Training Log Archive: Mr Wonderful

Oddly hard to get out the door today. I knew I would feel good once rolling (and did), but I just struggled to grab my junk and move. Not sure if sleepy, poor food choices, etc. I should really just go in the morning!

Biked up to my bike shop to get a couple blue cable ferrules, since one fell off and I knocked one off on the way over. Cut through Island Lake. It's only 9 and 1/4 there, so this could be done more regularly.

It was very odd to bike during daylight hours!

Bike home from bike shop via Island Lake. Did all of yellow, and a chunk of blue, but I was getting behind schedule so I skipped out of the last bit from Spring Mill to the Bishop entrance.

So thirty miles today. I started off easy, but started to push a bit out of habit towards the end. Kept out of the big ring as a token nod to knee preservation. Hopefully it likes what happened today and we can get back to more of it.

Dear daughter rocked out room cleaning, so she was rewarded with iCarly in the basement while I hit the treadmill behind her.

1/4 mile @ 4 mph (3:45)
1 mile @ 7 mph (8:34)
1 mile @ 8 mph (7:30)
1/4 mile @ 10 mph (1:30)
1/4 mile @ 4 mph (3:45)

Felt good to run a bit faster. Effort was high though, so I need to keep on that gradual base building.

Event: 2012 North American Orienteering Championships
 

Very, very easy ride to see what Mr. Left Knee Quadricep Attaching Tendon says about it today and tomorrow.

I hope it says, "get it on", as the hundred minute hammerfests are more fun than idling around.

Nice weather for it. No rain, bit of a southerly breeze.

Mixed it up by driving over to the middle school, then doing that loop.

I stayed on the shoulders or dirt roads the entire time. Jennings felt serene - not too much traffic noise from 23...peaceful.

1 @ 3.8
4 @ 5.6
.8 @ 3.9

Torn Shirt at Bishop Lake might also get restructured.

Event: SMOC Mill Lake
 

Kind of embarrassing. Things were going okay, just a slow route to #4 because I mismarked the overprinting for the Halloween thing and came from the east. Wandered a bit to #5, no big deal. Lost a couple minutes in the flattish terrain around #7.

Then I got through the swamp headed to #9 and it all fell apart. Didn't follow a good bearing to the trail, misread where I was, and went to the south, realized a mistake, but instead of continuing around (didn't know where I was), I cut up through the swamp, picked up a ton of prickers (chest still red from abrasion!), and then tried to make up time exiting #9, but just completely disintegrated.

I only recall crossing one of the three mapped fences. ARGH

I honestly can't believe I recovered at that point. 10 minutes lost?

Lousy but effective route to #11.

Nearly killed by #13 - three minutes after I went down the west side of the creek, a giant tree top crashed to the ground on that side as I was headed north on the east side. Yowser!

Imperfect route to #14, but oh well. Lots of competition for fast finish.

I thought I would be more accurate but slow this fall, building fitness towards the spring. But I seem to be able to move mostly quick enough, but still make too many and too big of mistakes. I'm getting worse as the season goes on! Not a good sign

Guesstimating for when the Garmin was failing to get a lock. I didn't even think it would've taken that long when I hurriedly went to start to make sure I had enough time to do the course. :|