Training Log Archive: bbrooke

Red course at Rainbow Falls. We stayed entirely on the west side of the map (i.e., no creek crossings). The west side is not nearly as steep as the east side -- but it's also mostly treeless (due to the Heyman fire), which means shadeless and HOT.

I think this might be my most mistake-free orienteering course EVER. And yet I was still 12th out of 16... Gøril and Sharon both beat me, by ~10 minutes and ~3 minutes. I guess everyone found it to be pretty easy (not that the controls were easy, the area is just so open and easy to see everything).

Still, very fun overall.

Some a-hole stole a control on the Orange course, which really makes me angry since we had a lot of newcomers and I hate when beginners have a bad time and get a bad impression...

C • Very Pretty! 2

Event: RMOC - Woodland Park Night-O & Day-O
 

Red Night-O at Manitou South. I've had some colossal errors here in the past, but this time I did pretty well -- first female finisher and third overall. Woot!

I had a small error at #4, but luckily Troy and Sverre were in the same area hunting for it, too, which helped...

I picked a less-than-ideal route choice to #7. I should've used the fence corner southeast of #7 as my attackpoint rather than going so far out of the way to use the trail junction, but I never even noticed the fence corner.

Blew past #15 but recovered pretty quickly.

FUN!

C • dang! 2

Night - Red - Splits

Day - Red - Splits

- Foam roller stuff, dynamic stretching, and POSE running drills to warm up.

- Burgener warm-up and squat-snatch technique practice.

- For time: 800m run / squat-snatch x 30 / 800m run. Prescribed weight for women was 65#. I used just 40#, so as not to tire my legs out too much before this weekend's two orienteering meets... Had to stop for about five minutes after the first run due to stomach issues. 20:06.

- More foam roller stuff.

- Half-mile jog to warm up.

- 5K tempo run (35:10). Well, it was supposed to be a tempo run, but for me it was more of a survival run. I even stopped after the first lap and walked for about 100 meters. My calves were hurting from yesterday's workout, and I didn't want to overdo it before the two o-races this weekend...

- Walked back to the trailhead to cool down.

• Warm up: two rounds of stair climbs x 2 / dislocates x 20 / light kettlebell swings x 10 / jumprope x 50; dynamic stretching; dumbell push-press and dumbell squat clean practice.


• For time, in any order:
  
  - 1 fireman carry (50# medicine ball)
  - 25 lunge steps
  - 20 pull-ups
  - 50 box jumps (20")
  - 20 double-unders
  - 25 dumbbell push press (I used 15# dumbbells)
  - 20 knees to elbows
  - 30 kettlebell swings (I used 25#)
  - 30 sit-ups
  - 20 dumbbell squat cleans (I used 20# dumbbells)
  - 30 wall balls (I wussed out and used a 6# ball...)
  - 3 rope climbs
  
  32:36.