Training Log Archive: jtorranc

Miscellaneous cycling, the bulk of it getting from College Park to REI and then to Greenbelt. Did the bulk of the serious getting around by Metro to allow some luxurious sleeping in in the morning. Though I should have bestirred myself earlier - it might have been possible to get everything I wanted to do done including going to the concert at the NGA in the evening if I'd gone to REI before orienteering and been among the first starters at College Park.

College Park Sprint A - a course with a lot of route choice - I'd say eight of the legs required more than a glance to decide on a route, including the first one in which I turned around after initially starting south from the start. Also took what, on the map, looks like the wrong way around the Clarice Smith center but Dave Onkst claimed it was actually better - apparently there was some unmapped or perhaps unmappable construction activity in the way going around the other side of the building?

College Park Sprint B - less complex route choice, more quick direction changes and penalties for failing to read the smaller details on the map and/or the control descriptions. Slight edge taken off my speed by the first sprint so merciful that it was possible to run the legs on this one more directly.

Streamering control locations in Greenbelt for a training exercise sometime in future. It sounded as though November fourth wouldn't be good for a number of the people I would expect to be most likely to show up at any training I offer so I may end up doing it after the Batona 500. Saw many whitetail deer. Came fairly close to having a hard time finding the pit I'd stashed my panniers in as darkness of course came earlier than the back of my mind nevertheless expected it to. Some of the deadfall producing weather has definitely had a nasty impact on parts of the park, though the 2000 vintage vegetation mapping still makes sense if you move slowly enough. Some undermapped contour in the vicinity of one of my controls, including something that really ought to be at least a big formline reentrant but doesn't even get hinted at.

American Liver Foundation 5K? No HVO O festival; was going to organise some training but then realised this was Maryland Scout-O day so shifting that plan to November 4th. Unless it seems advisable to spend all that day checking the new PWFP mapping.

Easy ride out to Hain's Point for the 5K.

ALS 5K - second, only slightly slower than in the same race in 2004 so work to be done over the winter but the starting point isn't too depressing. Next attempt to improve on this likely mid-December on the same dead flat course.

Remaining cycling home after the race and then downtown for an afternoon of films at the National Gallery and back.

Home to dentist for relatively quick and painless replacement of two fillings to work and home again.

Commute in and home by way of the aquatic center.

Reading various training comments on the advisability of a big season ending rest, I wonder whether I ought to extend my break from serious running since NAOCs for an additional week. I had been planning on resuming training on Monday.

Front crawl feels much the same as it did earlier in the week. Did a fair bit of that and other strokes and much flutter kicking with and without fins. Guy in lane next to me was doing pretty fast front crawl while I was kicking with fins so I resolved to keep it up until I managed to lap him. Didn't notice he was also wearing fins, though smaller ones than mine, until I was about 2/3 of the way to succeeding.

Commute in with a visit to the dentist in Rockville on the way. Home and then onward by Metro to (successfully) line up for a ticket to see Pilobolus at the Warner Theater.

Work commute, including home by way of TPSS and the Takoma Aquatic Center.

Seems I can do front crawl again with only minor discomfort from the right side of my rib cage.

Home from work to see an eventful Prison Break.