Training Log Archive: bl

Worked in yard. Decided Sunday am when I took M for a walk by the stream that much needed to be done in the yard and was of more benefit than a session at the Y. Ended up a rainy, dark day.

Right hamstring has settled in to a buttock ache, mostly exacerbated by sitting in a seat, esp the car seat. The running over the weekend made it no worse, maybe a bit stiffer Sunday & Monday mornings. Track workouts seem a no no but exercise like on the weekend's uneven surface not so likely to agitate it. It mostly boils down to stretching, ibuprofen, when I think of it, and avoidance of obvious abuse and the time it takes to resolve itself.

Sunday brown. Cool with little sun. I'd give this about a B vs yesterday's about an A. A bit shorter than I would have liked but this weekend was a look-see into what's working.

#3 lost maybe 20" going one way then the other deciding where to cross a narrow part of swamp and another 20" balancing on a small log etc; #4 from the boulder in the marsh, I could see a reentrant, one not mapped, went to it, no flag. The flag was about 30m to the N in the mapped reentrant. Maybe 30" lost. #5 did not keep in contact with the map along the marshes - stopped too early, investigated a knoll with no flag. Allowed loss of map contact. Maybe 1.5' lost; #7, the last control - went to the AP of two boulders. Was not deliberate enough & went to the base of the lower contour. No reentrant with depression. Went back to the two boulders & took a bearing & that got me there, having lost maybe 75". Stopped there on my way back from picking up a few flags and a water stop. From the two boulders, the map was fine. I could even see the boulder next to the flag. Slow and deliberate when called for (often) gets one home faster. With this weekend, I felt like I returned to competitive orienteering, though behind the eight ball.

Another camping weekend well done by hardworking UNO troopers. I wasn't of much help for a number of reasons. This meet may be 20+ yrs old by Darrell's estimate. Popular and in need of help all the while.

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No GPS watch currently.

C • hardworking UNO troopers 2

Brown - Splits

Event: UNO Camping Weekend
 

Pawtuckaway camping weekend, brown. On the cool side. Was careful, accurate, kept good map contact for most part. 2-5 involved a fair amount of logged forest with all the debris underneath. No mistakes, some hesitations & minor misreadings. Flags were hung high or at least quite visible. Right upper hamstring did not surface but was sore an hour or so after. Still tomorrow should be OK. Night O would have been too much - as well as Mocha sitting w/ Beth in Vt and unexpected call, tonight only. There were days when I'd finagle the latter.

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Brown - Splits

Nottingcook around 5pm. Had a hard rain about 90' before. On the dark side & buggy. Right hamstring makes itself known but nothing more. Being cautious.
Stopped by the old target range, dumping site - nothing new on the ground there. A mattress near the entrance getting on to 3 yrs and one large shot-up appliance in the weeds.

Around the main 3 Sisters island on Squam Lake. Visit with Roger M, a college classmate I last visited maybe 20 yrs ago in Norwich, Vt. Other than that, had not seen him since college, so 50 years. His wife's family bought this 3 ac island in 1950. Summer house built late 1800s, no electricity, graciously wide porches, an abundance of shade trees, grand views and loons for background "music". Calm as could be today. Roger, a talented and still a bit driven runner, held the college 880 record for some 20yrs at 1:53.xx. He still runs regularly but when on the island, swims around it once or twice a day. So we did that once, stopping now & then at little beaches or on isolated rocks. Got me OOB a # of times.