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Training Log Archive: Mr Wonderful

In the 30 days ending Apr 30, 2014:

activity # timemileskm+mload
  Walking14 14:37:07 42.31(20:44) 68.08(12:53) 696910.5
  Biking4 8:00:52 89.96(11.2/h) 144.78(18.1/h) 489554.8
  Orienteering5 4:58:54 18.34(16:18) 29.52(10:08) 44344 /59c74%800.1
  Weights6 4:41:32 5.62 9.04 1215.8
  Running5 2:59:56 17.48(10:18) 28.13(6:24) 76422.5
  Canoeing3 2:18:43 7.47(18:34) 12.03(11:32)123.6
  Erg rowing1 1:04:54 4.0(16:14) 6.44(10:05)64.5
  Total35 38:41:58 185.18 298.02 170544 /59c74%3091.8
  [1-5]33 34:01:05
averages - sleep:6.7 rhr:52 weight:199.2lbs

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Saturday Apr 26, 2014 #

8 AM

Canoeing 1:44:49 intensity: (10:00 @0) + (1:34:49 @1) 5.8 mi (18:04 / mi)
ahr:100 max:130 slept:5.0 shoes: Pirate Canoe

Great season opening paddle with Paul S in A2. Had to dodge the crew boats racing at Concordia. Then wicked currents (by my modest standards) whittled us down to ~25-30:00/mile near our turn around. Easy cruise back pausing to let crew boats turn around.
2 PM

Walking warm up/down 16:20 intensity: (11 @0) + (16:09 @1) 1.08 mi (15:09 / mi)
ahr:101 max:118 shoes: Brooks Ghost Red

Running 32:19 intensity: (2:09 @1) + (22:49 @2) + (7:12 @3) + (9 @4) 3.15 mi (10:15 / mi) +16m 10:05 / mi
ahr:147 max:166 shoes: Brooks Ghost Red

Maybe one day we'll get a schedule where dear wife doesn't want to extend these runs on the days before orienteering races. At least at my miniscule volume.
3 PM

Walking warm up/down 16:13 intensity: (16:10 @1) + (3 @2) 1.07 mi (15:13 / mi) +2m 15:07 / mi
ahr:110 max:142 shoes: Brooks Ghost Red

Thursday Apr 24, 2014 #

6 PM

Orienteering 53:25 intensity: (1:49 @1) + (3:27 @2) + (22:49 @3) + (25:15 @4) + (5 @5) *** 4.85 mi (11:01 / mi) +10m 10:56 / mi
ahr:162 max:182 spiked:17/20c slept:6.0 shoes: Roclite #2

Igor was of course right - Hudson Mills is a lot of fun. And a very fast park. I need more speed!

Mostly well. Didn't see 5, but stopped and went looking for it, had overshot it by a handful of meters.

Tried to keep feet dry to 11, so I missed it by 3-5 m, realized my overshoot, and doubled back closer to the river.

A few routes chosen to be a little more trail-y or roundabout to be stealthy and/or avoid disc golfers, otherwise more straightline would have been the order of the day.

Night o would be great here!

7 PM

Running 7:26 intensity: (1:38 @1) + (1:01 @2) + (53 @3) + (3:31 @4) + (23 @5) 0.77 mi (9:39 / mi) +19m 8:58 / mi
ahr:158 max:181 shoes: Roclite #2

so I had forgotten about the Peach Mountain ski o maps...and they are gone. :( Whoops.

I think I could run a sub 20 5k as long as it was all downhill. :-)

Tuesday Apr 22, 2014 #

Note

I sometimes get email on a distribution list at work from a guy named Peter Klye, which totally tricks me into thinking I'm about to have a celebrity encounter since it shows up in Outlook as:

Klye, Peter

which looks familiar at a glance. Then I wonder how Kyle stumbled onto my work email address, and then I see it's just an update on a test car. :(

Walking 22:00 [1] 1.5 mi (14:40 / mi)

I thought it would be nice to grab a little lunch and print Locker Lake. Office Max charged a *design fee* to open the pdf up and print it (their self service printers are about 4 dpi). This was not mentioned prior but I was too flabbergasted to argue. Staples for the win - they've never charged anything. I should really buy a printer one of these days....
5 PM

Orienteering 1:14:13 intensity: (3 @0) + (2:19 @1) + (8:35 @2) + (34:13 @3) + (28:38 @4) + (25 @5) *** 4.95 mi (14:59 / mi) +151m 13:42 / mi
ahr:161 max:186 spiked:11/15c weight:198.8lbs shoes: Roclite #2

No flag run of Locker Lake Red.

