Training Log Archive: WyattIn the 7 days ending Jun 29, 2010:
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Tuesday Jun 29, 2010 #
Running 21:37 [2] 3.25 km (6:39 / km) +73m 5:59 / km
shoes: R-NB-760
Monday Jun 28, 2010 #
Orienteering warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.5 km (6:40 / km) +50m 5:43 / km
shoes: O-VJ-Grey-Spikes
Orienteering race 20:18 [4] 3.18 km (6:23 / km) +67m 5:47 / km
ahr:166 max:178 shoes: O-VJ-Grey-Spikes
Unforutnate that a lot of reasonably good & detailed mapping* of a complicated area was wasted by chosing to print the map as a 1:15000 scale symbol set, zoomed in by 3x to 1:5000 for printing. That, plus bad printing/copying led to very difficult to read black trails and cliffs. Had this instead been actually mapped/printed at 1:5000, and properly printed (e.g. even just laser printed from a .pdf at Kinko's) I think it would've made for a much better experience.
*Even if stylistically different from most other mappings of rocks, knolls and cliffs I've seen, e.g. on many East Coast maps, I think this symbol set, if readable, would've been good.
Sunday Jun 27, 2010 #
Running warm up/down 5:23 [2] 0.94 km (5:44 / km) +10m 5:26 / km
shoes: O-Inov8 Mudclaw 330
Orienteering race 2:06:02 *** 18.72 km (6:44 / km) +421m 6:03 / km
ahr:160 max:171 shoes: O-Inov8 Mudclaw 330
Thought I had started okay, but still got caught by Leif 4 minutes about 1/3 of the way through - had maybe 2x1 minutes of sloppiness before that. Was hot, and despite 1 Excedrin before and 2 after + 1 ibuprofin, then 1 Excedrin about 2hr after finishing, I felt tweaked, and a bit sick - but not too bad - threw up once, but no headache - so not as bad as it could've been. That said, the plan I had at one point to run M35 on this hot day was better.
Saturday Jun 26, 2010 #
Orienteering race 38:50 [4] 6.91 km (5:37 / km) +70m 5:21 / km
shoes: O-Inov8 Mudclaw 330
Running warm up/down 9:00 [2] 1.0 mi (9:00 / mi) +10m 8:44 / mi
shoes: O-Inov8 Mudclaw 330
Shadowed Oriana after - that was difficult as I was being quite strict as a non-assisting shadow. Not only never seeing the map, but also not discussing anything related to navigation. I did 'assist' by running back to get bug spray and water on this hot, mosquito-ey day after about an hour out - and poor Oriana ended up with ~20 bites. Yet she did not want to quit at any time. Even after she broke down and needed a hug and I suggested we just head back to the car, she said she wanted to keep going, and kept her eye out on the way back, re-locating, and continuing on with the course... 1.6km, 2 hours...
Friday Jun 25, 2010 #
Orienteering 24:00 [2] 3.3 km (7:16 / km) +40m 6:51 / km
shoes: O-Inov8 Mudclaw 330
Interesting terrain. High water, though pre-noted, was still surprising. Like the contoury terrain. Contour mapping not totally intuitive to me, but good enough. Avoiding all water/green and reading contours made for relatively simplifyable navigation
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note for event itself
- rough/moderate compass, read contours, and plan to avoid stuff was about all that was needed, with some effort paid to picking medium vegetated routes (bottoms were better than tops) to avoid the slow sand open spaces, and the thicker sage. Shoes full of sand got annoying by the end, but overall I ran okay, and navigated well (<1 min. total I think) which was good for 2nd US in this lightly attended event...
Thursday Jun 24, 2010 #
Running 24:24 [2] 4.39 km (5:33 / km) +72m 5:08 / km
shoes: R-NB-760
Wednesday Jun 23, 2010 #
Strength 3:00 [1]
Running 22:16 [2] 3.87 km (5:45 / km) +46m 5:26 / km
shoes: R-Brooks Adrenaline