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Sunday Sep 29, 2013 #
Event: SMOC Fall Silver Lake
12 PM
Orienteering (Green course) 2:08:08 5.74 mi (22:19 / mi) +204m 20:06 / mi
ahr:135 max:183
Had planned to do Orange, but when I got there, Heidi said maybe we could do Green together, and Alex said "C'mon! What are you afraid of?" So guess who did her first official green course. :)
Start to 1: In theory, the approach was good, but I thought *maybe* the marsh was crossable or the little bit between the marshes might work, but I was wrong and we headed back down the trail around and got it. And, discovered I forgot to tape my laces. Tie down #1 of many.
1 to 2: Headed up the road, overshot again (grr!) and then realized went to far, went back down and got it from the entry point.
2 to 3: Took a bearing and spiked.
3 to 4: From the looks of the green, thought may be better off trail running. From the looks of the splits, it worked for us.
4 to 5: Was a little worried about overshooting, so took it easy into it and spiked it.
5 to 6: Execution was solid, but slow. Got caught up in some of the denser green gunk.
6 to 7: Overshot west, but hit a point that told us go south! Go south now! Used significant topo features to the trail, then south to the other trail, then took a bearing at the west end of the marsh.
7 to 8: That orange bucket. I thought meh, its an orange bucket, the control could be there! Round, and round we go, where we ended, was the orange bucket! BUGGER.
8 to 9: Out to the trail, ran it to the trail junction, went straight north veering west with the idea we would hit the reentrant, which we got it. But then, I started running the wrong WAY!. Heidi, could be heard, BARBARA! COME BACK! Oops.
9 to 10: Ran back up the trail, through HQ then up the road. Looked like the northern part of the marsh was clearer (yay Heidi) and came around.
10 to F: By then, my shoelaces were untied, and did my best to sprint to the finish.
Other than mistakes, felt good and tons of fun! Loved #9, and #10, because I like reentrants. :) But the little rock house and chimney were pretty cool en route 6 to 7.
Start to 1: In theory, the approach was good, but I thought *maybe* the marsh was crossable or the little bit between the marshes might work, but I was wrong and we headed back down the trail around and got it. And, discovered I forgot to tape my laces. Tie down #1 of many.
1 to 2: Headed up the road, overshot again (grr!) and then realized went to far, went back down and got it from the entry point.
2 to 3: Took a bearing and spiked.
3 to 4: From the looks of the green, thought may be better off trail running. From the looks of the splits, it worked for us.
4 to 5: Was a little worried about overshooting, so took it easy into it and spiked it.
5 to 6: Execution was solid, but slow. Got caught up in some of the denser green gunk.
6 to 7: Overshot west, but hit a point that told us go south! Go south now! Used significant topo features to the trail, then south to the other trail, then took a bearing at the west end of the marsh.
7 to 8: That orange bucket. I thought meh, its an orange bucket, the control could be there! Round, and round we go, where we ended, was the orange bucket! BUGGER.
8 to 9: Out to the trail, ran it to the trail junction, went straight north veering west with the idea we would hit the reentrant, which we got it. But then, I started running the wrong WAY!. Heidi, could be heard, BARBARA! COME BACK! Oops.
9 to 10: Ran back up the trail, through HQ then up the road. Looked like the northern part of the marsh was clearer (yay Heidi) and came around.
10 to F: By then, my shoelaces were untied, and did my best to sprint to the finish.
Other than mistakes, felt good and tons of fun! Loved #9, and #10, because I like reentrants. :) But the little rock house and chimney were pretty cool en route 6 to 7.
C • Red 3
C • 3-4 6
Trekking (Control pickup) 49:26 1.94 mi (25:29 / mi) +66m 23:03 / mi
ahr:130 max:164
Saturday Sep 28, 2013 #
Trekking 1:22:10 [1] 2.66 mi (30:53 / mi)
ahr:103 max:172 shoes: INOV8 315
Traipsing around Chilson.
