk to the start from the porta-potties, so Zach and I left the assembly area about 15 minutes before his start. We jogged once we got to the porta-potties, but that turned out to be not quite enough. It must have been over 1200m, and Zach just missed his start. I was 3 minutes after Zach, so by the time I got him a new start time, I had missed my call-up, and they were about to move me to the maps, and I hadn't yet cleared, so it was a flurry of activity to get to the line just in time.
Friday Jul 27, 2007 #
Orienteering race 17:34 [5] *** 2.8 km (6:16 / km)
spiked:11/16c rhr:44 slept:5.0
COC Sprint at U of Saskatoon. Had trouble getting into the map early on, so Mike Smith made up a minute just after C3. Lost contact with him when he beat a couple of cars to a road crossing on the way to 4, and I had to wait for one of them. The heat was tough and I was a bit tired from a late night and traveling, so I didn't run particularly fast, but it was not a bad performance overall.
It actually turned out that Zach ran a faster per km time than I did. He won his age group in 11:40-ish, 2nd was over 17. Nate was 3rd - had a couple of poor route choices that put him over a minute behind Andrew, who was slightly behind the winner. They'll have their work cut out for them tomorrow.
It actually turned out that Zach ran a faster per km time than I did. He won his age group in 11:40-ish, 2nd was over 17. Nate was 3rd - had a couple of poor route choices that put him over a minute behind Andrew, who was slightly behind the winner. They'll have their work cut out for them tomorrow.
Running warm up/down 14:00 [2] 1.6 mi (8:45 / mi)
8 minutes before the race, 6 minutes after.
Thursday Jul 26, 2007 #
Note
slept:7.5 (rest day)
As usual, the last day of work before vacation was quite busy, so I had to go get fingerprinted at lunchtime, instead of getting an easy run in.
Golfing 18:00 [1]
spiked:6/18c
89, but with stretches of solid play (highlight - bird on #3).
Wednesday Jul 25, 2007 #
Note
slept:7.75 weight:165lbs (rest day)
Off today, real easy tomorrow, and off to Saskatoon on Friday. Someone should be at the airport to pick me up at 1:42pm, so I can make it to my 4:06pm start, right Walt?
Oh - the results from the Night-O that Nate and Zach did (quite well) are here:
http://www.coc2007.ca/coc2007_results.html
Oh - the results from the Night-O that Nate and Zach did (quite well) are here:
http://www.coc2007.ca/coc2007_results.html
Golfing 18:00 [1]
spiked:9/18c
Went off the first tee at 5:35, behind 4 slow women, so I was just going to play 9 holes, but they let me thru on 5, I birdied 6 to go 1-under, another group let me thru on 7 (gave the stroke back), and it was clear sailing ahead, I made par on 8, bogey on 9 for a 36, so I had to go on.
I was sure I had my first sub-80 round coming, thru 14 holes, but I had an epic choke - put up a snowman on 15 and 4-putted on 16, and wound up with an 83. Very disappointing, but my play is very promising. I only had 1 drive shorter than 245 and hit 8 of 12 fairways (missed both fairways when I used my 4-wood), only 13 putts on the front (but 20 on the back).
I was sure I had my first sub-80 round coming, thru 14 holes, but I had an epic choke - put up a snowman on 15 and 4-putted on 16, and wound up with an 83. Very disappointing, but my play is very promising. I only had 1 drive shorter than 245 and hit 8 of 12 fairways (missed both fairways when I used my 4-wood), only 13 putts on the front (but 20 on the back).
Tuesday Jul 24, 2007 #
Swimming 36:01 [3] 1.02 mi (35:18 / mi)
slept:6.5 weight:165.5lbs
4:09/8:22
1:31,33,32,31,31
3:28,26
Probably last swim until I return from my western swing.
1:31,33,32,31,31
3:28,26
Probably last swim until I return from my western swing.
Running 52:03 6.5 mi (8:00 / mi)
XC camp at Webster Park. Ran with the advanced girls plus Dan. We did 20 minutes, then each of the 7 led for a 3 min fartlek session, then back.
