Training Log: Spike

Easy effort but long (for me these days) and a bit hilly. I ran from home and did my April campus hilly course. I carried the map and looked at it off and on. Not enough to consider it orienteering training, but still useful and fun.

Nice weather - low 50s, light wind, sun - that most people would consider pleasant.

I felt good. Is that the last 3 runs where I've felt good? I think so. That's nice. I guess it won't last.

I saw a few students on campus taking graduation pictures. That's always fun to see.

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C • April hill course? 5

MTB on pavement. This include a bit of adding "bicycle parking" to Open Street Map. I'd noticed a few weeks ago that bike parking was very unevenly mapped on the KU campus. So I added a few that weren't already on the map.

On the water tower park map. All on pavement. Fun.

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A little time on the stationary bike before work. I watched a video of a MTB race to help pass the time.

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Morning jog. Maybe the last time this season that I need a headlamp?

We had storms in the area so I checked the radar and lightning map before I went out (and once one the jog). Rain fell the entire time, but was mostly light. For about 5 minutes the wind blew quite a lot from the north. I checked the airport weather after running and gusts were up to 38 mph. I think it was an "outflow boundary."

I didn't see any other runners or any deer today. I did see a driver going very fast through a parking lot.

Also, my legs felt good again. That was a nice surprise.

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After work while watching video from Viestiliiga. It helps pass the time. I've gotten as far as the end of the first leg of the men's relay.

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Morning jog. Didn't really need the headlamp after about the first 15-20 minutes.

I saw more runners than usual out today. One group must have been KU ROTC students doing some sort of time trial. I also saw a few deer.

My legs felt good.

This caught my eye from the write up of the Swedish night champs: "Så in mot trean läste jag igen mot fyran och släppte koncentrationen lite på kontrolltagningen. Så där rann det i väg onödiga sekunder som jag i stället kunde använt till att planera sträckan. Lite osmart."

That's why I try not to plan ahead.

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After work I spent some time loading up a yard waste cart. And then I hopped on the stationary bike and watched the final leg of the French sprint relay champs.

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