Tuesday Jul 31 |
 | Mtn Biking (Road) 22:00 [3]6.0 mi (3:40 / mi) | |
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| To Minnehaha and back for TNT. Almost rode hard enough to log it as a 4. |
| Orienteering 45:00 [3]*** 4.5 km (10:00 / km) | |
| spiked:19/20c shoes: Vasque Spur |
| Checking O course for TNT. Ran it as Memory-O. I tried to skip control 8, until I looked at the map. Pretty tired when I was finished. |
Sunday Jul 29 |
| Mtn Biking (commute) 45:00 [1]6.0 mi (7:30 / mi) | |
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| Ride to Minnehaha Park for an afternoon of playing in the creek and course setting with the family. Jasper really can take credit as vetter on this course. He's been to nearly every control. |
| Orienteering 40:00 [1]*** 2.5 km (16:00 / km) | |
| spiked:10/10c shoes: Vasque Spur |
| Set last few controls with Jasper along. No Rena this time. Then I ran to a few to write the control number on them. I hope they make it until Tuesday. |
Saturday Jul 28 |
| Orienteering (course setting) 35:00 [1]*** 1.5 km (23:20 / km) | |
| spiked:4/5c shoes: Vasque Spur |
| Course setting at Minnehaha with Jasper walking and Rena in the backpack. Spent about 1 hour getting ready, a total of two hours at the park, and a total of 35 minutes actually with the map. Not that efficient, but a lot of fun. |
| Orienteering (couse setting) 45:00 [2]*** 3 km (15:00 / km) | |
| spiked:8/8c shoes: Vasque Spur |
| Later in the afternoon I got out by myself to Minnehaha. One of the areas I had hoped to use is under full construction, so it's a no go. I am really excited to see people's reaction to the photo and the course. Because of the terrain, vegetation and buildings, this is a good spot to play with an aerial photo. This is training, so try not to preview the picture. |
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| C • Google earth 3 |
Tuesday Jul 24 |
| Hiking 1:00:00 [1] | |
| shoes: Vasque Spur |
| Walking the O course with two groups and other general hiking. |
| Paddling 45:00 [1] | |
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| Paddling to and from a cookout while at camp with students. It is a nice-sized island for a round trip paddle with a non-experienced paddler and a duffer. |
Monday Jul 23 |
| Orienteering 25:00 [1]*** 1.5 km (16:40 / km) | |
| spiked:6/6c shoes: Vasque Spur |
| Setting out controls for an orienteering challenge for the studenst at camp. |
Thursday Jul 19 |
| Paddling 30:00 [3]1.0 mi (30:00 / mi) | |
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| Used one of the boats taking up space in our yard to go for a paddle at Nokomis with Jasper. It was a lot of fun. Launched from the small beach, met Molly on the other side for a treat at the concession stand and then paddled back. Ian, you never knew your kayak was a tandem, did you? Jasper did really well. He learned how to do a rudder as well as paddle with a kayak paddle. |
Tuesday Jul 17 |
| Road Biking 30:00 [4]9.5 mi (3:09 / mi) | |
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| Rode to TNT. Got a little bit of a late start and didn't want to miss the fun. Rode a little faster than planned. Taking the greenway to Wirth is about as fast as driving at rush hour. |
| Orienteering 1:08:00 [4]*** 8 km (8:30 / km) | |
| spiked:17/19c shoes: Vasque Spur |
| An unbelievably fun game created by Justin and Molly. Basically a huge game of tag while trying to complete the O-course. Once we all figured out how to play, it was a blast. Maybe more later. |
| Road Biking 35:00 [3]9.5 mi (3:40 / mi) | |
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| Ride home after TNT. Very fun riding the parkway and greenway late at night. |
Sunday Jul 15 |
| Mtn Biking (shuttle) 50:00 [3]10.8 mi (4:38 / mi) | |
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| Rode our bikes from TA 3 back to TA 2 where the kaayaks were stashed for retrieval. Very fun. Saw a few deer, and enjoyed the quiet. Due to time and access we had to stay on the road. We didn't get to check out the course the racers did yesterday. |
| Paddling (control retrieval) 1:21:00 [2]*** 4.0 mi (20:15 / mi) | |
| spiked:2/2c |
| Paddled the second half of the race portion fairly early in the morning. Again, a perfect morning. then we zipped to Tobies for coffee and a cinnamon roll. |
| Mtn Biking 35:00 [2]3.5 mi (10:00 / mi) | |
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| Mountain biking with Jasper down by the river. |
Saturday Jul 14 |
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| MNOC--Adventure O; volunteering |
| Orienteering (control retrieval) 51:00 [2]*** 4 km (12:45 / km) | |
| spiked:3/5c shoes: Vasque Spur |
| Picking up controls from adventure-O. There were some thick spots, and deep water. One control by bike, but just added that to time. |
| Paddling 1:05:00 [2]*** 3.0 mi (21:40 / mi) | |
| spiked:2/2c |
| Decided to get two of the paddle controls with Molly before dark, so we could get home at a decent time on Sunday. It was a perfect paddle with the sun sinking. Very romantic. Made it back to the campsite in time for beverages, leftover food and s'mores. |
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| C • romantic evening cruise 5 |
Wednesday Jul 11 |
| Mtn Biking (commute) 40:00 [2]9.0 mi (4:27 / mi) | |
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| Jasper to school and then to work. Very funny thing was that I bonked on the way back from Jasper's school--about 2 miles into my ride. I had to stop home and get some breakfast. It was a combination of a fairly hard effort last night, not being recovered from Saturday, not eating dinner last night, getting to bed late, being dehydrated, being up early with Rena and Jasper, and not having anything for breakfast. As I got off the bike at home, my legs were quivering and I felt absolutely spent. I had a peanut butter and honey sandwich, a banana, and a couple oreos and the rest of my ride went fine.