Friday Sep 27, 2013 #
Trekking 2:08:00 [2] 4.5 mi (28:27 / mi) +260m 24:07 / mi
ahr:116 max:152 shoes: INOV8 315
Tromping around Chilson to see what's what. Orange just got harder. :)
Thursday Sep 26, 2013 #
7 AM
Running 45:21 5.12 mi (8:51 / mi) +16m 8:46 / mi
ahr:135 max:154 shoes: Vibram Five Finger Bikala
Running warm up/down 2:34 0.14 mi (18:22 / mi)
ahr:118 max:140 shoes: Vibram Five Finger Bikala
Wednesday Sep 25, 2013 #
6 PM
Mountain Bike (Dirt road) 1:22:29 20.65 mi (4:00 / mi) +113m 3:56 / mi
ahr:140 max:157
Still fighting the cold, but wanted to spin around and got a not bad result. According to Strava, PRd a few places. Found a bit of 2 track at 9, but probably private.
Mom out of hospital and feeling better. She was touched by those who gave her a shout out. In her words "you have nice biking, or woodsy, or whatever you call them friends."
Mom out of hospital and feeling better. She was touched by those who gave her a shout out. In her words "you have nice biking, or woodsy, or whatever you call them friends."
Tuesday Sep 24, 2013 #
Note
Mom is having surgery today, and realized I am fighting off a cold. Off the grid for a minute or two.
Sunday Sep 22, 2013 #
12 PM
Paddling activity 2:52:42 12.48 mi (13:50 / mi) +1m 13:50 / mi
ahr:89 max:113
MUST READ THIS BEFORE LOOKING AT THE TRACK.
A small but mighty and sternly serious portion of the International Fragile Flowers Adventure Club took an important voyage into the stormy waters of Kent Lake, in the USS International Fragile Flower. The blue skies and fluffy clouds served as no indication of the 6in to 1 foot turbulence that was encountered. In the light We-No-Nah of Captain Hilary, the women bravely, courageously sought to match the conditions encountered. Sternswoman Barbara was at times (well, many times) outmatched and outsmarted by these conditions, and almost lost shipmate Maria. Thank goodness, because she had a very important engagement immediately following the voyage.
They were first swept into circulation by the high winds of the vast water body. Whilst paddling with great force, the women of the vessel were challenged by what Mother Nature dished out. Eventually, the brave voyageurs traversed under the bridge into the open water.
Once again, the waters tossed the mighty vessel. The shipmates furiously (within HR zones 0-1, of course) sought to right the ship time and again. The winds circled as they sought to fight the current to the NE. Alas, a terminal point was reached, only to struggle and fight their way back, caught in many water swirls and dodging dangerous water flora, locally known as "big ass lily pads." Larger vessels (some may call them party barges) crossed the path of this mighty vessel, and often threatened the delicate balance of the contents. But the strength, courage and sheer will of the shipmates fended off any potential danger.
Brave women, these three were. Brave, courageous, and mighty. They have survived 12.48 miles (whilst in appropriate HR zone) of the treacherous waters of Kent Lake, of Michigan. They are to be...COMMENDED.
A small but mighty and sternly serious portion of the International Fragile Flowers Adventure Club took an important voyage into the stormy waters of Kent Lake, in the USS International Fragile Flower. The blue skies and fluffy clouds served as no indication of the 6in to 1 foot turbulence that was encountered. In the light We-No-Nah of Captain Hilary, the women bravely, courageously sought to match the conditions encountered. Sternswoman Barbara was at times (well, many times) outmatched and outsmarted by these conditions, and almost lost shipmate Maria. Thank goodness, because she had a very important engagement immediately following the voyage.
They were first swept into circulation by the high winds of the vast water body. Whilst paddling with great force, the women of the vessel were challenged by what Mother Nature dished out. Eventually, the brave voyageurs traversed under the bridge into the open water.
