Training Log Archive: jtorranc

Event: QOC Prince William Forest Park, Happyland
 

Blue - Splits

Round trip to work.

Event: QOC Greenbelt National Park
 

Ran the course for the prospective QOC trail 10K to assess how much route marking would be required and make sure the distance is tolerably accurate. Also wanted to get an elevation profile for the course but looking at the result I think we're better off extracting that from a DEM.

QOC Greenbelt Blue - ouch, running 10K in the cold and then piling straight into a car to drive to an O meet in order to arrive in time for a shift of beginner instruction duty (more standing around in the cold) is not ideal pre-race prep. Still surprised how hobbled I felt - clearly haven't put my hamstring problems behind me yet despite trying to be nice to them for a month or so now. Fumbled what I think were objectively the two hardest controls to spike as well - a mediocre outing all around.

Blue - Splits

Round trip to work plus evening excursion to Freer Gallery to see an Iranian film with Dan.

Round trip to work.

Round trip to work with food shopping at TPSS on the way home.

To and from work - from was dicy, with very light freezing rain/snow just beginning to accumulate on the sidewalk pavement.

From work to home.

Event: QOC Laurel Ridge Ski-O
 

Longer ski-O course at Laurel Ridge.

Shorter ski-O course.

Some control pickup.

Skiing most of the trail network at Laurel Ridge. Conditions decent but not great for skating; pity I left my classic equipment in Canada, though doing so did at least ensure that my first time skating this season wouldn't be the ski leg of the Winterlude Triathlon.

Cycling to work and home by way of four running stores to post notices about QOC's trail race.

Event: QOC Wheaton Regional Park
 

To and from Wheaton, with some food shopping on the return leg, plus dropping in on the downtown Silver Spring Pacers location to post the postcards Greg got printed up to advertise our trail race.

QOC Wheaton Red - floundered on the first control, a rootstock that most emphatically isn't exactly where the map indicates, and, less forgivably, on the third control where I shouldn't have been fooled into thinking the person off to my left was at the control when it ought to have been clear the right pit was off to my right, according to plan. Otherwise okay though I had some major moments of uncertainty due to significant areas of unmapped deadfall/fallen trees in the eastern portion of the map inside or among which controls were well hidden. The map could definitely use a minor update to incorporate significant trail reroutes, new rootstocks and new or shifting thick vegetation. Not sure how useful a new basemap would be - will have to take a stab at assessing how serious and spatial distortions are - though the contour detail could certainly be better.

Red - Splits

Round trip to work.

To work by way of a dental checkup. Not "Look Ma, no cavities." but at least "Look Ma, no need for an immediate appointment for dental work.".

Home by way of PCRM work party.

To work and back.

To work and back by way of TPSS. Had forgotten it was the monthly member discount night. Should make a point of shopping on the first Tuesday of the month intentionally and not just coincidentally, I suppose.

To work and back.

~10 repetitions of surya namaskar once I finished most of my packing for the trip back south. Sadly, afterwards I managed to have a silly accident packing stuff including my razor and took a slice of skin off the tip of a finger. Messy and sure to keep me out of the pool for at least several day, hopefully not much more than a week.