Training Log Archive: AliCIn the 12 days ending Sep 8, 2015:
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Monday Sep 7, 2015 #
9 AM
Cycling 3:36:32 [1] 50.55 mi (4:17 / mi) +1109m 4:01 / mi
2nd annual Labor Day Canby Ride
A Reed-college cycle gang headed out for the 2nd edition of this ride on this day. I didn't make the inaugrural, because hadn't yet me the others of the sporty crowd. Anyways, a very easy pace around Canby, until I diverged with Bryan and Andrew to go back via Tryon and Council Crest.
BBQ afterwards at Suzy's, then off to the first open night of the Reed College Telescope!! Students ran the shop like pros and showed others a few globular clusters, open clusters and the Ring Nebula. Unfortunately Saturn was behind some trees.
A Reed-college cycle gang headed out for the 2nd edition of this ride on this day. I didn't make the inaugrural, because hadn't yet me the others of the sporty crowd. Anyways, a very easy pace around Canby, until I diverged with Bryan and Andrew to go back via Tryon and Council Crest.
BBQ afterwards at Suzy's, then off to the first open night of the Reed College Telescope!! Students ran the shop like pros and showed others a few globular clusters, open clusters and the Ring Nebula. Unfortunately Saturn was behind some trees.
2 PM
Cycling 24:30 [2] 6.08 mi (4:02 / mi) +602m 3:05 / mi
Sunday Sep 6, 2015 #
8 AM
Hiking 46:10 [1] 2.11 mi (21:53 / mi) +14m 21:26 / mi
Timing how long the walk was to the start and putting out the very last controls. Frost everywhere, holy moly cold!
And then I dropped my travel mug of coffee into a rock. Bummer. (Hole drilled into a rock for a post or something. I absentmindedly decided it was a cup holder and put my mug in it....) Good effort on the part of Mike P. trying to get it back. Ah well.
And then I dropped my travel mug of coffee into a rock. Bummer. (Hole drilled into a rock for a post or something. I absentmindedly decided it was a cup holder and put my mug in it....) Good effort on the part of Mike P. trying to get it back. Ah well.
12 PM
Orienteering 33:47 [2] 2.95 mi (11:27 / mi) +44m 10:57 / mi
And collecting some of the controls. Seemed like most enjoyed and were challenged by the course. Woo!
Although perhaps a few had more challenge then they really enjoyed. But hey, you can only get better if you're pushed!
One course-setting thing I should have avoided was people running along the busy, fast road, which really was a valid option based on the leg.
Fun to be in Bend for the weekend. Totally gorgeous scenery and terrain!
Although perhaps a few had more challenge then they really enjoyed. But hey, you can only get better if you're pushed!
One course-setting thing I should have avoided was people running along the busy, fast road, which really was a valid option based on the leg.
Fun to be in Bend for the weekend. Totally gorgeous scenery and terrain!
Saturday Sep 5, 2015 #
9 AM
Running 2:55 [1] 0.28 mi (10:27 / mi) +6m 9:48 / mi
Orienteering race 49:24 [4] 4.89 mi (10:06 / mi) +93m 9:32 / mi
Wahoo orienteering! Deschutes Daze: Lava Butte. More undergrowth than other places I've run here, but still quite visible. A one-person relay with 3 different choices for first 3 legs and then a common 4th leg. 2nd to Will Enger, who I ran head-to-head with for the second lap, which was good fun.
There was definitely some goof-muppeting out there - more than once went to the wrong control and fairly frequently went wrong directions. Better compass work needed for this vague-type stuff!!
Great fun!
There was definitely some goof-muppeting out there - more than once went to the wrong control and fairly frequently went wrong directions. Better compass work needed for this vague-type stuff!!
Great fun!
11 AM
Running 1:32 [1] 0.17 mi (8:53 / mi)
2 PM
Orienteering 58:30 [1] 2.18 mi (26:50 / mi) +69m 24:26 / mi
Setting controls #1 - sans compass. Therefore tricky. Also cold. Brrr being at elevation and no Sun!
3 PM
Orienteering 1:04:47 [1] 3.55 mi (18:15 / mi) +91m 16:54 / mi
Setting controls #2 - lava fields are tricky! But this time with compass.
Friday Sep 4, 2015 #
5 AM
Running long 2:31:05 [3] 20.08 mi (7:31 / mi) +189m 7:19 / mi
Yeah! Did my 20 miler totally on pace! Holy moly that's a thing to get in before work in the morning. Up at 5:45, out the door before 6, back at 8:30, shower eat, work by 9. Whoosh.
