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Friday Dec 10, 2010 #
Note
wasted, zzzzz
despite 8hrs solid sleep last night
calf is still a bit sore, don't know if t needs rest or exercise.
despite 8hrs solid sleep last night
calf is still a bit sore, don't know if t needs rest or exercise.
Wednesday Dec 8, 2010 #
11 PM
running 1:05:54 7.94 km (8:18 / km)
ahr:130 max:151
finally got out the door
right calf is still sore, so took it very easy. I like Silver Lake Preserve.
Added splits from the 3km last Saturday. If you haven't already, check out the Superstars video on Samantha's log.
right calf is still sore, so took it very easy. I like Silver Lake Preserve.
Added splits from the 3km last Saturday. If you haven't already, check out the Superstars video on Samantha's log.
Sunday Dec 5, 2010 #
9 AM
orienteering race 20:34 4.04 km (5:05 / km)
ahr:172 max:184 19c
Sprint, Amherst.
Not much by way of warm up. Calf still tight. Got caught by super-fast Boris as I planned ahead while pretending not to see the ribbon at 10 to let him ahead so he would feel cocky and then miss the route to 11... worked beautifully. Now if only that were true...
Lost time at 13 and 14, I blame it on slight problems with the map, a couple of unmapped passages (or too small, so invisible) plus a whole lot of stupidity. 30s behind Boris.
Good area, fun orienteering.
Not much by way of warm up. Calf still tight. Got caught by super-fast Boris as I planned ahead while pretending not to see the ribbon at 10 to let him ahead so he would feel cocky and then miss the route to 11... worked beautifully. Now if only that were true...
Lost time at 13 and 14, I blame it on slight problems with the map, a couple of unmapped passages (or too small, so invisible) plus a whole lot of stupidity. 30s behind Boris.
Good area, fun orienteering.
running warm up/down 5:00 [3]
12 PM
orienteering 57:01 7.78 km (7:20 / km)
ahr:173 max:186 20c
Quabbin,
Fun mass-start individualised orienteering on an old map, old-fashioned 1:15000 mapping, pretty good contour/rock data. Right calf was really tight, so I was limping around. Made two big mistakes. One was on the 9th, Boris distracted me :) The other was tripping over a log, managing to get both feet caught, not getting my hands wherever they needed to be and eating a mouthful of dirt. Apart from that, I was really happy with my navigation.
I had a tough-boy course, so got my ass kicked by most people, including Boris who had a pansy course.
Fun mass-start individualised orienteering on an old map, old-fashioned 1:15000 mapping, pretty good contour/rock data. Right calf was really tight, so I was limping around. Made two big mistakes. One was on the 9th, Boris distracted me :) The other was tripping over a log, managing to get both feet caught, not getting my hands wherever they needed to be and eating a mouthful of dirt. Apart from that, I was really happy with my navigation.
I had a tough-boy course, so got my ass kicked by most people, including Boris who had a pansy course.
Saturday Dec 4, 2010 #
Event: CSU Orienteering Superstars
10 AM
running warm up/down 23:56 0.0 km
ahr:152 max:174
running race 10:19 3.0 km (3:26 / km)
ahr:188 max:196
3km time trial.
Arrived late, so didn't get to do a proper warm up, and it was cold, and I hadn't slept enough.
Right calf got sore after a couple of laps. First lap flew by, then dropped to a pretty constant 84/85s per lap pace. Would have gone a bit faster with racing shoes and a warm up and less wind and a few more excuses.
10:30 is only a 35minute 10km pace, so this is slow.
Splits:
73
85
85
84
85
85
84
38 - 200m
the last two splits a little dodgy, missed the last lap crossing by a couple of metres, so I estimated - it was 86 and 36.
Arrived late, so didn't get to do a proper warm up, and it was cold, and I hadn't slept enough.
Right calf got sore after a couple of laps. First lap flew by, then dropped to a pretty constant 84/85s per lap pace. Would have gone a bit faster with racing shoes and a warm up and less wind and a few more excuses.
