Training Log Archive: Ari-o

Less pain in the quad, going faster. Still no running.

Lah dee dah deck.

Event: UNO Boulder Dash
 

Very slow core. Tired and hurt. Ugh.

Quick warm up before the race. Quad felt okay until I tried to do a little speed. Uh oh.

The less said the better. I was doing okay until after 11, when two things happened:

1. I could not find 12. I spent a lot of time wandering around, first on my own, then with some cadets, to little avail. Was well west of where I should have been.

2. Around that point I wasn't able to run. My quad basically said no any time I tried to go any faster than a walk. So I walked the rest of the course.

Some things I learned:

* Thumbpass = awesome.
* When you spike a control based on reading features and then taking a bearing, it feels great.
* Just don't spend half an hour on the next control.
* Vague, flat areas with lots of green really aren't that fun to orienteer in.

Not sure if I'll go up tomorrow. Definitely depends on how my leg feels. No need to really put myself in a bad place with another day of stumbling around the woods.

Day 1 - Blue - Splits

Quad still hurts some, letting it rest some.

Sneaking in a quick run in between things. Leg still hurts, I think I'll take it easy tomorrow.

Another deck. It's too warm for this.

Ran down the GRT in the dark. Took it slow up top on the rocks but once I hit the last 5k on trails I was able to reel off the miles at 5-6 mph, which felt great. Hit the car by 1:10, and then motored back to Boston in 2:15. Yeah being fast!

Giacomo's O. Fun! He had a 50 (!) control map set up, running pretty much anywhere owned by Harvard this side of the Arboretum (or at least the medical campus). I decided to run for a while and see where I made it. Started over on the Boston campus, then came back across the river to come and play in the Yard, which is pretty fun and orienteery.

Now, I made it extra hard on myself by forgetting a headlamp (to my credit, I came straight from an event after work and didn't have time to get home) so it was more of a memory O between streetlights, where I couldn't see the map. I'll give myself an extra technical star for that. Extra fun.

Really tired by this point, so my deck was slow slow slow.

Left Boston, drove in no traffic to NH, hit the GRT running. Made the first couple of miles before it was pitch black, and good time beyond there. Got to Galefest as the festivities were kicking off, and so many people there! Felt really good going up the trail, too. Hopefully I can continue to dominate NH this weekend.

Wooo did my deck in 16:15 today. Thought 16 might be in the cards (haha) but a few sit ups a the end slowed me down. Pretty sweet to do a deck at Galehead Hut at 11:30 before running down. Pretty sweet to run up to a hut for a party on a weeknight and basically not miss any work. As for missing sleep, though. …