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Saturday Sep 11, 2010 #
Running (trail paved) 45:00 [3] 4.0 mi (11:15 / mi)
shoes: Saucony Omni
not too much energy, but still happy i went out.
!!!considering:
Cupa CLUJ-WEST Open
25-26 septembrie 2010
http://www.csodudu.ro/
!!!considering:
Cupa CLUJ-WEST Open
25-26 septembrie 2010
http://www.csodudu.ro/
C • Cluj 2
Friday Sep 10, 2010 #
Stretch/Strength (Body Pump) 1:00:00 [3]
shoes: Saucony Omni
men falls w/mel, my fav trainer
train pretend (zumba) 1:00:00 [1]
shoes: Saucony Omni
ok, I just gotta stop this, it;s so silly!
Thursday Sep 9, 2010 #
Biking (MTB) 1:30:00 [3] 10.0 mi (9:00 / mi)
shoes: Nort face
John Muir, Blue - our "weekly" MTB ride, w/ Scott S, Tony R. and Mark.
It was very fun, but now I really want to investigate some other trails. maybe this weekend.
Got back around 7:15 and it was already pretty dark -ish in the woods. got to start earlier.
It was very fun, but now I really want to investigate some other trails. maybe this weekend.
Got back around 7:15 and it was already pretty dark -ish in the woods. got to start earlier.
Monday Sep 6, 2010 #
Orienteering 2:30:00 [3]
shoes: Nort face
Laramie, WY - the "long" goat at Pelican Bay
First goat, ever. Brace for non-O style write-up.
The day before, I was talking to Jan, and with a combo of our accents, I understood we needed to be there at 8:15, race starts at 9am. I even questioned, what is Mikell gonna talk for 45 min ("Go, get the controls, come back"... I mean how much poetry can you put around that!!). Anyway, got up bright an early, packed, ate, and .... then read the info in tyhe packet: 8:50!! Ohhhhh, so, I relaxed a bit, read a chapter in my book, took a nice shower and lost track of time, so I ended up getting there at 9:30. Oh, well. Got my map, got my very quick personalized "Go, get the controls, come back". I wasn't sure if I could get all the controls, cause my watch was on Central Zone, so for couple controls I actually thought it was 10:30 and just did not make sense:)
(see bbrooke log for map, I don't know yet how to do that)
http://www.attackpoint.org/log.jsp/user_1679
Finally I take off (it was cold!! and I was only wearing a tech short sleeve, but by 2nd control I warmed up). I didn't even get the start out of my sight, and fell on my face, as I was busy checking out the map, and less the sage bushes.... grrrr.... they do smell good, now that I think about it.
1, 2, 3 controls went just fine.
On the way to 4 I caught up w/ couple ladies doing the short goat. So, I figured things are not going too shabby.
4,5,6 were in the open, so the only challenge was the wind... xcept on the way to 6 it was wind at my back, up the hill, that was nice.
On the way to 7 passed through start and had a cookie.... and managed to confuse myself on the map. I ended up at the fance, and don;t ak me how, I actually moved in the right direction to get exactly where 7 was. To me it was a miracle, cause I didn;t relocate or nothing.
8 was fine.
On the way to 9 crossed a meadow with a bunch of cows. Found a elk foreleg or somthin at 9. Betcha Mikell put it there, even if he didn;t admit to it.
10 was fine, it was actually so fine, I visited it twice... see further down.
Found 11 np, and then looked at 12 on the map, and said "whow" I mean, "why in the world?" Ok, this was at the peak of this crescent hill/... a lot of climbin. So I braced, and headed up. The view was simply amazing, so that was my reward.... Never mind later on I found out I didn;t quite have to stop at that control, but I'm glad I did.
13,14,15 np. pretty views. Oh, and then I look on the map top go to 16 and thinking how much do i have to go out of my way (cause there was this humougous rockage...) Well, sure enough there was a passage, which I saw in terrain as well (the advantage of admiring the views all the time), actually it was not that hard to find :)
16, 17, 18np. Caught up with 2 ladies on the way to 17, 18. They seemed a bit tired and not exactly enjoying this. (?) you gotta stay positive, and enjoy it, otherwise why do it? well, I guess the fact I had 2 gels by now probably helped w/ attitude.
