Training Log Archive: barb

I have been having lapses of mental function - mostly forgetting stuff. Appointments, names, lots of stuff. It's been getting worse for the last few years. It definitely feels serious beyond just being too busy. Today I missed an appointment I was really looking forward to and it has finally motivated me to call the doctor.

Anyway, the yoga was nice. Even though I was supposed to be somewhere else at the time.

Event: CSU Pine Banks
 

First significant jog since the pack drop early on in last weekend's rogaine. Bridge circuit. Felt really thick and slow, especially at first. Nothing hurts; just intense lassitude.

CSU Park-O, Pine Hill.
Brought 5 kids and Katia, finagling the neighbors' van to do so. The beginner's course was way harder than a white course - but after a few of these park-O's I knew to expect that, and I was pretty comfortable that the kids would be OK, whether or not they finished the course. The two girls went out together, and the 3 boys each started separately. David wanted to start last, which I think demonstrates that he's becoming aware of his own complex and fragile orienteering psychology, and taking some protective steps. I ran into the girls and Theron midway through my course; they were not sure where they were, and I showed them. A little while later, they ran into David, and the four of them finished the course together, cooperating well. Alex separated from them early, and wandered around for 50 minutes finding just the first three controls. We all finished about the same time.

For all that I try to get kids out orienteering, I often find groups of kids, well, annoying - I feel that prickly type-A feeling come over me, and I find myself giving lots of directives that are kind of silly and ineffective. Like, "please talk more quietly." But in the van on the way home, instead of shushing the kids, I found myself enjoying the conversation. The kids were talking one at a time, sharing stories of injuries they'd had in their lives and saying things like, "can I make a comment?" and "my turn after Theron's." And they also were talking about the orienteering, and I heard, "the five of us should get together over the summer and do some orienteering exercises."

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Marched in the Cambridge Memorial Day Parade. Pretty low key as far as training goes, but it felt tough the day after the rogaine, with blisters and a hint of hot & humid summer. As we passed the reviewing stand, they announced "Cambridge Youth Soccer, led by Barb Bryant and the Twisters," and I felt a sudden urge to go start an R&B band or something. I think most small towns in America would have more onlookers for their Memorial Day parades than does Cambridge!

2nd half of the SVO rogaine.

Thanks to Brad and Eddie and Marilee and everyone else who helped with this! It was a lot of fun!

11 hours = Finished with 30 minute to spare, and took 2 15-minute rest stops.