Training Log Archive: Rosstopher

CSU training (ab torture style, provided by Lori). Keith, Dean, Lori, Brendan, Alex, Ed, and I attended. Clem dropped by as a groupie later on and Kelsey had made noises about maybe trying to show up.

Met up at MIT to do some orienteering core circuits. first checkpoint included running up and down 26 flights of steps, the rest of the controls had more ab work and running form drills (PG would be proud that we incorporated a few of Francois's favorite strides).

The hardest of the drills for me were the toe raises and the supermans (supermen?).

after the training, a few of us stuck around, ordered Thai food and had dinner back at Lori's place. Excellent end to a lovely evening.

C • Kelsey 2

some random biking around. first to work, then over to the start of training. Up to Lori's house and then finally a quick ride from Alex/Ed's back home.

running to work. I tried to convince Boris this weekend that I am capable of getting up early in the morning to do workouts before work. Day 1 of this plan has been a bit of a failure :)

I did not wake up early enough to do a real workout. I did get up sort of early for me, and thus I was able to get my crunches and situps in as well as an extra lap of the reservoir. We'll see what tomorrow brings on the wake-up meter :)

C • Why torture yourself? Some... 23

a crepuscular commute as I left work and wandered my way home. I went straight home except for getting lost a couple of times around the reservoir. was torn between wanting to run an extra lap and wanting to eat dinner... eventually I convinced myself that I should be taking it easy this week in preparation for the upcoming weekend (read: chili > running).

Liked this snippet from Hammer's post about the Team France conjugal visit.

"2) A lot of orienteers know where they were 30 seconds ago or where they are right now. It's better to be visualizing where you're going to be in 30-60 seconds."

I wonder if this method could be effectively added to my style of orienteering. If I had to define my style of orienteering in a few words, right now it would read something like this " run faster, figure it out when you get there".... sort of the opposite from Theirry's ideal.

C • I don't recall exactly wher... 5

A day spent at home. Weather was less than ideal, so it helped make today a rewarding rest day.

Orange course at WCOC.

Drove down to support Clem and WCOC (two of my favorite things). Boris assigned a two-course approach to the day, first Orange then Red so as to equal ~85 minutes of racing. 85 minutes being the predicted winning time for US champs. With a remote start and finish the plan was to bring two SI chips with us and just run the courses back to back with however much rest in between as you thought appropriate.

I think I had more difficulty with the orange course than the red course. Maybe because I was just getting into the map, or because I'm better practiced at running advanced courses.

overshot the first control, was too far left on 5, and too far south on 8.

running speed was nice, looked down occasionally to see that I was running at about 180bpm HR.

pretty brisk jog after the orange back to the start of the Red. really felt good at the beginning of this one, was going very well until I got snagged on 9. was going to cut up the hill after the cliff next to the trail, then as I was running I changed my mind and decided to cut up the hill just before the cliff.... the effect of this was going in too early, missing high, and having to relocate in the trashy woods. The cliff was also farther back than I expected.

my route to 10 was okay, but a little haphazard, could have been a little cleaner and run with more confidence.

14 was a fine leg, but it suffered from not having a good attack at the end, I cut straight across the green and didn't hit the wall at the junction. I angled up the hill and saw the feature just fine, but if I had been at that junction ( my original plan) I would have been more confident.

17 also got confused, dropped into a reentrant too early... I guess I was getting tired near the end.

Courses were fun, and I'd post my splits, but I think I left them with Boris after the races. He took my maps to look through and these got in there with them.

C • what are you on? 9

running to work. I bet I look cool wearing my O-ringen Buff as an earwarmer!

to and from work. cold but running is warmer than biking and it feels like better training for orienteering too.

Cold day and had to get into work pretty early for an experiment ( well 8am is early for me). Sore throat was not my friend.