Training Log Archive: bishop22

Finally made it out for golf on a Saturday morning. Arrived at the wrong time, though, as there were about 4-5 groups lined up, and all were foursomes, so I had to hit the range for almost 40 minutes before I was retrieved.

Definitely a bi-modal round. I shot 89, which is exactly an average bogey per hole, but I think I only had 3 bogeys: 1 bird, 7 pars, 5 doubles (including 3 in a row to start things off) and 2 ugly triples.

4:08.44/8:17.01 (4:08.57) - pretty close to even
1:30,32,32,32,31,31 (on 1:55)
3:29,26

My back was still pretty sore this AM from sneezing yesterday, but some Vitamin I and the swim felt great.

Dropped Zach off at his soccer game on Basket Rd, then ran the tracks to Salt and back to Basket via Boulter plus a loop around the fields to get close to 30 minutes.

Z's team looked pretty flat - I guess much of the team was at a pool party all day (not a good plan) - so, they lost the rematch with the team that beat them in the WSA tournament last weekend (in a shootout that went overtime, after the game went overtime), 3-zip.

Did 8 barefoot strides on the empty soccer field behind Zach's. Felt great.

No time to workout at lunch - had to leave just after 3 for the fall coaches' meeting. So, I didn't get off the first tee until 5:34.

Put up a 43, with too much sloppiness. I achieved consistently overly-hooked tee shots, so I was able to work on a fix and it paid off on 9. I'm hoping that can carry over to my next round.

4:11/8:24
1:30,32,34,34,31,35 (on 1:55)
3:30,28

Mostly took it easy, since I am leaning towards jumping in the trail run tonight. My knees are not 100%, but I think they are good enough to run it for fun.

Jumped in the Fleet Feet Dirt Cheap Trail Race at Ellison Wetlands. It was really strange going to a running race after all of the orienteering this spring. I guess it was strange for Patty, too. She asked if she was allowed to run down the road where the race started - she thought it might be OB.

I went out conservatively, but not slowly, since I knew the trails would be narrow. I don't think any more than 1 or two people passed me the whole way, while I passed at least 10 on the trails, including 2 in the last stretch when I could see the clearing coming thru the trees - I ended up beating them by 15 and 28 seconds, although I passed them in the last minute or so.

My knees didn't bother me much - I seemed to be limited aerobically as often as physically.

The results are here. Nate smoked me, even though he walked much of the last part of the race. Dan won the whole thing and Patty was the 3rd woman. Walt was on the DL and didn't make the trip after his surgery yesterday.

Knees just sore enough to not run. Right knee problem is on the inside; left knee soreness is in back.

Hit about 65 balls at the range, until the last stag shotgun group came thru, then played the back with Art and Ken the dentist. A little erratic at times, but hit some very good shots. Shot 43, including a double on 11 (rushed and missed 2nd putt) and on 18 (almost missed the tee shot completely, trying for a big hit). Had some good pars - 12 (solid up and down), 14 (outstanding chip after hitting tree on the corner), 15 (longish putt), 17 (huge recovery shot).

4:12/8:32
1:34,36,36,35,36,34 (on 1:55)
3:34,34

Easy swim to help with recovery from the weekend. My knee is quite sore and limited my push-offs and breaststroke kick. I won't mark it as an injury today, but if the ice and vitamin I don't help by tomorrow, I will. That would be a shame since I was hoping to jump in the next Dirt Cheap Trail Run on Wednesday at Ellison.

Got up at 4, but let Nate sleep until 4:30, so we left just after 5. His knee was feeling somewhat better, so we went out, with a plan to keep an eye on the knee. The first control was a bit of a walk on the road, so it was actually light enough to see by the time we cut into the woods, and the headlamps ended up being excess baggage.

We decided to skip a 50-pointer that was going to be a pain to get back to, but added a 30-pointer that was easy enough. Then our problems began. We couldn't find 503 (must have missed it just right, so when we turned right we came up empty). Since we weren't certain of our location leaving the area, we ended up catching the wrong spur to the next, 30-point control. At this time we decided to just grab a 70-pointer and then the 50-pointer on the way in. Nate's knee seemed to hold up OK, but we'll have to see in a few more days. Our second goal was to have fun, and the break made things much more fun, so that was good. Our third goal was to place respectably, and we just missed the top half of the open men's category (haven't seen where we stood overall), so I think that was a success as well.

Route:
504 - 606 - 804 - 303 - missed 503 - missed 312 - 306 -
702 - 510 - home

Splits: (after 9:44:16 break)
36:00 - 26:32 - 44:44 - 26:40 - 95:22 -
31:24 - 38:06 - 8:17

I gmapped the route that Nate and I took. We did a fair amount more wiggling than this shows, but here it is.