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Training Log Archive: possum

In the 7 days ending May 18, 2013:

activity # timemileskm+m
  Orienteering3 3:49:13 4.72 7.6 12023 /29c79%
  Total3 3:49:13 4.72 7.6 12023 /29c79%

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Saturday May 18, 2013 #

4 PM

Orienteering race 44:22 [4] ** 3.5 km (12:41 / km)
spiked:16/16c shoes: Skechers GoRunS

Fun sprint in the park in conjunction with our annual meeting. Upper 80's and humid. Easy navigation, but I haven't been doing much running with the weather, the ElRay, and the injured foot. Good to get out there, and see what I needed to work on.

Also stopped at Raintree to update a couple of areas on the map which have had major changes since last summer.

Wednesday May 15, 2013 #

6 AM

Orienteering 1:00:00 [4]

Several new wrinkles again today. Jared was glad to hear my strength and endurance were good over the weekend even though my navigation sucked.

Sunday May 12, 2013 #

10 AM

Orienteering race 2:04:51 [4] *** 4.1 km (30:27 / km) +120m 26:34 / km
spiked:7/13c shoes: INOV8 Bare Grips

The long race today at Camp Wakpominee started with a 500 m walk to the registration area, then a 1200 m walk to the start.

Today was not as technical, but it was a physical challenge. I messed up on 2, and had to search, then tripped on a rock and broke my magnifier off. I spent several minutes looking for the broken part and found it, but will need to order a new one when I get home on Monday.

No. 3 was my biggest problem. I was following the map well, but came to a trail short of where the control should be. It even had trail markers on it, but I couldn't find it on the map, so I wasted a bunch of time going back and forth on it, to see what I was missing. Finally, I decided to disregard it and go back to finding my control. I also messed up on the 4-5 leg--not because of not finding it, but making a very bad route choice and ending up in a marsh which almost sucked my shoes off. I got pretty tired trying to get out of there.

The good news is that I was strong physically, and I learned a lot about making better route choices.

Super fun weekend, and the opportunity to have much different terrain than we get in the midwest.

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