Thursday Sep 3, 2015 #
12 PM
Running 41:18 [2] 5.27 mi (7:50 / mi) +76m 7:30 / mi
Tuesday Sep 1, 2015 #
6 PM
Running 4:30 [1] 0.5 mi (9:00 / mi)
Did *not* want to go out running because it was scheduled to be a hard workout. Procastinated as late as I could (but got paper comments back to a co-I, woo!).
Also, had my first class today for Thermal Physics v2, and hmph. Tried my best to rigorously and clearly define temperature. Basically, temperature orders objects according to the direction heat will flow, if at all.
But I think I might have missed conveying the central point of *why* heat flows, because I dove into the math too quickly. Equivalent reasons for heat flow:
1) Causes entropy increase
2) Maximizes the total number of microstates available to the combined flower-flowee system*
3) The flower-flowee system is not in equilibrium and wants to be
* I like this one the best, think it's the most basic.
So, to be reviewed for Thursday morning class.
Also, had my first class today for Thermal Physics v2, and hmph. Tried my best to rigorously and clearly define temperature. Basically, temperature orders objects according to the direction heat will flow, if at all.
But I think I might have missed conveying the central point of *why* heat flows, because I dove into the math too quickly. Equivalent reasons for heat flow:
1) Causes entropy increase
2) Maximizes the total number of microstates available to the combined flower-flowee system*
3) The flower-flowee system is not in equilibrium and wants to be
* I like this one the best, think it's the most basic.
So, to be reviewed for Thursday morning class.
Running 52:17 [4] 8.01 mi (6:32 / mi) +113m 6:15 / mi
Marathon training tempo, 8 miles
Wow, that was just a great run. So much easier than last week's 6 miler. Not sure if it was too close to being at altitude last week, or hotter, or I'm just better trained now, but this was no big deal. Last week I was really counting down the last mile. So that's pretty cool!
Wow, that was just a great run. So much easier than last week's 6 miler. Not sure if it was too close to being at altitude last week, or hotter, or I'm just better trained now, but this was no big deal. Last week I was really counting down the last mile. So that's pretty cool!
Monday Aug 31, 2015 #
12 PM
Strength 45:00 [1]
Wowzers. Kick-my-butt pilates. Seriously, this stuff is hard. And is stuff I don't like doing on my own (core, stability, balance) and is probably good for other muscles while I do marathon training running. So should keep going.
Sunday Aug 30, 2015 #
9 AM
Running 4:56 [1] 0.46 mi (10:46 / mi) +20m 9:29 / mi
Orienteering 55:58 [2] 3.94 mi (14:12 / mi) +229m 12:02 / mi
18c
Catherine Creek Middle
Wow, that is a different area! Quite cool, volcanic-y rock, and mostly open. I didn't do a great job of orienteering. Didn't find the control at 4, but jury out on if it was in the right spot. I also had lots of issues to 7, as I kept being too low in the right reentrant. Unsure what made me think I was too high in the first place. Lost lots of time there.
Wow, that is a different area! Quite cool, volcanic-y rock, and mostly open. I didn't do a great job of orienteering. Didn't find the control at 4, but jury out on if it was in the right spot. I also had lots of issues to 7, as I kept being too low in the right reentrant. Unsure what made me think I was too high in the first place. Lost lots of time there.
10 AM
Orienteering 24:53 [2] 1.87 mi (13:19 / mi) +62m 12:04 / mi
Catherine Creek Sprint
This was a blast! Very cool intricate little area. Lost a bunch of time being in the wrong reentrant to 8.
This was a blast! Very cool intricate little area. Lost a bunch of time being in the wrong reentrant to 8.
Saturday Aug 29, 2015 #
Event: Deschutes Daze
10 AM
Running 2:17:58 [2] 18.02 mi (7:39 / mi) +166m 7:27 / mi
And the long run of the week. 18 miles this time, big loop over Sellwood Bridge and back via Hawthorne. Used 3 water fountains on the way and ate 1 Gu an hour in. Probably not quite enough calories or water.
Super-windy out though. We had a big storm come through overnight and it kept being very windy all day. I came back home to no electricity for the next 7 hours....
Taking a nap after these long runs seems like a good thing.
Super-windy out though. We had a big storm come through overnight and it kept being very windy all day. I came back home to no electricity for the next 7 hours....
Taking a nap after these long runs seems like a good thing.
Friday Aug 28, 2015 #
12 PM
Aerobics 41:03 [1] 2.48 mi (16:33 / mi) +25m 16:03 / mi
Yeah! Zumba! Sweaty session b/c of the humidity. But good. Still totally rubbish at shimmy-ing.