Training Log Archive: marie

Neil came up to me as I was copying my map, he asked what had gone wrong the day before. I said I did so many different kind of mistakes but for example I would set the compass and run way too fast without checking features and then ending up not knowing how far I've come. He told me to run without a compass and so I did (put it in my pocket).
What a difference, it was like the contours really jumped out at me, I realized how little I usually pay attention to them. I went slow and steady, knew where I was. When I got to #7 it had the wrong code, I circled around that hill to check some features and decided that it still was my control. Leaving #9 I lost direction in the big boulder maze and hit the trail, rounded the lake, it was very thick and slow. Punched #10 together with Jeff S and something flew into me, I lost that calm and controlled navigating and just took off in the wrong direction. So a major bom on the last control. But I had still learnt something today and I had a much better time out there.

FR 7.225km

C • Nice, glad day 2 was better! 5

Figured I could do a little bit more while I was warmed up. Orange course on the Big Island. Thicker than the map says in a lot of places. Still had the compass in my pocket. Did a few mistakes where I left the control in the wrong direction, so when I do use the compass I think I should always try to do that check before leaving.

FR 4.164km

C • direction leaving control 1

This was a nice weekend! Road-trip company/kids in the backseat =) Waking up at campsite #49. All you great people! Beautiful forrest (although I hated it at times). BIG thanks to everybody involved!

Green, Day 2 - Splits

Event: UNO Pawtuckaway Camping Weekend
 

So last years Pawtuckaway-weekend was my first time on this map. In a year I had forgotten that I ended up in tears out there doing all kinds of mistakes. So I copied a blue course on my map(!) Bad idea!

This is my first attempt trying to find #1, then giving up to go back and ask for a new start-time.. (when instead I should have copied a different shorter course)

Probably my worst orienteering experience ever:
Well, the gps-track kind of speaks for how I did out there. Didn't do any better on #1 this time and just continued like that. On my way to #4 (in the devil's armpit, tough part of the map) I saw Mike, he had had that control and pointed me in the right direction.. I sprinted, couldn't find it, started circling, panicked.. ran into Mike again and had a break-down :( Decided to walk and read the map carefully in the butterfly. Slowly started running again to 15 & 16, but was upset and couldn't focus so kept missing. Then leaving 16, I went straight S(?) and ended up lost, again. Any sane person would have given up but my stubborness took me around the whole course. I asked not to get my time posted and noticed later that they put HFA (had fun anyway) on my card - I really didn't.

FR 12.809km

C • Imponerande 1

After the longer than expected time in the woods my left glute/lower back was really sore. I was also emotionally exhausted so decided to skip the wicked hard night-o :(

I was feeling good after the run with Becky Wednesday night. Then went to pilates Thursday morning, which felt good during class but then I had a bad pain in the left side lower back area all day Thursday & Friday.

Will skip pilates-classes for a while and see what that does.

Called the doctor, which he said I should if the pain was still there after the anti-inflammatory treatment. Couldn't get a hold of him. Don't know if I wanna see him again anyway. Might try to get an appointment with the PT George recommends instead.

Fun evening run & chat with Becky. When we came back along the Hopkins school fields nobody was insight and I just had to try pushing one of those football dummies. Couldn't move it an inch. Becky also tried but it was not moving. When I told Mike he said: " Did you check maybe they have a parking brake?" Maybe..

C • Next time! 1

Did some pretty fast running without warming up Sunday and I could feel that afterwards, tried to stretch a lot. Left side glute/back pain didn't get noticeable worse though - hopefully woods running helps!

There are some moves in pilates that bothers me. Still there are so many moves that feels really good so I don't want to skip class.

Vintage car racing at Lime Rock park