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As of late, I've been much better at running than posting on this blog, so there is much to catch up on. Here goes:

 U.S. Team Fundraiser Orienteering, May 20 (Green Course)
 Western MA 2-Day Orienteering, Event 1, May 26 (Last name on the list. You can't miss it.)
          Western MA 2-Day Orienteering, Event 2, May 26 (M 21+)
          Western MA 2-Day Orienteering, Event 5, May 27 (Half of the long course. My eyes were bigger than my feet, which is saying something.)
          Nobscot Reservation Orienteering, June 3 (Red Course. Best race yet.)
          NE Canoe-Orienteering Championships, June 24 (Medium Team. The two kayaks were our undoing.)

Aggieman Triathlon Relay, June 30 (Brothers Mac taking-back-'our'-title hopefuls. #2... sigh.)


Sorry for the following vaguery (I haven't actually 'logged' anything since April), but I've "logged" roughly 28 to 35 miles most weeks with some speed drills and hills thrown in here and there. About 5 to 8 miles each of those weeks has been trail-running. There were three consecutive weeks before AT (Wisconsin don'cha know) that I logged 50+ miles. AT had a week of carrying heavy stuff around, bookended by three days and three days of intervals in the morning and light 3-mile runs in the evening.

As for upcoming events, who knows, really. As one can see, my race log has been dominated by orienteering since April (trail/bush-whack-running). Even the Aggieman running portion was off road. Hopefully I'll get a couple road races under my belt in the next couple of months to get a better idea of where my split times sit. I still have much room for improvement on the orienteering front, mostly technique when approaching and leaving checkpoints, I think, but hopefully there will be more of those in that log by the end of the summer.

Also, I just replaced my year-and-one-month-old, dilapidated running shoes with a pair of 4mm drop New Balance(s). A review is forthcoming, but so far, they fit better than most shoes I've ever worn and the heel strikes a lot less than my last pair. The Adidas shoes covered every running mile since June 2011 (approx. 1300+ miles). Those are big shoes to fill for this new pair. Not that this pair has to actually go inside of the old shoes or anything. Actually, the old pair was really no bigger than the new pair. No, I just mean that I hope they last as long.