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Training Log Archive: Nadim

In the 7 days ending Oct 30, 2017:

activity

time

miles

Orienteering

10:08:34

21.82

(27:53)

35.12

(17:20)

937

6 /

100%

Bicycling

48:22

11.5

(4:12)

18.51

(2:37)

171

Total

10:56:56

33.32

(19:43)

53.62

(12:15)

1108

6 /

100%

7:29

0:00

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Sunday Oct 29, 2017 #

Event: QOC Prince William Forest

8 AM

Orienteering (Control Pickup) 54:48 [3] 1.54 mi (35:35 / mi) +45m 32:39 / mi

Prince William Forest. From Pine Grove, I went out to pickup 6 controls. It was raining steadily. I wore a rain jacket with a hood that kept the rain off my glasses, but with it getting cool and in the 50s F, the glasses fogged. I navigated pretty well to the advanced controls, doing one leg (1-2 on the Brown Course) which I hadn't earlier when setting the course.

Orienteering (Course Setting) 7:13 [3] 0.5 mi (14:26 / mi) +22m 12:42 / mi

Prince William Forest. From Parking Area D, I put out more fluids. I had gone out to this point enough that it was basically memory-O. There was a sort of corridor, perhaps from an old for the part through what had been mapped green.

1 PM

Orienteering (Foot) 1:03:51 [1] 2.3 mi (27:46 / mi) +75m 25:12 / mi

QOC: Prince William National Forest. I mostly walked the White course (that I'd set), with Samantha. This course was mostly on classic features used in previous PWF courses. Samantha was partly into doing this, and partly not. She kept asking about whether we were done. I let her lead most of the time, including when she made a mistake. She hung-on until the end.

Orienteering (Control Pickup) 33:11 [3] 1.68 mi (19:45 / mi) +86m 17:02 / mi
spiked:6/6c

I picked-up 6 advanced controls, and 3 easy ones. I had forgotten to take along bag for the controls. It had been raining and the temperatures had dropped all day. I wore a rain jacket and stuffed controls in my pockets. This pickup of controls gave me a chance to checkout some course legs.

Saturday Oct 28, 2017 #

9 AM

Orienteering (Course Setting) 51:33 [3] 2.0 mi (25:46 / mi) +97m 22:25 / mi

Prince William Forest Park, VA - Course setting some Green, Red, and Blue controls. I carried water, cups and a trash bag to the first one. Coming back I passed through some nice woods.

Orienteering (Course Setting) 25:48 [3] 0.79 mi (32:40 / mi) +66m 25:56 / mi

Prince William Forest Park, VA - Course setting for a single Red control. On the return, I took field notes of a bunch of unmapped rock features. Unfortunately, the notes appear to have gotten lost. A guy at the parking lot, was "skinning" logs for laying them along the trail. He said that removing the bark makes them last longer since bugs don't get in and have a protected area so easily.

Orienteering (Course Setting) 41:50 [3] 2.11 mi (19:49 / mi) +83m 17:40 / mi

Prince William Forest Park, VA - Course setting some Blue controls. I was really forgetful this day--not good for course setting. I left the car and came back a few times because I'd forgotten stuff. First, it was a control that I dropped when it snagged on some thorns. Next, I forgot to bring cups and a trash bag for the water stop. I did find a nice unmapped and wide corridor through what was mapped as slow running. There was probably some sort of road or power line there once.

Orienteering (Course Setting) 1:22:43 [3] 3.17 mi (26:05 / mi) +157m 22:37 / mi

Prince William Forest Park, VA - Course setting for Blue, Red and Green controls. I was partway out on a loop when I realized that I had again forgotten to bring cups and a trash bag for a water stop.

Orienteering (Course Setting) 1:37:49 [3] 2.94 mi (33:16 / mi) +131m 29:14 / mi

Prince William Forest Park, VA - Course setting. I carried water first, and made various field notes for map changes. I found a wide unmapped ride from the pond to near the ranger's house. There was more deadfall I added later. When setting an Orange control that I hadn't been to previously (a last minute change due to park concerns), I realized that there was some sort of drafting error--the map showed a pit near a stream and a marsh but there was no pit.

Orienteering 1:41:27 [3] 3.27 mi (31:01 / mi) +99m 28:21 / mi

Prince William Forest Park, VA - Course setting near Pine Grove. With my light failing, I got to an area with control density and made a lot of needed progress. This went fairly smoothly. I left one of the water controls for later.

Orienteering (Course Setting) 48:21 [3] 1.52 mi (31:49 / mi) +76m 27:32 / mi

Prince William Forest Park, VA - Course setting near Pine Grove. I got out all but 3 controls and really found the last one--a technical controls, by walking in to it, in the dark. I had to rush back home after this for my birthday celebration (this wasn't my real birthdate). My sister and mother pulled-in just as I got there.