Training Log Archive: ginger

Event: QOC Fountainhead East
 

Today was a good reminder that while there are many sports that I can do (and sometimes even prefer to do) while distracted, orienteering is not one of them. I felt fine, the weather was good (a little hotter than optimal, but managable), Katherine was having a grand time playing with her friends, etc. I warmed up on the way to the start, punched the start, and promptly took off towards #11. And then I just kept getting worse. On the way to 2, I was so happy to be running through the woods in September without eating spiderwebs and doing the map flap that I wandered to #10 and spent a few seconds looking for the box before I realized it wasn't even the right control. Made a parallel error to #3, ended up nearly at 9 while trying to head to 4, looked at the map for #5, and really didn't want to go there. So I didn't. Nothing wrong with the courses, the woods were nice, my feet were a little chewed up (same issue with my brand new o-shoes as Peggy) and I was hungry, but the real problem was I just couldn't focus. At all. Felt like I was trying to read a book, and every time I came to an interesting part, someone would reach over and flip a few pages. So it was a bit of a frustrating outing, but looking at the results, seemed like maybe a lot of folks weren't at the top of their game. And Katherine had a ton of fun hanging out with her cousins (and napped the whole way home!), so it was a pretty good day, anyway.

Brown - Splits

Sigh. Back to the indoor pool. Short course means I felt nice and fast, and the water was refreshing, but I'll miss the outdoor pool :(

Warm-up, then 5x3-4 minutes harder effort with ~1 minute easy recovery between. Warm, but not too humid, and going in the afternoon meant most of my route was nicely shaded.