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Monday Apr 11, 2011 #
Note
(rest day)
Couldn't get out at lunch time, due to a problem with a vendor at work. That really sucked, because, despite the wind, it seemed to be a fantastic day to get away from the office for an hour - well into the 70s after all of the nasty days.
Sunday Apr 10, 2011 #
12 PM
Orienteering race 2:24:50 [2] 6.8 km (21:18 / km)
HVO Meet from the Lake Welch Beach parking area. It was the end of the Jr Training Camp that Zach and Luke attended.
Chose the Red course, so that Chris and the kids wouldn't have to wait too long, but this even ended up being too long. I banged my shins up early on the mountain laurel and then my lower legs took a whipping from the blueberries or whatever those bushes are. I was in shorts and this was the first orienteering event that I've done, where I was sorry that I don't own gaiters. Never found C7, which was at the end of a long 3m cliff, with another long cliff next to it. By then I was walking thru the blueberries as well as the mountain laurel, so not sure why I couldn't get things to line up. I must have been very close because C8 ended up being only a little right (and higher) than I expected.
Flicked off one tick during the race and Chris and I found 5 more when I got back. I had thought it was too early to worry about them, but obviously not.
HVO soaked me for the $10 non-member entry fee (plus another 25 cents for a map bag - probably a good "green" idea, but an annoyance when you don't know the policy) vs. the $3 it would cost an HVO member to run here. Guy did say that parents of the juniors were supposed to be $5, but I didn't identify myself that way. I really don't like the HVO "paper" punch cards - they didn't have safety pins, so I couldn't pin the card to my shirt (where it would have dissolved anyway) and stapled it inside the map bag, but it turned out I stapled it via the part that they rip off at the start line (a remote start so you could plan your course on the way there, but I just chatted with Zach instead), so it was loose in the bag instead, adding several seconds to each punch. They also did not provide pre-printed maps, so I was at my own peril in trying to interpret what I thought they circled - it didn't help that a) the guy next to me had a master map with a slightly different center for one control, and b) several clues did not specify which cliff or boulder was the correct feature.
All-in-all, makes me more pleased with how our meets are run these days (and with more improvements in the works!).
Chose the Red course, so that Chris and the kids wouldn't have to wait too long, but this even ended up being too long. I banged my shins up early on the mountain laurel and then my lower legs took a whipping from the blueberries or whatever those bushes are. I was in shorts and this was the first orienteering event that I've done, where I was sorry that I don't own gaiters. Never found C7, which was at the end of a long 3m cliff, with another long cliff next to it. By then I was walking thru the blueberries as well as the mountain laurel, so not sure why I couldn't get things to line up. I must have been very close because C8 ended up being only a little right (and higher) than I expected.
Flicked off one tick during the race and Chris and I found 5 more when I got back. I had thought it was too early to worry about them, but obviously not.
HVO soaked me for the $10 non-member entry fee (plus another 25 cents for a map bag - probably a good "green" idea, but an annoyance when you don't know the policy) vs. the $3 it would cost an HVO member to run here. Guy did say that parents of the juniors were supposed to be $5, but I didn't identify myself that way. I really don't like the HVO "paper" punch cards - they didn't have safety pins, so I couldn't pin the card to my shirt (where it would have dissolved anyway) and stapled it inside the map bag, but it turned out I stapled it via the part that they rip off at the start line (a remote start so you could plan your course on the way there, but I just chatted with Zach instead), so it was loose in the bag instead, adding several seconds to each punch. They also did not provide pre-printed maps, so I was at my own peril in trying to interpret what I thought they circled - it didn't help that a) the guy next to me had a master map with a slightly different center for one control, and b) several clues did not specify which cliff or boulder was the correct feature.
All-in-all, makes me more pleased with how our meets are run these days (and with more improvements in the works!).
