Training Log Archive: jtorrancIn the 31 days ending Mar 31, 2008:
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Sunday Mar 30, 2008 #
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No Stars WRE in Ontario so I'll do the Thomass Eliminator instead.
Orienteering 42:43 [4]
Thomass Eliminator Sprints - a fun outing on a beautiful day though running on the snow was pretty brutal - not such hard work as deep soft snow would have been but the uncertainty as to whether each footplant would be solid or not was extreme and really threw one off one's stride. Or rather, prevented one from getting a consistent stride going in the first place. Too excited in the first loop and mispunched on one of the third loop controls along with many others - I guess the preliminary results are letting me get away with it since I'm M35 but I should be DQed based on my Canadian ranking being in the top 10. Sloppy navigation too. Did better in subsequent loops except for losing contact on an easy trail running leg to the penultimate control on the third loop.
Saturday Mar 29, 2008 #
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In Ontario, visiting relatives. A fair bit of slow walking around the Toronto Zoo but nothing else in the way of activity.
Friday Mar 28, 2008 #
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11.2
Cycling 30:00 [3]
Work commute in.
Thursday Mar 27, 2008 #
Cycling 1:04:00 [3]
Work commute with diversion to PCRM on the way home in the evening.
Wednesday Mar 26, 2008 #
Running 6:16 [1]
Warmup/cooldown.
Form exercises 23:08 [4]
Silly walks and 9x100m strides.
Cycling 57:00 [3]
Cycling to work and home.
Tuesday Mar 25, 2008 #
Cycling 1:02:00 [3]
Cycling to work and back by way of TPSS.
Monday Mar 24, 2008 #
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12.5
Cycling 57:00 [3]
Cycling to work and back.
Sunday Mar 23, 2008 #
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Rosaryville
Cycling 1:24:00 [3]
Another round trip to Rosaryville.
Hiking 3:40:00 [1]
Just past noon to almost sunset fieldchecking. I think I'm done except for the drafting and any new things Nadim finds that needs correcting between now and mid-April. And finishing (in some areas, even starting) the eastern fringes of the park Nadim's courses don't use, but that can wait until next season.
Ran into Valerie as she tested the Blue course, and a mountain biker who asked me if I was doing some kind of navigation and who turned out to be a GAOC member now moved to our area, and my first tick of the season, which I found in and had to extract from my navel when I got home in the evening.
Ran into Valerie as she tested the Blue course, and a mountain biker who asked me if I was doing some kind of navigation and who turned out to be a GAOC member now moved to our area, and my first tick of the season, which I found in and had to extract from my navel when I got home in the evening.
Saturday Mar 22, 2008 #
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Easter Classic 5K/10K? Then Rosaryville.
Cycling 1:22:00 [3]
Round trip to Rosaryville.
Hiking 3:50:00 [1]
Late morning to sunset field checking. Met Nadim on arrival at the mansion as he just happened to be crossing the parking lot beside which I lock up my bike.
Startled the largest grouse-like bird I've ever seen late in the afternoon. It was sitting in the cup depression left by one of the mapped rootstocks and took off in a steep climb to treetop level when I approached to within 10 to 15 meters. It was well enough camouflaged that I probably never would have noticed it if it had kept still but I suppose the avian instinct would generally be to fly away if in doubt unless there's a nest to be defended.
Startled the largest grouse-like bird I've ever seen late in the afternoon. It was sitting in the cup depression left by one of the mapped rootstocks and took off in a steep climb to treetop level when I approached to within 10 to 15 meters. It was well enough camouflaged that I probably never would have noticed it if it had kept still but I suppose the avian instinct would generally be to fly away if in doubt unless there's a nest to be defended.
Friday Mar 21, 2008 #
Running 6:08 [1]
Warmup/cooldown.
Form exercises 24:33 [4]
Silly walks, 9x100m strides and once hard up the hill heading home.
Cycling 1:20:00 [3]
Cycling to work. To the Kennedy Center to see Shen Wei Dance Arts and then home in the evening.
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11.4
Thursday Mar 20, 2008 #
Cycling 1:05:00 [3]
No pool again this morning but a better excuse - decided on waking that I'd better put in some time in OCAD before work if I wanted to be certain of heading into the woods with adequate printouts to support my field checking agenda for the weekend. Home by way of PCRM work party.
Wednesday Mar 19, 2008 #
Cycling 57:00 [3]
Another failure to get moving early in the morning. Need to do better at getting to bed quickly once I give up on OCAD if I'm going to do better any day this week. Cycled to work, at least. And home.
Tuesday Mar 18, 2008 #
Cycling 57:00 [3]
After failing to get to the pool in the morning, the same commute plan as on Monday.
Monday Mar 17, 2008 #
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11.7
Cycling 57:00 [3]
Cycling to work. Straight home to put in the evening working in OCAD.
