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Thursday Sep 3, 2015 #
10 PM
Running 1:18:53 [1] 14.7 km (5:22 / km) +45m 5:17 / km
shoes: 201507 Mizuno Wave Inspire 11
Easy river run; there was a strong headwind on the Esplanade.
My thoughts now turn to the Corn Maze Champs this weekend: arguably the biggest event of the year. While I eagerly hope to defend my overall title, the Trail-O is very uncertain and adds considerable uncertainty to the outcome. For that reason, I care much more about winning all three individual races than I do about the overall title. I'm undefeated in individual corn maze races, but I'm not feeling particular fast right now, and there are many new challengers - Isak, Michael, Kseniya, and the indomitable Joe - in addition to the usual set of challengers. I will devote more attention to mental simulation, including reading previous mazes, to practice achieving oneness with the corn.
I'm expecting this year's maze to be very fast - even with artificial PG barriers, there are numerous fast, safe highways to get you around the maze. The challenge this year will be that the intersections are complex, nuanced, and unexpected. Unlike the alphabet soup (which I'm devastated I missed), you won't have the problem of parallel errors, but recovering from small navigation errors will require mental gymnastics to build a correct picture of where you are. Also, the optimal route choice is less obvious this year than in some previous mazes.
Anything but total victory is a disappointment. As an accompanying process goal, I will have a clear plan for the next control, stay in contact, and run within my navigation. I don't know if achieving corn zen qualifies as a process goal, but I will do that, too.
My thoughts now turn to the Corn Maze Champs this weekend: arguably the biggest event of the year. While I eagerly hope to defend my overall title, the Trail-O is very uncertain and adds considerable uncertainty to the outcome. For that reason, I care much more about winning all three individual races than I do about the overall title. I'm undefeated in individual corn maze races, but I'm not feeling particular fast right now, and there are many new challengers - Isak, Michael, Kseniya, and the indomitable Joe - in addition to the usual set of challengers. I will devote more attention to mental simulation, including reading previous mazes, to practice achieving oneness with the corn.
I'm expecting this year's maze to be very fast - even with artificial PG barriers, there are numerous fast, safe highways to get you around the maze. The challenge this year will be that the intersections are complex, nuanced, and unexpected. Unlike the alphabet soup (which I'm devastated I missed), you won't have the problem of parallel errors, but recovering from small navigation errors will require mental gymnastics to build a correct picture of where you are. Also, the optimal route choice is less obvious this year than in some previous mazes.
Anything but total victory is a disappointment. As an accompanying process goal, I will have a clear plan for the next control, stay in contact, and run within my navigation. I don't know if achieving corn zen qualifies as a process goal, but I will do that, too.