Woods are fantastic! This terrain suits me - enough going on to keep track of where you are, but not so confusing you can't figure out where you are.

1. 3:59 (4) Maybe stay on trail a little longer than ride the hilltops? Although I was pretty straight.
2. 9:28 (8) Bad exit, didn't have a good plan, then wasn't sure which of the two was the right one, and couldn't find the knoll. Would have been faster with flags. :)
3. 2:07 (3) Fun downhill leg, woo woo
4. 3:38 (4) Straight but too much hesitating
5. 9:25 (3) Turned in one pond earlier than planned, but an okay route and I figured out that minor oops.
6. 2:31 (5) Hesitation, fun tricky bit with the random hills, had to verify a bit, would have been faster with the flag
7. 7:01 (5) Probably lost the most time being cautious across the flat area before the circle. Not 100% of the feature I was looking for.
8. 3:41 (5) Didn't see a lot of rock for the black on the map, so I looked around a bit to verify.
9. 3:35 (10) Ouch, sloppy out to the trail, then wrong reentrant, then a bit of double checking. Should have ran through the depression I think rather than up.
10. 2:02 (4) Just needed a little more hill power
11. 4:29 (2) Split is good, not entirely sure why other than the small hill just to the west of the bottom of the 8 gave a good attack across the reentrant.
12. 7:19 (3) Need slightly better speed across open flats while trying to run straight. I love how Igor hits you with big features and then takes you though lighter stuff, keeps me off balance.
13. 5:20 (3) Really fun along the ridge sw of the marsh!
14. 6:13 (6) Tricked by a very small saddle west of the correct one, plus apparently too slow compared to the speed demons
15. 2:32 (3) I have never moved so straight in my life! Almost by coincidence as I wasn't too worried
F. 0:39 Number #1 baby!

1:13:59 (4) Right about where I would hope to be in that field. Really fun - I felt like I knew what I was doing and mostly moved well. Just need a bit more fitness and a few route tweaks and occasionally a little more confidence.

Monday Apr 21, 2014 #

7 PM

Walking 20:00 [1] 1.0 mi (20:00 / mi)
shoes: Barefoot

Rest day. Hopefully next three days are big.

Sunday Apr 20, 2014 #

5 AM

Biking 1:37:25 intensity: (6:20 @0) + (1:27:00 @1) + (4:05 @2) 19.98 mi (12.3 mph) +62m
ahr:117 max:149 shoes: The General

Up early but slow to get going. Some fatigue accumulated from this week. I biked up to Canadian Lakes, but wasn't feeling frisky so I respected the no trespassing signs and stuck to the main roads.

If I were going to cook up meth or haunt something, I would chose this place slightly east of the in laws:

Saturday Apr 19, 2014 #

9 AM

Walking 1:59:46 intensity: (17 @0) + (1:59:29 @1) 7.48 mi (16:01 / mi) +101m 15:22 / mi
ahr:106 max:130 shoes: Brooks Cascadia 8s

Met Super Double M at Luton. Arms raging with poison ivy, she preferred a less bouncy hike over a run. In hindsight, I should have loaded up the kitty litter I had in the car. Good fun.

Luton may be the best unmapped o venue I've seen in Michigan. Fantastic open woods, a shallow sandy bottom creek, an overabundance of trails a la Highland....you could have a lot of fun out there!
11 AM

Biking 36:02 intensity: (55 @0) + (23:21 @1) + (9:05 @2) + (2:41 @3) 5.43 mi (9.0 mph) +73m
ahr:128 max:164 shoes: The General

Short ride. I had to double back for my helmet at one point. I can't figure out how to adjust my crappy mechanical discs, so we stayed on the easier trails. They are really fun trails!
1 PM

Canoeing 30:11 intensity: (5:04 @0) + (24:36 @1) + (31 @2) 1.53 mi (19:44 / mi)
ahr:103 max:145 shoes: Inov8 Roclite 319

Fired up one of the in law's new 10'4" (π meters) kayaks and took it around the little pond.
2 PM

Canoeing 3:43 intensity: (35 @0) + (3:08 @1) 0.14 mi (26:35 / mi)
ahr:99 max:110

And one for all of my fans. This is probably better than by hand.

Weights 31:29 intensity: (12:48 @0) + (18:41 @1) 0.6 mi (52:27 / mi) +1m 52:11 / mi
ahr:87 max:113 shoes: Inov8 Roclite 319

Another pine had fallen back in the garden. F-i-l got most of it with the tractor while I was cleaning up the debris later yesterday, but we tried to get some of the smaller branches today. I was really dragging, just no power or enthusiasm. I adjusted off most of the accidental tractor ride where I forgot to pause the watch.
6 PM

Walking 1:00:41 intensity: (7:39 @0) + (53:02 @1) 3.5 mi (17:20 / mi) +15m 17:07 / mi
ahr:94 max:113 shoes: Brooks Cascadia 8s

Dear wife wanted to go for a walk. I dragged the pace. In my defense, I was wearing jeans...and was exhausted.

