Training Log Archive: runninghils

Chilson O-meet

After all the rain yesterday, I was happy to see sunny skies even if there was a ton of wind. Well, surprise! An hour and a half to the south, it was rain again! More mental toughness training!

Well, my women's orienteer's intuition was not in top form today, but it took me the first 4 points to determine this. Once I started actually taking bearings, I did a lot better.

Overshot 1, 2, 3, and 4!! (though 4 wasn't too bad as it was near the backstop trail) Finally nailed 5. 6 and 7 went well, got a bit off track on 8 because I started trying to follow terrain again, but quickly corrected. 9 and 10 went smoothly, and I was proud that my direct route to 11 paid off as I left 10 at the same time as someone who took trails, and I was on my way to 12 as he was approaching 11.

Soaking wet, but temp was ok. Felt actually quite good today, physically.

Rode out after the O-meet, and was happy that the rain had slowed to a slight mist. There was about a mile on paved road before I hit the gravel section, which was softer than with the rain. I felt like I was going hard, so I thought that my avg HR (and speed) would be higher, but I guess that HR isn't unreasonable for a bike ride as I tend lower than on running for a similar perceived effort.

Wireless sensor on the bike died about 1.5 miles into the ride. Glad it happened today instead of next weekend!