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Training Log Archive: David_Waller

In the 7 days ending Aug 3, 2011:

activity

time

miles

Orienteering

9:28:18

23.92

(23:45)

38.5

(14:46)

Total

9:28:18

23.92

(23:45)

38.5

(14:46)

2:48

0:00

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Wednesday Aug 3, 2011 #

3 PM

Orienteering race 21:00 [4] 2.3 km (9:08 / km)
shoes: Inov8 - Xtalon 212

Letchworth park sprint. A truly gorgeous park and a fun sprint with a mediocre course design. I made a few mistakes but probably nothing more than 20 seconds. Just felt really tired and slow and probably would have benefitted from a better warmup

4 PM

Orienteering 30:00 [2] 2.0 km (15:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 - Xtalon 212

Donut-O, training on attack points. A pretty good exercise, probably could have been a bit harder.

Orienteering 1:42 [5] 0.2 km (8:30 / km)
shoes: Inov8 - Xtalon 212

My first string-O. I need practice and a better SI card.

Letchworth TDS #3 Sprint A - Splits

Tuesday Aug 2, 2011 #

2 PM

Orienteering race 23:00 [4] 2.5 km (9:12 / km)
shoes: Inov8 - Xtalon 212

Sprint race at Durand park. very nice venue for a sprint. I ran okay but am feeling some fatigue. Biggest mistake was at #8 on which I lost about 30 seconds, coming up the hill much too far North.

3 PM

Orienteering 40:00 [1] 2.1 km (19:03 / km)
shoes: Inov8 - Xtalon 212

Map simplification training at Durand. I think there is a good idea here but I'm not sure it worked perfectly today. Before hitting the course, we drew a new simpler map by hand and navigated using it. My hand drawn map only retained relative bearings, attackpoint features and control features, and it was too easy. If they made you switch maps with someone, that could be much more challenging. The maps also make an informative diagnostic tool to find out what someone keys off.

4 PM

Orienteering 19:00 [5] 2.0 km (9:30 / km)
shoes: Inov8 - Xtalon 212

Memory duo training exercise with dersu. This is a great training format and whether you lead or follow, there is always a lot to think about with very little time to rest. I was pretty dead by the end of this one.

Durand TDS #2 Sprint A - Splits

Monday Aug 1, 2011 #

2 PM

Orienteering race 20:33 [4] 2.2 km (9:20 / km)
shoes: Inov8 - Xtalon 212

A fun sprint at Mendon Ponds. not a whole lot of route choice, though; usually the fastest route was on the red line.

3 PM

Orienteering 45:00 [2] 2.1 km (21:26 / km)
shoes: Inov8 - Xtalon 212

Circle-O training exercise. Navigating on a circular map without north lines and with trails removed. Although it was a sunny day, I didn't use the sun (consciously) much and really tried to practice reading contours. About half of the controls were pretty easy, but the terrain was relatively complex, and some were quite tricky. All in all, it was a great training exercise

9 PM

Orienteering race 1:00:00 [4] 6.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: MudRock IV

Night-O at Mendon Ponds. The mass start night score format has to be about as fun as it gets. I made a few mistakes but mostly did fine

Mendon TDS #1 Sprint A - Splits

Sunday Jul 31, 2011 #

11 AM

Orienteering race 2:48:00 [4] 8.4 km (20:00 / km)
shoes: MudRock IV

Day 2 of the US Champs. I foolishly hoped that the second day would be easier than the first--it was much tougher. the terrain was even more detailed (and on a 1:15000 map to boot) and the control placement was extremely challenging. I ran very well, spiking controls 1-5. Unfortunately, controls 6 and 7 were missing, and I wasted a lot of time looking before I called off the search. I was a bit dejected thereafter, and was pretty tired and slow. Made one of the dumbest errors ever when I spiked #9 but stupidly checked it against the control code for #10. I wasted 8 minutes before I realized that I actually was on #9.

red 2 - Splits

Saturday Jul 30, 2011 #

Event: 2011 US Classic Championships

Event: Canal Cities Orienteering Festival

11 AM

Orienteering race 2:20:03 [4] 8.7 km (16:06 / km)
shoes: Inov8-MudrockIII

Day 1 of the US Champs. Ran okay on some very challenging terrain. Having a calf problem probably helped slow me down enough to stay in better contact with the map.

Day 1 Red - Splits

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