C • Fees 2
Saturday Apr 9, 2011 #
1 PM
Running 1:23:39 [2] 10.0 mi (8:22 / mi) +2m 8:22 / mi
Interesting run from the Knecht Cup in Cherry Hill, NJ, where Chelsea was rowing. I ran west along the race course, then continued west into Camden. Didn't seem so bad at first, then it looked a little more sketchy, but I saw a "9th St" and wanted to see if 1st St would be near the river or something, so I continued on. Between 3rd and 4th I came upon a couple of guys and as I approached I could hear one saying "F'n kill the SOB". I was hoping that wasn't about me!
I turned around (there was no 1st St, of course, the road ended at abandoned factories and stuff), and crossed the street. I didn't catch what the guy said when I went by again, but it was something about "white boy". A few blocks later a guy commented that I was "jogging around like it was Cherry Hill".
Probably won't be repeating that route!
Chelsea rowed well. She had gotten bumped to the second boat with the return of two rowers (I think one injury and one had been missing weight), but they were only about 15 seconds behind the first boat, despite the fact that 4 from Chelsea's 8 had raced in a 4 in the morning.
I turned around (there was no 1st St, of course, the road ended at abandoned factories and stuff), and crossed the street. I didn't catch what the guy said when I went by again, but it was something about "white boy". A few blocks later a guy commented that I was "jogging around like it was Cherry Hill".
Probably won't be repeating that route!
Chelsea rowed well. She had gotten bumped to the second boat with the return of two rowers (I think one injury and one had been missing weight), but they were only about 15 seconds behind the first boat, despite the fact that 4 from Chelsea's 8 had raced in a 4 in the morning.
Friday Apr 8, 2011 #
Note
Had planned on squeezing in a run at Blue Mountain, while dropping Zach and Luke off for the O-Camp, but Janet arrived early, so Chris and I decided to try to beat some of the NYC Friday PM traffic instead. Fail, but still managed to meet Chelsea at Wegman's in Cherry Hill, where the team went for dinner...
Some 9.5 hours of driving today, thanks to the delays.
Some 9.5 hours of driving today, thanks to the delays.
Thursday Apr 7, 2011 #
6 PM
Hashing 1:00:00 [2] 5.0 mi (12:00 / mi)
RH3 from Lyell Ave. A very unreasonable and angry innkeeper called ro-po on one of his customers. Sad.
Wednesday Apr 6, 2011 #
Note
Forgot to record my injured eye. I got poked during one of the races on the weekend. Noticed some soreness on Monday, but didn't really think about it until Chris asked if there was something wrong with my eye that night, and we saw some significant redness below and right of the pupil.
It seems to be improving, albeit slowly.
It seems to be improving, albeit slowly.
5 PM
Running 30:00 [2] 3.45 mi (8:42 / mi)
(sick)
Easy run after the team's workout. They did the 5 x 700m thing today, and did it nicely, for the most part. I ran on the bike path to Gravel and back via Regina / Daventry / etc.
Legs were quite heavy, presumably from yesterday and the weekend.
Legs were quite heavy, presumably from yesterday and the weekend.
C • pace 2
Tuesday Apr 5, 2011 #
5 PM
Running 1:00:00 6.67 mi (9:00 / mi)
(sick)
Legs still felt quite sore from the weekend, so felt it was wise to not do the Strength intervals this week. Unable to get out at lunch, so went to Mendon Ponds after work. Didn't want to completely wuss out, so I decided "terrain surges" were the order of the day. Parked at the second entrance and ran 15 min easy, then did 5 x 3 min surges, stepping off the trails to do so, with an easy 3 min, mostly on trails in between. Then did one last 3 min surge on trails to make it an even 6.
12 min w/dn back to the car included removing shoes and socks to walk thru the underwater muck to get to the gap between the ponds. At the gap there was another long puddle, but without as much muck, so I left the shoes on and kept one dry with a step-hop-step x 2 combo.
12 min w/dn back to the car included removing shoes and socks to walk thru the underwater muck to get to the gap between the ponds. At the gap there was another long puddle, but without as much muck, so I left the shoes on and kept one dry with a step-hop-step x 2 combo.
C • sore 3