Training Log Archive: NotATac

Todays course went better than day 1 but I still got majorly lost on one point which killed me. going from 5-6 was terrible. I hit the wrong trail but thought I hit the right one and ended up taking it to a campsite. The road was a very well done dirt road so i figured it could be considered yellow. I now know it must be paved to be yellow so this was my first mistake. Thinking I had hit the right road I followed it and after about 400 m thought i should turn off. When i did i was in the middle of no where in the forest so i set a emegency north bearing to get to the paved road. When i hit the paved road I found my point but it took more time to find 6 than all the time 1-5 c ombinded. Overall this point took 2302. The rest of the course was easy work. Lesson learned: slow is smooth and smooth is fast- take your time to make sure you hit the easiest route even if its slower so you dont get lost.

Sunday - Orange - Splits

I was lost 3 times on this 10 point course which contributed to the very long time. Going from 2 to 3 I took east on a marsh instead of south which took me to a road. Disoriented I took a left on the road when I should have taken a right. After I went about 400 m down the road I realized this and turned around. When i got to my point finally this leg took 1023. Leg 5-6 took awhile also. I took a wrong bearing by 10 degrees and ended up on a wrong draw. After wandering around for awhile I found out where i was and went to my point. This point took me 1352. From 7-8 I was also lost. Well actually i was more shit on by thorns than lost. I tried going through dark green, found out i couldnt and went back which wasted my time. This leg took 1506. all and all not a great course but i think it helped me improve for day 2.

Saturday - Orange - Splits

800 m run to Trophy Point
20 count - Side straddle hop
15 count - push-ups
3 min push up plank

Jacob's Ladder (magic number - 11)
Push-ups
V-ups

Mosey over to River lookout
Decline push-ups as a team

Broke up into teams (4 members)
-100 pull ups
-200 pushups
-300 air squats

-4 min push up plank
-Step-ups on ledge

Back into teams
-Push up plank
-Each team member runs to Battle Monument from Trophy Point

Abs
-Iron Cross (1 min)
-30 leg lifts
-Oblique set ups

Team Up Again
-15 Ranger pushups

Pretty fun and not to hard O course around the same state park as yesterday. Despite my map completely disintegrating I still found all the points so you can basically say I'm an Airborne Ranger Delta Force Recon Seal now.

Did a sprint course around the local state park. Relatively easy terrain but I took a wrong turn and was lost for a solid 25 minutes. Need to learn to pay more attention to the map.

Ran up to the PX, on the highway, through highland falls and back to West Point. Fastest Plebe Hooah.

150 pushups and six sets of ab exercises. A nice little burn.