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Training Log Archive: mikeminium

In the 29 days ending Feb 29, 2012:

	activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
	orienteering	9	18:26:48	26.32		42.36		100	284c
	weights / strength	10	14:15:00
	mapping - field checking	6	12:30:00						68c
	walking	9	6:02:00	2.29		3.69
	trail running	8	2:59:39	9.5		15.29
	road running	2	1:46:01	11.0	(9:38)	17.7	(5:59)
	Total	26	55:59:28	49.11		79.04		100	352c
averages - weight:163.6lbs

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Wednesday Feb 29, 2012 #

weights / strength 3:00:00 [3]
weight:163lbs

Intended to go look at control sites at Big Bone Lick and England Idlewild, but the rain and thunderstorms just didn't seem to want to let go of Northern Kentucky. Less than 40 miles away at my house, it remained perfect for doing yard and garden work, so I decided to put off KY until tomorrow.

Moved quite a bit of dirt, Straigthened a wall of landscaping timbers that was leaning - this required digging out enough dirt behind the wall to push the rebar-reinforced timbers back into a vertical position, hauling in fill dirt and raising the brick walkway on the low side by several inches to give support, and then backfilling behind the wall. Got maybe a third of the project finished.

C • You might want to consider... 3

Tuesday Feb 28, 2012 #

weights / strength 2:00:00 [2]

yard and garden. moved a shrub and several loads of dirt, finished raising a flower bed to improve drainage and re-doing a brick border around it.

Monday Feb 27, 2012 #

orienteering 20:00 [3] ** 2.0 km (10:00 / km)
8c weight:162lbs shoes: Icebugs

TROL training and control pickup at Mounds with Caleb, Ethan, and Jeremy Franklin.

There were 14 controls remaining in the woods from Saturday's meet. Caleb and Ethan each picked up 3 controls while I got 1 easy one that was a little farther away.

Then we did a 7 control, 2 km technical course. Caleb, Ethan, and Jeremy each started about 2 minutes apart. A couple minutes later, I took off with intent to snag controls while trying to catch up to them. Unfortunately, Ethan made a bit of a mistake and I got number 1 before he found it. Ditto for 2, 3, and 4 before I caught up to Jeremy and Caleb leaving 4. Learning that they had not seen Ethan, I backtracked but he was not to be found.

I did a little more running around and eventually found Ethan, who by that time had given up on 1, definitely located the spot for #2 (a rocky pit) and had also looked for 3.

After that, Jeremy went back to collect #7 while I went with Ethan and Caleb to collect 5 and 6. So it turned out to be a good, fun learning experience, and I was impressed that Ethan tried to find the locations for 2 and 3 even though he certainly knew that I was ahead of him and had already removed the controls.

These controls and legs were all tougher than the yellow courses that Caleb and Ethan normally run, so they did a great job.

C • UCHS? 4

trail running 20:00 [3] *
shoes: Icebugs

mix of trail and terrain.

walking 20:00 [1]
shoes: Icebugs

mix of trail and terrain.

weights / strength 5:00 [3]

Had time before dark to dig and haul one wheelbarrow load of dirt, but not much else.

Sunday Feb 26, 2012 #

weights / strength 20:00 [3]

yard and garden - digging - started turning over the weediest section of the garden. Amazing that it is warm enough and the soil is dry enough to do this in February!

trail running 27:20 [3] 2.7 mi (10:07 / mi)
weight:162lbs shoes: NB Minimus

Miami Natural Areas - circuit of Pine and East Loops.

walking warm up/down 16:00 [1] 0.75 mi (21:20 / mi)
shoes: NB Minimus

slow walk around the north loop to cool down and stretch.

