Training Log Archive: iansmith

Easy cruise around Central Park. I got lost a few times and had to pause to consult the maps posted around the park. It seems like a neat place and would make for an interesting orienteering race.

Fantasy WOC was a fun exercise played by a number of spectators back in the US. I think what was most compelling was that otherwise, I probably would have only given significant attention to the top 10, my favorites, and North Americans. Fantasy WOC requires you follow the bulk of the runners, which makes the experience much more interesting.

It should be noted that in the Long, Cristina, Will, and the Zhyk all had DNFs - which was especially catastrophic for Cristina and Zhyk, who each had two men, and so couldn't drop all DNF results. Long results:

Name	Men Pts	Women Pts	Total
Boris	65	66	131
Hannah (auto)	72	67	139
Alli	61	85	146
Chris	60	86	146
Ian	64	83	147
Clem (auto)	83	80	163
Will	83	95	178
Cristina	171	43	214h
Zhyk (auto)	151	73	224

Final results:

Place	Name	Middle	Long	Official	Relay	Unofficial
1-T	Boris Granovskiy, CSU	132	131	263	46	309
1-T	Will Enger, COC	85	179	263	108	371
3	Ian Smith, CSU	128	147	275	66	341
4	Chris Gross, DVOA (mostly autodraft)	160	146	306	106	412
5	Hannah (autodraft) Culberg, QOC	200	139	339	62	401
6	Sergei Zhyk, DVOA	139	224	363	72	435
7	Clem McGrath, DVOA (mostly autodraft)	203	163	366	126	492
8	Alli Brown, CSU	221	146	367	142	509
9	Cristina Luis, Norway	201	214	415	78	493

Congratulations to all who participated!

C • Thanks Ian! 2

Short barefoot beach run at Crane Beach. I hummed the Chariots of Fire theme. The sand rubbed away some skin on my right big toe, which was uncomfortable.

My long fantasy picks:

Men: Daniel Hubmann, Gernot Kerschbaumer, Jan Sedivy, Vincent Coupat, Bartosz Pawlak
Women: Tove Alexandersson (!), Tone Wigemyr, Eva Jurenikova, Sam Saeger, and Liga Arniece

I was bummed when I missed out on Aligator and Kempster, but c'est la vie. Despite drafting sixth, I got both of my preferred first round picks. Hopefully Tove will overcome her foot troubles and lay waste to the field.

An inspiring athletic achievement (albeit with somewhat cheesy 1980s music), the 1984 Olympic women's marathon:

Morning wake-up jog.

Fantasy WOC Relay results are below. Everyone drafted two women's teams and two men's teams; their score is twice the sum of their places. We decided to have a Fantasy Relay at the last minute, so four people had to autodraft, and the relay results will not contribute to the final Fantasy WOC score. For those who autodrafted, when their pick came up, I assigned them the highest available finisher from the WOC 2014 relay. For reference, if we had perfect knowledge, we would choose finishers from the list 1-18, and everyone would have a final score of 76.

Manager	Draft Order	Score	Men Pts	Women Pts
Boris	5	46	12	11
Hannah (autodraft)	8	62	11	20
Ian	4	66	14	19
Zhyk	3	72	19	17
Cristina (autodraft)	2	78	23	16
Chris (autodraft)	1	106	30	23
Will	9	108	32	22
Clem (autodraft)	6	126	32	31
Alli	7	142	21	50

Fantasy WOC standings after the middle. Note that the score is the sum of places; i.e. like in golf and extreme bowling, a smaller score is better.

Manager	Total Score	Women	Men
Will Enger, Cascade	85	40	45
Ian Smith, CSU	128	92	36
Boris Granovskiy, CSU	132	74	58
Sergei Zhyk, DVOA	139	65	74
Chris Gross, CSU	160	71	89
Hannah Culberg (auto), QOC	200	94	106
Cristina Luis, Norwhay	201	95	106
Clem McGrath, DVOA	203	70	103
Alli Brown, CSU	221	121	100

Softball Playoffs! Rhymes with Code vs Momenta. We were 1-1 against these guys during the regular season, with a heartbreaking 20-21 loss and a 15-8 victory. Unfortunately, we apparently forgot our offense today, as they obliterated us 22-5. In the ghastly first inning, we fell behind 9-0. We didn't score a run until the bottom of the 3rd. In my two at bats, I hit a foul pop fly that the catcher caught and a grounder single. I was left stranded on 2nd at the end of the inning. I made no significant fielding contributions or errors.

So, a rough day. Still, we had a great time, had good rapport with the other team, and retired to the Asgard pub for a post-softball season Belgian white.

My fantasy WOC middle picks, with a heavy dose of Swissyland and Austria. Scoring is sum of best 4 places, smallest score wins.
Sara Luescher (SUI)
Heidi Bagstevold (NOR)
Amelie Chataing (FRA)
Inga Dambe (LAT)
Anja Arbter (AUT)

Daniel Hubmann (SUI)
Fabian Hertner (SUI)
Gernot Kerschbaumer (AUT)
Robert Merl (AUT)
Fredric Portin (FIN)

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I visited the CAC Express near my office to evaluate it for purchasing a gym membership. I ran on a treadmill; it was boring, which marginally exceeded my expectations. I hate treadmills, but the idea is that a gym membership will increase my training - particularly with access to weights, erg, etc. It would have been invaluable during this past winter of my discontent.

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I did a 2:00 500m on the erg to make sure I remembered how to use it.

Misc strength training.