Training Log Archive: HGaston

Ran around Haller Lake after school w/ William.

...and I actually did some abs!

Run/walk/stumble to the bus stop from home....I left my keys in my mom's car yesterday, and I didn't realize it until 7:35 this morning when I was about to leave for school. Since no one else was home, and any hope of either keys or a carpool were out, I decided to run/walk/bus to school. The problem is, if I leave at 7:35 and drive in, I can make it to school on time, usually, if I don't get stuck in bad traffic.

Then the bus stop is 1.6 miles from my house, because I have to catch the bus at Bothell Way. It would've been a quick run, but it was hard to run with a heavy schoolbag.

The bus goes all the way down Lake City Way, so I got off at 145th. I figured I'd just get on the next bus going down 145th, but as the next one wasn't coming until 8:33 and school starts at 8:10, I decided to jog/walk/stumble to school from there.

...so I was about 30 minutes late to biology this morning. But I've already gotten a workout in, so I guess it's not all bad.

C • OH NO! 9

Mostly walked this segment along 145th to school. I did some jogging, but
I wasn't very fast while carrying a bag.

Contours-only orienteering course at the training Eric led at Hamlin Park. The time is a complete guess, because I forgot to start my stopwatch. I really liked the course, because using only contours made it much more interesting/different from other courses I've run there.

My run was fairly clean, but there were controls I could have done better. I hesitated a little near control 2 because I didn't see the control on the other side of a rootstock, and I bobbled control 3 and chose a long route to 6.

Control 9 was my favorite because it was really far compared to the others, so there were some interesting route choices. It was also in the part of the park that I usually get confused in; there's a trail network there through light green, and I often spend too much time figuring out the trail junctions and wondering whether or not the trails have changed. With the contours-only map, I wasn't distracted by the trails and navigated much more directly. It was good practice in simplifying the map and maybe ignoring or not relying on the trail network in the future.

C • WOW nice training!!!! i wis... 1

Butterfly course. I ran against William, Drew, & Kelsey. It's the first time I've done a butterfly course, so it was fun to try it out. Drew beat me by ~20 seconds, which he decided to remind me of every 5 minutes or so...oh well ;-).

Fences orienteering course. I chose the wrong route to control 3 and had to climb over a pretty nasty barbed wire fence...oops. I was more careful after that :-).

A little bit of control pick-up.