Saturday Feb 25, 2012 #

Event: Topo Trail Run Series Race #4

Event: OCIN Mounds SRA - TROL #12

Event: Discover Valley of Fire

orienteering race 1:30:32 [4] *** 7.7 km (11:45 / km)
20c weight:162lbs shoes: Jalas hi-top O' shoes

Mounds SRA. Great course set by David Waller. Plenty physical, especially the multiple crossings up over the penninsula at the end.

orienteering 45:00 [1] **
9c shoes: Icebugs

control pickup at Mounds.

OCIN_TROL4-12_Mounds_6_Red - Splits

Friday Feb 24, 2012 #

mapping - field checking 3:00:00 [1] ***
weight:163lbs shoes: A W Journey

England-Idlewild, checking middle distance control sites and doing a number of map updates.

Afterward, I checked out the Friday night fish dinner at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. This looks like it will be the place to go for Friday dinner at the Pig. A fish platter for $7. Baked or fried. And several other choices as well including shrimp. Soft drink or draft beer for $1. Brownies selling Girl Scout Cookies and Middle School kids selling desserts. And a big BINGO hall with big digital screens. And cash prizes. So you can play while you eat (or go to the other hall where you don't have to listen to it).

C • Ha! I was at Friday night f... 2

weights / strength 15:00 [3]

forest grooming. mainly attacking choice pockets of honeysuckle and multiflora rose.

C • BINGO 5

Thursday Feb 23, 2012 #

weights / strength 2:00:00 [3]
weight:161lbs

misc yard and garden: dug and moved a lot of dirt, some sod, and some landscaping bricks.

Wednesday Feb 22, 2012 #

walking 45:00 [1] *
weight:164lbs

Gov. Bebb Preserve. Picked up 2 small bags of trash from the trails, made a couple minor map corrections, checked a few control locations for upcoming event.

weights / strength 20:00 [3]

honeysuckle removal at Gov. Bebb

weights / strength 45:00 [3]

yrad and garden. moved a little sod, hauled several loads of dirt, hopefully solved a couple drainage issues.

trail running 27:50 [3] 2.7 mi (10:19 / mi)
shoes: NB Minimus

Pine and East loops at Miami Natural Areas. Still pretty muddy.

Tuesday Feb 21, 2012 #

Note
weight:164lbs (rest day)

dental surgery. getting another piece of titanium put in. Thanks to a delayed after-effect of my 2004 rock-biting adventure in Wyoming.

Monday Feb 20, 2012 #

trail running 28:08 [3] 2.7 mi (10:25 / mi)
weight:163lbs shoes: NB Minimus

Miami Natural Areas. A sloppy circuit of Pine and East Loops. Read the noteboard at the trailhead while cooling down. Some looney-tune had actually written (today) "Can you do something about the mud?" I bet that person has never done a lick of trail maintenance or building in his or her life. I do still smile when I read comments about the "nice signage" though. Nice to know my maps are appreciated!

C • MUNA signage 6

Sunday Feb 19, 2012 #

Event: MVOC / TROL #11 "Valentine Hunt" Possum Creek

Event: Tucson Training Camp

orienteering race 1:42:06 [4] *** 9.8 km (10:25 / km) +100m 9:55 / km
18c weight:164lbs shoes: Jalas hi-top O' shoes

"Purple" course (cross between red and blue) at Possum Creek. Although the air temperature was just above freezing, a bitter northeast wind made it feel much colder, especially crossing the rough open prairie areas. Although I felt old, fat and slow, my time was good enough to win, though.

orienteering 30:00 [2] **
8c shoes: Icebugs

control pickup at Possum Creek

Saturday Feb 18, 2012 #

Event: Devil Take the Hindmost

Event: Tucson / Southwest B Meet

trail running 11:21 [4] 1.4 mi (8:06 / mi)
weight:165lbs shoes: Icebugs

"Devil Take the Hindmost" race. Not the first to be "taken", but my race was shorter than many.

Friday Feb 17, 2012 #

mapping - field checking 5:00:00 [1] **
30c weight:164lbs shoes: A W Journey

Checking control locations at Big Bone Lick. Made some minor map updates. Lopped off a few multiflora rose bushes.