Once again, the waters tossed the mighty vessel. The shipmates furiously (within HR zones 0-1, of course) sought to right the ship time and again. The winds circled as they sought to fight the current to the NE. Alas, a terminal point was reached, only to struggle and fight their way back, caught in many water swirls and dodging dangerous water flora, locally known as "big ass lily pads." Larger vessels (some may call them party barges) crossed the path of this mighty vessel, and often threatened the delicate balance of the contents. But the strength, courage and sheer will of the shipmates fended off any potential danger.
Brave women, these three were. Brave, courageous, and mighty. They have survived 12.48 miles (whilst in appropriate HR zone) of the treacherous waters of Kent Lake, of Michigan. They are to be...COMMENDED.
Saturday Sep 21, 2013 #
Event: SMOC Fall Spring Mill
2 PM
Orienteering (Green course) 1:09:05 2.38 mi (29:02 / mi) +91m 25:57 / mi
ahr:129 max:160 spiked:6/7c
Once I got past the bumble on one, I felt great about what I accomplished. I had to bump out after about an hour twenty to get back to HQ to help wrap things up.
#1 (split-12 min) Headed off on the wrong trail, realized and doubled back and followed marsh edge.
#2 (21 min) South to trail, continued through the 2 marshes, then ran along east side of marsh to trail on the south side, then south again to the big marsh, ran west as far as I could on the trail, then southish mid contour to the re-entryie looking feature.
#3 (11 min) South to trail, counted of 1, 2 trails. Then followed second trail around to the east of the marsh and attacked from edge of marsh.
#4 (8 min) Had to really consider this one, over a potentially steep hill, or run a reliable flattish trail with a reliable bend to attack from? I took the trail, attacked from the special feature up the hill.
#5 (7 min) Took a bearing and followed the contour to the feature.
#6 (8 min) Took a beeline bearing, with the idea of veering west thinking that the switchback trail might catch me, which it did after crossing three trails. Ran up the wrong re-entrant, and hopped over 1-2.
#7 (miss) Made it over to the second trail from the west edge of the map, was convinced that I was on the first, and watch died and I knew I had to get back. Ran north on the trail to the junction and discovered I was on the right trail. Bugger!
Great practice, thanks Jens for a great course!
#1 (split-12 min) Headed off on the wrong trail, realized and doubled back and followed marsh edge.
#2 (21 min) South to trail, continued through the 2 marshes, then ran along east side of marsh to trail on the south side, then south again to the big marsh, ran west as far as I could on the trail, then southish mid contour to the re-entryie looking feature.
#3 (11 min) South to trail, counted of 1, 2 trails. Then followed second trail around to the east of the marsh and attacked from edge of marsh.
#4 (8 min) Had to really consider this one, over a potentially steep hill, or run a reliable flattish trail with a reliable bend to attack from? I took the trail, attacked from the special feature up the hill.
#5 (7 min) Took a bearing and followed the contour to the feature.
#6 (8 min) Took a beeline bearing, with the idea of veering west thinking that the switchback trail might catch me, which it did after crossing three trails. Ran up the wrong re-entrant, and hopped over 1-2.
#7 (miss) Made it over to the second trail from the west edge of the map, was convinced that I was on the first, and watch died and I knew I had to get back. Ran north on the trail to the junction and discovered I was on the right trail. Bugger!
Great practice, thanks Jens for a great course!
Running 20:00 [3]
Ran back to start to help clean up.
Trekking 40:00 [3]
On yellow trails looking for a missing participant and picking up flags. Left my compass behind (duh) and didn't realize until I had bushwhacked pretty far into the woods. Phone app based compasses suck.
Thursday Sep 19, 2013 #
9 AM
Running 51:24 5.52 mi (9:19 / mi) +16m 9:14 / mi
ahr:143 max:153 shoes: Vibram Five Finger Bikala
This run, while a tad slow, felt great!!! Attribute the slowness to the overindulgence of that amazing shoo fly pie I got in the mail yesterday. The feeling great, well, maybe that too!
Trekking 2:38 0.14 mi (18:50 / mi) +3m 17:39 / mi
ahr:126 max:146 shoes: Vibram Five Finger Bikala
Training my dog for longer distances, and slowed it up for her to drink from puddles and signal when she was ready to roll. What a champ!
