Training Log Archive: Nadim

Kansas-Missouri Orienteering Championships at Clinton Lake on the Lake Henry map. My warm-up mostly consisted mostly of going with Michael Platt to the bagel shop where it's nice and warm contemplating how nice is to be out here instead of having to shovel snow (I actually like snow...). It was fun to see lots of mid-westernern and westerners here (Mike & Mary, Mikell Platt, Dan Menehan, Jan Ingebresten, Eric Buckley, Sharon Crawford, Rob, Orlyn). For the mass start they had us facing the wrong-way. I thus while still trying to orient the map walked the wrong way and found myself behind going to #1. By the second control I was in the midst of it but made a slight error after #3. At #4, I fumbled losing more time trying to grab the punch. Dave Frei and I traded leads a few times but going to #7, I got a few steps behind and never made-up for it. As expected, Mikell Platt won, David was next and I crossed third (unofficially of-course since I've not lived in either state for the required 90 days). My legs felt rather dead during most of it. The per K time was good but there were many trails and open field. See the Split List.

Warm-down in Clinton Lake Park, KS.

Long - Splits

In St. Louis. From 22nd St. down Market St. to 8th St. and back in the drizzle. I had a nice tailwind going out but a light crystaline snow was pelting me coming back.

In St. Louis. From 22nd St. down Market St. to 8th St. and back in the drizzle. Sleepy.

In Forest Park, St. Loius. 5:30am, starting in the dark from the history museum, I puttered around the bike trail. It was cool at first but I was too sleepy to tell. The last few were quicker as I caught-up to and passed another runner. I was 41:20 finishing the loop which I was told was 10K. After, I warmed-down wandering inside the park. It's nice to be on travel and get a good run in.

From 14th & Independence Ave. SW DC, to the Lincoln Memorial on Independence Ave., across Memorial Bridge, to 14th St. Bridge to 14th & Independence. Ave. I was slow starting out going straight into the wind. Turning the corner after crossing the river, I was much better.

From C St. SE, Washington, D.C. to Independence Ave. to 15th St. past the Jefferson Memorial to the Lincoln Memorial to C St. I started off rather sluggish this morning. Into the wind along the Potomac River I found it hard to gain on other runners but eventually got it into gear finishing much quicker.

In Fran Uhler Natural Area checking control sites and leaving streamers for the QOC meet December 14th. The water had gone down only a little since my last visit which was better than expected after the rains of last week--I guess the high winds dried some of the park. I covered the northern and central sections. Though initially cold, the water was fine when only ankle deep. However, at the end I tested the standing water on the Bowie State & Merkel trails; 70m long puddles got knee deep and were bone chilling. To make this work I'll have to reroute the planned White and Yellow courses.