Training Log Archive: Nadim

From Northfield Rd. to Arlington Rd., then back. Peggy and I rode to observe Max at his school on Parent Day. After cycling, Peggy got some quilting furniture. When moving it out the back of our van, it seemed to re-injur my back in the same area that it got hurt in during the Bushwacker race, only not as bad.

Lake Needwood, MD. With the day off, much of it got taken up by other items but I did finally get out to resume some field checking of the Lake Needwood area. It was in the mid 80's F; more like a summer day than the fall. I was sluggish initially. I also had a hard time getting back into the map. After running at Hemlock Overlook yesterday, I felt I had been overmapping much of Lake Needwood. However to keep consistency, I still went about things in a similar way. I just had a hard time deciding sometimes about whether a feature should be on the map or not. I covered areas near the golf course and along Crabbs Branch Stream. I was trying to rush things, wanting to get this map finished too and that never helps with the accuracy. I was trying to get the placement of some border-line boulders right and had trouble with the task. I had to do a lot of erasing. Some of the terrain didn't help either. There were thorny bushes along the water areas of fist-sized stony ground to get across, and even some unexpected marsh. I'll have better days field checking again I hope.