Training Log Archive: PG

Event: NEOC Spring Rock Festival and Intercollegiates
 

NEOC A meet at Wells SP in Sturbridge. I ran at Wells a bunch of times in the late 70s on a black and white map, and then for an A meet on a color map in 1985, but not since then. I had memories of some crappy woods (mainly mountain laurel) but also some nice forest, and my kilometer times back in '85 were about 7:30. What surprised me today was that we used some new terrain to the NE of the old map (controls 1-11) and just 10-20% of the terrain on the old map. If the whole area was remapped, then a lot of it wasn't used. One thing that was consistent between today's map and the old ones was the imagination that went into it, particularly with relation to the green, which seemed more a reflection of the color of trees than the runnability. Just so you don't think I'm picking on the mapping of the green, there was some interesting mapping of the contours and the rocks, too, and, well, not to leave them out, the man-made features and the water too. The mapping of the yellow seemed ok.

Slowly feeling better, I guess, at least I'm eating more. Had a strange combination today, feeling light on my feet (legs felt good and it was cold day), but also not much energy. So I walked up all the hills. At least I wasn't making mistakes of any consequence. If you're going slow enough, the orienteering is usually pretty easy. Routes/comments.

Thermometer said 44F, but it felt much colder. Wore an extra long-sleeve shirt and was still cold, and very cold afterwards.

12.5 km tomorrow, yummy. Will try to go for 2 in a row over Swampfox, though he's getting old and is pretty easy to beat these days. Maybe I should let him beat me tomorrow, just to give him a morale boost?

C • size of the map 1

Blue 1 - Splits

Doing a little better but digestive system is still screwed up. An easy run, didn't have much energy, not particularly looking forward to orienteering this weekend. But maybe I'll get a sudden burst of energy -- one can always hope.

Whole GI system still on strike....

Something disagreed with my digestive system yesterday. A little breakfast this morning was the first food I kept down in 24 hours....

C • What are you doing up there? ... 15

13 hills loop, or maybe I should call it the 13 flats loop, since that's what it is in relation to last weekend. Legs not too bad, but insides rumbling.

C • Guess you're not going to the ... 2

Got the fat/tired/sore trifecta, but that's still a lot better than sitting through Spike's flights home from the Pig.

Classic day at the Pig. Felt pretty beat after yesterday. Course was the usual very hilly stuff for the first half and then mostly flat the second half. Didn't have any zip in the hills, not so bad on the flats even though the running there wasn't so easy, combination of thickish vegetation and a lot of standing water. Navigation was generally fine, but not much of a sense of urgency.

I may be still a little tired from the half marathon. Hopefully will be better this coming weekend.

Classic-Red - Splits