Thursday Feb 16, 2012 #

road running 39:49 [3] 4.0 mi (9:57 / mi)
weight:165lbs shoes: A W Journey

dropped off van for minor repair. ran home.

road running 37:46 [3] 4.0 mi (9:27 / mi)
shoes: Sala Runner 3

another 4 miles. picked up van.

Wednesday Feb 15, 2012 #

mapping - field checking 2:00:00 [1] ***
20c weight:165lbs shoes: A W Journey

Checking control sites at Big Bone Lick. A few minor map corrections. Rain was supposed to hold off until after dark, but started around 3 pm, so I dind't get as much done as I had hoped.

walking 1:00:00 [1]
shoes: A W Journey

Big Bone Lick SP.

Tuesday Feb 14, 2012 #

walking 1:00:00 [1]

very easy walking pace, mix of trail and terrain

Monday Feb 13, 2012 #

walking 5:00 [1] *
weight:164lbs shoes: Icebugs

Armco Park. Searching for (and finding!) Matt Little's lost SI card. The very tip was barely poking out of snow-dusted leaf litter. Actual time was certainly a little longer than 5 minutes, but the exercise value was pretty low!

trail running 10:00 [3] *
shoes: Icebugs

Hueston Woods. shadowing Brennan on a couple simple map memory and control picking exercises, then a short but challenging line-O.

walking 30:00 [1]
shoes: Icebugs

Hueston Woods, shadowing.

Sunday Feb 12, 2012 #

Event: OCIN / TROL #10 Armco Park

walking 45:00 [2] * 2.0 km (22:30 / km)
weight:165lbs

shadowing a junior (Jordan) on white course. Armco Park. Some running, maybe 50% of the distance.

orienteering race 1:00:12 [4] *** 6.1 km (9:52 / km)
27c shoes: Jalas hi-top O' shoes

Armco Park. One of the few really cold days we've had this winter, and moderate winds made it feel even colder, especially crossing the open fields. It wasn't bad once you got moving, though. Although I just loved doing all the wet-foot stream crossings! Actually they were not that bad, and thanks to one last ankle-deep immersion on the run-in to the finish (!!!), I was able to get my shoe laces untied before they froze solid.

orienteering 20:00 [1] **
7c shoes: Icebugs

control pickup in the wooded portion of Armco Park.

OCIN_TROL_4-10_Armco_Red - Splits

Saturday Feb 11, 2012 #

Event: Topo Trail Run Series Race #3

Event: Phil Moore Park Triple Sprint

orienteering 2:00:00 [1] ***
30c

Control checking - Univ. Of West Georgia Sprint, Carrollton GA. A few minor map updates and a short jog, but mostly just walking around looking at control sites.

Friday Feb 10, 2012 #

orienteering 6:00:00 [1] ***
55c shoes: Jalas hi-top O' shoes

Way Down Yonder on the Chatahoocheee . Checking long course controls.

trail running 45:00 [3]
shoes: Icebugs

Mix of trail and terrain. Some of it on Red Dirt Road. Details to be added.

mapping - field checking 45:00 [1]
shoes: Icebugs

Thursday Feb 9, 2012 #

orienteering 43:07 [4] *** 4.2 mi (10:16 / mi)
16c shoes: Jalas hi-top O' shoes

WRE Event Advising (2012 US Middle Distance Champs)
test run of a middle distance course, Chatahoochee State Park, GA.
Was there blood? Of course! Wait-a-minute vines and a couple small prickly pear drew a little. But not a lot. And of course there was the obligatory full-body sprawl when a leg went knee-deep in a stump hole. But this was a fun course with pretty fast running and lots of tough navigation. And of course a good splash of red Georgia clay.

orienteering 2:00:00 [2] ***
30c shoes: Jalas hi-top O' shoes

control checking, Chatahoochee State Park, GA

mapping - field checking 1:00:00 [1] ****
shoes: Jalas hi-top O' shoes

Chatahoochee State Park, GA

walking 1:00:00 [1]
shoes: Jalas hi-top O' shoes

Chatahoochee State Park, GA

Tuesday Feb 7, 2012 #

weights / strength 30:00 [2]

yard and garden. lopping, raking, dug and moved a couple small loads of dirt.

