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Saturday Jul 26, 2008 #
Running 33:10 [3] 6.67 km (4:58 / km)
shoes: 200803 NB MT800
I recently went to City Sports to purchase legitimate running equipment. While I now have knickers and gaiters for adverse orienteering terrain, my "light vegetation" and urban sprint gear previously had been a white t-shirt and generic athletic shorts better suited to a basketball game. I now have running shorts and a very comfortable, well ventilated running shirt. I also bought some running socks, which I guess are just shorter, sweat wicking, and well ventilated.
Anyway, I ran in this new gear along the Charles. It feels much less restrictive; the shorts and shirt felt fast. Today's conditions were a bit warm and humid; I felt fatigued and sluggish near the end of the run.
Anyway, I ran in this new gear along the Charles. It feels much less restrictive; the shorts and shirt felt fast. Today's conditions were a bit warm and humid; I felt fatigued and sluggish near the end of the run.
Tuesday Jul 22, 2008 #
Orienteering 40:00 [3] 3.0 km (13:20 / km)
shoes: 200803 NB MT800
A course set up by Pia at Hammond Pond as part of the CSU summer training regimen. I forgot my compass, which turned out to be more of a liability than I expected. In a moment of foresight, I did bring my flashlight with me out on the course.
I arrived at about 7:40 and met Brendan right before he went out on his run. I ran pretty well as darkness was falling; I overshot 2 by about twenty meters, missed 6 and had to reattack, and repeatedly missed 10 by wandering too far north. On an approach to control 11 - a longish, 500 meter leg, I chose what I thought was a faster route directly through some light green to the control. In retrospect, a nearby trail would have been much faster. I hit several features on the way, but I got lost stumbling into the green. I couldn't get the contours and features to correspond to the map well, and it was dark enough that I was using my flashlight perpetually. After a few minutes of exploring my local area, I decided it would be best to return to the start. I had maintained a general sense of the cardinal directions, so I ran approximately south and hit a large open field as expected. I then followed the field back to the road and the start.
Not a bad run, but I need to concentrate on planning ahead, reading the map a larger fraction of the time (today was about 15-20%), and making better route choice decisions. Time and distance are guesses.
I arrived at about 7:40 and met Brendan right before he went out on his run. I ran pretty well as darkness was falling; I overshot 2 by about twenty meters, missed 6 and had to reattack, and repeatedly missed 10 by wandering too far north. On an approach to control 11 - a longish, 500 meter leg, I chose what I thought was a faster route directly through some light green to the control. In retrospect, a nearby trail would have been much faster. I hit several features on the way, but I got lost stumbling into the green. I couldn't get the contours and features to correspond to the map well, and it was dark enough that I was using my flashlight perpetually. After a few minutes of exploring my local area, I decided it would be best to return to the start. I had maintained a general sense of the cardinal directions, so I ran approximately south and hit a large open field as expected. I then followed the field back to the road and the start.
Not a bad run, but I need to concentrate on planning ahead, reading the map a larger fraction of the time (today was about 15-20%), and making better route choice decisions. Time and distance are guesses.