Training Log Archive: maprunnerIn the 7 days ending Mar 8, 2010:
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Monday Mar 8, 2010 #
Note
Download my tracks and added them to this weekend's entries. Maps coming later.
Sunday Mar 7, 2010 #
run/walk warm up/down 20:00 [1]
10 AM
orienteer 40:58 3.5 km (11:42 / km)
ahr:154 max:177 11c
Orange course at Hawn, not an A event. Perfect choice for me today. Pleased that I was able to run a large portion of the course. Navigation was easy, and I had a clean race.
Nice event by SLOC. Very good courses, all the cntrols were in the right place, no problems with e punches. Lack of volunteers meant some of the nice touches, like clocks at the start and posted results, were missing. Perfect weather and small attendance meant everyone hung around the finish. Great socializing.
Thanks to everyone at SLOC.
O highlight of the weekend was winnng the finish chute split on Friday. Overall highlight was hanging with new and old friends from SLOC, MNOC, Chicago, Michigan and WI. Reminded me of my early days in O.
consistency: 15.8%
time lost: 0.0%
map and route
Saturday Mar 6, 2010 #
10 AM
run/walk warm up/down 20:00 [1]
orienteer race 58:57 2.82 km (20:54 / km)
ahr:143 max:194 11c
Ah well, the best laid plans don't always work out. Actually, I did fairly well for 10 of my 11 controls.
But everything fell apart on control 10. I did the opposite of everything I had planned. I was supposed to stop, count to 10 and look at my map if: I saw Mike, the terrain wasn't what I expected or I had just climbed a big hill. I totally ignored all of those.
I did remember those rules earlier in the course, just not when I needed them most. Note to self: you are not in shape and you will get tired, even on a 3K course. Your brain will stop functioning. Bring energy drinks and take a break.
I was so disappointed in myself today.
consistency: 45.6%
time lost: 59.7%
map and route
2 PM
orienteer race 22:01 2.15 km (10:14 / km)
ahr:153 max:172 12c
Redeemed myself a little bit on the afternoon sprint. No major mistakes, just slow.
I have the opposite issue than Cristina. When she gets tired, she chooses the around route. When I get tired, the only route I can see is the straight red line. So I chose some less than optimal routes today. But no major meltdown.
consistency: 10.7%
time lost: 4.8%
map and route
Friday Mar 5, 2010 #
2 PM
run/walk warm up/down 20:00 [1]
orienteer race 18:49 1.79 km (10:31 / km)
ahr:161 max:176 11c
Sprint at Forest Park. I did what I planned. Stopped a few times to take a long look at my map. So I had a pretty clean run. Slow compared to others Comparing routes with Gene and Mike, I can see that I lost 2 minutes on inefficient routes to 2 and 8. Such is the nature of sprints.
Nice use of small forested section of the park.
Consistency:15.9%
Time lost: 3.6%
map and route
Thursday Mar 4, 2010 #
Note
Getting excited about the road trip to St Louis. It's so rare to be packing up the car for an O trip. And we have a good contingent of OK/PTOCers attending, including some A meet "virgins". It's going to be a great weekend.
O goal is simple: consistency. No major blow ups. Recognize when things are hazy, stop and consider.
Tuesday Mar 2, 2010 #
6 PM
walk warm up/down 10:00 0.82 km (12:08 / km)
ahr:111 max:129
run 40:00 4.0 km (10:01 / km)
ahr:152 max:166
Plan was for a 40 minute continuous jog tonight. Couldn't quite make it, mostly due to trail conditions at Clinton. Total sloppy mud. The kind that sticks to your shoes like concrete. Walked a bit to warm up, then jogged on the trails to the inlet. Had to walk several times. Bailed out to the road and open fields. It was more fun to run around and around a field than to stay on the trails. Mike joined me for the last few minutes, which was unusual and fun.
Legs are surprisingly tired.