Training Log Archive: TomN

QOC Fountainhead, Brown course. Good course by Francis's course setting students. I didn't push too hard, which was a good thing because there were some difficult areas. I thought the leg from 4 to 5 was challenging (would have been more so if it weren't for the huge chimney 2/3 of the way through), and I had an unexpectedly hard time with the long leg 7 to 8 -- I wanted to bash straight for the fenced area without thinking, but the route was hard enough to require thought after all. Taking the substantial climb into account, I was pretty fast, as it turned out.

I forgot to start my watch.

Brown - Splits

Big weekend coming up. Two orienteering events with a 10k race in between.

Noontime at GSFC, perimeter road plus antenna range loop.

Noontime run at GSFC. 60 and sunny.

The usual 4-mile loop, a little faster. Temp in the low 50s, and breezy.

Short Stumble at Pine Grove Furnace. The first leg was up a hill along a dirt road, and after the long runners split off I was on my own. I saw one other runner just after the first control, who was going the wrong way. Not another person in sight for the rest of the run. I woke up all the controls. It was good PA terrain, long featureless slopes and a lot of open forest.

I spiked every control, which is pretty unusual. I used small contour detail, charcoal platforms, and rocks to stay on course. And of course, trails and streams where available. First on the Short course by about 30 minutes, and first finisher overall. Distance traveled was 8.8k on a 7.1k course, so pretty direct routes, although I ran around on the road and trail on the long leg 9-10. Window order 36-35-38-37.

Short Stumble - Splits