Training Log Archive: TomN

Easy runs seem to be getting faster. Not pushing the pace. There were a few icy spots, but the roads are all clear.

Nanospikes! Last night's mixed precipitation left ice all over the roads and sidewalks. Sun today melted a lot of it, but the temperature stayed just above freezing. I've probably run with these Nanospikes only 2 or 3 times, and nothing would have changed if I hadn't been able to run those days, but it's nice to know I can. They're easy to put on, pretty stable, and grippy. The trick is to find them after last wearing them 2 years ago.

Sunny and high 30s, and I ran long. Or at least longer. Fast pace and it felt great. Hey, the wrist HR monitor was pretty good this time, except for a bizarre spike early on.

QOC Oak Ridge Brown. A really nice course by Francis H. And good terrain too, technical, not a lot of elevation gain, lots of fast running. I was going well until a disaster at control #4. I was on a good approach but I see by the RouteGadget track that I pulled up early and looked in the wrong ditches. I never managed to match up what I thought was on the map with what I could see. It's also clear now that I wasn't reading the map well. I didn't see that 2 of the contour lines were actually form lines (so the steep hillside wasn't really there), and I also didn't see the pond symbol, although I found the pond pretty early on and looked for it on the map. I could easily have attacked from there if I had known where it was. But instead I backtracked, thrashed around some more, and made a big relocation loop, finally getting to the control about 30 minutes after leaving the previous one. Too bad, I really wanted to be competitive today.

Brown - Splits