Training Log Archive: Becks

Made it out to Ansonia this morning but am not battling with the Windows plug in to get data, so it can wait till I'm home this afternoon. Got there no problem, took the 34 on the way back as I needed to get choccie milk for the final mousey run before the hurricane, and a couple of days after just in case. Bad idea. Not only were the first few Dunkins I tried out of whole fat choccie milk, but there were huge queues of people panic buying everywhere. It took a loooong time to get back to New Haven, where I realised I'd forgotten my ID. Driving back from work to home took ages, new Yalies still moving in and big trucks, presumably stocking up the kitchens for the next 48 hours. So I decided to cycle back to the lab, only to find that someone had tried to steal my back tyre. Got the toolkit, fixed it up, but they've bent the wheel a bit, and cycled in. Got to run the mice, give them extra food to last through tomorrow, and then head home to hunker down.

I need a new bike!

Yey, orienteering! So I realise when deciding what to do today, that my O' confidence is almost non-existent. I considered doing the Fog O', but despite having hung the controls, I didn't feel like I could successfully do it. Then I decided to man up, and it went really well. The main error was number 8, where I let the slope push me way too far to the right. I knew it, but when I hit the trail junction that wasn't on my map I chose to go investigate anyway, realised the slope was nothing like as steep as it should be, and figured out what had actually happened and re-climbed the hill to the control. I also thought I missed tricky six, but after a bit of wandering I realised the tag was gone and I had been right there. GPS confirms this.

Really enjoyed the morning and I hope the woods don't get destroyed over the next thirty six hours. Fingers crossed.

Map here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/faintgirl/6085996887/