Training Log Archive: mikeminium

On the road all day (5:15 AM TO 7:15 PM). Setting out road signage for Race Across AMerica from Greensburg IN to Chillicothe OH. A little walking and light lifting, but not really anything to count as training. Joined in welcoming the first riders as they arrived at Oxford time station that evening.

The day ended up taking longer than it should have, partly due to encountering a road closure for culvert replacement. Had to do a few extra miles checking the alternate route, then it took some time to contact RAAM HQ, get the re-route approved, and then backtrack to put up extra signage on the re-route.

Setting controls at The Grove for "Play in the Park" (summer day camp).

C • PITP 8

Raced Caleb, Sam, Brennan and Ethan on the PITP score course at The Grove. 1:2000 map, flat terrain.
Caleb won in 6:38, I was second, edging Sam by 23 seconds.

Picking up controls and chaining up the ball field gates at The Grove.

Afterwards took Sam, Caleb, and Brennan to lunch at Phan Shin.

Yard and garden. Digging and lopping.

OLOU Score O at Shelby Trails. 4 hour time limit. Cleared all controls. Light rain with regular rumbles of thunder kept things cool for the first two hours, but then the sun emerged and with it came heat and humidity. One control was washed away by a flooded creek. Fortunately, no orienteers met the same fate!

The race started with 30 standard SI controls, then was followed by a map exchange. The second map had 21 NACMO (equestrian orienteering) style controls, so a pen was required to write down codes. Additionally, only 11 of the controls were shown on the map. 9 of those had a bearing and a distance to a bonus control (you could plot it and not have to go straight line or immediately). The remaining two had only bearings which triangulated the final control. Normal control descriptions were available for all controls so you knew what to look for once you had an approximate bearing and distance.

C • Weird-O 2

Whitewater SP with Jeremy. Memorial Loop plus portions of Red Springs and Lakeshore trails.
miles: 10:03, 9:38, 10:09, 11:55, 10:11, 11:38

garden, mainly digging

Updating "The Grove" map in West College Corner and added the adjacent apartment complex to the map.

yard and garden

Yard and garden.

yard and garden - digging

wheelbarrow - moving mulch.

Memorial Loop at Whitewater SP with Jeremy.

Mounds SRA. Fairfield Trail and portions of Templeton Creek Trail.

Light yard and garden. Moved a small tree, a little digging, weeding and lopping.

Easy pace at Miami Natural Areas.

Yard and garden - digging and wheelbarrow.