Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: WCOC Ratlum Mountain
 

After rain this morning (we got 1.5"+ at home) it was nice at Ratlum but on the damp side so I never bothered with my glasses. Used my magnifier where needed with the 1:3500 map. :-) Nominal stats 1.6 km, 65m climb.

Sprint relay leg 1 at Ratlum; I got to go out in the mass start but didn't make it back in time to tag off to Glen. :-(

Fine to 1 behind the pack who were also on my sprint, then they ran away and I never saw anyone again on my course. Tried to go through the woods to 3 after coming out onto the big trail but was closer to the neighbor's house than I felt prudent so went back around the green tripping over stuff in the woods. I should have done what I always tell myself to do at Ratlum which is stick to trails as much as possible between controls.

Took large trail between 4 and 5 but still managed to exit the trail too early, then I misread the terrain between the trail and 6 and wandered in the woods north of the "marsh" before correcting (marsh was dry). Did okay from there in, though slow.

Track downloaded.

After a bit of rest and some water, headed out on my second course without waiting for Glen to come in (Charlie took pity on me, I think, after my leg 1 excursion). Nominal 1.7 km, 60 m climb. An easier course than sprint A with controls closer to trails, this more "sprint" like.

Fine to 1 but overran 2 by a little, correcting from the rocky ground just before the trail junction. To 3 I took the third trail to the left after heading east, then turned left at the bottom of the hill. To number 6 I expected it to be just a little more downhill from the trail junction but it really was on the same contour level. I should have just gone straight into the woods from there, so it also doesn't count as a spike. From 9-10 I angled up through the woods to the main E-W trail, then skirted the edge of the field to get to the dot knoll.

Sprint A - Splits

Sprint B - Splits

Taking a day (or two? or three if the forecasted rain for Sunday occurs) off. Visited a cemetery in Valatie to take some photos, but didn't find many of them before the rain showers started. I may re-visit sometime.

While investigating, I stumbled across the gravestone (and adjoining family grove) for Horace W. Peaslee, an early industrial magnate in my current hometown (he co-owned the paper mill at the Malden Bridge/Kinderhook Creek crossing). And he is actually not (yet?) on FindAGrave.com, but is written up in the 1878 history of Chatham, NY.

Used a thinner (easier) band for the arm work today, of which there was a lot. Only used the heavier band when it was just legs. Didn't even bother to try the mermaid/side plank today, as that may have been what started my shoulder aggravation.

I haven't tried the elliptical lately as either my feet or knees have objected, but it went well today. I did hill interval level 2, 25 minutes, with a two-minute cool down. Distance units of 1.13 and 0.1

Adductors after.

In Chatham. Used lighter weights for arm work.

To Post Office and back. Overcast, 74, drier than yesterday.

Session using many muscles, with weights for triceps, biceps, adductors and hamstrings.

After class didn't feel like doing anything else, and Glen agreed...managed pulldowns, leg presses, and RDLs plus more stretching to add to what we did in class.

We've orienteered at least one day of every weekend except for Memorial Day since March 21 (13/14 weekends).

Low key class today, only five students. Discussed the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta today.