Training Log Archive: Mr WonderfulIn the 7 days ending Aug 25, 2012:
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Saturday Aug 25, 2012 #
7 AM
Biking (Mix) 46:20 12.31 mi (15.9 mph) +61m
ahr:149 max:168 shoes: Jamis Dragon Sport 29er
Mostly gravel trip out to Hudson Mills Metropark to hand deliver the night o permit application. I forgot what a rollercoaster Walsh is!
8 AM
Biking (Mix) 57:49 15.07 mi (15.6 mph) +77m
ahr:144 max:170 shoes: Jamis Dragon Sport 29er
Strawberry Lake is a fine backroad, until it gets paved. Too much traffic, not enough paved shoulder and I don't like the shoulders for paved roads. One wrong turn off M36 since I was doing the Google route from memory, but I recovered. At least M36 has nice shoulders, then back to dirt roads up to Winans Lake.
Funny - I got confused and though I had just 45 minutes to do the trip to Huron Meadows, but really I had an extra hour, which was good as I would've been a few minutes late. Instead I was able to relax and have a cookie in the club house.
Funny - I got confused and though I had just 45 minutes to do the trip to Huron Meadows, but really I had an extra hour, which was good as I would've been a few minutes late. Instead I was able to relax and have a cookie in the club house.
11 AM
Orienteering (Instructing) 1:29:24 * 2.36 mi (37:51 / mi) +23m 36:44 / mi
ahr:99 max:141 spiked:9/9c shoes: Salomon XT Wings
I missed the first...0.75 mile / 30 minutes? Oh well.
Very nice people for my 2nd "welcome to orienteering" lesson of the summer. The schedule worked out that I had a guy and a woman and her friend just do it at the same time...and they knew each other! Small world. They seemed to get the hang of it pretty well, and seemed like really cool laid back people. Perfect orienteering candidates. Hopefully I will see them at the fall meets. Great day to be in the shady woods. The meadows were a bit warm! We just worked most of the points north of Hammel. Huron Meadows is much, much easier to instruct at than the permanent course at Pontiac Lake - sure, the HM map has a bunch of outdated trails (since corrected, but not on the permanent course map), but PLRA has more changed vegetation and worse visibility.
Swamps looked very crossable, although I let them veto the one crossing because one of their shoes was just to nice and white.
Very nice people for my 2nd "welcome to orienteering" lesson of the summer. The schedule worked out that I had a guy and a woman and her friend just do it at the same time...and they knew each other! Small world. They seemed to get the hang of it pretty well, and seemed like really cool laid back people. Perfect orienteering candidates. Hopefully I will see them at the fall meets. Great day to be in the shady woods. The meadows were a bit warm! We just worked most of the points north of Hammel. Huron Meadows is much, much easier to instruct at than the permanent course at Pontiac Lake - sure, the HM map has a bunch of outdated trails (since corrected, but not on the permanent course map), but PLRA has more changed vegetation and worse visibility.
Swamps looked very crossable, although I let them veto the one crossing because one of their shoes was just to nice and white.
1 PM
Biking (Road Bike) 34:08 8.03 mi (14.1 mph) +38m
ahr:148 max:171 shoes: Jamis Dragon Sport 29er
OMG, this was awful. The 1:45 of morning biking, plus two hours of nav instructing (in the sun and noon heat), plus a decided lack of lunch really took its toll. In my original plan, o instruction was done at noon, but one of the groups had been running behind so we were 45 minutes late getting rolling, but they seemed to be enjoying the woods so we hit a lot of points. I was really, really dragging, even though my HR was higher than target. This route has no relief from the sun, the roads are crappy and have too much traffic, so it's as much mental as physical.
I could use a nap!
I could use a nap!
9 PM
Canoeing 2:28:01 [0] 6.86 mi (21:35 / mi) +55m 21:03 / mi
ahr:88 max:118 shoes: Pirate Canoe
Jeff said, "If you asked me a year ago if I would be paddling a canoe at 11 o'clock at night, I'd say 'no way'". And here he suggested it! We met up at the Lee Road Park and Ride, then took the truck to McCabe and put into the Huron. It's a very nice put in, all things considered.
Highlights: Scaring the crap out of myself when we woke up a giant carp...by hitting it with the boat. A fish or frog darn near jumped in the boat. Some animal swimming out into the river, seeing us and then turning right back around.
