Training Log Archive: O Joy

Event: ICO Camp Cullom - Sprint Bonanza
 

ICO Sprint Bonanza at Camp Cullom. It was great to get out on a new to me map in ICO-land. Mattias Erickson set nice forest sprint courses that made great use of the prairie grass area, forest, disk golf course, and open fields. I was happy with most of my races except for one dry ditch control that was on both courses I ran. I had problems with the control on the first run getting confused with open with scattered trees disk golf fairways that seemed like big unmapped trails and what seemed to be extra dry ditches and psyched myself out on the control for the second run. Great warm sunny day to be orienteering. Stopped at Stuckey's apple orchard on the way home and had apple cider donuts as a treat.

C • Cider donuts =) 1

Mystic Bay trail loop on a wonderful cool evening. Time includes a fall and slight ankle twist at the 77th street water treatment station so I had a good pace.

Green course set by Matt Bond at MVOC's Camp Hook Harvest-O. I did fairly well but should have run the road from 10 to 11, took an inefficient path to the trail between 8 and 9, and there was a serious earthquake that made the reentrant become a spur and visa versa and made 16 much more difficult than it should have been. Beautiful fall day to be out in the woods!

Rosemead loop on a clear cool evening.

Open Race at the Westlane Cross Country Meet.

Rosemead loop

Event: UIUC Campus 1-Hour Score-O
 

Orienteering Illini Campus 1-hr Score-O. Fun course set by Alex James on UIUC campus. I had some lost time with a couple of the alleys on the edge of campus and could have gotten a couple more controls with the remaining 5 min and a bit better plan. Great way to see a campus.

Rosemead loop with Aragorn and mintore for the first half then they went their own ways and let me get into my own rhythm.