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Wednesday Apr 11, 2012 #
6 PM
Orienteering 1:00:00 [1] 6.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: 201110 Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Running around Hale Reservation hanging streamers for this weekend's meet. I define this as orienteering rather than course setting because I was navigating to a set of points I had already selected and placing streamers rather than vetting or evaluating possible legs.
It turns out it is patently unwise to orienteer in Powissett without pants. I also saw about a dozen ticks. Powissett is near the top of the areas I want NEOC to remap; it's a large area, and the map has problems and distortions. The area is conveniently located, large, and reasonably technical (apart from the copious trails and linear features). However, the vegetation is awful in places, and I must concede that the map isn't irredeemable. The east side, which has worse vegetation, seems to be more thoroughly mapped than the west, which is predominantly open woods.
I have had a few sources of discomfort which have troubled me recently. There is a slight pain on the bottom of my right foot just in front of the heel that is induced by pressure. I initially suspected my O-shoes had aggravated the tissue - perhaps bruising it, but the pain has lasted for two or three weeks. I can still race on it without much trouble, but it's disconcerting.
Starting last week at Prospect Hill, I did something to my left foot, and now my big toe is numb - it intermittently has the pins-and-needles sensation, but predominantly feels asleep. There also seems to be a strand (nerve? tendon?) in the left ball of my foot that hurts if I step on it in a particular way. Weird.
It turns out it is patently unwise to orienteer in Powissett without pants. I also saw about a dozen ticks. Powissett is near the top of the areas I want NEOC to remap; it's a large area, and the map has problems and distortions. The area is conveniently located, large, and reasonably technical (apart from the copious trails and linear features). However, the vegetation is awful in places, and I must concede that the map isn't irredeemable. The east side, which has worse vegetation, seems to be more thoroughly mapped than the west, which is predominantly open woods.
I have had a few sources of discomfort which have troubled me recently. There is a slight pain on the bottom of my right foot just in front of the heel that is induced by pressure. I initially suspected my O-shoes had aggravated the tissue - perhaps bruising it, but the pain has lasted for two or three weeks. I can still race on it without much trouble, but it's disconcerting.
Starting last week at Prospect Hill, I did something to my left foot, and now my big toe is numb - it intermittently has the pins-and-needles sensation, but predominantly feels asleep. There also seems to be a strand (nerve? tendon?) in the left ball of my foot that hurts if I step on it in a particular way. Weird.
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