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Training Log Archive: iriharding

In the 9 days ending Aug 11, 2008:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Hiking	4	16:00:00	23.0	(41:44)	37.01	(25:56)	2370
Orienteering	4	7:58:20	25.3	(18:55)	40.71	(11:45)	1020	76 /	80c	95%
Mtn Biking	3	2:35:00	26.0	(5:58)	41.84	(3:42)	400
Misc Outdoor activities ( sailing , etc)	1	2:00:00	9.0	(13:20)	14.48	(8:17)
Road Biking	1	1:45:00	12.0	(8:45)	19.31	(5:26)	200
Total	9	30:18:20	95.3	(19:05)	153.36	(11:51)	3990	76 /	80c	95%

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Monday Aug 11, 2008 #

Mtn Biking 40:00 [3] 10.0 mi (4:00 / mi) +150m 3:49 / mi

Mtn Biking at Lake Anita State Park (W Iowa- 6 miles S of I -80) on way back to MN to break up the drive . Nice crushed limestone trails .

Sunday Aug 10, 2008 #

Orienteering race 57:01 [4] *** 6.47 km (8:49 / km) +120m 8:04 / km
spiked:15/17c shoes: Salomon Wings

US Champs Day 2: Remarkable Flats map :

Very open area with lots of rock features and open grasslands between. Took off fast and confident .... reading terrain well ... #2 overshot by about 100m on left .leaving#3 got sucked downhill and off course (2 mins error) (but got a sight of #6 and #5 control locations from the "wrong side" which set me up for very fast legs for #5 and #6) . High speed running and nailed 7 , 8,9 , 10 ,slight miss on 11 (flag on similar hill 80 m away), Tricky finish 14 - 17 with large number (~10) of controls in small area in full view of spectators and very large boulders hiding view of controls. 9th in M50+ class for the day and 6th for the M50+ US championships

Orienteering 1:30:00 [1] *** 5.0 km (18:00 / km) +150m 15:39 / km
spiked:5/5c shoes: Salomon Wings

Walk around on "Plains of Despair" map after US Champs Day 2 dodging thunderstorms (stayed off the ridges !). Found 5 of the training tapes then ran back to car when starting raining real hard.

Drove to Nebraska through numerous thunderstorms with nasty lightning zapping to either side of I-80

US Champs: GreenX Day 2 - Splits

Saturday Aug 9, 2008 #

Orienteering race 53:04 [4] 5.89 km (9:01 / km) +165m 7:54 / km

US champs Day 1 : Green X at Diamond Bay . Assigned a very late start. (only 2 folks after me) . Blew by #2 (a pit) (30 seconds error ) ; #4 and 5 were boulders in an area of the map that looked like someone had emptied the entire contents of a pepper shaker on it ..100's of boulders..... very technical ...about 2 mins lost on each); clean and fast run #7 onwards in much less technical terrain... redlined it from 11 to 15 .. no problem with the altitude. 11th out of 65 on the course , in 5th place for M50+

C • 5th at National for 50+!...... 2

Mtn Biking 1:30:00 [2] 11.0 mi (8:11 / mi) +200m 7:45 / mi

Mtn bike on awesome technical single track trails in W part of Curt Gowdy state park. lots of rocks/ boulders etc - bare rock sections. Went to Hidden Falls - took a shower there - no soap though- w/ Roger.

C • we dont need to know that y... 2

US Champs Green X - Splits

Friday Aug 8, 2008 #

Orienteering race 43:58 [4] *** 5.46 km (8:03 / km) +125m 7:14 / km
spiked:12/13c shoes: Salomon Wings

Laramie Daze day 5: East Pelican Bay

Green : An excellent run with only a 1 min miss on #8. The practice from the day before really helped to read all those rocks and boulders

Orienteering race (sprint) 16:57 [4] *** 2.53 km (6:42 / km) +60m 5:59 / km
spiked:10/10c shoes: Salomon Wings

East Pelican Bay Sprint: Fast run ; a couple of 10 second errors (#4 ) and #10, Made easier by running on some of the terrain earlier. 5th place.