Monday Jul 23, 2007 #
Running 51:24 6.29 mi (8:10 / mi)
slept:6.0
Up the river to the 2.5 mile mark (UR X-walk), turned around and at 24 minutes (a little before McLean), I started 8 x (1 minute hard/1 easy). Did this up McLean-Mt Hope-Linden-Goodman-Clinton, then easy Alexander-Monroe-around back of Strong Museum-cut thru streets to Gibbs and in.
Ran the hard stretches at 400m Rep pace or better.
Ran the hard stretches at 400m Rep pace or better.
Sunday Jul 22, 2007 #
Golfing 18:00 [1]
spiked:4/18c slept:7.0 (rest day)
Birdied #4 to get back to even, but was +4 after 8, then the wheels came off. Tripled 9, 10, 11, and never regained focus - 92.
Saturday Jul 21, 2007 #
Running long 1:53:07 [2] 14.1 mi (8:01 / mi)
slept:6.0
ODR: Kreag-Ayrault-End-31-Victor-Bluhm-Thayer-Steele-across Turk-Garnsey & in. Found Jane lost in the housing development across from Steele, and showed her one correct right turn, but followed her past the next right turn to a dead end, so I added about 1/2 mile to the published route. Popped out onto Garnsey just as Vinny was coming by, having gone around the development, and ran in with him. Nice after being alone from mile 2 to 10+. I fell off the lead pack on the way to 22:46 at 3 miles (they were close to 22). I was 46:12 at 6 (23:26), then about 72:29 (26:16) at 9, which included Bluhm hill. 40:37 for the last 5.1.
Note
Walt & Nate called from Deadwood, SD last night at 11:30, where they were camping on the way to Saskatoon. Sounds like the trip started off fine.
Golfing 1:00 [1]
Course was closed for Couples Invitational - poor planning on my part - so I spent 55 minutes on the range: 64 shots, then about 50 chips.
Friday Jul 20, 2007 #
Running tempo 45:28 6.0 mi (7:35 / mi)
rhr:41 slept:6.25
Did a good, old-fashioned out 3 miles easy and back harder. Made me reminisce about the days in Henrietta where that meant out in 21 and back under 18. Today I ran up the river for 24:48 and turned around and came back in 20:40.
Out Back
5:23 4:11 to/from river path
8:41 7:30 start of mile
8:13 6:54 end of mile
2:31 2:05 turnaround
Achilles still a little sore, but didn't notice it while running hard. Toe is nicely discolored from where I stubbed it and tripped while running with the youngsters on Tuesday (yeah, real funny Nate). Blisters on both feet from lack of socks on Tuesday - not too bad. And of course the chronic butt pain kicked in when I got out of my chair this afternoon.
And I'm not even old yet.
Out Back
5:23 4:11 to/from river path
8:41 7:30 start of mile
8:13 6:54 end of mile
2:31 2:05 turnaround
Achilles still a little sore, but didn't notice it while running hard. Toe is nicely discolored from where I stubbed it and tripped while running with the youngsters on Tuesday (yeah, real funny Nate). Blisters on both feet from lack of socks on Tuesday - not too bad. And of course the chronic butt pain kicked in when I got out of my chair this afternoon.
And I'm not even old yet.
Thursday Jul 19, 2007 #
Swimming 38:40 [3] 1.02 mi (37:54 / mi)
rhr:47 slept:6.5
4:09/8:23
1:29,32,30,32,31
3:27,25
Felt a little smoother in the water today.
1:29,32,30,32,31
3:27,25
Felt a little smoother in the water today.
Golfing 9:00 [1] ***
spiked:2/9c
42 - only one double (one of 2 3-putts).
Wednesday Jul 18, 2007 #
Orienteering 16:26 [3] *** 2.3 km (7:09 / km)
spiked:12/13c
Did a pre-run of the sprint course for the meet at Black Creek on the 28th. Ran fairly easy - only slowed down once.
