Training Log Archive: expresso

Event: 2010 Golden Leaf Orienteering Fest
 

GLOF Sprint
Good start to the week. Ran under control and "saw" everything; surprising after not seeing real terrain since July. Did miss a route choice late and bobbled the last control. Won some Canada mittens. After yesterday's border crossing, not a big Canada fan so I need to find the Goodwill equivalent here.

GLOF Middle
Some interesting terrain at the beginning and then pretty blah course. I started poorly to 1 as I was reading the veg instead of the more reliable contours. FIne through 4 and the my common error to skip a control. Grrrrr. Found myself at 6, knowing I'd missed 5. Morale cracked and I stood their deciding how to regroup with my competitive race all but over. Decided to save my legs and walk the rest of the course and get my head back into complex maps. Map walking is an excellent drill but a bit humiliating during a race. It was the right thing to do yesterday. It will be a long race tomorrow and a long week ahead. Gotta keep the body strong and sharpen the mind.

Warm up/down. Was physically ready for both races.

Sprint 4 - Splits

Middle 7 - Splits

Easy group run. Funny realization. I have started doing both a running group and a biking group over the past coupple months; different groups from different towns. So I was jogging with a few of them today and mentioned the Wednesday bike group. Turns out, one of the guys also bikes with my group (and was even there last night) but I never realized he was the same person. I knew him as a biker and I knew him as a runner but never took enough notice. Duh!!
I was thinking that maybe it was because he's quiet and a bit nondescript. Could also be (and this probably sounds really bad) because he's a dude and not a dudette. Oh well. Regardless, I did talk to him for a while and he's very cool (for a dude).

Looks like a gorgeous weekend in Toronto. Yeah !!!!

Group ride. Fastest yet... but I am definitely slow compared to the top echelon of this group. I could hang on at any speed but not really pull my weight, although I did try my best. Includes easy warm up/down to/from OS. Felt ok; pooped now.

Group run to track for 5 X 1200m. I started on the track but only lasted about 100m before the lush grass wooed me over for the rest of the intervals. Although not very fast, I did enjoy running on the terrain instead of the asphalt.
Splits: 5:57, 5:55, 5:57, 6:01, 5:54

Easy swim to buy myself some jacuzzi time.
300s, 200p, 3 X 200s, 300pwp

Decided to run at the Savanna instead of bike. Estimated it was 4 miles from my bike pace/time and I was right on (assuming I ran my pokey 10 min/mi). Felt a bit stiff but hobbled through it.

Long ride. Considered a long run but didn't want to beat myself up too much before o-week. Plus my bike is just so fun to ride. Took Sheridan road down to Wilmette & back. Cool & breezy and I was a bit chilled by the end but glad to be done. Felt ok.