Training Log Archive: hamlet

Event: Susquehanna Stumble @ Patuxent River Park (QOC)
 

This was incredibly fun. The fact that the park was so flat made it really nice to just run. A few times I even took a slightly longer route on a trail/road that I think paid off, since I was running and I didn't have to worry about navigating too much. Plus, with the map reading exercises I've been doing, running on a road/trail and mapping ha become super easy. I still need to work on doing it off trails, though.
It was super fun because I felt my training start to pay off. Firstly, I was actually able to run at a decent speed (the fact that I kept on seeing Addie out there was proof of that) and that I didn't necessarily burn out, even though I ran almost 9km. Only at the end of the last window I started to feel kind of tired, but I think that was partially because that's the first place there were some actual (bigger) hills.
I really enjoyed this. As usual I was worried about the mass start, but the fact that I had a different route choice for the first window than apparently almost everyone else (I went to B first instead of A) made it less stressful for me.
So navigation wise, I was really proud of myself for sticking to my routes. At the beginning when there was nobody else going my way, I stuck to my plan. When I noticed that in the 2nd window I accidentally started heading to Q instead of to S, I kept on going to Q because changing my route at that point would be a waste of time. Between 12 and 13, when I decided to run on the road and trail and saw Addie cut through the woods, I thought why didn't I cut through as well it would've been shorter, but I kept on running at the same speed and I stuck to my plan (I was running pretty fast, so I don't think I lost too much time).
However, I kept on making smaller mistakes. On several controls I got into the circle (or really close to the circle) and then I couldn't either 1. find the correct reentrant or 2. find where the control was on the feature. Also, the biggest mess up I had was when I was in the second window. So my plan was to go T, R, S, Q, ad then U. But because I saw Addie, I got a bit distracted and forgot what my plan was, so I just ran at any control I saw on the map I guess. I ended up going to T, then R, but then I ran to U, and then I decided to dash straight to Q. That's when, halfway to Q, I realized that I forgot about S. So after geting Q, I had to return back to S, and then go to 12. Luckily it wasn't terrible, but it had to have cost me maybe a minute.
There were also some route choices that could have been better (like the first window), but I don't think I lost too much extra time on those. Hopefully.

Does learning to folklore and ballroom dance count as training? Cuz it really should.
It was incredibly fun, but man my calves were burning by the end of it (from being on my toes so much) and we were all sweating after those two hours.

Short - Splits

II dragged my mom out of the house to do a map reading exercise with me. We went to meadowbrook park and used some string to make a wenn diagram on the ground, and with a map of a line connecting dots with straght lines and turning either left, right, or staying stragin (I have no idea how to explain this sorry) it shows hwere you should turn at each intersection on thevenn diagran (as you run around it). It's a lot about map contact, and even though my mom and I were checking each other, we probably weren't 100% correct.
On this first attempt it was quite rough for me to keep track of where I was, and I was going pretty slow.

So this on e went a bit better. We used the same map, but went the opposite way But still, it really helped to already be focused into the map and actually make a strategy for not losing contact with the map. Plus, my time decreased significantly.

For weight training we went down to the turf, and so I decided to jog around on the track a bit. It was nice, I was running with peter and we were talking a ton, so eventually we just slowed down to a walk cuz we had to breathe somehow.

it's nice to bike again

12 sets of:
10x 65lb deadlift
10x 10lb (per arm) bicep curl and press

5 sets of 10x 45lb (per arm) lateral pull

I just felt like going for a bike ride I guess. I think I just missed biking

So no biking today, again. I keep on oversleeping, and I don't get it, because I'm not going to sleep any later than usual, actually I went to sleep earlier than usual last night.

3 set of 7x 65lb bench press
3 set of 8x 65lb bench press
3 set of 9x 65lb bench press
3 set of 10x 65lb bench press

2 sets of 10x 25lb tricep pull overs

I was still not feeling too well, so I at least went on an easy run with my dad and Ben.

My legs are aching bad from yesterday's weight training, and I ran more than I intended. I also did not feel too well, so I stayed at home and rested after school.

15 sets of:
10x 50lb RDL
10x 10lb (per arm) bicep curl and press

5 sets of 10x 45lb low rows
-- stretching legs a bit--
5 sets of10x 90lb leg presses (these hurt a lot for some reason)
1:30 on aribike (legs only)

I was trying to do the map reading exercise that was matching the inside of the control circle to the correct control on the map. I probably had a lot wrong, and there were two that I just had no idea what would fit. It was really hard for me, I need to check over the map.

Lead:
5.10a - onsite
5.10b - onsite
5.10a - repeat, completed
Top rope:
5.10b - onsite, stay on wall for ten minutes (climbed up and down about 3 or 4 times)
5.11a - almost finished

the ususal set of exercises