Running 26:11 [2] 3.27 mi (8:00 / mi)
WARNING: FDFs are SWARMING in Black Creek Park. I probably had 50 of them following me as I ran from the main parking lot along the main trail to the west side of the park. They were flying into my mouth, nose, eyes and ears. I recommend a hat and good bug spray before heading there. Most of them didn't want to follow me onto the sprint course, so that was a relief.
I ran easy an 13:14 over to the west side and 12:57 back. The blisters I picked up by not having socks yesterday (even though I had old shoes) were plenty annoying. And today I didn't have running shorts, so I had to run in the old pair of shorts I had in the car.
I ran easy an 13:14 over to the west side and 12:57 back. The blisters I picked up by not having socks yesterday (even though I had old shoes) were plenty annoying. And today I didn't have running shorts, so I had to run in the old pair of shorts I had in the car.
Tuesday Jul 17, 2007 #
Running 53:11 [3] 6.86 mi (7:45 / mi)
slept:6.5
Fairly easy run with the "Advanced" group at day one of the Webster Summer XC Camp. Only Nate and a Thomas 9th grader were able to keep up with John for the first 5+ mile loop. We only had time to add about 10 minutes, so didn't make a full 7 miles.
Running 2:00 [4] 0.6 km (3:20 / km)
6 strides
Stretching 1:00 [1]
Monday Jul 16, 2007 #
Running 31:47 [2] 4.0 mi (7:57 / mi)
slept:6.0 weight:166lbs
East-Culver-Park, allowing myself to go as easy as I wanted, after a tough weekend.
I noted today, while running, that the local butts are much like the Hyundai dealer's slogan. And this was based on a biased sample, since I just saw people who were out at lunchtime, making an effort (well, perhaps the effort was just to find more food).
I noted today, while running, that the local butts are much like the Hyundai dealer's slogan. And this was based on a biased sample, since I just saw people who were out at lunchtime, making an effort (well, perhaps the effort was just to find more food).
Stretching 1:00 [1]
Sunday Jul 15, 2007 #
Golfing 18:00 [1]
spiked:7/18c slept:6.5
89 thanks to several poor holes, including finishing with 3 straight doubles (on 3 easy holes).
Worst shot of the year on #8 - a par 3. Shanked it right, it hit a tree and bounced back past me, into the rough behind the tee box.
Worst shot of the year on #8 - a par 3. Shanked it right, it hit a tree and bounced back past me, into the rough behind the tee box.
Orienteering race 59:59 [4] *** 4.72 km (12:43 / km) +445m 8:38 / km
spiked:23/24c
ROC Score-O at Irondequoit Bay East. Low expectations after hitting the OD yesterday, and the course setter said he didn't think all the flags could be had, but I started out OK. I thought I would be starting to the south, but when I got a look at the map, it looked best to pick off the northern controls first. Rob, Gil and Nate got a jump on me to the first control (1), but we were taking different routes to the next few controls (22-10-19) which mixed things up a bit. Nate stayed ahead of me for a few controls (7-11-16), but I got ahead of him to 9. We were close to 18-8, but then I took the long trail route to 20, while Nate tried to go straight, so I didn't see him again.
I did 14-15-3-17-13-5-24 mostly cleanly. I was quite proud of running around on the trails from 20-14, to avoid going down and back up about 4 contours. I passed Vince on the road to 23, which gave me incentive to really pick it up. I did 23-26, out and back to 12, then tried to figure out whether I could get the rest. I passed Zach on the main trail towards 4, giving me another boost. I should have gone to 2 at this point, but I grabbed 21, then decided I had enough time to get 2, which ended up being the only control I struggled with. I thought I made it to the second trail, but it must have been the first, so I went west to the junction and came back east on what I thought was the second trail, but it turned out to be the third, as I saw the downhill to my right. Gil popped up from the right and was going to continue thru, so I decided to follow rather than running around. It was brutal going and Gil fell in some thick stuff, so I had to wait for him to get back up. We got to the flag, and I took off for the finish. I knew it was going to be close and thought I had it by almost 5 seconds, but then there was a chute I had to go to instead of the table, so I adjusted and made it with 1 second to spare.