Friday Apr 18, 2014 #

8 AM

Weights 45:58 intensity: (54 @0) + (45:04 @1) 0.79 mi (58:12 / mi)
ahr:110 max:135 shoes: Inov8 Roclite 319

The in laws had the 71 foot (we measured! 22 meters in Canadian) pine fall in a wind storm shortly after we left last week. It missed the house, but made for a large cleanup project. We divided the task into brains (f-i-l on tractor and chain saw) and brawn (me on logs and branches).

We loaded three wagonloads of brush. Including various miscellaneous tasks, it took most of an hour per.

9 AM

Weights 40:15 intensity: (8:27 @0) + (31:48 @1) 1.05 mi (38:12 / mi)
ahr:101 max:129 shoes: Inov8 Roclite 319

Brush wagonload #2!
10 AM

Weights 1:40:11 intensity: (38:30 @0) + (1:01:41 @1) 2.4 mi (41:49 / mi)
ahr:89 max:127 shoes: Inov8 Roclite 319

Yet another load. Plus more miscellaneous wood moving.
12 PM

Weights 40:39 intensity: (6:36 @0) + (32:31 @1) + (1:32 @2) 0.78 mi (52:08 / mi)
ahr:111 max:148 shoes: Inov8 Roclite 319

I think this took most of the too-small-for-boards wood and made a firewood stack just down the hill. Dear daughter can make a lifetimes of smores!
3 PM

Walking 2:18:29 intensity: (8:26 @0) + (2:10:03 @1) 3.56 mi (38:56 / mi)
ahr:102 max:124 shoes: Inov8 Roclite 319

My personal goal was to end the day looking like there was not a monstrous tree laying in the yard that morning. So I raked up all of the debris I could and shuttled wheelbarrow loads over to the new brush pile. I was later told that I could have made a closer brush pile. After my eight trips! Good training anyways, so no worries.

Thursday Apr 17, 2014 #

8 PM

Running 45:41 intensity: (16 @0) + (33 @1) + (6:59 @2) + (35:55 @3) + (1:58 @4) 5.12 mi (8:55 / mi) +11m 8:52 / mi
ahr:154 max:170 shoes: Brooks Cascadia 8s

Have you ever been jogging past twilight without a headlamp on an empty country road and heard voices in a cemetery? And had that not be as scary as the loose dog? At least you had the sense to pick up a stick before encountering the latter.

Tuesday Apr 15, 2014 #

Note
rhr:52 slept:6.0

Shared facebook event, no pics: 39 views
Splits w/ two pics: 220 views

MDs, send me pictures!

Monday Apr 14, 2014 #

Weights 23:00 [1]
shoes: Barefoot

5th day in a row up by 5:15, woo woo.

I meant to hit the rower, but puttered about with some chores so I did a few weight type exercises instead.

The new bike shop opened today, so I stopped by, but I couldn't be customer #1 since the computer isn't running yet.

I have always wanted to try Ian's do all the courses feat, except I wouldn't expect to win Red and any of Ali's bonus courses. Maybe some upcoming meet where I can start right at noon and if R&G aren't too long.

Sunday Apr 13, 2014 #

1 PM

Orienteering 54:09 intensity: (15:40 @0) + (38:29 @1) 1.45 mi (37:20 / mi) +15m 36:11 / mi
ahr:95 max:130 spiked:3/4c slept:7.0 weight:200lbs shoes: Roclite #2

Training some of Cooper's GYB first timers. Interesting. We tried Yellow, except using all possible shortcuts, which got interesting when all seven of us walked past one mapped trail without noticing it (not 100% sure it is noticeable in this leafy condition). Whoops! Embarrassing! But great relocation practice. At least when we did stop I was able to figure it out alright.

I don't think lessons at noon work so well. Either we need to do them at 11, which is tough with other commitments, or maybe at 3. It makes the instructor's race start a little stressful as if the lesson runs until say, 2 pm thanks to a late start, then you are looking at maybe 90 minutes before you should call it a day to stay in the good will of the MD - that's not a lot of time for mistakes, especially as few reds are only 6 km flat. If we do 3 pm instead, then we can just take down yellow or whatever, and run our course earlier with a quiet mind.

