Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: EMPO - Moreau Lake State Park
 

Local event/red course at Moreau Lake State Park, set by one of our newer course setters. The two I didn't "spike" are partly because of poor description or misplaced flags, though they were in (or almost in) the circle. Several of the controls were on or near locations I'd used for our club champs a few years ago (so I'd been most everywhere field-checking on this small map), so I had a bit of an advantage.

Great running surface (mostly sandy) and good training for the Billygoat in two weeks. Though the day started cloudy it cleared up (and warmed up some) by afternoon; temp in the 60's.

Actual distance covered (reported by my FR205) 8.38 km. (Course was measured on the beeline and one of the legs crossed an uncrossable pond.)

Control pickup, time estimated. I drove my car, parked it, then went into the woods to get a control, back to the car, move it to the next one (for 5 controls).

Event: US Team Trials
 

Step-it-up class at the Y; started with two risers but quickly went to one because of all the lunges we did off the step (which are intense!). I can technically do two risers, but get tired more quickly. The routines are complicated enough that I am afraid of tripping with the step higher.

It occurred to me how similar stepping and orienteering are in that you need to use not only your body but your brain, as you listen to the leader and have to interpret what she says to do the right move.

Ran the track at the Y. 14 times around the outer loop = 1 mile. I jogged a steady pace for the most part, but threw in a couple of faster laps near the end (0:41.20 and 0:40.32) with a slower lap between them.

Cool down, walking (3 laps) = 3:43 min.

FitLinxx machines at the Y.

Not motivated enough to find some trails to run on, I decided to just walk/hike the roads around Malden Bridge throwing in some hilly ones here and there.

Checked out the highway dept. repair of the slumped hillside along the road (they've dumped a truckload or two of stone/rock down the hillside and offloaded a bunch of hay/straw--wonder what they'll use that for?).

Another great exercise class which today included pushups (which I detest); I did 12 modified pushups. I did do a 50-second 'plank', though, while the rest of them did 35 seconds (I started early, and watched the clock). Stretching felt great.

Regular Mon/Wed class--good for stretching, although I didn't have as-tight muscles as last weekend; I wonder why. Slight headache all day, perhaps my typical after-A-meet-weekend-dehydration headache? (I can't seem to get the intake levels right after I orienteer all weekend; keep forgetting to drink because I'm too busy comparing routes with others....)

Plan to take a quick walk towards "town" to check out the roadside slump site.

Green Day 2 at West Point. Cloudy and cooler than yesterday, maybe 60; sun came out after I finished for a little while. Nice course set by Cadet Andrew Komm; good challenges/route choices on many legs though the course was a bit on the long side (as was yesterday's). Went left of the swamps on # 10 -- my time didn't differ much from Barb D's and Lindsay W's, so it might have been a little slower (more climb). Error was on # 11 after crossing the marsh (not sure where) I went to a boulder with a flag but the code didn't match; I was able to quickly pinpoint where the boulder was, though, and recovered; probably lost about a minute or so. Didn't much like the uphill finish, but yesterday we got to run down a trail, so I guess it all balances out. :-)

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Green-2 - Splits