Training Log Archive: Tundra/DesertIn the 7 days ending May 18, 2002:
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Saturday May 18, 2002 #
Event: Paths to the Pagoda
Warmup 19:00 [1] 1.9 km (10:00 / km)
Did a full warmup before the Short Champs. Ran up from the finish to the start after borrowing Kenny's HRM transmitter.
Orienteering 35:19 [5] 5.0 km (7:04 / km)
Short Course Champs. Very happy with the effort and with the place, but not with the time (the second uphill leg wasn't good---the almost-confident navigation would have been acceptable if I had moved a bit quicker). Had some intestinal issues after that leg. AHR = 172.
Friday May 17, 2002 #
Running with weights 19:36 [3] 4.2 km (4:40 / km)
Running around with stuff.
Thursday May 16, 2002 #
Easy running 14:09 [2] 2.5 km (5:40 / km)
Wednesday May 15, 2002 #
Easy running 14:47 [1] 2.5 km (5:55 / km)
Race pace running 20:19 [4] 5.1 km (3:59 / km)
With Doug Stein trailing behind. Doug did 21:28.
Easy running 12:39 [2] 2.5 km (5:04 / km)
Tuesday May 14, 2002 #
Easy running 17:56 [1] 3.1 km (5:47 / km)
The blisters are gone but the feet are swollen.
Monday May 13, 2002 #
Easy running 16:35 [1] 2.5 km (6:38 / km)
Bad blisters on little toes.
Note
The PO itch is very limited.
The northern part of Nisene Marks is one of the coolest O-places in the world, from the scenery point of view at least. From manzanita clearings one can see across Monterey Bay, all the way to Big Sur, and the mixed young redwood/deciduous forest is awesomely beautiful. The PO is everywhere but no more than ankle-high. The running is tough---closest to the mossy/overgrown Nordic stuff one can find south of the 45th parallel or so. Except it's not moss, it's redwood needles. Less steep than most Bay Area maps. And Aptos is really cool, with the beach and some weird places. Too bad the map is ancient and there's no parking anywhere.
The northern part of Nisene Marks is one of the coolest O-places in the world, from the scenery point of view at least. From manzanita clearings one can see across Monterey Bay, all the way to Big Sur, and the mixed young redwood/deciduous forest is awesomely beautiful. The PO is everywhere but no more than ankle-high. The running is tough---closest to the mossy/overgrown Nordic stuff one can find south of the 45th parallel or so. Except it's not moss, it's redwood needles. Less steep than most Bay Area maps. And Aptos is really cool, with the beach and some weird places. Too bad the map is ancient and there's no parking anywhere.
Sunday May 12, 2002 #
Rogaining 4:03:00 [1] 7.8 km (31:09 / km)
Took down the streamers after camping at the start/finish place. It turned out that huge chunks of the streamers I had put out on Saturday morning were missing, apparently taken down by illegal dirt bikers (one woke me up on Sunday morning, passing nearby at 6 am). This explained why the runners were so unhappy on Saturday.
Note
Walked down to yesterday's registration (an hour? didn't time it, 4.2 km, about 10 kg). Found my stuff still there. Wonder, useless little streamers in the literal middle of nowhere get taken down, and good clothes and O-shoes I leave at a parking lot are still there.
Easy running 1:13:29 [2] 5.8 km (12:40 / km)
White/Yellow take-down at Nisene Marks. All bags still there, among crowds of runners and picnickers.
Note
Walked back to the bus stop in Aptos---about 1 hour 15, 15 kg, took down the direction signs. The trail shoes I was testing this weekend were duds---hopelessly narrow toeboxes, my #4 toes were glued to the #5 toes which were badly blistered and losing toenails. Don't buy Merrell shoes.
Note
The energy deficit for the weekend was about 6 kCal.