10:30 is only a 35minute 10km pace, so this is slow.
Splits:
73
85
85
84
85
85
84
38 - 200m
the last two splits a little dodgy, missed the last lap crossing by a couple of metres, so I estimated - it was 86 and 36.
3 PM
bike race 4:00 [5]
Superstars
Mountain bike orienteering, did the course twice.
Mountain bike orienteering, did the course twice.
Biathlon race 2:20 [5]
Superstars
Biathlon
Made a disastrous error of not practising the shooting beforehand. Physically I excelled, of course, but four missed shots was unforgivable.
Biathlon
Made a disastrous error of not practising the shooting beforehand. Physically I excelled, of course, but four missed shots was unforgivable.
orienteering race 44 [5] ***
spiked:4/4c
Superstars
Ski Orienteering
Also doubled as the repeatedly-postponed 2010 Irish Ski-O Champs. The standard of competition is increasing year by year. This edition had not just ski equipment but also controls and a map. I even had a map-board.
My technical innovation led to a vastly improved time on the course, knocking twenty seconds off the previous best time. Unfortunately, successive competitors perfected my technique and brought the time down to something like 36 seconds. There were no Irish faster than me today, so I improved a place from last year's Irish Champs.
Ski Orienteering
Also doubled as the repeatedly-postponed 2010 Irish Ski-O Champs. The standard of competition is increasing year by year. This edition had not just ski equipment but also controls and a map. I even had a map-board.
My technical innovation led to a vastly improved time on the course, knocking twenty seconds off the previous best time. Unfortunately, successive competitors perfected my technique and brought the time down to something like 36 seconds. There were no Irish faster than me today, so I improved a place from last year's Irish Champs.
Note
Superstars
Mini-golf. Watch out Padraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell. On my competitive debut, without practice, I destroyed the course and the competition, with scores of 3, 2,4,3 (eagle!) for a total of 12 on the par 16 (?) course. Highlight was putting the ball up a slate ramp, bouncing it off a couple of planks of wood and into the hole, more or less deliberately :)
Superstars
Compass Throw. Baseplate and thumb compass weren't doing it for me, so I took out my trusty studentidrott keyring compass and got within 24 inches. Respectable.
Superstars
Jigsaw Puzzle. Not good (me), over two minutes.
Superstars
Axe-throwing. I missed.
Superstars
Bowwling. Forgot how this works and didn't get close to a century. Hats off to Charlie for his 176.
Mini-golf. Watch out Padraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell. On my competitive debut, without practice, I destroyed the course and the competition, with scores of 3, 2,4,3 (eagle!) for a total of 12 on the par 16 (?) course. Highlight was putting the ball up a slate ramp, bouncing it off a couple of planks of wood and into the hole, more or less deliberately :)
Superstars
Compass Throw. Baseplate and thumb compass weren't doing it for me, so I took out my trusty studentidrott keyring compass and got within 24 inches. Respectable.
Superstars
Jigsaw Puzzle. Not good (me), over two minutes.
Superstars
Axe-throwing. I missed.
Superstars
Bowwling. Forgot how this works and didn't get close to a century. Hats off to Charlie for his 176.
running (Wife-carrying) 30 [3]
Superstars
Wife-Carrying. My mother told me marrying Ken was a bad idea, but that was just because she wanted grandchildren. I now recognise the error of my ways. Clearly a wife the size of Sam or Kat or Kseniya is vastly preferable. On the plus side, AC collapsed under the weight of AJ, so we didn't get beaten by an all-female team.
Wife-Carrying. My mother told me marrying Ken was a bad idea, but that was just because she wanted grandchildren. I now recognise the error of my ways. Clearly a wife the size of Sam or Kat or Kseniya is vastly preferable. On the plus side, AC collapsed under the weight of AJ, so we didn't get beaten by an all-female team.
10 PM
Note
Post-Superstars Bananagrams went on until one in the morning. Strange messages were sent by someone to someone.