Training Log Archive: j-man

Balter may not be here, but he is not forgotten.

To/from the training.

Deplorable training at Olasz-kapu.

This training did very poorly on the quality to pain in the butt scale. It took forever to get there, we had to pay to get on the death-defying road, and the map had many irregularities, including, I think, geometry ones. Which would be hard to believe. After 10 controls I started to do better, but was no longer engaged.

No more training today. By the time we got back much of the day was gone.

So was my blister, so just as well.

Used the Band-Aid Activ-Flex on the heel afterward. It would be very comfortable the next day.

Event: National Canoe & Kayak Orienteering Championships
 

Warmup before some long distance training. To the start.

First Hungary training. Bukkszentkereszt.

A lot of contours on this map, with one of the steeper areas in the area on the west side.

Took this at a moderate pace, walking the steeper hills. Orienteering was rather straightforward and the running a lot of fun. So much so, that I ran well past #4. Did controls 1-6, 9, and then most of the way to the finish. On the way to the finish I ran up a hill that I soon noticed was covered with foot-high blackberries. I was tempted to stop, but kept going until the top of the hill, and stopped there.

Unlike French Creek, blackberries there were easy to run through and covered with berries.

To and from the sprint training with Ross.

Sprint training at Miskolc-Tapolca. (Cave Baths).

First portion of the course was very tough, not helped by not having controls or stakes out there. Still, I think I did OK. And after 5, I was generally much more confident.

This mapping and terrain will be tricky on the sprint.

Developed a nasty blister from the new Inov-8s on the right heel.

Arrived at Miskolc.

Level 8 hills.

10 minutes machines, 20 minutes circuits, with the one leg thing.

15 pounds on everything. Right hamstring tight going in, so took it easy on squats and lunges.

Level 8 hills. Alien Resurection.

Played golf today at the South Course at Stow Acres. Unfortunately, it didn't conform to this: http://www.stowacres.com/sites/courses/layout9.asp...

The foursome ahead of us was not just bad, they were amazingly inefficient.

Anyway, that is not important. The important thing is my pretty bad play.

My golf seems to be on a long term secular decline. At the end of high school I would shoot in the low 80s and could (on a few occasions) hit 80. My best was a 78.

Then, after college, I could break 90, but would be happy +/- 5.

Today, I am very hard pressed to break 100.

I carded a 104: 56 out and 48 back. Notably, on the front 9, I three putted every hole, except I 4 putted one. On the back, I started putting rather well.

The 8 on the par 5 last hole was ignominious.

Level 8 hills, 7mph.

Level 8 hills.

Level 8 hills, 7 mph.