Training Log Archive: piIn the 7 days ending Apr 16, 2011:
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Saturday Apr 16, 2011 #
11 AM
Orienteering Forest 40:56 6.3 km (6:30 / km) +323m 5:10 / km
ahr:172 max:191
Middle at Pacheco. Open and steep ridge/valley terrain, with some oak trees here and there. Very pretty and green (compared to the brown in November 1.5 years ago). Unfortunately the fresh grass was tracking pretty badly, but I started late so it helped me a bit. Easy navigation and I had more or less a completely clean race. Went left on the route choice to 7 and maybe that was a bit slower. Controls 4 to 10 were fun with a good middle distance character and the end had a fast sprint-like feel. Wish I could run faster when it's so easy... hot and sunny. 3rd place, 2.5 min behind Ross Smith.
Friday Apr 15, 2011 #
5 PM
Orienteering City/Park 16:37 3.99 km (4:10 / km) +4m 4:09 / km
ahr:171 max:179
Sprint at Casa de Fruta. A very long and narrow map, some buildings, a little forest, parking lots and a tiny amusement park. Silly start, with the first control "behind" the start and then back to the second control again, a massive dogleg. Too many long legs across parking lots and fields, would have been better to zigzag across more. A fun little forest part and good finish. Completely flat! I did not make any mistakes, but it was a simple runner's course. 4th place, 1 minute behind Jordan.
Running Smooth 15:00 [2]
Warm-up.
Thursday Apr 14, 2011 #
6 PM
Orienteering Forest 1:01:31 6.94 km (8:52 / km) +316m 7:13 / km
ahr:145 max:169
Training at Briones with Jonas and Kyle. Very steep, 7.5 meter contours! On the way to 3 got too low and slid down some earth banks into the creek. Once on the other side there were some really bad side ravines and I got tired of climbing around, so abandoned control 3 and 4. From 5 it went better and I eventually caught up with Jonas at 12. Kind of followed his back for the rest. Really pretty views from the top of the ridge.
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011 #
4 PM
Running Smooth 11:13 2.01 km (5:35 / km) +93m 4:32 / km
ahr:137 max:151
Warm-up. Run from Vlad's and Lani's place up to McLaren Park.
Orienteering City/Park 30:00 4.85 km (6:11 / km) +236m 4:59 / km
ahr:158 max:174
Andrea planned a middle distance-ish course at McLaren for me that I ran. Did not push race pace, but tried to keep it steady. Grass was mostly knee high and the ground was a bit lumpy, so it was hard to run fast, especially downhill. Made some smaller mistakes here and there. Great views all around!
Running Smooth 21:31 3.44 km (6:15 / km) +88m 5:33 / km
ahr:131 max:150
Cool-down.
Sunday Apr 10, 2011 #
12 PM
Orienteering Forest 59:21 11.05 km (5:22 / km) +300m 4:44 / km
ahr:163 max:177
Why Just Run #4 of 2011! Spring Ramble in Silver Valley. Mostly a trail run, but some very nice small areas of open forest here and there. First control was a bit tricky because they had thinned the forest in that area. Only significant time loss was to 11, where I got stuck in brambles and deadfall and then turned the wrong way when I hit the trail. Tried to push the pace a little bit. Rainy and wet!
Map, Results
Map, Results