I did 14-15-3-17-13-5-24 mostly cleanly. I was quite proud of running around on the trails from 20-14, to avoid going down and back up about 4 contours. I passed Vince on the road to 23, which gave me incentive to really pick it up. I did 23-26, out and back to 12, then tried to figure out whether I could get the rest. I passed Zach on the main trail towards 4, giving me another boost. I should have gone to 2 at this point, but I grabbed 21, then decided I had enough time to get 2, which ended up being the only control I struggled with. I thought I made it to the second trail, but it must have been the first, so I went west to the junction and came back east on what I thought was the second trail, but it turned out to be the third, as I saw the downhill to my right. Gil popped up from the right and was going to continue thru, so I decided to follow rather than running around. It was brutal going and Gil fell in some thick stuff, so I had to wait for him to get back up. We got to the flag, and I took off for the finish. I knew it was going to be close and thought I had it by almost 5 seconds, but then there was a chute I had to go to instead of the table, so I adjusted and made it with 1 second to spare.
Orienteering (Flag Pickup) 37:00 [2] *** 3.7 mi (10:00 / mi)
spiked:8/8c
Picked up some flags after the event - drove out to the southern part of the map to grab 6 controls, then drove to the circle for 2 and ran in from there. Also includes my whopping 3 minutes of warm-up time - we were very disorganized leaving home and getting ready.
Saturday Jul 14, 2007 #
Running long 1:37:04 [2] 12.43 mi (7:49 / mi)
slept:6.75 weight:165.5lbs
ODR (route). Started out with the big "boys" (Erik, JV, DV, Darren, JimO, Michelle, another woman, Andy, another guy). Ran 8-min pace out to Fishers Rd, but then averaged 7:07 from there to the RR bed off of Main St Fishers. They dropped me on the last little uphill before Fishers - just over 26 minutes in. Ran alone near 8-min pace most of the rest of the way - briefly ran with a guy from the Tuesday workout that I went to, but he went on ahead. Picked it up for 3 x 1 min surges on 96, from Fishers Rd in, so averaged 7:21 for that last stretch.
Managed to finish about 4 minutes ahead of JimO who went 2 miles further. I had been concerned about getting caught.
Oh, and no Gil today. He must be resting up to go after all 24 controls tomorrow, which the course setter is predicting won't be done (perhaps he knew feet is out of town).
Managed to finish about 4 minutes ahead of JimO who went 2 miles further. I had been concerned about getting caught.
Oh, and no Gil today. He must be resting up to go after all 24 controls tomorrow, which the course setter is predicting won't be done (perhaps he knew feet is out of town).
Friday Jul 13, 2007 #
Swimming 33:00 [3] 0.91 mi (36:15 / mi)
rhr:42 slept:6.0
4:11/8:27
1:35,35,34,33,33
3:27,27
Being away from the water really showed (and was felt) - times were slow and I couldn't move very smoothly thru the water.
1:35,35,34,33,33
3:27,27
Being away from the water really showed (and was felt) - times were slow and I couldn't move very smoothly thru the water.
Thursday Jul 12, 2007 #
Running 51:40 7.18 mi (7:12 / mi)
slept:6.0
GTA with Erik, Frank, JV and Darren. Michelle and Alexis stayed pretty close behind most of the way. Here is the route. The loop in Brighton Town Park was actually about 0.12 miles longer than I mapped it.
Stayed close most of the time, and they waited a couple of times (20 seconds at Elmwood & Clinton, and 40 seconds at Highland and Monroe were the big ones), so I finished with the group for a change.
Scott showed up after the run, with his broken clavical, 3 ribs and thumb from a mountain bike race last weekend.
I let Nate off the hook because he is still recovering from his late night at the Harry Potter movie opening.
Stayed close most of the time, and they waited a couple of times (20 seconds at Elmwood & Clinton, and 40 seconds at Highland and Monroe were the big ones), so I finished with the group for a change.
