Training Log Archive: iansmith

Afternoon run. Conditions were sunny, 4 C, with winds at 35 kph. I ran in running tights, a sweatshirt, and a hat; breathing was 3/3 most of the time.

100 pushups in sets of 25, with up to ten minutes rest between sets. The time is an approximation, though I usually do pushups at approximately 1 Hz. I seldom log these small sets of strength activities, like crunches, pushups, calf raises, and so on, but this seemed sufficiently novel to warrant comment. Keith, a friend of mine, recently challenged his friend to complete 1000 pushups first; I know only that their times were on the order of days. I do not know how quickly I could do 1000 pushups - perhaps 3 days?

With Dasha, Clem, Ross, and Brendan, I helped Clem move his furniture from one apartment to another within the same building. Dasha was moving all the little stuff at the time; the rest of us moved a small set of heavy items, including a bed, sofa, loveseat, dressers, and so on. In general, the task was not strenuous - we had an elevator and sufficient manpower; the difficulty was moving the furniture delicately so as to damage neither the walls nor the furniture. Some of the larger items - e.g. the sofa - required manipulating the furniture in nontrivial orientations to overcome geometric constraints, like door frames.

The experience was pleasant socially, though it lacked the physical rigor of many other moving experiences I have had. Clem lacks my fault of overpacking cardboard boxes with books - moving 100 lbs of books in an 18" cube is a particularly poignant memory I have of my past moves.

Late road run. Ran in a t-shirt and running tights; conditions were clear, 10' C.

Given the high volume of orienteering I have had lately (much of which was low intensity), I elected to rest today. Since the QOC Long course last Sunday, I have banged up both of my knees in various ways (2x on the right, 1 on the left), all of which have broken the skin and bruised the tissue. I don't think the joint is mechanically damaged, but there is some swelling. I plan to wait until my knees feel perfectly fine before I attempt any arduous training sessions.

Visiting control sites and scoping out legs on my Pine Banks Park-O concurrent with moderate rain. Some of my legs were rather ambitious, and the advanced course in particular requires some extensive redesign. Also based on the swampy conditions and forecast for rain, I elected to postpone the event (tentatively for 20 April).

Amusing conversation from Sunday's NEOC Event:
Ian Smith: Do you ever talk to yourself during a course?
Ian Finlayson: Only in expletives.