Holy deadfall! This was an obstacle course! At one point, I had to lay flat back, and the tree we went under rubbed the life vest. It was easier to negotiate the obstacles on the way up, but we made a lot better time on the way down.
Highlights: Scaring the crap out of myself when we woke up a giant carp...by hitting it with the boat. A fish or frog darn near jumped in the boat. Some animal swimming out into the river, seeing us and then turning right back around.
Holy deadfall! This was an obstacle course! At one point, I had to lay flat back, and the tree we went under rubbed the life vest. It was easier to negotiate the obstacles on the way up, but we made a lot better time on the way down.
Friday Aug 24, 2012 #
5 AM
Biking (Mix) 57:40 14.0 mi (14.6 mph) +22m
ahr:126 max:154 shoes: Jamis Dragon Sport 29er
I woke intending to do more, but it took a considerable amount of time to find my glasses, which turned out to have fallen onto the floor.
Some paved, some gravel, and I got my sewer bill dropped off at the township office.
Bike computer measured 14.42, so it should be just a small tweak to match it up it and be ready for the Rage.
Some paved, some gravel, and I got my sewer bill dropped off at the township office.
Bike computer measured 14.42, so it should be just a small tweak to match it up it and be ready for the Rage.
Thursday Aug 23, 2012 #
6 AM
Erg rowing 42:00 [1]
Finally into the Daybreaks I haven't seen before. Hoo ah.
7 PM
Walking 42:19 3.02 mi (14:02 / mi) +2m 14:00 / mi
ahr:109 max:144 shoes: Brooks Ghost Blue
1 mile paved @ 4 mph
1 mile 75% dirt @ 5.2 mph
1 mile paved @ 3.9 mph
Looking forward to these gradually extending. Target races: Cabin Fever Rogaine, Flying Pig. I picture myself slow at SMOC this fall.
1 mile 75% dirt @ 5.2 mph
1 mile paved @ 3.9 mph
Looking forward to these gradually extending. Target races: Cabin Fever Rogaine, Flying Pig. I picture myself slow at SMOC this fall.
Wednesday Aug 22, 2012 #
4 AM
Biking (Mix) 1:54:48 25.1 mi (13.1 mph) +166m
ahr:128 max:172 slept:6.5 shoes: Jamis Dragon Sport 29er
It was nice to finally get in a proper workout finally. The crisp cool air, the mysterious eyeballs off the side of the road, the mist near Brighton Rec....
Mostly paved, but with a good chunk of gravel during the loop around half of Brighton Rec, with a mile or two of Murray Lake singletrack, Cooper's Bauer-to-Maltby shortcut, some dirt road past Huron Meadows, then paved to bring it home.
I accomplished my primary objective - drop off the frog food and filters at the frog owner's home. We forgot on Saturday at the b-day party.
Mostly paved, but with a good chunk of gravel during the loop around half of Brighton Rec, with a mile or two of Murray Lake singletrack, Cooper's Bauer-to-Maltby shortcut, some dirt road past Huron Meadows, then paved to bring it home.
I accomplished my primary objective - drop off the frog food and filters at the frog owner's home. We forgot on Saturday at the b-day party.
Tuesday Aug 21, 2012 #
7 PM
Walking 46:13 3.14 mi (14:44 / mi) +3m 14:41 / mi
ahr:103 max:137 shoes: Brooks Ghost Blue
Usual w/ dear wife.
1 paved @ 3.9 mph
1 dirt @ 4.9 mph
1 paved @ 3.7 mph
1 paved @ 3.9 mph
1 dirt @ 4.9 mph
1 paved @ 3.7 mph
Monday Aug 20, 2012 #
Note
More work. When will it end?
Sunday Aug 19, 2012 #
7 PM
Walking 49:49 [1] 3.54 mi (14:04 / mi) +3m 14:02 / mi
shoes: Brooks Ghost Blue
I also mowed earlier, which was honestly more draining. I didn't sleep enough this weekend, and it's really showing.
Dear wife and I did:
1 mile paved @ 3.8 mph
1.5 mile dirt @ 5.1 mph
1 mile paved at 3.7 mph
Dear wife and I did:
1 mile paved @ 3.8 mph
1.5 mile dirt @ 5.1 mph
1 mile paved at 3.7 mph