Scott showed up after the run, with his broken clavical, 3 ribs and thumb from a mountain bike race last weekend.
I let Nate off the hook because he is still recovering from his late night at the Harry Potter movie opening.
Biking 26:00 [2] 5.2 mi (5:00 / mi)
Rode Nate's pony around Perinton before Zach's soccer game. From Martha Brown, I rode up to 250 and north down into the little valley where I caught the powerline, rode thru some woods (wooded trails are tougher to bike that I had thought, espeically given my lack of experience with 3x7 gears), out around a couple more Fairport schools, and back over the hill in time for the game.
Zach's team lost 3-2. Z was in goal the 2nd half, and the deciding goal was score on him, on a PK after the ref whistled a hand ball on a direct kick fired into a wall - very poor decision by the young referee when a 10-year-old was in pretty good defensive position.
Zach's team lost 3-2. Z was in goal the 2nd half, and the deciding goal was score on him, on a PK after the ref whistled a hand ball on a direct kick fired into a wall - very poor decision by the young referee when a 10-year-old was in pretty good defensive position.
Wednesday Jul 11, 2007 #
Golfing 9:00 [1] ***
spiked:1/9c (rest day)
A painful 48.
Took the day off because I was quite sore from yesterday - both from the effort, and from the fall.
Took the day off because I was quite sore from yesterday - both from the effort, and from the fall.
Tuesday Jul 10, 2007 #
Orienteering race 11:25 [5] *** 2.0 km (5:43 / km)
spiked:10/12c weight:169.5lbs
BFLO Sprint at Chestnut Ridge. Finished 3rd - a minute behind Gil and 1/2 minute behind Rex from BAOC. Took a nasty fall, tripping in a ditch next to the road on the way to 4 - banged up my knee and hip and arm enough to be sore later on, but not during the sprint.
Caught Nate from a minute back as we got to C2. He wasn't able to keep up, later claimed his legs were sore from lifting in the AM. I told him to stick to upper body work, since Tuesdays and Thursdays are running workout days.
My only real problem (besides the fall) was sprinting past C8 - it looked to be at a road / major trail junction on the map, but I didn't spot the trail on the way past (on the road) and had to turn around when I saw a fence that clued me in to my location.
Caught Nate from a minute back as we got to C2. He wasn't able to keep up, later claimed his legs were sore from lifting in the AM. I told him to stick to upper body work, since Tuesdays and Thursdays are running workout days.
My only real problem (besides the fall) was sprinting past C8 - it looked to be at a road / major trail junction on the map, but I didn't spot the trail on the way past (on the road) and had to turn around when I saw a fence that clued me in to my location.
Orienteering race 59:27 [4] *** 6.0 km (9:55 / km)
spiked:11/15c
BFLO 60-minute Score-O at Chestnut Ridge. I thought there was a chance at getting all of the controls, so I set out after the more difficult section first, to see if I could keep it clean, or would have to skip somewhere.
I'll have to update when I have the map. The distance is a total guess.
I started right of Rob and a couple others that were going to C9, because the map looked kind of green, so I wanted to get to the trail quickly. I made up the ground, but had to wait in a queue as I was 4th at the control. Moved up a bit on the way to the next control, then decided to take the field route to the 3rd control, but the field was not mowed, making for slower going than planned and I arrived after Rob and Rex. I really botched C14 - Nate caught up to me and I thought I saw the spur from a ways away, but it was the next one, so we had to come back. We must have been within 20m of the flag as we went by. This meant I was going to have to skip C6.
Angled left of the line for the next control, trying to find a spot to cross the dark green and got hung up a bit and got behind Dick, who dropped his control card going down the ride, so I picked it up and set it at the next control for him.
That was the end of the ride for Nate as he started to drop back, and although I heard his footsteps running down the trail behind me, I couldn't see him as I headed for the next control. I did see him again after I had left C16, he was heading in. After a couple of easy controls (3 & 1?), I knew I had to hustle to get 4, then 8. I measured about 400m to C8 and 300m to the finish, so I wanted to be under 54 by the time I got to (3 or 1?). I made it by 14 seconds, and had 400m of terrain running to get to C8, so I had to hustle. I popped out on the road too early, and had to run farther than expected to get to the flag, but luckily it was at a pump that was in a small shelter, so it was easy to spot from the road and I could relax on the run in.
