Training Log Archive: Spike

Fun race. I'm not fast enough to do really well. But, I enjoyed it. My mind wandered a little bit once or twice, but never enough that I lost any time. Still, that counts as a couple of mistakes even if it didn't mean I lost any time.

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I wasn't really ready for the afternoon race. I missed the second control. Then on the route to 7-8-9 I decided to look at the descriptions and check the control codes. When I went to 7, the vegetation pushed me off line and I saw a control a bit to my right. I noticed the code and thought, "that's it," and punched, then went off to the next control. Things looked odd and didn't seem to fit, but there was a control in more-or-less the right direction and the code was a code I'd memorized. I punched and looked up and things looked wrong. I looked back at the map and realized that when I was on my way to 7, I got pushed off line and bumped in to 8 and - since I'd checked the codes in advance recognized the number - punched at 8 thinking I was at 7. Then went to what I thought was 8 (but was actually 9). Only after that control did I realize what was up and turned around and went back to 7, then took 8, and then 9. It cost a good 3-4 minutes (so a good 20 percent of my time on the course...yuck).

The lesson I learned is to not read codes, just read the map and navigate to the feature. I think if I'd done that, I'd have lost a little time, but more like 20 seconds.

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Saturday_Sprint1_Plymouth_Oct_2018_7 Green B 1 - Splits

Saturday_Sprint2_Plymouth_Oct_2018_7 Green B 2 - Splits

A strange race. I was running and then reading. I should have been reading and then running. I had a couple of sloppy legs.

I also went into the deep mud - well over my waste. That mud was strange. My map got coated and I had trouble getting it clean enough to read throughout the rest of the course. Cutting through the stream also was on the straight line and that was the wrong choice because of the big fence that was on the straight line. I hadn't seen the fence until I got out of the stream.

I saw Frank Skorina on the course. That was fun. I haven't seen him in a few years.

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Friday_Middle_St_Patricks_CP_Oct_2018_7 Green B - Splits

I jogged around on West Campus for a bit. I felt ok. On the way home Mary passed me in her car. That was kind of fun.

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Trail run at Rockhaven. I carried the map and read it quite a bit - actually getting some O' practice. But, I also spent about half of the run on the trails that are west of the map. That stuff is all on a basemap, but not on the Rockhaven map I was carrying.

I fell down after about half an hour and did something to my left shoulder. It was uncomfortable for the first few minutes after falling, then felt fine. But then when I stopped at the end, the should was uncomfortable again.

The weather was nice and it has been getting colder and wetter since we finished. When we ran the temp was about 52F Right now it is about 40F and a bit windy and a bit wet. Perfect conditions for baking bullar. So I'm baking bullar. When that's done I'll go get ingredients for dinner and might go over to the Baker Wetlands for a bit of a walk.

Running felt good. I was expecting to feel a bit tired from yesterday and actually felt better than yesterday. I guess that means I was going even easier than I thought.

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