Started watch late, probably missed the first 30 minutes or whatevs.
2 PM

Orienteering 1:18:29 intensity: (3 @0) + (26 @1) + (5:11 @2) + (32:22 @3) + (39:12 @4) + (1:15 @5) **** 4.9 mi (16:01 / mi) +185m 14:20 / mi
ahr:164 max:186 spiked:7/14c shoes: IceBugs

Fantastic debut course from Elena and Michael. All white woods all the time. Beautiful. Not a single leg was cursed for vegetation - no small feat in Michigan!

I noticed I am out of shape, and still have errors.

1. Stuffed it. Drifted east, and got off by one hill. Lost 7 minutes or so - I walked it for pickup in under 5 and ran it in 12. Sad face. Maybe I should commit to walking #1.

Got my mojo back after that, thankfully not too rattled. Some small little things, like being off by a few meters at the end of the leg, and having to hop over a depression.

Exit from #3 sucked; I need to work on that.

Straight was likely faster to #8, but my well-insulated self was feeling the heat so I took the trail and came up.

Almost bobbled #9, but spidey sense kicked in.

Probably not best route to #10, but safe and easy. I was not ready for more hill, so I tried to stay south to get to #11. But it was undulating anyway and a little thicker, so over the hills and trail maze was better I bet.

I still need compass practice as I was headed to the wrong hill for 11 but luckily saw it. Very cautious to #12...too cautious and slow. Many bonus swamps given the weather.

Did not have a huge kick for F, but I had fun flying in. Maybe it will stick.


3 PM

Orienteering 38:38 intensity: (14:34 @1) + (13:56 @2) + (9:40 @3) + (28 @4) *** 2.19 mi (17:39 / mi) +82m 15:49 / mi
ahr:142 max:168 spiked:6/6c shoes: IceBugs

Fracking drilled #1....walking. Comical.

Then was super clean through the rest, maybe a little wobbly to my bonus orange control because I was checking out cars and etc.

I need to figure out my speed balance! Or get super fit and good. Or both.

Saturday Apr 12, 2014 #

5 AM

Biking 2:22:29 intensity: (15:50 @0) + (2:01:36 @1) + (5:03 @2) 22.31 mi (9.4 mph) +95m
ahr:115 max:151 slept:7.0 shoes: The General

Three days in a row up at 5 am? Who am I, and what have I done with myself?

Google had told me a road (Cutler) went through to the dams, but on my Thursday ride, it said "Dead End", and with a time commitment, I couldn't screw around. Today I could, so I explored it.

I got to its end but had not seen Amy School Road. So I backtracked. Still no road. Well, this campsite has what could be a long disused two track. But that stalled out. The powerlines were trimmed. So I went out to them. Only they get to a steep bank and the river, and there ain't no bridge! So maybe I will dig up Igor's Google correction submission link and submit a markup.

Then I went back to the White Pine, and took it. Not really cutting in, but that sure rolls slow. Up in Morley I tried to pad the distance to get to 20 miles, so I went a little north of town and found a seasonal road, but forgetting about the creek it would encounter, I found it did not go through, but it was still fun.

10 AM

Walking 1:25:15 [0] 1.54 mi (55:15 / mi) +3m 54:55 / mi

Puttered about the existing Stilson acreage. It could be fun for a little sprint fun, if you had lidar and could generate a map. Not a lot of elevation features, but enough vegetation and the odd intermittent stream or marsh would make it workable. Apparently I enjoy climbing tree stands so I did that again.



And we found some tiny beaver dams. That critter has leveled sooo many trees.



Turtles are starting to be out and about.



Friday Apr 11, 2014 #

5 AM

Walking 2:32:52 intensity: (8:28 @0) + (2:24:16 @1) + (8 @2) 10.03 mi (15:14 / mi) +73m 14:54 / mi
ahr:104 max:139 slept:8.0 shoes: Brooks Cascadia 8s

Up again at The Hour That Kyle Sometimes Gets Up to do a heavy (my standards, not Kyle's) pack hike (17 lbs kitty litter). Terrain was relatively flat. I see have I have lost my 4.2 mph mojo so I will have to get on that. Some nice views when the sun came up.
3 PM

Walking 28:50 [3] 1.26 mi (22:53 / mi) +3m 22:43 / mi
ahr:103 max:144 slept:1.0 shoes: Brooks Cascadia 8s

Pushed dear daughter down the road a little bit and back with m-i-l and w-i-f-e. The in laws' new dog runs into every bit of water it can find.

Thursday Apr 10, 2014 #

5 AM

Biking (Mixed) 3:24:56 intensity: (3:41 @0) + (2:12:32 @1) + (1:00:16 @2) + (8:27 @3) 42.25 mi (12.4 mph) +259m
ahr:130 max:163 slept:6.0 shoes: The General

Up at The Hour That Kyle Sometimes Gets Up to squeeze in a long ride before the day's activities.