Running 16:39 1.79 mi (9:18 / mi) +5m 9:13 / mi
ahr:146 max:156 shoes: Vibram Five Finger Bikala
Trekking warm up/down 2:09 0.15 mi (14:07 / mi) +1m 13:50 / mi
ahr:137 max:152 shoes: Vibram Five Finger Bikala
Wednesday Sep 18, 2013 #
5 AM
Spinning 50:00 [3] 15.1 mi (3:19 / mi)
ahr:142 max:163
Garmins are great, even better when you charge them.
weights 25:00 [3]
Tuesday Sep 17, 2013 #
5 PM
Spinning (Spin fusion) 1:31:30 1.61 mi (56:50 / mi) +1m 56:43 / mi
ahr:122 max:160 shoes: ASICS gel venture
Trying new ranges:
(5) 185-195
(4) 160-184
(3) 135-159
(2) 115-134
(1) 90-114
Seems to make more sense. But my track tonight is whack. I mean, with fusion, we do get off the bike and lunge around and do crazy things with weights, but gosh.
(5) 185-195
(4) 160-184
(3) 135-159
(2) 115-134
(1) 90-114
Seems to make more sense. But my track tonight is whack. I mean, with fusion, we do get off the bike and lunge around and do crazy things with weights, but gosh.
Sunday Sep 15, 2013 #
7 PM
Running 16:14 1.5 mi (10:48 / mi)
ahr:152 max:184
Dropped SImon off at the church youth group, and inspired by Jen, ran over to the (not much of a) sledding hill. Run up and down and around and noticed my left quad felt very inflexible...then ran down the path, in the rain, to do grapevines, lunges, and hop skips. Late day running for me is terrible, especially after a day of gardening, housecleaning, scads of laundry and cooking!
weights 5:19 0.2 mi (26:34 / mi)
ahr:163 max:183
Running 11:15 1.01 mi (11:10 / mi) +1m 11:08 / mi
ahr:160 max:170
weights 5:02 0.11 mi (45:46 / mi) +1m 44:30 / mi
ahr:125 max:152
Running 16:58 1.51 mi (11:14 / mi) +10m 11:01 / mi
ahr:159 max:172
Still a little twingy!
Saturday Sep 14, 2013 #
Event: SMOC Fall Bishop Lake
8 AM
Trekking 3:50:14 5.61 mi (41:03 / mi) +156m 37:47 / mi
ahr:90 max:142
2 PM
Orienteering 1:27:23 4.01 mi (21:48 / mi) +181m 19:07 / mi
ahr:112 max:172 spiked:10/12c shoes: INOV8 315
Yay for Orienteering season again! Did the Orange course at Bishop, and lovely Tom, Ali's friend, came with. What a trooper! He did white, then yellow and then orange! Lovely guy.
Anyway, good thing he was with me because I thought 1 was to the north, and it was actually 11! I missed the second digit! I knew he was going to be good luck! I could tell immediately that he learned the beeline way of things, which was great. We took the path to 1, then I asked how he felt about bushwhacking to the road. Whoa! That area got a bit overgrown since I last stomped through! I thought for sure I had gone off bearing and I insisted we needed to go southish, then I realized I must have missed the trail. I see on the QR that we came right out at it! Then traversed the trail down to 2.
On to 3! I realized to teach someone, you have to pretty much commit to a plan and make sure you know how to explain as you are going along how the plan works out. Gotta tell ya, just a little bit of pressure there! This is the first time I ever showed someone how to do it. What did I get myself into! But, at each control, we stopped to talk about the next route, ensured shared understanding, then would click off the features as we went along. Re-entrant, gully, trail, elevation, marsh...you know.
We traversed on to 5, 6, 7 then 8. Eight was a little tough, pretty thick in there and we had to double back from the path...oops! Then Tom took 9, then 10, then 11 and took it home! Go Tom! Great fun, and heard he plans to come back. Woo! Go Ali! The QR is a little rough, still don't have all the finesse to tweak it just right.
