Saturday May 31 |
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| Event: MNOC - Tamarack Nature Center
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 | Orienteering (control setting) 2:20:00 [2]*** 8 km (17:30 / km) | |
| spiked:44/44c shoes: Vasque Blur 2 |
| TNC members only meet. Putting out controls and checking others with Stephen and Kari. Got a late start due to babysitter mix-up.
BTW, Jasper had an aboslute blast with the micro. He made a special phone call to Molly to tell her about it. He asked if Ian would set one up again at a future meet. |
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| C • Micro Course 3 |
Friday May 30 |
| Mtn Biking (daycare commute) 17:00 [2]3.0 mi (5:39 / mi) | |
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Wednesday May 28 |
| Mtn Biking (with Chariot) 25:00 [1]3.0 mi (8:20 / mi) | |
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| Commuted with Rena in the Jasper on his own bike to daycare and back home. Had to pick up the car instead of riding to work because i have to go check some things at TNC. (get it, Ian?) |
| Orienteering (vetting) 38:00 [2]*** 3.5 km (10:51 / km) | |
| spiked:8/8c shoes: Vasque Blur 2 |
| Last vetting trip to TNC. Had a longish run from last control back to the car. |
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| C • what were your sprinnt cour... 4 |
Tuesday May 27 |
| Trail Running 45:00 [2]2.6 mi (17:18 / mi) | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur 2 |
| Warm-up and tape retrieval loop for OTNT in Falcon Heights. |
| Trail Running 54:00 [4]6.0 mi (9:00 / mi) | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur 2 |
| Very fun training in Falcon Heights. Four laps of 1.5 mile trail and off-trail loop, trying to make each faster than the last. Ran with Justin and Tom.
14.30
14.09
13.52
11.56
With the last split time what it was, could we have run faster on the first three?
Very fun and important conversation at Darryn's later.
BTW it is Kate Hudson who is dating Lance Armstrong.
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| C • Lance is doing pretty good ... 2 |
Sunday May 25 |
| Mtn Biking (road) 1:00:00 [2]8.0 mi (7:30 / mi) | |
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| Greenway out and back with family. Stopped in the new Midtown Freewheel bike shop and got a new computer for my mountain bike. Installed in 15 minutes while we all had a snack outside. Outstanding. |
| Hiking (orienteering) 1:00:00 [1]*** 2.3 km (26:05 / km) | |
| spiked:8/8c shoes: Vasque Blur 2 |
| Took Molly's brother and his family out to Tamarack to hike and check some controls. Very fun. Just beat the storm that (I think) produced the Hugo tornado.
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Saturday May 24 |
| Orienteering (vetting) 1:27:00 [2]6 km (14:30 / km) | |
| spiked:23/24c shoes: Asics 2110 |
| Vetting at Tamarack. Notes: stinging nettles, woodticks, 5 deer, 2 soaring hawks and one very angry little bird out in the prairie. I think I must have been running right at its nest, because it chased me. I yielded. |
| Mtn Biking 1:20:00 [3]8.0 mi (10:00 / mi) | |
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| Biked to Minnehaha with Molly's family. Then rented a "crazy bike" and rode that around for about 40 minutes. It was pretty fun and a great strength workout. Jasper biked the whole way on his own bike and was spent when we got back. |
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| C • Crazy Bike? 3 |
Friday May 23 |
| Running 40:00 [2]3.5 mi (11:25 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics 2110 |
| Ran with Molly to pick up J and R. We took the long way there along River Rd. and the direct route back. |
Thursday May 22 |
| Mtn Biking (with Chariot) 23:00 [2]2.7 mi (8:31 / mi) | |
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| Jasper got to ride his bike to school today. I pulled Rena in the Chariot. Unfortunately I had to stop by my house and get in the car to some to school. |
| Running 50:00 [3]5.0 mi (10:00 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics 2110 |
| Ran with the jogger to pick up Rena and Jasper from school. Then, as Jasper biked I ran to Lake Nokomis. Met Molly there for dinner and to possibly try a family paddle at the Midwest paddling expo. Rena refused to put on her PFD, so I stayed on shore while Molly and Jasper went out with someone else. |
Wednesday May 21 |
| Trail Running 25:27 [3]3.2 mi (7:57 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics 2110 |
| Quick run before Molly got home with the kids. Not sure about the distance. Went out fairly easy. Ran back pretty hard. |
Sunday May 18 |
| Hiking (w/ Rena in backpack) 1:05:00 [2]2.0 mi (32:30 / mi) | |
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| A very cool family hike along the Superior Hiking trail from Hartley Nature Center in Duluth. Up to see Molly's Dad, and took the time for the hike. An excellent day. |
Saturday May 17 |
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| Event: MNOC - Willow River State Park
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| Orienteering 1:28:50 [4]*** 9.3 km (9:33 / km) +204m 8:36 / km | |
| spiked:13/15c shoes: Vasque Blur 2 |
| Fun to be on a blue course. A pretty good run with one major route choice error and one miss. (I think. I have to grab the map to be sure.)
I got caught by Ian after my route choice error (3-4). Then I ran with him for about 3 controls, then we took different routes to a couple controls but got there at the same time. Then I made a mistake on a control, but he made a bigger one on the same control. (10 I think). Then I never saw him again. When I got to the finish I had to ask if he had already finished because I had no idea if he was in front of or behind me.
The cool part was the way intensity spiked while we were running together. It increased the speed I was running and that increased the possibility of making mistakes, which I made but was able to recover from. It was great training. |
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Blue - Splits |
Friday May 16 |
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| I came to the realization today that once again, I am not going to have the time to properly train for the 50 mile Superior Trail Run. Bummer. This has been something that I have wanted to do since I completed the TC marathon in 05. I really thought this was going to be the year, but new business, two young kids, and hopes of an actual family vacation mean that those long training sessions are just not a reality.
