Training Log Archive: maprunner

Day 2 of Laramie training camp, at Rattlesnake Hill. Chilly (11) but clear morning. I started in the mass start this time, which might have been a mistake. I started too fast and was thinking about others instead of my own training. Nearly missed 1, just saw it out of the corner of my eye; wandered around the wrong rocks on 2; totally misjudged 3 and had to back track to relocate, similar problem with relocation at 6. After that, I finally calmed down and did my own steady pace, and no more big mistakes. Vegetation at the end was not pleasant, it was worth trying to find a way around it.

Mike and I went on to Pelican Bay to do some more training, It had warmed up to 18, but it was very windy. I decided to try a few controls in the open area, walking very slowly(not more rough vegetation for me, thank you very much) and checking off every feature on the line. I went to 1 first since I have difficulties staying focused on long legs. Then I turned around and headed to 10. I thought things looked a bit funny as I started back, but I didn't figure it out until I downloaded my track: I never made it to 1. Extremely embarrassing since I was trying to read every single thing on the map. Did much better on the rest of the controls.