Training Log Archive: Terry

Green course, day 2 of US Champs in Laramie. I had a mostly clean run -- lost 15 seconds overrunning one control, and maybe a minute due to suboptimal route choices. It was a runner's course, and I suppose the four F45+ women in front of me are faster runners than I. Not as fun as yesterday's course, but still sweet.

Control pickup

Day 1 of US Champs in Laramie. I had a very clean run, and it seemed so easy that as I came into the finish I thought, "this was orienteering lite". But others had trouble, so it's just that I was doing well. This was one of the best races of my life. I did a number of things right:

• planned how to exit each control, and remembered the plan
  
• caught myself once when I lost contact with the map and pulled myself back into contact immediately, instead of vaguely hoping things would get better
  
• stopped myself from freaking out when I lost contact another time, noticing that there was a catching feature (open land) just 10-20 meters after my control so it didn't matter if I missed it
  
• chose excellent routes in the more technical rocky terrain, routes that made it relatively easy to nail the control
  
• read the map while jogging slowly, instead of stopping or walking, by lifting my legs high to avoid tripping
  

I lost maybe 2 minutes due to hesitations and poor micro-route choices. For me this is excellent. It certainly helps to be in this terrain, which I seem to find easy to navigate and also easy to run in. Last weekend I walked almost the entire time due to rough footing.

Finished 5th out of 7 US Champs eligible F45+ runners, and 13th out of 34 women on the course. Nice! Strong field of F45+.

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Training sprint. I made a couple of mistakes, but mostly did OK. Lots of fun.

Afternoon training in really tough terrain. Did 6 controls and didn't nail any of them. Terrain was an ill-defined compendium of various vegetation types and lots of rocks and vague contour features. Got scared and wanted to run orange for the weekend. Happily, the weekend terrain turned out to be nothing like this.

Control picking training course

One-man relay on Jubal E. Springs map at Laramie Daze. This is the first two loops, which I walked because my breakfast wanted to come up when I ran.

After my breakfast settled, I ran the second two loops of the one-man relay.

Walked to a few controls with Sue Kuestner and Judy Borish at the afternoon training on the Bisbee Hill map.

The first few controls of the morning race at Laramie Daze. Had a fair amount of trouble on the first 4 controls, then became more careful and remembered what orienteering in this terrain is like.

Did a bunch of controls in the afternoon training at Laramie Daze. Was pretty clean, esp. compared to morning, but I think it was easier. Ran.

Event: 2008 Laramie Daze & US Champs
 

Day 2 of Northwest Forest Frenzy