Well, that's how much brain power I had, cause from here on, it's was mostly like "who knows where I am, I really wish I knew...and I don't quite care either". On the way to 19 made an "accidental" stop at 10, so now I knew where i was, but even then I had to relocate one more time to make it to 19.
20: conquered fear and decided to cross the marshes, which ended up being moslty dry :) Then got in the control circle, and was too tired to even try to relocate, and as I was telling myself "I just can't spend half hour looking around each bolder" I saw the control. I'd say little miracle again!
On the way to 21 I caught up with a gentleman, and we "raced" friendly the last 100 yards (he won:)
And that's all folks. Very nice. Might consider doing this again. maybe 3 gels next time...how do you keep focused for more than 3 hours???
First goat, ever. Brace for non-O style write-up.
The day before, I was talking to Jan, and with a combo of our accents, I understood we needed to be there at 8:15, race starts at 9am. I even questioned, what is Mikell gonna talk for 45 min ("Go, get the controls, come back"... I mean how much poetry can you put around that!!). Anyway, got up bright an early, packed, ate, and .... then read the info in tyhe packet: 8:50!! Ohhhhh, so, I relaxed a bit, read a chapter in my book, took a nice shower and lost track of time, so I ended up getting there at 9:30. Oh, well. Got my map, got my very quick personalized "Go, get the controls, come back". I wasn't sure if I could get all the controls, cause my watch was on Central Zone, so for couple controls I actually thought it was 10:30 and just did not make sense:)
(see bbrooke log for map, I don't know yet how to do that)
http://www.attackpoint.org/log.jsp/user_1679
Finally I take off (it was cold!! and I was only wearing a tech short sleeve, but by 2nd control I warmed up). I didn't even get the start out of my sight, and fell on my face, as I was busy checking out the map, and less the sage bushes.... grrrr.... they do smell good, now that I think about it.
1, 2, 3 controls went just fine.
On the way to 4 I caught up w/ couple ladies doing the short goat. So, I figured things are not going too shabby.
4,5,6 were in the open, so the only challenge was the wind... xcept on the way to 6 it was wind at my back, up the hill, that was nice.
On the way to 7 passed through start and had a cookie.... and managed to confuse myself on the map. I ended up at the fance, and don;t ak me how, I actually moved in the right direction to get exactly where 7 was. To me it was a miracle, cause I didn;t relocate or nothing.
8 was fine.
On the way to 9 crossed a meadow with a bunch of cows. Found a elk foreleg or somthin at 9. Betcha Mikell put it there, even if he didn;t admit to it.
10 was fine, it was actually so fine, I visited it twice... see further down.
Found 11 np, and then looked at 12 on the map, and said "whow" I mean, "why in the world?" Ok, this was at the peak of this crescent hill/... a lot of climbin. So I braced, and headed up. The view was simply amazing, so that was my reward.... Never mind later on I found out I didn;t quite have to stop at that control, but I'm glad I did.
13,14,15 np. pretty views. Oh, and then I look on the map top go to 16 and thinking how much do i have to go out of my way (cause there was this humougous rockage...) Well, sure enough there was a passage, which I saw in terrain as well (the advantage of admiring the views all the time), actually it was not that hard to find :)
16, 17, 18np. Caught up with 2 ladies on the way to 17, 18. They seemed a bit tired and not exactly enjoying this. (?) you gotta stay positive, and enjoy it, otherwise why do it? well, I guess the fact I had 2 gels by now probably helped w/ attitude.
Well, that's how much brain power I had, cause from here on, it's was mostly like "who knows where I am, I really wish I knew...and I don't quite care either". On the way to 19 made an "accidental" stop at 10, so now I knew where i was, but even then I had to relocate one more time to make it to 19.
20: conquered fear and decided to cross the marshes, which ended up being moslty dry :) Then got in the control circle, and was too tired to even try to relocate, and as I was telling myself "I just can't spend half hour looking around each bolder" I saw the control. I'd say little miracle again!
On the way to 21 I caught up with a gentleman, and we "raced" friendly the last 100 yards (he won:)
And that's all folks. Very nice. Might consider doing this again. maybe 3 gels next time...how do you keep focused for more than 3 hours???