We got second place, which was great. So much fun!
Anyway, good thing he was with me because I thought 1 was to the north, and it was actually 11! I missed the second digit! I knew he was going to be good luck! I could tell immediately that he learned the beeline way of things, which was great. We took the path to 1, then I asked how he felt about bushwhacking to the road. Whoa! That area got a bit overgrown since I last stomped through! I thought for sure I had gone off bearing and I insisted we needed to go southish, then I realized I must have missed the trail. I see on the QR that we came right out at it! Then traversed the trail down to 2.
On to 3! I realized to teach someone, you have to pretty much commit to a plan and make sure you know how to explain as you are going along how the plan works out. Gotta tell ya, just a little bit of pressure there! This is the first time I ever showed someone how to do it. What did I get myself into! But, at each control, we stopped to talk about the next route, ensured shared understanding, then would click off the features as we went along. Re-entrant, gully, trail, elevation, marsh...you know.
We traversed on to 5, 6, 7 then 8. Eight was a little tough, pretty thick in there and we had to double back from the path...oops! Then Tom took 9, then 10, then 11 and took it home! Go Tom! Great fun, and heard he plans to come back. Woo! Go Ali! The QR is a little rough, still don't have all the finesse to tweak it just right.
We got second place, which was great. So much fun!
Friday Sep 13, 2013 #
1 PM
Mountain Bike (paved) 42:10 9.72 mi (4:20 / mi) +107m 4:12 / mi
ahr:134 max:154
Rode home! Don't know how roadies do it with cars and rough roads with drop off shoulders. Bugger! Stopped for a sec to pick up trash a couple times.
Mountain Bike 47:28 9.76 mi (4:52 / mi) +103m 4:43 / mi
ahr:133 max:156
Rode out to take apples and peppers to the Greens! Got stopped for a bit because of construction on Silver Lake.
Thursday Sep 12, 2013 #
10 AM
Running 41:04 4.51 mi (9:06 / mi) +11m 9:02 / mi
ahr:145 max:162 shoes: ASICS gel venture
Intended to be a relaxedish run. Played with the (new!) Garmin a bit to check it out. But I thought I did over 5 miles...hmmm...trying out new shoes too. Damn things wouldn't stay tied. Need more masking tape.
Trekking (Cool downish) 6:40 0.43 mi (15:30 / mi) +3m 15:11 / mi
ahr:132 max:153 shoes: ASICS gel venture
Did this weird thing of speed walking with doing arm lat raises with no weights. Tires the arms out when you do a lot. :) I'm sure my neighbors through I was ready to take flight. But, they are used to me now, paddles, big packs, carrying my bike, flapping arms blocks of lunges...whatever it takes.
Wednesday Sep 11, 2013 #
Spinning 1:10:00 [3]
No deets, felt good! Went early, stayed late! Back in the saddle, and every pun intended. Run and deets starting tomorrow.
Tuesday Sep 10, 2013 #
Spinning 1:00:00 [3]
No deets, went slow, bruise aches a little. Showed it off to the class along with the derailleur tats. I was a rock star for a few minutes there...
Sunday Sep 8, 2013 #
Note
Bugger, bad bruising and significant discomfort. Tried running and biking, and just hurt too much. Hoping I feel better tomorrow, argh.
Saturday Sep 7, 2013 #
Event: SMOC Fall Peach Mountain
Event: Triple Trail Challenge
Mountain Bike (Triple Trail Challenge) 4:04:00 [3] 37.5 mi (6:30 / mi)
shoes: Giant Talon
Had to borrow the details from OutdoorsMama...had saved my watch for the O-Meet--which unfortunately I had to miss! I had a great time and been too long since she and I hung out.
Great day, lots of bikers! Amazing trails, the toughest I have ever done. We did the Poto, Waterloo and Lakeland trails. Afterward we did a review of how many O-Courses we crossed, Park Lyndon, Hiland Lake, Halfmoon, and wonder if there are others. Lots of sand, gravel, rock, steep climbs, but nice two track, rolling dirt, lots of fun.
