Training Log Archive: possum

Except for hauling water and cups to the water stop, today was just sitting in the cold and doing registration for Burr Oak Woods. Pretty good turnout considering the weather. I got cold, but not nearly as bad as Blue and Gray.

Putting out controls at Burr Oak Woods for tomorrow's event.

Lots of ab work today.

Mack Porter park. The park is still closed, so we parked in the church parking lot, walked the road, did the circuit, and walked back. Nice day.

I did my usual Wednesday workout with my trainer today. Lots of the tough stuff--ropes, sled, etc.

Balance stuff today on the Bosu, and the last round used a Swasher for V-ups, rowboats, and flutter kicks. That was brutal.

More sniffing, less walking at the Riverfront Trail. It was good that I work out--I had to pick up a 52 lb dog and put her back in the car.

After not going to 9Round for a week, my gluteals were really sore from yesterday. And I added to it by doing lots of squats and lunges today.

Took Elray to Jesse James Park for a fairly short walk. She was panting in the car like we were going to Texas, but she enjoyed the walk after we got there, and was pretty calm on the way home.

Tough workout today. I almost gave it a five. The CHOW was three hits on the bag and a surrender, and I managed 34 in the three minutes, but maxed out my heart rate in the process.

Day 2 of the Armadill-O. I thought I did a little better today. One major mistake, and one bobble. The worst part of the day was a bad route choice from 2 to 3. I got completely wrapped up in multiflora and couldn't move forward or backward. It took several minutes to get myself out of this.

The biggest mistake was on 5. I hit the stream too far west, where there was a control not mine. I did recognize that this was the correct stream, and went the right direction. I saw a second control, not mine, but the third time was the charm.

At another control, I was about 50 feet to the left, but looked over and saw it. I lost a little time going to 13, because I was about a third of the way there, thought I was going to 12, turned around, saw 12 and went about 20 feet when it occurred to me that I had already been there. So I turned around again and went for 13.

Except for the multiflora debacle, I thought my route choices were pretty good today, and I felt much better about this weekend. After Georgia, I was really bummed. I can now be more hopeful about the next meet.

D2 Brown - Splits