Training Log Archive: Spike

We went to see Kathleen at the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and stopped at Wyandotte Lake for a run on the way home.

I shuffled around with the map in hand. The map was a couple of years old. I'm not sure who made it, but there were some strange things. Some of the trails didn't fit the contours (e.g. a trail running straight down a long spur, but shown on the map as having a couple of bends and not going down the top of the spur). I also found a missing contour. I guess that was just missed when the map was drawn.

On the way back to meet Mary I found some new MTB trails. That was fun.

When we lived in KC, I ran at Wyandotte a lot. The woods have gotten noticeably worse in the last 10-12 years due to spreading bush honeysuckle. I hate that stuff.

I didn't feel good running. I felt no energy - not really tired, just not push.

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I managed to get in a short jog this evening. That was nice. I shuffled around on West Campus. I left work a little early and I was able to run without a headlamp, though it would have been useful the last 5 minutes.

I saw 3 deer in the parking lot.

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Headlamp jog on West Campus. The temp was around 40F, but it felt colder.

I saw a lot of deer.

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The improved version (i.e. it doesn't stop at the 12 minute mark) mapflixer video of Saturday's Burr Oak Woods orienteering. The video is set to start at the 29:04 mark so you can see me catch up to Mary.

Another highlight is the forest that I enter at the 00:16 mark - there really is a small stretch of nice forest on this map.

And at the 31:00 mark you see me walking slowly through some vegetation that doesn't look too terrible but was actually quite thorny.

A headlamp run on West Campus. It was warmer than it should be for this time of year. Home in time to watch KU basketball. Not a very beautiful game tonight.

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Checking control locations for the January 1 event at Rockhaven. I wanted to check all of the tapes that I'd put out earlier. I decided to move two control locations to make them a little more pleasant. I also found one location where the tape disappeared. That surprised me given where it was. Maybe some wind blew it away?

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Some easy jogging on the trails to extend the training a little bit.

It was warm out and I was a bit overdressed.

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