Training Log Archive: TomN

QOC Little Bennett Red. This event had been postponed from a couple of weeks ago due to a permitting conflict. But it turned out ok, because there was a general reshuffling of Maryland events for various reasons, and everything got resettled.

I ran pretty well, kept up a good pace and took good routes, but left a good number of minutes on the table as a result of a chronic inability to find the control in the circle. On #3, I aimed for the spring but ended up too high in the reentrant, and wasted a lot of time looking at rootstocks further uphill. On #4, too high again, and didn't spot the shallow reentrant, pace count told me I'd gone far enough but couldn't tell me where the rootstock was. On 7, I saw a zillion likely-looking rocks before the right one, which felt especially stupid because I'd gotten a look at the control on the way from 1 to 2.

#8 was higher up the hill than I anticipated. But #11 was the worst. I figured I'd aim off and come into the reentrant high, then head downhill and hit the ditch broadside. Good strategy, but I didn't aim off enough, came in below the ditch and ran a good ways further down before becoming certain I was too low. That hurt a lot.

The last loop SW of the finish went all right but could have been a lot more crisp. I could see the isolated roostocks pretty well, but couldn't recognize the patterns in the big clusters.

Anyway, just under 9 min per k (climb-adjusted) and I rarely go faster than that. No doubt the long trail runs contributed to that figure.

Red - Splits

Around the GSFC perimeter road, no side detours. Pleasant day, good running on the dirt road with hardly any ice, mud, or standing water.

Drumm loop, same as last time. But this time it was 32F and I hand on fewer clothes.

The regular Drumm loop with the extra bit on Homewood Parkway, adds 0.6 miles. 43F and I was way overdressed for it. It did not feel nearly as fast as the time indicates.