The highlight for me was the long hills (down, not up truth be told) on the southern edge of Park Lyndon. I took just a moment to look at my bike computer and I saw 24 MPH...her log says 28, woo! Speedy! I found myself taking more chances, looking for better lines, and was mostly successful. Except at the end, when we came upon the Crooked Lake Climb...Jen had a beautiful line through sand and roots, and I either missed it, or slid, or something...but the end of my handlebars rammed right into the upper right side of my rib cage. OUCH. Left a mark that looked like I had been branded! Walked a bit, rode out, took ibuprofen, sat still a couple hours, then was good enough to do some canning, laundry, dinner. Glad I recovered quickly!
We were out there way longer, helping the wayward teens who didn't have food, helping Brad change a tire, then my big OOOF. What a great day, and look forward to doing it again. I'm in for another! So fun to see Ali and Jens on the trails too! Great training.
Do need to improve my technical skills. I read that the fork on my bike isn't great, but the rest of the components are solid. Wonder if there is anything I can do about the fork, or my skills! :) Bye Bye island Lake, I need to seek tougher terrain. I think Maybury has my name on it. And willing to take ANY instruction!
Great day, lots of bikers! Amazing trails, the toughest I have ever done. We did the Poto, Waterloo and Lakeland trails. Afterward we did a review of how many O-Courses we crossed, Park Lyndon, Hiland Lake, Halfmoon, and wonder if there are others. Lots of sand, gravel, rock, steep climbs, but nice two track, rolling dirt, lots of fun.
The highlight for me was the long hills (down, not up truth be told) on the southern edge of Park Lyndon. I took just a moment to look at my bike computer and I saw 24 MPH...her log says 28, woo! Speedy! I found myself taking more chances, looking for better lines, and was mostly successful. Except at the end, when we came upon the Crooked Lake Climb...Jen had a beautiful line through sand and roots, and I either missed it, or slid, or something...but the end of my handlebars rammed right into the upper right side of my rib cage. OUCH. Left a mark that looked like I had been branded! Walked a bit, rode out, took ibuprofen, sat still a couple hours, then was good enough to do some canning, laundry, dinner. Glad I recovered quickly!
We were out there way longer, helping the wayward teens who didn't have food, helping Brad change a tire, then my big OOOF. What a great day, and look forward to doing it again. I'm in for another! So fun to see Ali and Jens on the trails too! Great training.
Do need to improve my technical skills. I read that the fork on my bike isn't great, but the rest of the components are solid. Wonder if there is anything I can do about the fork, or my skills! :) Bye Bye island Lake, I need to seek tougher terrain. I think Maybury has my name on it. And willing to take ANY instruction!
Friday Sep 6, 2013 #
Note
Overwhelming and crazy busy week at work! Glad for the TTC and O-Meet tomorrow. Bummer that Grampian got cancelled.
Wednesday Sep 4, 2013 #
5 PM
Mountain Bike (Paved/dirt/path) 15:00 [3] 3.5 mi (4:17 / mi)
shoes: Giant Talon
To gym
weights 25:00 [3]
shoes: Vibram Five Finger Bikala
Single leg dead lifts
Three way curls
Three way curls
weights 45:00 [3]
shoes: Vibram Five Finger Bikala
For the clean and snatch the instructor said "reds are for the girls and blues are for the boys"...no surprise which one I went for...
Mountain Bike (Paved/dirt/bike path) 16:00 [3] 3.5 mi (4:34 / mi)
shoes: Giant Talon
Little slower going home. :). Beautiful night and great tunes!
Tuesday Sep 3, 2013 #
Mountain Bike 1:30:00 [3] 20.0 mi (4:30 / mi) +160m 4:23 / mi
ahr:131 shoes: Giant Talon
McCabe to blue connector x2. Great Moth podcast on how a dude got white males in Ohio to vote for Obama.
Sunday Sep 1, 2013 #
Trekking (Trails) 1:20:00 [3] 4.9 mi (16:20 / mi)
Recording trails for Maybury LIDAR map.