Splits:
1:31
3:51 (2:20)
7:28 (3:37)
21:17 (13:49) - must have missed 1 here, and somewhere else
25:13 (3:56)
31:03 (5:50)
33:03 (2:00)
40:29 (7:26)
43:14 (2:45)
46:22 (3:08)
51:50 (5:28)
53:46 (1:56)
58:09 (4:23)
59:27 (1:18)
I'll have to update when I have the map. The distance is a total guess.
I started right of Rob and a couple others that were going to C9, because the map looked kind of green, so I wanted to get to the trail quickly. I made up the ground, but had to wait in a queue as I was 4th at the control. Moved up a bit on the way to the next control, then decided to take the field route to the 3rd control, but the field was not mowed, making for slower going than planned and I arrived after Rob and Rex. I really botched C14 - Nate caught up to me and I thought I saw the spur from a ways away, but it was the next one, so we had to come back. We must have been within 20m of the flag as we went by. This meant I was going to have to skip C6.
Angled left of the line for the next control, trying to find a spot to cross the dark green and got hung up a bit and got behind Dick, who dropped his control card going down the ride, so I picked it up and set it at the next control for him.
That was the end of the ride for Nate as he started to drop back, and although I heard his footsteps running down the trail behind me, I couldn't see him as I headed for the next control. I did see him again after I had left C16, he was heading in. After a couple of easy controls (3 & 1?), I knew I had to hustle to get 4, then 8. I measured about 400m to C8 and 300m to the finish, so I wanted to be under 54 by the time I got to (3 or 1?). I made it by 14 seconds, and had 400m of terrain running to get to C8, so I had to hustle. I popped out on the road too early, and had to run farther than expected to get to the flag, but luckily it was at a pump that was in a small shelter, so it was easy to spot from the road and I could relax on the run in.
Splits:
1:31
3:51 (2:20)
7:28 (3:37)
21:17 (13:49) - must have missed 1 here, and somewhere else
25:13 (3:56)
31:03 (5:50)
33:03 (2:00)
40:29 (7:26)
43:14 (2:45)
46:22 (3:08)
51:50 (5:28)
53:46 (1:56)
58:09 (4:23)
59:27 (1:18)
Monday Jul 9, 2007 #
Note
slept:5.25 (rest day)
Was going to swim at lunchtime, but there was more than enough to keep me busy at work, after vacationing since June 27th.
So, instead of working out, I just watched sports: Nate's old soccer team had a game in town - they seem to be surviving quite well without him, then I caught Chelsea's two basketball games - back with her high school team for the start of the summer league. Definitely a big step down from the weekend tournament - they played the weakest Aquinas team I've seen, and the always terrible Eastridge. And they lost to Aquinas.
So, instead of working out, I just watched sports: Nate's old soccer team had a game in town - they seem to be surviving quite well without him, then I caught Chelsea's two basketball games - back with her high school team for the start of the summer league. Definitely a big step down from the weekend tournament - they played the weakest Aquinas team I've seen, and the always terrible Eastridge. And they lost to Aquinas.
Sunday Jul 8, 2007 #
Running 1:21:33 [2] 9.06 mi (9:00 / mi)
slept:5.75
Between Chelsea's basketball games (they won both), Nate and I drove out from State College to a rest area we had seen while driving back and forth from the hotel. There was a map showing that the local "nature trail" had a connection with the PA "Mid State Trail", so we looped out to that, ran it to the a cutoff for a camp (hoping to find water - it was 90+ degrees), turned around after 35 minutes and took the shorter loop back in just over 60. While Nate grabbed the car keys and went back for a drink, I did another out-and-back on a stone logging road.