I may still train for the marathon distance at the same race, but not sure of that either.
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| C • its all about expectations..... 2 |
| Road Biking 25:00 [2]6.0 mi (4:09 / mi) | |
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| Commute. Had hoped to take long way home, but no go. |
Thursday May 15 |
| Mtn Biking (with tagalong and Chariot) 35:00 [3]6.0 mi (5:49 / mi) | |
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| Picked the kids up from school and took the long way home. It's a nice transition from work to home and Rena and Jasper seem to love it. |
Wednesday May 14 |
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| Insult to Injury:
Not only was I unable to attend the obviously fun OTNT last night, but THEN I received a phone call from an apparently lively establishment to which participants retired. Not only did I receive said phone call, but it was to retrieve a phone number of one participant's WIFE. How many ways would it have been wrong if I had that number when said wife's husband did not know that number?
My medically proven condition--AMS--*Afraid of Missin' Somethin', which had already been engaged because of a new O venue, kicked into higher gear at that point. This unfair treatment of me and said man's wife should be compensated in some way. Justice demands it. |
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| C • dude!..(apparently I am shi... 7 |
| Mtn Biking (w/ tagalong and Chariot) 8:00 [5]1.5 mi (5:20 / mi) | |
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| Full sprint. Running late to get kids from school but had promised to pick them up by bike. |
| Mtn Biking (with tagalong and Chariot) 35:00 [3]5.0 mi (7:00 / mi) | |
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| Took the kids to Minnehaha to play Then bike ride to Taco Bell for dinner. Don't tell MAJ she's out of town and will never know.
Would have been an easy ride back, but these two yahoos made a big scene of passing me on either side riding in the grass and bunnyhopping imaginary holes. They got a few yards ahead and then moderated their pace.
I caught back up to them but stayed just far enough back that they had to keep riding faster to stay ahead.
Their egos and speed cracked when the yahoo pulling two kids in a big rig system said, "I'll pass you on the left here." Jasper looked back a minute or so later and said, "Dad, those guys who tried to pass us are back there...Way back there."
Yeeha.
Celebrated with Taco Supremes. |
Sunday May 11 |
| Mtn Biking (with tagalong and Chariot) 1:15:00 [2]10.0 mi (7:30 / mi) | |
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| Mother's Day Ride to Grand Old Creamery on Cedar Ave. Very fun. Mom got to cruise along unencumbered while I played pack mule. While I will say publicly it was a Mother's Day present, it was more that I didn't want to mess around with changing all the attachments on the bikes. |
Saturday May 10 |
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| Event: MNOC - Battle Creek Regional Park
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| Orienteering race 43:41 [4]*** 6.3 km (6:56 / km) +50m 6:40 / km | |
| spiked:14/14c shoes: Vasque Blur 2 |
| Good run on a familiar map. No mistakes that I can think of. Hesitated a couple times, but that was more to be certain. |
| Trail Running 30:00 [2]*** 2.5 km (12:00 / km) | |
| spiked:4/5c shoes: Vasque Blur 2 |
| Jogged some of the yellow course with Jasper. We decided to take a short cut and he was not that interested in going into some of the thickest undergrowth. I blew the first control on the yellow course we left the start going in the exact wrong direction...maybe I need more OTNT. |
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Red - Splits |
Thursday May 8 |
| Road Biking (commute) 50:00 [2]11.0 mi (4:31 / mi) | |
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| to work, then meeting, then home. Distance, time is estimate. |
Tuesday May 6 |
| Orienteering 11:53 [4]*** 2.3 km (5:10 / km) | |
| spiked:9/11c shoes: Icebugs MR3 |
| OTNT sprint 1 at Como. Fun course set by Todd. Messed up on 10 and 11. Had a hard time reading trees as I ran across the open area. then I misread the size of the depression and missed the control by 20 meters or so. |
| Orienteering 11:58 [4]*** 2.2 km (5:26 / km) | |
| spiked:8/9c shoes: Icebugs MR3 |
| Sprint 2. A little slower and some not so clean macro navigation. Decent run overall. |
| Trail Running 20:00 [1]2.5 km (8:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Icebugs MR3 |
| Cool down and tape retreival at OTNT. |
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Sprint 1 - Splits |
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Sprint 2 - Splits |
Sunday May 4 |
| Orienteering 1:21:00 [2]*** 6 km (13:30 / km) | |
| spiked:33/35c shoes: Vasque Blur 2 |
| Vetting at Tamarack. Fun day to be out. Two deer and three turkeys. two woodticks. |
Saturday May 3 |
| Trail Running long 1:30:00 [2]10.0 mi (9:00 / mi) | |
| shoes: Vasque Blur 2 |
| Nice long run. Headed south a ways along River Road looking for family and friends doing the walk-a-thon, but they went a different way. Headed down to the River and turned north. Ran Washington Ave/ Lake loop on trails and next to pavement wherever possible. |
| Walking 45:00 [1]2.5 mi (17:59 / mi) | |
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| Walked to the Riverview Theatre after dinner at the Longfellow Grill. then home. Date night yeeha! I would not recommend Vantage Point, even for three dollars. |
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| C • Riverview 4 |
Thursday May 1 |
| Mtn Biking (commute) 45:00 [1]5.0 mi (9:00 / mi) | |
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| Biking with Jasper. Rode to the light rail, then played at the library for awhile. Then we rode to his school for a birthday party and home.
A BIG day, bike ride, library, police on horses on Nicollet, lunch at Brueggers, another train ride, birthday party. Cool day. |