Training Log Archive: BigWillyStyle

In Euro qualifying, Iceland! Wales! Northern Ireland! Hungary! The Faroes! It's madness!!!

C • Footy 4

Morning training at Franklin Park. Erin divided us into groups of four for a series of O-tervals, starting ~10s apart and switching up the start order. My group, consisting of Addison, Emma, Izzy, and myself, dubbed ourselves the Dream Team and agreed that we were most awesomest of all the groups.

Mass start farsta. I was lazy right off the bat and was led by a couple of the juniors into overrunning the third control on our loop. Also realized at the end of my third loop that I went to an incorrect boulder in a field of boulders on my second loop but didn't realize it because there were no controls, only streamers. Disqualified!

A "starts" exercise with seven baby maps of two controls each, where the objective is to practice flipping the map, finding the start, orienting quickly, etc.

Evening race @ Franklin Park. This park is so fantastic! My favorite venue/race of the camp. Open variable woods with tons of rock features, elevation detail, and even some tricky ruins. There was some greenbriar, but greenbriar doesn't hurt nearly as much as blackberry bushes.

I made one nav error, leaving 9 off by 90 degrees. I had it in my head that I should turn 180 back around from where I came into it, but didn't account for my entry direction changing on final approach, and was confused when I found myself almost in someone's backyard. Maybe 25s loss.

Then from 12-13 there was an obvious tunnel route choice that I didn't take and lost some 15s, which was especially dumb because we had been there during O-tervals. I don't think I've ever once made the correct decision when a tunnel is involved.

Really well-set course by Schirminator, whom I got by 4s (I think). Ethan was ~25s back.

Sprint Franklin Park - Splits