Training Log Archive: JanetT

Order of visiting controls on Saturday:
(41)-70-65-(21)-87-69-29-27-58-75-31-41-19

( ) mean misses. I was SO close to 21 but lost confidence where I was and bailed. Went back to search downstream for 41 when I found out I had lots of time left after 31.

Back to Chatham after session break. Left glute/ham still sore from Saturday, so careful with arabesques and stretching.

Event: WCOC Brooksvale Park
 

Event: CNYO Regaine #7
 

Exhausted!
Rogaine training at the CNYO Regaine where a 6-hour score O was offered (singles--no teams). Managed 571 of the possible 1900 points, in about 5:45. More tomorrow when I can download FR (don't tell them I said that!). As first woman (of two) I won a tube(?) of Zanfel and a garden decoration that looks like a giant mosquito. ;-) Thanks, CNYO!

A bit of jogging on the downhills, but mostly walking/hiking on trails/roads or through the woods. Fell 3 times, no major scrapes, blisters, or bruises, though I felt pretty beat up afterwards and the next morning.

My favorite control? The island in the pond near start/finish, canoe provided. ;-)

Least favorite, at least from where I attacked it, was the one I eventually got to first, an hour and 10 minutes into the event. From where I attacked I had a ton of unmapped logged areas with all kinds of muddy roads running through them. In one I got both legs stuck most of the way to the knees, and would have lost a shoe or two if I hadn't been wearing gaiters to which the shoes were attached. Should have thought about where the control was likely set from (a trail 150m away, not the road corner 600m away). Second least favorite was the first one I tried to get and then bailed after searching for 15 minutes; I had time to look again near the end of my loop and eventually found it downstream (I think) from the circled location.

I probably should have trekked over to the west edge of the map just to see the view (I heard later the control marker had been vandalized...I think only the punch was left behind?) -- it was a clearing that overlooks the next valley and a lake at the Labrador Unique Area (which includes forested wetlands and a boardwalk that loops around to a lake overview). It's also a hang-glider launching point, though we didn't see anyone hang-gliding. :-)

Not a lot of people did the score O (7 or 8?); there were 25 doing the REgaine. Nice weather for the event with temperatures in the low to mid 60s throughout (I think 50s overnight for those staying) and no real rain, just light sprinkles some of the time.

C • regaine 7

Tomorrow looks like a nice day for a walk in the woods. ;-)

C • Good luck this weekend! 2

Saw a Google Alert for an orienteering article by a New Zealand college student. I really like the article -- it's well written and seems to capture the excitement and anticipation at the start of an A meet well.

But I had to laugh at the advertisement embedded in the article (I don't know if the same one appears for everyone, but I see fried fish and chips/fries -- don't know many orienteers who eat that type of food!).

C • fish & chips 8

Used rings (aka 'circles') for extra hip torture. ;-)

Full Fitlinxx (arms and legs) circuit, increasing a few weights from last time.
Plus:
2 x 12 RDL using 15 lb. bar
1 x 12 pulldowns at 62.5
2 x 12 adductors at 70

Plan a longish walk later but may have to wear long sleeves-- 60 with a 20 mph breeze!

Updated with FR information.

Temperature around 60 with partly cloudy skies and breeze, so MUCH nicer than yesterday, and nice for walking. The loop was from home south on 66 (mostly flat for almost 3 miles), up the hill on Reed Rd and across Richmond back to 66. Jogged a bit of some of the downhills.

New construction on Reed Road, a brick house replacing what used to be a trailer home(?) on a farm. The adjacent old farmhouse has broken windows and high weeds -- probably hasn't been lived in for 15-20 years. Great views from a couple of high spots along the road, but the wind through the trees was making me nervous at times.

C • Wind 3

Got most of the lawn mowed, accompanied by numerous opportunistic dragonflies, before grass pollen knocked me down. Think I kicked something up into the eye which is now swollen. (allergic conjunctivitis? Looks lovely, nice and red and puffy...) Took an allergy pill and have a wet cloth over the eye. Kinda hard to see with one eye and reading glasses when lenses are optimized to work together.

Eye is 80% better now, but still a bit itchy. The grass can wait.

C • saline solution 5

Good class; used balls. Too many full planks, though, as my shoulder's now achy.

Followed with some strength exercises (the Fitlinxx circuit for arms and legs, which I've neglected for some time now), RDL with 12 lb. bar, and a few balance things on a balance disc as left ankle is achy even though I wore the Active Ankle this weekend.

Oh, and weight is going in the wrong direction again. I'll have to watch that!

Walk to start for the middle, with Glen and Wyatt who caught up to us. Didn't take as long as I expected (from the description); we weren't pushing the pace either. Warm and buggy, but not too bad, really. Thunderstorm went through early in the morning making the woods damp.

Red middle course at Blue Mtn. near Peekskill, same as TT course, and I think my first (and probably only) A-meet red course.

Did well though slowly, a bit off at 3 (above, so had to loop around) and 6 (PG and coach were passing me there) but not more than about a minute total. Slow so I didn't get hurt, and tired from yesterday, and I only had magnifier (no glasses) after 2 because they fogged.

Only slightly more than 2xAli ;-) Minute and a half behind Sharon, ahead of Linda and awesome Gail who battled the tough up- and downhills.

Fun to take it slow; not feeling as drained as yesterday.

Thanks to all the volunteers!

EDIT - uploaded FR; 4.373 km (straight line distance shown above)

Edit2 - RouteGadget track (GPS) added

Took a leisurely drive home, stopping at Staatsburg (Mills Mansion) in Mills-Norrie State Park along the Hudson north of Poughkeepsie. It's a huge limestone and marble mansion that's showing some wear. We arrived too late for the mansion tour so walked around the grounds and on a path along the Hudson River, probably 3-4 miles in total.

It was hot and I was pretty drenched afterwards even though we walking slowly. We bushwhacked at one point from the trail along the Hudson inland to a carriage road after asking some other hikers about the trails (no maps available).

Red - Splits

Green course (not an A-meet/ranked course, but challenging nonetheless). I'm very happy I chose NOT to do Red, another 2.6 km, nominally. As it was I clocked almost 8 km on the Forerunner.

Totally drained now; shady in the woods, but not used to low 80s with some humidity.

Will download FR tomorrow -- it'll be interesting to see what the climb was (not calculated by course setter).

Only not-clean control was 10 where I was at the top of the correct reentrant but could not see the flag so I checked an adjacent one before heading back.

EDIT - added FR track, 7.932 km

RouteGadget track (GPS) added

Green - Splits