Training Log Archive: Nadim

Warm-up w/Heidi and David Onkst from the parking lot to the start of QOC & SVO's Mont Alto meet.

QOC & SVO's meet at Mont Alto, PA. I started okay on the long climbing part of the course then started making small errors half-way through partly induced by the outdated +20-year old map. Two controls from the end, in a very green part of the course it started thunderstorming and though I felt okay, I kept missing the control by only a few 10's of meters to put-in a 43 minute leg. To make matters worse, I sustained several injuries. Besides, running my shoulder into a tree, getting a stick in the eye and running my knee into the pointy end of a dead branch, the worst was right as I was spiking control #1. There I had jumped down from a rock onto two others hidden in the leaves. My right foot jambed the ball joint into the rock, cutting right through the sock and bruising the bone. After shaking it off, I didn't feel it too bad (no muscle and few nerves there?) except when the slightest thing touched it. It wasn't a good day for my orienteering but lunch afterward with David, Heidi, Tim and Eddie was nice.

Blue - Splits

Roads & trails around Northridge Bowie.

From Quill Point Dr. to the WB&A Trail, to the parking lot at Race Track Rd. and back. Hungry from working late again I stopped by McDonalds for a medium french fry dinner, then ran. It was very nice out, about 60F, but damp. Measured halves on the trail were: 3:13, 3:21, 3:11, (25:48 half-way) 3:18, 3:21, 3:27. I pushed at the end and w/o thinking I could, broke 52 minutes. My arms felt weak.

30 pushups, 45 situps, dumbells.

From the UMD Track near the stands, Adelphi Rd. to Wells Pkwy, to Claggett Rd. to Queens Chapel Rd. to Dartmouth Ave. to College Ave., through the Mall and back to the track. The temperature as perfect for the humid air. I didn't mean to run fast.

30 pushups.

Day 3 of the US Team Trials was held in 50 degree rain. I ran on a team of Bernie Breton (Green), myself (Red) and Gail Gagarin (Brown). Peggy and Bernie came in together. I was with Mike Eglinski most of the way. I would run up a little and either bobble or stop to read the map and watch Mike pass me. He lead with me on his heels most of the way. He could read it so much faster and better than I--all I felt I could do was try to stay in-touch. I got a little ahead at the spectator control and rushed out to get ahead on what I thought was a trail run. My thumb must have hidden control #8 which is in direct line to #9 and I skipped it. This got us disqualified. Then I bobbled #9 and Mike and I were even again. My sincere apologies to the team and to Mary Jones whom I put under pressure to race Gail by finishing with Mike. This was a terrible recurrance of previous mass start type events which tells me my thought process is wrong. The weekend seeing friends was fun.

Red - Splits

Warm-up for the Classic Stage of the US Team Trials. I ran up to the spectator control and down to the start.

The Day 2 Classic stage of the US Team Trials on the Rockhouse Mountain Map in Harriman State Park, NY. This better but still dissapointing day was the best of the three days. The first part of the race was good. I screwed-up the longest leg, something I usually feel more comfortable doing. I also forgot to take along a Gu so I felt like I bonked on the second loop.

Blue - Splits