The first stop was the Croton Dam. It was the first 110,000 volt plant. I scampered down to the bottom, but I don't think the 7 am fishing crowd sees a lot of men in tights with red clown shoes, so I went back up in elevation.



Next up was the Hardy Dam, the third largest earthern dam in the world, which produces 30 megawatts of power.



I like things built in the 1930s, because everything looks kind of cool and is not made like a damn pole barn like now.



Apparently you used to be able to get tours and such here, but 9/11 screwed that all up.

Continuing the dam theme, I stopped at the Morley dam, which is somewhat smaller. I bikewhacked under the bridge because rocks are fun.



I even made it back in time for brunch!


5 PM

Walking 43:22 [0] 1.04 mi (41:49 / mi) +2m 41:34 / mi

Surveying the 40 acres soon to be annexed to the Stilson ranch. I found one of the hunter's tree stands and had to climb it for pictures.





I think you could have a little sprint fun here. Shame no lidar for pulluatin. :(

Wednesday Apr 9, 2014 #

Note

Finally registered for our anniversary-ish run. I went ahead and checked the box for Clydesdale, as I have full confidence I can stay above 185. I had to enter an expected finishing time so I used 45:29, which is the vdot prediction from the slippery but very flat 5k in December, versus this having 80 m of climb in the first 1.5 km. Now to ramp up to ~20 mpw by June. Figuring two or three easy runs per week with orienteering for speedwork.

Tuesday Apr 8, 2014 #

11 PM

Running 1:01:35 intensity: (24:38 @1) + (11:19 @2) + (20:37 @3) + (2:37 @4) + (2:24 @5) 5.3 mi (11:37 / mi) +16m 11:31 / mi
ahr:145 max:207 slept:6.0 weight:200.2lbs shoes: Brooks Ghost Red

Funky starting hr, maybe I should do a walking warmup or something? It was hardly the result of an aggressive pace.

Monday Apr 7, 2014 #

Note
slept:6.5 weight:198.6lbs

US Nationals are tempting the first weekend in October. +1000 pts over USARAs for logistics, since I could drop off dear daughter and *almost* make the first starts, and they would probably accommodate a later arrival.

http://www.ar.attackpoint.org/eventdetail.jsp/even...

Weight stayed even after a needlessly indulgent weekend. But time to buckle down with the Spring Fury looming just seven weeks out.

Sunday Apr 6, 2014 #

5 PM

Walking warm up/down 16:46 intensity: (1:08 @0) + (15:38 @1) 1.08 mi (15:30 / mi)
ahr:95 max:100 shoes: Brooks Ghost Red

Running 32:55 intensity: (2:45 @1) + (24:47 @2) + (5:23 @3) 3.13 mi (10:30 / mi) +14m 10:21 / mi
ahr:147 max:159 shoes: Brooks Ghost Red

Not sure why hr was crazy high given the sluggish pace.

w/ nearly unloaded pack

Walking warm up/down 16:33 intensity: (16:13 @1) + (20 @2) 1.07 mi (15:27 / mi) +2m 15:22 / mi
ahr:110 max:147 shoes: Brooks Ghost Red

Friday Apr 4, 2014 #

8 PM

Walking 1:05:00 [3] 3.1 mi (20:58 / mi) +495m 14:01 / mi
ahr:122 max:150 slept:7.0 shoes: Brooks Ghost Red

Sons of Guns wasn't as engaging as yesterday's car fixer upper show. YMMV.

With 17 pounds of kitty litter.

Thursday Apr 3, 2014 #

10 PM

Walking 1:15:00 [1] 4.0 mi (18:45 / mi)
ahr:105 max:149 slept:7.0 shoes: Brooks Ghost Red

Good climb at the beginning, then I got lazy, especially after I bumped the darn emergency stop cord and lost all of the data.

I was tempted to go outside, but it's been stormy and I never thought to bring rain gear.

With 17 lbs of kitty litter.

Wednesday Apr 2, 2014 #

Note
slept:8.0 weight:198.6lbs

Probable rest day. Unless we make good time.

Tuesday Apr 1, 2014 #

7 PM

Erg rowing 1:04:54 intensity: (25 @0) + (1:04:29 @1) 4.0 mi (16:14 / mi)
ahr:112 max:125 slept:6.0 weight:199lbs

It would be cool if streaming media services (eg Prime) sorted options by length. I don't care, I just want an hour! In this case it worked out great, as the pilot episode of Covert Affairs was 65 minutes.

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