Training Log Archive: coach

30situps,25pushups,1m.backplank,2m/quadstand,45heeldrops

Picking up controls with Judy.

Event: 46th Blue Hills Traverse
 

A variable weather day for the traverse, finally settling down to cloudy skies and breezy with temps around upper 40's, but felt colder if you were standing around. The start went off fine, I had all the maps. I then went and picked up the first control.
Helped Tony, my local Shaklee dealer, set up the food and drink station. It was so great for him to volunteer to do this for me, it is a somewhat thankless task to stand around in cold. cloudy weather, pouring water and picking up cups.....although, thank you to all of those who thanked him.
I had forgotten Dean's jacket in the car, which I had promised him I would leave at the station, and by the time I remembered, he had gone through. Feeling bad, I hiked into number 16 and hung it on a stick so he could get it there. He apparently never noticed it....
Then to the finish.
Everyone finished, Jim and Peter timing it down to the last minute at 3:45pm.
The awards were some fine Trillium beer, only available at the traverse outside of the brewery, and some local honey, thanks to Peter F.'s bees.

C • Thanks for all your efforts... 5

Up and back to control 1, carrying water to number 10, getting lost carrying water to number 18, running to get Dean's jacket to number 16.

Hanging west controls

Putting out the controls.

35jacknifes,20pushups,1m.backplank,40heeldrops,2m./quad

Finding some new control locations, since I decided to shorten the course. The area at the very south of the east map is quite technical in places, massive amounts of rock it some places, and I realized it would add quite a bit of time on the course, so I moved the controls further north.
Also checked out control location 3, which I had picked off Ian's 2011 course, figuring it would be fine. Upon checking the area, I realized it was close to an unmapped trail, and the vegetation was mapped incorrectly, just moved it north about 100 meters to a boulder, in some green :)

Running through the course, checking routes and locations of the controls on the west map. Actually put out streamers.