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Training Log Archive: BigWillyStyle

In the 7 days ending Jan 16, 2023:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Orienteering	4	3:18:43	18.58	(10:42)	29.9	(6:39)	572
Cycling	4	1:00:03	10.27	(10.3/h)	16.53	(16.5/h)	205
Running	2	16:30	1.42	(11:37)	2.29	(7:13)	70
Total	8	4:35:16	30.27	(9:06)	48.71	(5:39)	846

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Sunday Jan 15, 2023 #

9 AM

Running warm up/down 6:16 0.58 mi (10:49 / mi) +15m 10:01 / mi
ahr:117 max:140 shoes: Inov-8 TerraUltra G 270 (11)

Orienteering 58:34 10.81 km (5:25 / km) +132m 5:06 / km
ahr:156 max:175 shoes: Inov-8 TerraUltra G 270 (11)

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Anza Borrego Classic. I had a really good, even great run, massively better than the Goat physically and technically. Just a couple hesitations/bobbles, which were all corrected quickly. On 3, I was one hill/ridge to the right; on 14, I came into the reentrant a bit high (though it was also posited that the control may have been a bit too low); on 18, I was also a bit high but corrected after seeing the trail at the top of the ridge. I was pleased to be <1min behind AJ's winning time (though Joe would have improved that by 2-3 minutes had he not forgot to punch at a water control).

I much prefer the flatter, faster, subtler parts of AB to the steeper, slower parts, where you can stretch your legs out and feel like you're moving well instead of dealing with almost countless steep hillsides of slippery rocks.

C • Water controls 4

1 PM

Orienteering 52:34 4.59 km (11:27 / km) +123m 10:06 / km
ahr:135 max:169 shoes: Inov-8 TerraUltra G 270 (11)

The famous slot canyon maze-o. I managed to find all 10 controls with some minutes to spare, so that's a win - and I only got into one precarious spot, where I climbed halfway down a cliff and had to turn around and go back up because it was too scary.

Saturday Jan 14, 2023 #

Event: Anza-Borrego Desert Orienteering Festival

9 AM

Running warm up/down 10:14 0.84 mi (12:11 / mi) +55m 10:08 / mi
ahr:130 max:161 shoes: Inov-8 TerraUltra G 270 (11)

Orienteering 1:03:12 10.29 km (6:09 / km) +278m 5:25 / km
ahr:161 max:180 shoes: Inov-8 TerraUltra G 270 (11)

Anza Borregoat! This didn't go too well; in the excitement of the mass start I probably went out too hard in an ill-advised attempt to keep up with the other guys, and was struggling physically by the middle of the course. I made a dumb route choice decision to stay high out of 3, which put me perhaps as much as a minute behind the leaders - a margin I had little to no chance of making up. This put me just behind Andy and ahead of Erin; I got back ahead of Andy by 9, but it was only after reaching 11 that I realized it had been the glaringly obvious control to skip...oops.

I decided 16 was the only worthwhile skip remaining, and continued to the 12-13-14-15 trail running section, which felt much more arduous than it should have due to the sandy footing. To my surprise, Joe appeared in the distance ahead of me on the way to 13; it turned out that he had also not skipped 11 (the only other one of the front group not to) and then decided to skip *12*, a hilariously poor decision which led to him replacing a lot of trail running with steep, unstable side-hilling, and probably ADDED time if anything. Anyway, I jumped slightly ahead of him with my skip, but he caught up again at 18 and cruised ahead into the finish; I followed for a disappointing sixth place.

2 PM

Orienteering 24:23 4.21 km (5:48 / km) +39m 5:32 / km
ahr:135 max:164 shoes: Inov-8 TerraUltra G 270 (11)

Vetting/pre-running the afternoon motala sprint. My legs felt wrecked, so I was not moving well.

Friday Jan 13, 2023 #

8 AM

Cycling 14:05 2.55 mi (10.9 mph)
ahr:87 max:125

4 PM

Cycling 16:12 2.58 mi (9.6 mph) +103m
ahr:102 max:136

Wednesday Jan 11, 2023 #

8 AM

Cycling 13:08 2.57 mi (11.7 mph)
ahr:95 max:118

4 PM

Cycling 16:38 2.57 mi (9.3 mph) +102m
ahr:113 max:144

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