Monday Feb 6, 2012 #

mapping - field checking 45:00 [1] ***
18c shoes: A W Journey 2

setting up activities for UCMS training this afternoon. Hueston Woods.

trail running 10:00 [3]
shoes: Icebugs

No kids showed up for practice today. Basketball practice was moved earlier so Caleb couldn't make it; Brennan had stayed home sick, Sam and Hunter were busy with the robotics team. Headed to Hueston Woods anyway. Shadowed David_Waller while he did a line-O I had set at Hueston Woods.

orienteering 17:10 [4] ***
6c shoes: Jalas hi-top 2010

Ran a 6 control course David designed on the spur of the moment at Hueston Woods, "Chase the Fox" style. I had to find the right spots and hang a streamer. David gave me two minutes head start, then took off in pursuit. I bobbled #1, lost a few seconds to fix a shoe, and aimed off way too far left, putting me on the wrong side of some miserable unmapped deadfall. Leaving 1 was a dogleg, and I could see David coming into 1 (and he saw me) as I ran to 2, dropped a streamer at 2, and took off over the hill for 3. At 3, there was another sharp turn to the left, and as I was climbing the hill away from it, I saw David coming in on the approach. This was going to be a fun race. Fortunately, I hit 4, 5 and 6 dead on, and David made a mistake going from 4 to 5, so I never saw him again. Entertaining way to get some training in.

Sunday Feb 5, 2012 #

Event: OCIN - TROL #9 Sharon Woods

orienteering race 31:21 [4] *** 4.3 km (7:17 / km)
23c shoes: Jalas hi-top 2010

Orange course at Sharon Woods. Fast course, with a sprint-like feel to it.

C • Orange then Green 2

orienteering race 47:20 [4] *** 5.7 km (8:18 / km)
27c shoes: Jalas hi-top 2010

Green course at Sharon Woods.

OCIN TROL 4-9 Sharon Woods3_Orange - Splits

OCIN TROL 4-9 Sharon Woods5_Green - Splits

Saturday Feb 4, 2012 #

Event: Cabin Fever Rogaine

Friday Feb 3, 2012 #

weights / strength 2:00:00 [3]
weight:165lbs

more hauling dirt and setting brick pavers. finished with the pavers, but probably still need to move a few more loads of dirt to finish levelling alongside.

Thursday Feb 2, 2012 #

weights / strength 3:00:00 [3]

Misc. yard and garden: digging, hauling dirt, removing and re-setting brick pavers. Added enough dirt to increase and extend the slope away from the house and eliminate a puddling area a few feet out from the foundation. Imagine doing this kind of work on February 2 in Ohio! Normally the ground would be frozen solid.

Wednesday Feb 1, 2012 #

walking 15:00 [1]
weight:163lbs

Picked up a large bin-liner's worth of roadside trash from the edges of the forest and field along the road near my house. Amazing how many empty beer bottles and cans one finds, even in a state where having an open alcohol container in a vehicle is a pretty major offense. They are obviously consuming while driving, then discarding the evidence.

road running 28:26 [3] 3.0 mi (9:29 / mi)
weight:165lbs shoes: Sala Runner 3

Brookville Lake Scenic Trail. Dusk. Running in shorts on Feb. 1. Saw several bats fluttering overhead and they actually appeared to be finding a few insects on which to feed. Cool.

walking warm up/down 6:00 [1] 0.3 mi (20:00 / mi)
shoes: Sala Runner 3

Cool down.

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