Training Log Archive: DarthBalter

Event: Georgia Navigator Cup 2016
 

We got up at 6:30, in the dark, drove to Gainsvile, GA in somewhat foggy morning. Sunny at the start ~50+ F, can not complain about this middle of January racing weather.
Absolutely delighted to see Piaras, he looks the same just a touch older -M60+, spoke to Misha Shifman before warm-up and after the race, he is a tough cookie at his 78.

C • Old-timers 1

nice and very clean execution for most part, hesitant on 1, just adjusting to the mapping, 8, 9 and 10 was a bad stretch, 8 a minute standing in the circle trying make sense of local mapping, should have being more aggressive, may saved ~ 40 sec on that. on my way to 9 ran into human junk in the woods, was super careful not to kill myself ~ 20 sec waited. # 10 was epic, had a perfect line to control and excellent execution, with one minor correction, there was an extra unmapped reentrant on my perfect line, as I figured out next day after my race when I visited that leg again. ~5 to 10 meters deep and ~150 meters long. So it made me start looking for a control earlier, ~ 3.5-4 minutes to recover. I was second guessing my map skills all evening long, it was a relief to find out it was not me :), at least not all just me. Pushed pace up hills rather nicely today.

C • Leg 9-10 8

GreenY - Splits

I can not believe I will be running with Pearas on a same course yet again, that bring some memories from my first Billygoat in 1993.

with backpack

Well below freezing + windchill. Almost no pain from surgery.

Day off.
2 more implants are in, total of 5 titanium screws in my jaws.

below freezing in the morning. Hamstrings are still a little bit tight from racing, yoga is in store today

Signed up for O-ringen in July and WMOC 2016 in Estonia in August

C • WMOC 4