Training Log Archive: BorisGr

Brown course at QOC's local event - two in one weekend!

I first went out on White with Inara and Barney, and then headed out on Brown once Alli got back so that I had time to do course review with the juniors. I took the race as a middle distance and tried to attack the course hard from the beginning. This worked well early, and I was feeling good and hitting controls. AP's split analysis tool shows that 5 of my first 6 legs were very good. Notably, the one that wasn't good involved a steep climb - I am clearly too weak for hills right now. I apparently had only about 20 minutes of hard running in me, as the wheels came off a bit after that, both physically and technically. I made mistakes on 7 and 9 and was much less aggressive than I had been earlier in the course. Still, something to build on as I start trying to work my way back into shape once again.

Good course review with the juniors afterwards, and a ride from Francis back home, coupled with some interesting conversation.

RG: http://qocweb.org/routes/cgi-bin/reitti.pl?act=map...

C • Course setting in the US 12

Brown - Splits

I went orienteering again! I ran blue at QOC's local event at Fountainhead.

I ran Blue and had a solid, if not speedy, run. The body felt ok, though I was very weak on the hills. I made a couple of mistakes, losing about a minute each on 14 and 16. I ended up 11 minutes behind Janne Salmi and 4 minutes behind AJ, but ahead of Peter Z and Jon T, which was unexpected.

RG here: http://qocweb.org/routes/cgi-bin/reitti.pl?act=map...

Blue - Splits

Elliptical 4x4 intervals.

Morning run with Charlie! Met up next to his daycare, then did a short swing through Rock Creek and up the paved Rock Creek bike trail before returning home along East-West Highway and Grubb. So nice to be out on a beautiful morning!

C • Day care 2

Strength training at home. Halloween pumpkin came in handy in lieu of medicine ball.

Easy recovery on the recumbent bike.

Stretching.