Training Log Archive: jjcote

US Champs Day 1, Red M45, Diamond Bay. Very pretty terrain, enjoyable course, running early in the day. A couple of very small errors, and one blown route (way too far left on #3) that still probably cost me less than two minutes. Still, my time was not very good, something like 12th among M45s and right in the middle of the Red list. Obviously just not running very fast.

Red Day 1 - Splits

East Pelican Bay, alternating between pushing a little harder and just jogging, and stopped at one point to chat with a friend for a few moments. The two errors were quite bad and quite stupid.

Walked around to a few controls with Stephen, Nicole, and Nancy, letting the kids get a sense of advanced navigation (they did quite well).

Since we couldn't climb 'Scuse Me Rock on account of the embargo, we went over to Vedauwoo, where Stephen and I scrambled up to a saddle pretty high up. There were other people (Saegers, Boris and Kat) coming down as we were going up, and some rain hit, but we waited it out under a big boulder. The crux move was a long squeeze crack that Stephen fit through pretty easily, but it was a bit tight for me. In general, he did great, and I should look for a small harness so I can take him rock climbing.

Happy Jack Map, relaxed pace.

One Man Relay at Jubal E Spring. I'm using a very high threshold ffor a "spike" here — I never lost more than a few seconds. Pushing harder than yesterday, but still not trying to keep up with the crowd on the last loop (until the last few meters when I sprinted away from JP).

Walked the Jacoby golf couse with the Goodwins and Charlie (they played, I just tagged along), about half of which was barefoot in the short rough, which was the highlight of the day, incredibly soothing on the feet, especially the spot next to the leaking sprinkler head.

Later, on the drive to CoSpgs to pick up the Koehlers, I got to make a Starbucks detour for orthodontic recovery purposes, which was pretty entertaining. Impressively heavy rain on the drive.

Middle Crow's Toe, Red. Just arrived at altitude, so I made a point of never pushing the pace. A couple of little bobbles early on, then at the end it was clear that I had taken a few High Altitude brand stupid pills.

Event: 2008 Laramie Daze & US Champs
 

Christoph's 'biners.