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Saturday Oct 12, 2013 #
11 AM
Orienteering 53:10 [4] 3.2 km (16:37 / km) +170m 13:08 / km
Canadian Nationals Middle
Really tried to stretch foot. But, just to show I'm stupid, I ran in brand new shoes. Hoped to run more or less clean, but slow.
Fine to #1 and #2. I suppose that I got a bit "fancy" going to #3 and the "reward" was a return trip to #2 and an 8.5 minute error. The rest of the course was mostly clean and I didn't even record an error when I went via trail to #8 and lost my shoe in some sole-sucking muck. My foot didn't really hurt until the final uphill and "sprint" in.
Finished in the middle of the pack and was reasonably happy with that.
Even better, the shoes were great and the foot felt much better. Alas, after I went to clean the shoes, I found a tear right along the stitching line and had to return them. Shout out to the O-Store folks who couldn't have been nicer about the whole thing!
Really tried to stretch foot. But, just to show I'm stupid, I ran in brand new shoes. Hoped to run more or less clean, but slow.
Fine to #1 and #2. I suppose that I got a bit "fancy" going to #3 and the "reward" was a return trip to #2 and an 8.5 minute error. The rest of the course was mostly clean and I didn't even record an error when I went via trail to #8 and lost my shoe in some sole-sucking muck. My foot didn't really hurt until the final uphill and "sprint" in.
Finished in the middle of the pack and was reasonably happy with that.
Even better, the shoes were great and the foot felt much better. Alas, after I went to clean the shoes, I found a tear right along the stitching line and had to return them. Shout out to the O-Store folks who couldn't have been nicer about the whole thing!
Friday Oct 11, 2013 #
6 PM
Orienteering 28:51 [4] 3.62 km (7:58 / km) +30m 7:39 / km
Canadian Nationals Sprint
With a injured (and hurting) foot, I was looking to be slow, but mentally sharp and see if the foot would hold up so that I could start on Saturday and Sunday. Combine this with the fact that this was my first campus/urban sprint in several years and my expectations were low.
Slow out of the box, but I got to #1 before hitting my first dead-end staircase on the way to #2. At #3, I was passed by the guy one minute behind me as I had failed to read "bottom of" staircase. Went around the wrong building to #5 and then was mostly clean until #10 when I went to the wrong tree even though I had already seen the flag on the way to #9. Path to #11 (was this good?) and left around the building to #13 although I got bumped by somebody doing the same at high speed as I cut back to #14. Was blocked by soccer equipment and lost time to #17 and then watched as three of the five people in my "pack" cut across the soccer field (OOB) on the way to #19.
All in all, I was reasonably pleased with the result even though I was very close to the bottom of the standings. I'd like to do it when my foot didn't ache. Interestingly, my only split in the top half was the leg that was entirely in the woods (#18). I took that as a good sign for the weekend.
Sadly, my foot ached all night and I slept very poorly as a result.
With a injured (and hurting) foot, I was looking to be slow, but mentally sharp and see if the foot would hold up so that I could start on Saturday and Sunday. Combine this with the fact that this was my first campus/urban sprint in several years and my expectations were low.
Slow out of the box, but I got to #1 before hitting my first dead-end staircase on the way to #2. At #3, I was passed by the guy one minute behind me as I had failed to read "bottom of" staircase. Went around the wrong building to #5 and then was mostly clean until #10 when I went to the wrong tree even though I had already seen the flag on the way to #9. Path to #11 (was this good?) and left around the building to #13 although I got bumped by somebody doing the same at high speed as I cut back to #14. Was blocked by soccer equipment and lost time to #17 and then watched as three of the five people in my "pack" cut across the soccer field (OOB) on the way to #19.
All in all, I was reasonably pleased with the result even though I was very close to the bottom of the standings. I'd like to do it when my foot didn't ache. Interestingly, my only split in the top half was the leg that was entirely in the woods (#18). I took that as a good sign for the weekend.
Sadly, my foot ached all night and I slept very poorly as a result.
Wednesday Oct 9, 2013 #
12 PM
Weights 25:00 [3]
Tuesday Oct 8, 2013 #
7 AM
Swimming 28:06 [2] 0.67 mi (41:57 / mi)
Monday Oct 7, 2013 #
12 PM
Cardio (Lateral Machine) 12:00 [3]
After hurting my foot at the Highlander fifteen days ago - not logged due to a combination of laziness, disgust, and feeling bad about myself - I took two weeks off, limping around. Since I want to go to Canadian Nationals this weekend, I needed to start testing it. This test went reasonably well; we'll see how it feels tomorrow.
C • Foot 3
Weights 23:00 [3]