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Sunday Nov 15, 2009 #
Event: Blue Hills Traverse
Orienteering race 1:59:25 [4] 13.9 km (8:35 / km) +280m 7:48 / km
Blue Hills Traverse
Pretty good for most of it, made plans and they worked, which was really fun. The start was of course panic-ed (eventually ended up on the road) and close to 2 was just a mess. 18 I also had major issues locating the cliff among the rocks, which was way frustrating to loose time like 100m from the finish!!! Think I was pretty straight on, but then tempted to go higher for some reason... I was aiming for 'near top of rocks', but there was open scattered rock above the true rock field part of it, pulling me higher. Still learning about rock features.
Mass start made it interesting to be racing around people. Was definitely tired by the end, but think I went a good pace. Taking 2 glasses of water was key, had that dehydrated taste in my mouth by the end of the race anyways.
Got a friend from Boston out to try his first orienteering think he enjoyed it, the orange more than the yellow, which is a good sign! Also carpooled with PG and Gail, great to have such good company for the car trip!
Wearing the race t-shirt now. Woo blue! Like it. =)
Pretty good for most of it, made plans and they worked, which was really fun. The start was of course panic-ed (eventually ended up on the road) and close to 2 was just a mess. 18 I also had major issues locating the cliff among the rocks, which was way frustrating to loose time like 100m from the finish!!! Think I was pretty straight on, but then tempted to go higher for some reason... I was aiming for 'near top of rocks', but there was open scattered rock above the true rock field part of it, pulling me higher. Still learning about rock features.
Mass start made it interesting to be racing around people. Was definitely tired by the end, but think I went a good pace. Taking 2 glasses of water was key, had that dehydrated taste in my mouth by the end of the race anyways.
Got a friend from Boston out to try his first orienteering think he enjoyed it, the orange more than the yellow, which is a good sign! Also carpooled with PG and Gail, great to have such good company for the car trip!
Wearing the race t-shirt now. Woo blue! Like it. =)
Friday Nov 13, 2009 #
Running 53:52 [2]
Amity Hills with Dave and George.
Forgot to take either pair of running shoes home, so did these in my trail runners- so opted to run on the little grass verge as much as possible to not wear them out on the pavement!
Forgot to take either pair of running shoes home, so did these in my trail runners- so opted to run on the little grass verge as much as possible to not wear them out on the pavement!
Thursday Nov 12, 2009 #
Running 31:00 [1]
Orchard Hill intervals with Sanjay and Nina
Warm up, one loop of the interval before intervalling (so I knew where to go), then recoveries and warm-down.
Warm up, one loop of the interval before intervalling (so I knew where to go), then recoveries and warm-down.
Running intervals (Orchard Hill) 13:00 [5]
4.13
4.15
4.28
Apparently tired on that last one! The first two were also with Sanjay either right in front or in back, last one was alone (he had a cold, so packed in early).
This is a really good interval- mostly up, but some flat sections too, almost all off-road. I'll probably be doing it a bunch more- is only a 5 min run from the dept.
4.15
4.28
Apparently tired on that last one! The first two were also with Sanjay either right in front or in back, last one was alone (he had a cold, so packed in early).
This is a really good interval- mostly up, but some flat sections too, almost all off-road. I'll probably be doing it a bunch more- is only a 5 min run from the dept.
Wednesday Nov 11, 2009 #
Running 54:59 [2]
With noon running group from work- good little 7ish mile loop with a good deal on trails- so nice to be able to get trails on a quick from-work run!
Tuesday Nov 10, 2009 #
Running intervals (track) 11:11 [5]
3 x (800, 200 roll-on, 400), 2 min rest
3.11, 1.25
2.54, 1.26
2.54, 1.21
First 800 was really inexcusably slow. Maybe needed a few strides beforehand, or just to be a bit more awake? Others were ok, not super-speedy, might be a bit tired.
There was also a maitenence vehicle parked in lane 1 near the waterjump pit on the 2nd turn. Think they must be closing it for the winter, but was annoying to have to go around!
3.11, 1.25
2.54, 1.26
2.54, 1.21
First 800 was really inexcusably slow. Maybe needed a few strides beforehand, or just to be a bit more awake? Others were ok, not super-speedy, might be a bit tired.
There was also a maitenence vehicle parked in lane 1 near the waterjump pit on the 2nd turn. Think they must be closing it for the winter, but was annoying to have to go around!
Running 23:00 [1]
Warm up, cool down, and roll-ons.
Drills 5:00 [1]
Normal track drills.
Strength 5:00 [1]
5 min abs after some stretching, hopefully I won't get as sore as after 10 x 400s!
Monday Nov 9, 2009 #
Running 44:19 [2]
Run with the noon-time runners at UMass, nice loop involving a fair bit of trail in the general Puffers Pond area. Was a gorgeous day, but I packed for the run when it was still below freezing this morning, so was a bit overdressed...
Must remember to bring more food to the office for post-run lunch. Requires more calories than normal lunch!
Must remember to bring more food to the office for post-run lunch. Requires more calories than normal lunch!