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Sunday Sep 14, 2008 #
Event: Great Brook Farm
Orienteering race 1:08:21 **** 7.4 km (9:14 / km) +225m 8:01 / km
14c shoes: Jalas
Hickory Run red.
Not my finest outing, but at least OK. Definitely have lost some edge, aggression, and speed.
Conservative to 1, and blew 2, to the tune of 2.5-3 minutes. Same leg/area that I blew in training. No excuse for that. Sergei caught me up soon after and essentially dusted me after I flubbed the pond control slightly. I think I really slowed down after that... I was dragging.
It was extremely humid, and pretty hot. Also, I'm a bit out of shape.
I did a good job of concentrating after that, but something was missing. When I am good at HR, I am really good. Today, I was losing 30 seconds on good controls, and a few minutes on 2 and one later control.
The last HR local event was one of the coldest I've ever experienced. This was one of the hottest.
Not my finest outing, but at least OK. Definitely have lost some edge, aggression, and speed.
Conservative to 1, and blew 2, to the tune of 2.5-3 minutes. Same leg/area that I blew in training. No excuse for that. Sergei caught me up soon after and essentially dusted me after I flubbed the pond control slightly. I think I really slowed down after that... I was dragging.
It was extremely humid, and pretty hot. Also, I'm a bit out of shape.
I did a good job of concentrating after that, but something was missing. When I am good at HR, I am really good. Today, I was losing 30 seconds on good controls, and a few minutes on 2 and one later control.
The last HR local event was one of the coldest I've ever experienced. This was one of the hottest.
Map hike warm up/down 30:00 [1] **
shoes: Jalas
Picking up some sprint and local meet controls.
Note
Decided to bail on the last training. I might have been able to do it, but at the level of fatigue, I thought I was inviting exacerbating the ankle injury. I was also too tired to get much out of it. If healthy, that would have been good for me.
I also threw out my Jalas. Two shoe goo repairs failed and that was about it. Very disappointing as I can't have done more than 120 miles in them. The uppers were pristine but both soles were coming off severely. Even the spikes were all there. What is that all about?
I also threw out my Jalas. Two shoe goo repairs failed and that was about it. Very disappointing as I can't have done more than 120 miles in them. The uppers were pristine but both soles were coming off severely. Even the spikes were all there. What is that all about?
Note
Super training weekend. Big thanks to Tom and DVOA for making it happen!!!
Saturday Sep 13, 2008 #
Run warm up/down 10:00 [1]
shoes: Jalas
To the simplification exercise.
Orienteering 35:00 [4] ****
shoes: Jalas
Simplification exercise. Good job on almost all but one control.
Eddie and I switched back and forth through the middle of the race.
Eddie and I switched back and forth through the middle of the race.
Orienteering warm up/down 5:00 [1] ****
shoes: Jalas
To the O intervals.
Orienteering intervals 50:00 ****
shoes: Jalas
O intervals with Brendan. Some was solid, but two controls were terrible.
Orienteering 16:30 [4] **** 2.7 km (6:07 / km)
shoes: Jalas
Sprint. Decent, but went to the wrong building a few times.
Orienteering 50:00 ****
shoes: Jalas
Another ridiculous Hickory Run night-O. Actually, the course was quite good, until the penultimate control. the feature was buried in the green and the flag wasn't there.
Friday Sep 12, 2008 #
Note
(injured)
Another rest day. The ankle may have been in general somewhat better, but not great. However, there was one moment when the pain was acute and I couldn't move the ankle anywhere for like a minute without very sharp pain. It stopped and I could eventually walk normally.
What accounts for this strange degradation? Reducing swelling (which has happened with assiduous wrapping over past two days?) Dasha discounts this? How about the very crappy weather?
What accounts for this strange degradation? Reducing swelling (which has happened with assiduous wrapping over past two days?) Dasha discounts this? How about the very crappy weather?
Thursday Sep 11, 2008 #
Rowing Machine 1:00:00 13.4 km (4:29 / km)
Easy, controlled row through 30 minutes. (20 spm.) Then took it up to mid to high 20s.
Note
(injured)
During the last 10 minutes, at the top of the slide, I had three moments when something felt like it was flipping over in my ankle, producing fleeting, sharp pain. Not too bad, and temporary.
Note
During the evening, at TNT birthday dinner, I began to notice that the sharp pain in the ankle was constant, and quite noticeable whenever I would flex the ankle pass vertical. The pain was sharper than anything to date.
Wednesday Sep 10, 2008 #
Rowing Machine 1:05:00
Pretty easy row through 45 minutes, then a sequence of power 15s (tried to do 30 seconds hard, at 30 spm, and 30 seconds off.) Did that through an hour, and 5 minutes of cooldown.
Tuesday Sep 9, 2008 #
Note
Smart or lucky? Yawn...
Perhaps he will merit a chapter in my book, although honestly doesn't really require more than a FN.
http://executivesuite.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/08...
It's all Fama/French, and ultimately even mroe basic than that.
Perhaps he will merit a chapter in my book, although honestly doesn't really require more than a FN.
http://executivesuite.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/08...
It's all Fama/French, and ultimately even mroe basic than that.
Note
(injured)
We got home late, and the ankle was unfortunately large. Maybe a rest day is warranted.