Running (Terrain) 2:17:13 [3] 9.75 mi (14:04 / mi) +538m 12:01 / mi
slept:8.0 weight:181.5lbs
I was checking out terrain for some course setting. It was near 50 F when starting out, and it was sunny. I had intended to go to various control sites but in my rush to get out of the house and to do an errand before my run, I'd left my map at home. It didn't matter too much since this was about exploration in an area that was mapped a long time ago and not mapped up to today's standards. I ran on my memory of the area and various large features. The terrain was excellent. There was lots of wide open fast running. Given how weak I'd been on my last 2 runs, I was rather surprised to cover this distance and the climb without so much pain. Some rest/sleep had me helped for sure, but I also cruised along at a modest pace. I wasn't worried about walking up some hills. Many of the hills were steep enough to warrant walking at any time. The recent rains and earlier snows had flattened the fallen leaves on the ground. In all of my route today (I did use trails sometimes), I probably only crossed about 100m of real green terrain and not a lot more of light green terrain. I took waypoints for a bunch of point features that I'm pretty sure were not mapped. I saw another QOC person in the parking lot when I had finished and was changing clothes.
