Training Log Archive: Mr Wonderful

Throw back Thursday.

Ouch I was awful!

http://www.michigano.org/results/090517.php

(~2:50 on a 4.3 km orange, and that was with a guide for the back half (Matt Johns, who generously gave me several pointers along the way as he let me tag a long after we joined forces finding a rock pile))

I should dig up some of these maps (if I can find them) and run 'em for revenge.

I stumbled on that result looking for results for a sometimes SMOC runner who happens to run an ~18 min 5k - if that's not inspiration to get in shape, I'm not sure what is, because even good nav will have trouble making up that kind of fitness deficit to my current ~23 min fitness. :\

C • I remember that meet -- the... 1

Argh forgot hrm on the hustle out the door. Where is the cleaner hrm....

Anyway, missed the start, so I intercepted. Turns out one of the runners I've met at work before, a long time ago when he was also in steering. Then I split off from him as the club organizer recently marked a (3) 440s and (1) 220 on the standard five mile route. I had missed the first 440 chatting with my fellow Ford employee, but joined them for:

#2 - 1:45
#3 - 1:43

and the final 220: :48

they are all not entirely flat (#2 is slightly up, #3 rises slightly then drops a little, the 220 is a bit down, but with a headwind tonight).

It was nice to rev it up a bit.

So far I have declined the bar invites for "homework", eventually the semester was in. Dare I tell them that I was kicked out of Wisconsin because I don't drink beer? I hear the bar they hit on thursdays has tater tots - that and a coke sounds nice, even if in conflict with the real reason I'm slow right now.

For when you want to snoop at race venues but AP's USGS viewer won't load the terrain:

http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/maps/TopoView/viewer/#15/34....

Friday was an unusually high class event. We even had a former US Rep.

Night O's success (+25% over ILRA night iirc) was interesting.

Strikes against:

* Last minute notice
* Weeknight
* Late season (potential for weather downturns to discourage)
* No paid ads (just ran out of time, still haven't changed fb cc since I got a new number)
* Night (generally lower)
* Score (generally lower than point to point

Going for it:

* Strongly promoted by well-connected popular people (BNM eg). I think this is the single best arrow in the marketing quiver - how does SMOC generate stuff cool enough for popular, well-connected people to get geeked about?
* Good location
* Last until spring (anecdotally and without checking I think first and last get a bump versus mid season)

Something to ponder over the winter anyway.

Planning for next year: I hope to start the general club ads earlier (month or two before the season, as soon as we have a tentative schedule), as well as the specific meet ads earlier and running longer. Can we be the second club (to my knowledge) to break 1000 fans? (QOC 1250)

C • go Jens! 3

Kevin and Sydney have good instincts

water stop retrieval

A few stragglers

Event: Maybury by Moonlight
 

Early flag load. Not my finest; forgot 43! Probably should have gotten up early and just hung them all and hoped for the best.

curious on time to class

Bike o for highest visibility controls