Training Log Archive: Sandy

Bummer - I seem to have erased my garmin data from today.

Streamering at Adams Creek for the SVO Stumble. Took it easy since I wasn't sure how my knee would hold up; it's been really bad for a few days but seemed better yesterday so took a chance. It was okay but started to get bad after about 3 hours so decided to head in after about 1/2 the controls but covering about 2/3 the terrain. This evening it hurts, but not nearly as bad as it's been.

Will now need to make another trip to the Water Gap, but the next trip will be to put stakes out for the Gould Run event on Aug. 3rd.

core workout

I have been thinking about what I would list as my 2 or 3 most important goals or initiatives if I were to wade into the discussion around the OUSA strategic plan. As I pondered the things that would excite me and might cause me to donate either time or money, I realized that they were all related to competition. I think my list would be something like:

1. Find a way to make the Junior Team Coach position permanent and find a way to create a second paid position of Team Administrator to handle all the work of making training camps and summer trips and other things happen. This might mean finding an external donor, reallocating internal resources, or coming up with some new way to generate funds for this.

2. Host a Major event. This could be a major international Foot-O event like a World Cup, JWOC, MWOC or something. It could be another Ski-O World Cup. It could even be NAOC 2016. The idea though would be to develop a model whereby OUSA and not just the local club is doing some of the heavy lifting of organizing things.

Someone else's list might lean less toward competition and more toward larger involvement and their list might have something about O in schools or creating a Street Scramble series in 20 cities and getting TV coverage of a finale or any number of other things. But a short list with clearly defined goals would sure make it easier to say yes, this is something I want to support.

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Hike with Sandy.

Knee really, really tight. Not sure what's going on - iced already and will ice again later tonight.

core work

Last walk on the beach. Went barefoot (since I knew I wasn't going for too long) and gave my calves a good stretch.

Knee okay today but really felt Sunday's outing yesterday so decided to just do something short today. Delicate balance between training hard enough to be ready for the rogaine and not so hard as to injure myself. I think I am erring on the side of not being injured and I think that is the better choice.

Good core workout plus some yoga.