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Sunday Apr 6, 2008 #
Orienteering 2:33:25 [3] 16.7 km (9:11 / km) +600m 7:47 / km
US Ultralong Champs at East Fork S.P.
Kicked my a$$.
Hamstring report: A little residual tightness but since I wasn't moving too quickly it stayed in the background. Didn't affect my race at all.
Race report: Mostly decent route choices I think. Moved along fairly consistently but out on the east loop I could tell I was getting tired by the number of times I tripped. Coming out of 15 I had enough of the stone in my shoe and stopped to remove it. On the way to C17 I got a good look at the rather long last loop from C18 to the finish, which made me feel even more tired. I promptly muffed C17 and C18. My head was having trouble processing the full legs from C19 on and I simply navigated from one feature to the next. The long leg home was a grind and I had to take some walk breaks.
Eating report: Large 4 way with beans at Skyline Chili. Sub at Quiznos. Pepper chicken at Pei Wei. I think I will have to have a Klondike bar too.
Laundry report: "prewash" then "ultraclean" with "double rinse." Then dry on "medium heat."
Overall perspective report: I wasn't very speedy and my nav. wasn't perfect, but I pretty happy with the results. My ham seems to be on the mend. My nav. technique seems to be back on track. Today's race took more effort than I would have liked ; I think it would be prudent to take it easy and make sure I give myself adequate time to recover before doing any hard work.
Kicked my a$$.
Hamstring report: A little residual tightness but since I wasn't moving too quickly it stayed in the background. Didn't affect my race at all.
Race report: Mostly decent route choices I think. Moved along fairly consistently but out on the east loop I could tell I was getting tired by the number of times I tripped. Coming out of 15 I had enough of the stone in my shoe and stopped to remove it. On the way to C17 I got a good look at the rather long last loop from C18 to the finish, which made me feel even more tired. I promptly muffed C17 and C18. My head was having trouble processing the full legs from C19 on and I simply navigated from one feature to the next. The long leg home was a grind and I had to take some walk breaks.
Eating report: Large 4 way with beans at Skyline Chili. Sub at Quiznos. Pepper chicken at Pei Wei. I think I will have to have a Klondike bar too.
Laundry report: "prewash" then "ultraclean" with "double rinse." Then dry on "medium heat."
Overall perspective report: I wasn't very speedy and my nav. wasn't perfect, but I pretty happy with the results. My ham seems to be on the mend. My nav. technique seems to be back on track. Today's race took more effort than I would have liked ; I think it would be prudent to take it easy and make sure I give myself adequate time to recover before doing any hard work.
Saturday Apr 5, 2008 #
Orienteering 1:00:00 [3]
Sprint at Miami Univ. 2.9km w/ 70 m climb in 16:25.
Nice surprise! My ham didn't feel too bad and I was able to do some strides while warming up. Not full effort but enough to indicate I could put in a good effort. Most of the time I was running about as fast as I could nav. However, on some of the longer legs I just had to stay in cuise mode. Stepped over chain fences, definitely no hurtling. The last few legs my ham started to complain again so I was careful and eased a bit.
Decent nav. and decent flow. It was easy though. Fun course and pretty campus. Enjoyed it.
Sprint #2: Just jogged. Probably would have been a good idea to just chill but I wanted to collect the bags.
Very nice day in southern OH. I'm really not looking forward to 16km of wet and mud tomorrow.
Nice surprise! My ham didn't feel too bad and I was able to do some strides while warming up. Not full effort but enough to indicate I could put in a good effort. Most of the time I was running about as fast as I could nav. However, on some of the longer legs I just had to stay in cuise mode. Stepped over chain fences, definitely no hurtling. The last few legs my ham started to complain again so I was careful and eased a bit.
Decent nav. and decent flow. It was easy though. Fun course and pretty campus. Enjoyed it.
Sprint #2: Just jogged. Probably would have been a good idea to just chill but I wanted to collect the bags.
Very nice day in southern OH. I'm really not looking forward to 16km of wet and mud tomorrow.
Friday Apr 4, 2008 #
Event: Flying Pig XII
Orienteering 1:00:00 [3]
WRE Middle Distance. 5.3km w/ 200m climb in 43:05. Rain and very wet and muddy.
Easy warmup with very easy strides. So far so good. Slowly picked up steam and then kept at a consistent but measured effort. Going through the fields at the end the ham started complaining a bit.
A couple mistakes but not big booms. Overall my nav. felt stacatto; very disconnect and without flow. But I was also trying to be very deliberate.
Overall, I please with the effort. I would consider my result to be "par" but I am very glad I wasn't stuck with a double-boogie or worse.
Easy warmup with very easy strides. So far so good. Slowly picked up steam and then kept at a consistent but measured effort. Going through the fields at the end the ham started complaining a bit.
A couple mistakes but not big booms. Overall my nav. felt stacatto; very disconnect and without flow. But I was also trying to be very deliberate.
Overall, I please with the effort. I would consider my result to be "par" but I am very glad I wasn't stuck with a double-boogie or worse.
Wednesday Apr 2, 2008 #
Row 42:00 [3]
Bumpy but good to be on the water.
Run 10:00 [3]
Ham-test run. Stride is longer but still have tightness. Wish the PIG was a week later.
Tuesday Apr 1, 2008 #
Erg 30:00 [3]