The trail we ran was pretty challenging - lots of rocks in some areas, and plenty of hills, although we did have a long stretch along a ridge which provided a break from the hills (but not from rocky areas).
The trail we ran was pretty challenging - lots of rocks in some areas, and plenty of hills, although we did have a long stretch along a ridge which provided a break from the hills (but not from rocky areas).
Saturday Jul 7, 2007 #
Golfing 18:00 [1] ***
spiked:8/18c
87 at Toftrees outside of State College. Opened with double-triple before I settled down. Had 3 3-putt bogeys on 9, 10 and 13 and took a 6 on the par-3 15th(?), or I could have had a real nice score.
Note
(rest day)
Postponed the long run until tomorrow so that I could go to Friday's with most of the team and parents, instead of run, between games.
Chelsea's team is 2-3 in the tourney so far. She's playing well - there are a lot of good players down here.
Chelsea's team is 2-3 in the tourney so far. She's playing well - there are a lot of good players down here.
Friday Jul 6, 2007 #
Running 44:30 [2] 5.56 mi (8:00 / mi)
Easy run with Nate between Chelsea's basketball games. Went from our hotel outside of Lewistown, PA, down into town, thru a park and some trails behind the high school, and back up. We ran the last 6.5 minutes uphill in the same amount of time we ran down at the start.
Thursday Jul 5, 2007 #
Running 24:30 [2] 3.0 mi (8:10 / mi)
slept:6.5
Ran easy with Nate - up La Loma, down to Figueora, over to Annon and back. Then we had to head over to LAX for the trip home (via Buffalo) and a brief night's sleep before we have to head off to Penn State.
Wednesday Jul 4, 2007 #
Running race 20:11 [4] 5.0 km (4:02 / km)
slept:5.0
Ran a 5K in Lake Forest, CA. Had to leave at about 6am to drive down there, but it gave me a chance to see a college friend that I hadn't seen in about 14 years. He actually beat me by 11 seconds (in college, he would have been about 4-5 minutes behind me).
But, I remain undefeated against Nate, although this time it was a suspect victory - I passed Nate with 250m to go, while he was puking up Pop-Tarts on the median. There have been allegations that I may have doctored the Pop-Tarts - allegations that I must deny.
I blame the slow time partly on the SoCal heat, and partly on my lack of competitive drive. I can't fix the former, but I must fix the latter.
But, I remain undefeated against Nate, although this time it was a suspect victory - I passed Nate with 250m to go, while he was puking up Pop-Tarts on the median. There have been allegations that I may have doctored the Pop-Tarts - allegations that I must deny.
I blame the slow time partly on the SoCal heat, and partly on my lack of competitive drive. I can't fix the former, but I must fix the latter.
Running warm up/down 15:00 [2] 1.7 mi (8:49 / mi)
Brief warm up. The warm down was mostly running out to find Chelsea, and back in with her.
Tuesday Jul 3, 2007 #
Note
(rest day)
I told Chelsea and Nate that they could take the day off before the race tomorrow, so I took the day off, too. Went to see Ocean's 13 instead of running.
Monday Jul 2, 2007 #
Running 36:23 [2] 4.69 mi (7:45 / mi)
Ran with Nate up to the Colorado bridge over the Arroyo, then down Orange Grove to California, back over the Arroyo and a slightly roundabout way back to Huntz's house.
We did this in the late afternoon, with the temp well into the 90s, so it wasn't that much fun. At least the drinking fountain at the small park across the Colorado bridge was working.
We did this in the late afternoon, with the temp well into the 90s, so it wasn't that much fun. At least the drinking fountain at the small park across the Colorado bridge was working.
Push-ups 16 [3]
Sit-ups 10 [3]
Had to stop the sit-ups because they were very uncomfortable in a SoCal-decorated house. I guess I could have gone outside to the well-watered grass.
Sunday Jul 1, 2007 #
Note
slept:8.5 (rest day)
Had to drive my sister-in-law and family to SFO at 8:30, then had to drive my in-laws to SFO at just past 11, then we hit 1pm Mass and drove to LA, so it was a good day to take a break.