Sunday Mar 16, 2008 #
Event: QOC Patuxent
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Either Rosaryville then QOC Patuxent or the other way around - nice that one of our existing maps is near Rosaryville.
Orienteering race 1:12:33 [4] 11.0 km (6:36 / km) +265m 5:53 / km
QOC Patuxent Blue.
Hiking 1:50:00 [1]
More fieldwork at Rosaryville. Dragging slightly from aftereffects of race and previous day's outing.
Saturday Mar 15, 2008 #
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Rosaryville
Cycling 1:23:00 [3]
Cycling bits of round trip to Rosaryville.
Hiking 4:30:00 [1]
Fieldwork at Rosaryville. Got a lot done ("done" ignoring the minor matter of the ensuing cartography).
Friday Mar 14, 2008 #
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11.6
Cycling 59:00 [3]
Cycling to work. Tried out new arm warmers. Home after seeing Koyaanisqatsi with Dan at the AFI.
Thursday Mar 13, 2008 #
Cycling 1:25:00 [3]
Cycling to work. Home by way of the E Strret cinema downtown. Saw Persepolis. And Dan, of course.
Wednesday Mar 12, 2008 #
Cycling 1:01:00 [3]
Cycling to work. Home by way of the AFI and a couple of libraries to get tax forms for Dan.
Running 7:04 [1]
Warmup/cooldown.
Form exercises 23:27 [4]
First time this spring - silly walks, 9x100m strides and once hard up the hill on the way home.
Tuesday Mar 11, 2008 #
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11.4
Cycling 34:00 [3]
Home by way of TPSS.
Sunday Mar 9, 2008 #
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Continuing Dan time in the land of Gagarin.
Hiking 1:30:00 [1]
Dan and I hiked up to Goat Peak in Mount Tom State Reservation and back down again just in time not to be stumbling in the dark. Slow going since reports that all the snow would have melted or been washed away by the rain were greatly exagerrated and Dan had been persuaded by them not to bring her YakTrax.
Saturday Mar 8, 2008 #
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Dan time in Western Massachusetts.
Friday Mar 7, 2008 #
Cycling 30:00 [3]
Cycling to work.
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10.8
Thursday Mar 6, 2008 #
Cycling 1:03:00 [3]
Cycling to work. Carrying a grab bag of things I'll need for the coming weekend in Western Massachusetts just so I won't be too burdened on my commute tomorrow morning. Home by way of PCRM.
Wednesday Mar 5, 2008 #
Cycling 1:02:00 [3]
Cycling to work and home by way of the aquatic center.
Deep Water Running 1:21:00 [2]
Another LSD DWR session. Somewhat less L than the last one since I needed to get home and put in some more time with OCAD in order to be able to give Nadim a usefully updated map before the weekend.
Tuesday Mar 4, 2008 #
Cycling 33:00 [3]
Cycling to work by way of the aquatic center. Directly home in the evening.
Deep Water Running 2:00:00 [2]
LSD in the pool while going through the first four lessons of the next up from basic level Pimsleur Czech course. All familiar content though not presented in identical order to the basic course. Most significant difference is that now all the Czechs you talk to on the street tell you that you speak and understand not merely well but very well - I guess this is the presumed consequence of springing for the slightly more expensive/advanced course.
Monday Mar 3, 2008 #
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12.5
Cycling 57:00 [3]
Cycling commute in and home.
Sunday Mar 2, 2008 #
Event: QOC Bowie
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QOC Bowie and Rosaryville? Both unlikely unless I rent a car for the day. But not quite impossible.
Orienteering race 52:41 [4] 6.4 km (8:14 / km)
QOC Bowie Red - let others lead me astray too soon into the woods on the first control but otherwise navigated about as competently as was to be expected given I was the last person before Misha Matveev to set courses on the map. Bags were generally hung pretty high so absolute precision wasn't necessarily necessary.
Hiking 2:02:00 [1]
Another fairly productive session at Rosaryville. Now I just have to get it all drawn in OCAD before next weekend.
Saturday Mar 1, 2008 #
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Rosaryville - I'll Snowgaine some other year.
Cycling 1:21:00 [3]
Cycling round trip to Rosaryville. Almost ideal conditions - strong tailwind going there in the morning that almost entirely died down by early evening.
Hiking 3:05:00 [1]
Productive day mapping in Rosaryville. Unprecedentedly, encounted a racoon walking through the forest in the daylight. Friend racoon didn't seem to be moving very well though it was hard to tell if there was an actual limp or just a slight lack of vigour and/or coordination - maybe it was the wandering home after a racoon bender. I got within just over a meter of it as it started to climb a tree and, surprisingly, it didn't high tail it out of reach but just stayed there clinging to the tree and watching me once efforts to keep the trunk between us failed. After a few seconds, I decided I'd added enough stress to its life and continued with the mapping.