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Thursday Apr 30, 2015 #
5 PM
Bicycle 50:52 [1] 10.5 mi (4:51 / mi) +75m 4:44 / mi
Out to O. Met Alex at home after a presto-change-o change of clothes and bag pack (and probably a 6 minute ride home from work with a tailwind making almost every light) and we set off. Alex didn't want to go fast. I'm okay with that.
We had a bit of an adventure on Western. I took the cycletrack, she stayed in the street. A block later, I saw a car blocking the cycletrack and she decided to try it, so we decided to switch. Only we didn't tell each other, and almost crashed, and certainly made contact. And laughed it off at the next light.
We hit a lot of lights, but it was certainly faster than all those people in their rolling coffins sitting in traffic. No other close calls and even a couple courteous drivers in Waltham! Nice breeze, nice afternoon for a ride.
We had a bit of an adventure on Western. I took the cycletrack, she stayed in the street. A block later, I saw a car blocking the cycletrack and she decided to try it, so we decided to switch. Only we didn't tell each other, and almost crashed, and certainly made contact. And laughed it off at the next light.
We hit a lot of lights, but it was certainly faster than all those people in their rolling coffins sitting in traffic. No other close calls and even a couple courteous drivers in Waltham! Nice breeze, nice afternoon for a ride.
6 PM
Trail Run warm up/down 5:09 [1] 0.6 mi (8:35 / mi) +15m 7:58 / mi
Ran in to the woods to pee, then around a bit to warm up.
Orienteering race 23:05 [3] 2.4 mi (9:37 / mi) +50m 9:02 / mi
Cat Rock! Great course set by Pia for the O today. I can't find my map but here's what happened:
1. I glanced and said "oh, that marsh sucks, trails." Then I turned on the wrong trail. Probably 20 seconds right there. I ran towards 1 and went to take a bearing and looked at my thumb and there was no compass. I'd left that little doohickey at the start (in my bag). Most park-Os you barely need one, but Cat Rock sort of has terrain and features and such that it might help. But I figured I'd be sporting and not run back and restart, so I decided to run the course without a compass, and use the terrain and features. (I need some compass work, but ParkO is probably not the place for it anyway.)
I'd caught the marsh-going Katia and we went together to 2 and 3, jumped over the stream, and I spiked 4. And 5. And 6. Ran the long leg to 7, spike, and 8-12. It was off to 13. I wasn't going particularly fast, but I was going very much in the right direction. This felt good.
The plan for 13 was to take the northern little trail to the junction and attack off of that (less green) I ran the trail and the junction was so shallow I way overran, and then had to run back through the woods. This cost me damn near a minute.
Then I went to the finish. Good to feel good about O!
1. I glanced and said "oh, that marsh sucks, trails." Then I turned on the wrong trail. Probably 20 seconds right there. I ran towards 1 and went to take a bearing and looked at my thumb and there was no compass. I'd left that little doohickey at the start (in my bag). Most park-Os you barely need one, but Cat Rock sort of has terrain and features and such that it might help. But I figured I'd be sporting and not run back and restart, so I decided to run the course without a compass, and use the terrain and features. (I need some compass work, but ParkO is probably not the place for it anyway.)
I'd caught the marsh-going Katia and we went together to 2 and 3, jumped over the stream, and I spiked 4. And 5. And 6. Ran the long leg to 7, spike, and 8-12. It was off to 13. I wasn't going particularly fast, but I was going very much in the right direction. This felt good.
The plan for 13 was to take the northern little trail to the junction and attack off of that (less green) I ran the trail and the junction was so shallow I way overran, and then had to run back through the woods. This cost me damn near a minute.
Then I went to the finish. Good to feel good about O!
Orienteering warm up/down 6:33 [1] 0.5 mi (13:06 / mi) +25m 11:20 / mi
Ran to pick up a couple controls.
Then had to choose between the biking home, the 70 bus, and the train. Decided on the train, because headwind and dark. Took the train to Belmont, and that seems to be the Concord Academy Express (well, I'm not sure, but there were a lot of kids on it and I don't think there's a private school in Shirley). Due to the construction the schedules are about 20 minutes later, so I didn't get to Belmont (saved $3 with an interzone ticket) until 8:12 (still faster than biking, even with a speed restriction out of Waltham). The conductor asked me which side the platform was on, apparently her first week on the job. Okay then.
Biked home and then saw Life Alive and OOH LIFE ALIVE. 65 minutes park to attackpoint, including getting food.
Then had to choose between the biking home, the 70 bus, and the train. Decided on the train, because headwind and dark. Took the train to Belmont, and that seems to be the Concord Academy Express (well, I'm not sure, but there were a lot of kids on it and I don't think there's a private school in Shirley). Due to the construction the schedules are about 20 minutes later, so I didn't get to Belmont (saved $3 with an interzone ticket) until 8:12 (still faster than biking, even with a speed restriction out of Waltham). The conductor asked me which side the platform was on, apparently her first week on the job. Okay then.
Biked home and then saw Life Alive and OOH LIFE ALIVE. 65 minutes park to attackpoint, including getting food.