Training Log Archive: Mr Wonderful

Awesome course, just not fit enough. Ankle started rolling in pain en route to 3. Really had to concentrate on landing with it counter rolled. Big stuff up on 8, too low I think....twice. Ouch got ten minutes of error. Then clean but just not fast despite open high speed runner's course. Igor in 1:11??

1. Took road, I think the west trail would be better, but I left frantically. Used trail junction.
2. Look at me, I'm awesome
3 Look at me, I exit very poorly. And miscount spurs. I can pretend this was from intense ankle pain. It's not, but I could. I would later improve this, now to focus on a routine in the future (approaching control, refold, align compass lines to north lines (adjust bezel), point thumb line in intended direction)
4. Not sure of best line. Also Mike Ryan and I saw a turkey or a heron, hard to tell at speed.
5. I need to be marginally faster at these short legs
6. Up and over. Use the unmapped trail w of 5.
7. Didn't short cut enough, meh.
8 ARGH. Missed too low, twice. Should have gone on the ridge proper instead of skirting around it a little. Or climbed the tip top hill. I am pretty sure I saw a semi-hunting blind lower than the control above me on one of the two paces. Frustrating, F capitalized. Well, onward and upward
9. Wee bit of drift down the big spur. After punching I would focus on better exits.....
10. YEAH ROCK THAT OUT
11. BANG WATCH ME NOW
12. I dodged elevation.
13. HOOAH
14. YEAH
15. Maybe trail was faster but off trail was fun. Drifted around thicker bit, but not too worried. Probably should keep exits in check even when they are less crucial.
F. Average speed, 9.5 mph (thank you, downhill finish). I saw sub 5:00/mile.

I repeat myself, but I should really get into 10k/half shape so I could have the power and fitness to move on the ones when I can move.

C • Under 69 and Mark's at 61 s... 7

Volunteering instructions at WESO were all like "ask someone if they need help" so I was all like "I'm walking to the grocery store for a soda. "

Saline park permanent orienteering course

Ankle only feels off at the extremes today. Maybe a light jog later, and then a timid red run? Eye on the prize for 5/31 but I don't want to miss the final AliC SMOC course!

Also, sketched up a possible Peach Mountain alternative for the Michigoat. So much easier than Highland... :)

C • ankle 5

An unusually productive evening. Changed oil in the yard equipment, mowed, and some light weeding.

Productivity continued with a lengthy bit of car maintenance followed by an easy dog walk.

179 returnables returned. I took smooth roads up to Brighton. I would later learn I had a tailwind.

Home via the other side of 23, brushing up against ILRA before feeling sleepy and just taking the service drive back to town.

Ankle feels improved today. Off trail red assault on Saturday? If taped or wrapped?

Wrapped my ankle. Then rewrapped in someone's driveway because it was too bunched up.

Right, wrong, or otherwise, we went into the dirt road neighborhood. It's not too lumpy. There were discomfort free moments, and moments with a little ankle ache, but nothing sharp. Exuberant push off is not the order of the day right now. Tolerable, we'll see how this feels tomorrow.

gah, too late to do some other chores.

I spotted orange and white triangular objects on the south side of eastbound 96 on the way back from Yankee. Yet another secret permanent course? We can add it to the other one in Lansing, the one at Waterloo HQ, the one at some Washtenaw area park I forget, etc.

Easy ride out of the Badlands, dirt roads to the secret cut in, then Blue to Riverbend, roads to the train tracks, then blue back to Spring Mill.

At one point a car slowed to heckle us, and I was all "Not this sh---... oh hey Barbara!"

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Cooper needed to brick it up so he jogged a bike-friendly Badlands loop. I offered to tag along on bike since I want to go easy on the old ankle for a few days.

Event: SMOC Yankee Springs
 

Maybe I should bump up to the heavier Clydes category at my upcoming 10k. Good sleep though.

Token warmup. Is longer better? I would imagine so, except I already run out of steam after 25 mins.

Excellent course by Mike Keating at Yankee Springs.

My only quibble is that a flip map start with a skilled person starting immediately after gives them a heck of a clue what direction to go while they figure out the right direction. :)

1. Did well, stayed on compass, found the awesome creek, then around into the reentrant.
2. Crap exit, should have stayed more on line. Fun marsh to crash.
3. Crap exit again, saw the saddle between and picked the right one to go into.
4. Crap exit, but read terrain well and got back on. Hardest control to find?
5. A good exit? Wowser. My favorite leg. I decided to go up and over, eschewing either trail route. Easy to use last bowl/reentrant as AP and glide into the rentrant.
6 - ARGH. I hit the rockpile on the spur, and should have been easy peasy to hit, but I got sucked into the wrong reentrant, misread the hill, and hit the road. Where I rolled my ankle hard. Took another crack, nicked the circle but missed it again, relocated off the depression to the SW and walked on a bearing at it. Amateur hour! Five minute error. :(
7. Slooppy to trail, sloppy on trail, then good at the end when it mattered. Fun control!
8. Tempted to check out the cliff, but I was racin'. Saw it from the hill, which redeemed my route choice.
9. Fun leg, but I was getting tired, should have been faster. Nice woods east of the marsh.
10. Another great leg. Less great when I hopped a log, landed on my left foot, and rolled it again. Ouch! That made me cringe. And limp. Shoot, can I finish the course jogging? This hurts. Then, for good measure, wobbled it again.
11. Easy but cautious.
12. Crap exit, but a fast route even if too long.
13. Straight up, nice area.
F. Tried to hammer, but the Dow-Corning boys from Midland heard me crashing and just flew. I should have dug deeper, but their 10 m lead jumping to 20 m demoralized me a little, plus they were fresh off walking orange. Barbara says they are runners.

I had originally considered a short course afterwards, but I thought my ankle would appreciate rest.

C • Who?? 6

C • neat-o 7