Training Log Archive: j-manIn the 7 days ending Jun 26, 2009:
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Friday Jun 26, 2009 #
Run warm up/down 13:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Musdclaw 340 O+
Orienteering race 20:38 [4] *** 2.8 km (7:22 / km) +90m 6:21 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Musdclaw 340 O+
Thursday Jun 25, 2009 #
Orienteering race 32:00 [4] **** 4.2 km (7:37 / km) +180m 6:16 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Musdclaw 340 O+
Good run on a map that is really showing its age. Lost about 2 minutes at 6 (not due to the map) and some hesitation here and there due to confusion over vegetation and trails.
We finished 2nd behind one of the Canadian ringers, although John Goodwin, running the whole thing by himself, also finished ahead of us. I passed Adrian, anchoring the other Canadian team, right before the finish, without knowing it.
Wednesday Jun 24, 2009 #
Orienteering race 1:50:00 [3] *** 18.0 km (6:07 / km) +300m 5:38 / km
shoes: Spring 2009 Integrators
Good race, but fell apart at the end.
Started after Patrick and Oystein. Twisted my bad ankle going into #1. It felt bad, but kept moving and it felt OK. On the way to 2, Eric converged in and we were running together. Patrick and Oystein pulled away a bit in the early part of the USGS, but the lead would change a lot as one group and then the other made mistakes. I lost track of Oystein and Patrick but stayed with Eric. But, as we skipped 13, he started to open up some distance on me on the trail. Then, into 14, I lost maybe 45 seconds to a minute more, and I could barely see him off in the distance. I was on my own after that. Going into 17 I banged my shin really hard which kind of distracted me. On the way to 19 I somehow saw Eric (I think) off in the distance. He had made a mistake on that control. However, on 20, I gave that back and more, as I ended up swinging too far right and hitting the road. On the way to 21 I saw Oystein walking. Apparently he had bagged it after an earlier control and was going back to the finish.
I did have a gu early on, but I don't think I drank enough. Two gulps of water at 2 water stops may not be enough. (While I haven't been taking water on my training runs, I am not sure you can or should attempt to train so that you don't need to drink in races.)
Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 #
Run warm up/down 20:00 [2] 3.0 km (6:40 / km)
shoes: Spring 2009 Integrators
Orienteering 21:00 **** 2.4 km (8:45 / km) +60m 7:47 / km
shoes: Spring 2009 Integrators
Wow. Terrible. Ran aggressively, but on the way to 4, got really confused and pushed by low visibility in what was mapped as white. Lost a bit. Then on six was looking for the control a contour or two up the hill (where the circle was centered) when it was in reality on the flat. Messed up 8 nicely and later mispunched on a dot knoll that was next to mine.
Run warm up/down 20:00 [2]
shoes: Spring 2009 Integrators
Map hike 20:00 [0] ***
shoes: Spring 2009 Integrators
Run warm up/down 5:00 [2]
shoes: Spring 2009 Integrators
Run race 12:30 [4] **** 2.1 km (5:57 / km)
shoes: Spring 2009 Integrators
Decent run. Lost 1 to 1:30 on the long leg due to bad route choice and tough attack to a bag in the forest.
Map hike 15:00 [0] ***
shoes: Spring 2009 Integrators
Monday Jun 22, 2009 #
Note
(rest day)
Sunday Jun 21, 2009 #
Note
Note
Are we on the cusp of the Golden Age of DVOA? We certainly could be.
Run warm up/down 5:00 [1]
shoes: Spring 2009 Integrators
Orienteering race 1:31:12 10.18 km (8:58 / km) +420m 7:26 / km
shoes: Spring 2009 Integrators
Very interesting. Very bad. Actually, OK through 4, then dropped 6 minutes on 5. No other big disasters. Maybe 1.5 and 2 on later controls. So, how could I have been so slow? It doesn't make sense. I was actually happy with my running. I ran up virtually every bit of every hill and felt fast enough on flats. Weird. And lame.
Saturday Jun 20, 2009 #
Note
Run warm up/down 10:00 [2]
shoes: Spring 2009 Integrators
Orienteering race 47:18 ***** 4.32 km (10:57 / km) +260m 8:25 / km
spiked:25/shoes: Spring 2009 Integrators
Another very bad race. Very bad.
I should have expected--indeed I could see with my own eyes--what the terrain looked like out of the start. I should have realized--because it was posted at the start and in the notes--that the scale was 7,500. I should have read the map as a sprinted down the road out of the start--because I am not from Texas.
But I didn't. And it showed. 4.5 minutes lost on #1, where I was essentially lost. Actually, after that, it really wasn't too bad. I lost another minute+ on 4 and a bunch of 30 seconds. But, I got into things later on.
Still, a joke of a performance.