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| C • TNT 1 |
Tuesday Jul 10 |
| Road Biking (commute) 40:00 [2]9.0 mi (4:27 / mi) | |
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| Orienteering 1:18:00 [3]*** 8 km (9:45 / km) +150m 8:55 / km | |
| spiked:18/15c shoes: Vasque Spur |
| Fun TNT at Lone Lake Park on USGS 1:10,000. Made a couple small mistakes, but generally read the map pretty well. I had the most trouble with the far south section--lining things up with the hills and the frisbee golf links.
Distance is estimate |
Monday Jul 9 |
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| (rest day) |
| No time, but another day off didn't bother me either. |
Sunday Jul 8 |
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| (rest day) |
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Saturday Jul 7 |
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| Afton 25k |
| Trail Running race 2:33:49 [4]25 km (6:09 / km) +500m 5:36 / km | |
| shoes: Vasque Spur |
| Afton 25k. What a blast. I had a great 21k race, unfortunately I still had 4k to go. Heat and lack of training finally got to me and I started getting pre-cramp twinges. I had to walk a good chunck of the last 1.5 miles. Finished with cramping calves. Even after re-hydrating after the race I lost 6 pounds. I would highly reccommend this race.
The difference in atmosphere between this trail race and road races was extreme. Everyone seemed really low key, even the men and women who are really fast. Unlike road races where there are people cheering the entire course, there were no spectators until the last few hundred meters. It was so much more about people providing their own motivation than about external motivators. Way cool. Also, there were long sections where I could see other people, but felt like I was out for my own private race in the woods. Excellent.
2:33 is a close estimate. I forgot to stop my watch. Any way I was within the range of where I thought I wiould finish. Had kind of hoped to average 9 min/mile, but saw very quickly that wasn't going to happen. |
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| C • Good Run 5 |
| Mtn Biking (with Jasper) 40:00 [2]7.7 km (5:12 / km) | |
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| In a sign of the times, instead of laying around all day after a race, I had the good fortune of going on a bike ride with Jasper. He was on his own bike. We did the Franklin/Lake loop. It was fun. We stopped a bunch of times for water and to rest. Maybe as much for me as for him. |
Friday Jul 6 |
| Running 16:00 [2]2.0 mi (7:59 / mi) | |
| shoes: Vasque Spur |
| Just an easy run to loosen legs up before tomorrow's race. |
Thursday Jul 5 |
| Mtn Biking (road with Jasper) 25:00 [2]4.5 mi (5:33 / mi) | |
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| Quick trip on the Greenway and back after we got home from Hayward. |
Wednesday Jul 4 |
| Paddling 45:00 [2]3 km (15:00 / km) | |
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| Took Jasper out for a paddle on McClean Lake in Hayward. It was very cool. I include about 15 minutes for the portage as well. |
Tuesday Jul 3 |
| Trail Running 38:00 [3]7 km (5:26 / km) | |
| shoes: Vasque Spur |
| Trail run on the Birkie Trail from OO. Went south. It was hot and the black flies were gunning for me. Nice run though. |
Monday Jul 2 |
| Mtn Biking (commute) 25:00 [2]10 km (2:30 / km) | |
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| To work and home with Jasper on the Tagalong. Then off to Hayward. |
Sunday Jul 1 |
| Mtn Biking 1:20:00 [2]18 km (4:27 / km) | |
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| Family trip to Fort Snelling State Park. Molly had Rena in the Chariot and I had Jasper on the Tagalong. We were a part of a convoy that included 5 adults, 6 kids, 6 bikes two tagalongs and 3 Chariots. Our theme song was "Nerds on Parade." It was a blast. |