Orienteering 1:00:00 [2] *** 4.0 km (15:00 / km) +100m 13:20 / km
spiked:8/8c shoes: Salomon Wings

Pelican Bay Map: Pairs training with Roger. We walked together and discussed route choice (no compass). Got thunderstormed out.

Mtn Biking 25:00 [2] 5.0 mi (5:00 / mi) +50m 4:51 / mi

Mtn Bike at Curt Gowdy State Park (where we camped ) around the shoreline trails w/Roger

Hiking 30:00 [2] 2.0 mi (15:00 / mi) +20m 14:33 / mi
shoes: Salomon Wings

Hiking around lake at Curt Gowdy State Park after supper

Thursday Aug 7, 2008 #

Orienteering race 1:07:20 [4] *** 6.36 km (10:35 / km) +150m 9:28 / km
spiked:16/17c shoes: Salomon Wings

Laramie Daze: Happy Jack Map.

Drove from Estes Park to Medicine Bow Forest for Day 4 of Laramie Daze.
Green Course : 1:15,000 map ... took a while to get used to the terrain and map . A fair amount of low undergrowth plus new aspen made running slower . 3 minute mistake on #4, 2 min mistake on #5 , 2 min on #7 ... then got the feel of the terrain with clean and fast run thereafter. No problem with the altitude (7700')

Orienteering (control picking) 1:30:00 [3] *** 5.0 km (18:00 / km) +150m 15:39 / km
spiked:10/10c shoes: Salomon Wings

Laramie Daze: Training "First with the Most" Map 1:10000. Pairs training ( start 1 min apart on each leg, read terrain to navigate w/o compass, compare notes at end of each leg) with Roger Tr. This exercise really got us much better at reading terrain and all those rocks/boulders/cliffs.

Wednesday Aug 6, 2008 #

Hiking 5:00:00 [3] 6.0 mi (50:00 / mi) +1050m 32:23 / mi

Quandary Peak 14,265' by the East Slopes . Left Twin Lakes campsite at 4:45 am with 2 hr drive to trail head near Breckenridge . Start at 6:45 am at summit in 2 hrs 55 min . Clouds starting to build even at 10 am . Left summit quickly at 10:10 am . Looked very ominous at 11:00 but no thunder yet . Many folks (most badly equipped with kids in cotton t-shirts) still going up .

Back at car by 12 noon... big hailstorm let loose around 12:10 pm ...no lightning though ... lots of people still very high up on the exposed ridge . Stopped in at the microbrewery in Frisco for lunch.

C • Your times up and down matc... 2

C • now that is an awesome vaca... 2

Tuesday Aug 5, 2008 #

Misc Outdoor activities ( sailing , etc) (white water rafting) 2:00:00 [3] 9.0 mi (13:20 / mi)

The Narrows on the Arkansas River with L and Roger. Rafting with Wilderness Adventures . Flow at 750 cfs. Awesome run with class III /IV rapids only 3 + guide in the boat so quite a work out .

Hiking 2:00:00 [2] 6.0 mi (20:00 / mi)

Hike along S side of Twin Lakes from Dam to Interlaken and back in afternoon rain/thunderstorms

Monday Aug 4, 2008 #

Event: 2008 Laramie Daze & US Champs

Hiking 8:30:00 [3] 9.0 mi (56:40 / mi) +1300m 39:07 / mi

La Plata Peak 14,336 ft (Colorado's 5th highest peak) by the Northwest Ridge (class 2). Start at ~5:45 am. On summit by 11 am (4,300' of ascent). A few clouds were developing. Left summit at 11:10 am when a felt a couple of rain drops....descended rapidly .... caught in electrical storm on ridge at 13,000' ...boots and poles were buzzing. ... some hail ... continued rapid descent .. storm passed by in 15 mins .... clear until we got below treeline when a much more violent thunderstorm came through . A nice route .. saw only about 15 other folks during the day (left many of them on the summit).

C • yikes!.......are you glowin... 2

Sunday Aug 3, 2008 #

Road Biking 1:45:00 [2] 12.0 mi (8:45 / mi) +200m 8:19 / mi

Mtn bike the mineral trail around Leadville. Very interesting and great views

C • mineral trail 2

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