Training Log Archive: JHen

Beautiful day for a meet in Ansonia. Still doing all local meets without a compass trying to improve my map reading and get away from the point and pace count method. Really blew 1 and 2 and then settled down and had only minor errors on the rest of the course. Slammed left knee on a rock.

Sprint/technical training short course at Ansonia. Again without compass but also in my hurry to get started forgot to take a clue sheet so had no descriptions or control codes to go by. No major errors until the last control when I went southwest instead of southeast and ran right off the map. Saw water towers and realized what I had done. Probably lost 5 mins. Had a nasty fall on the trail run from 5 to 6. Bruised and cut up on my right side from shoulder to knee. Lucky I didn't break anything.

Carpenter Rd., Trowbridge, N. River Rd., Broadway loop before breakfast. About 5.5 miles. Time for new shoes.

Off trail at Crandall. Running from feature to feature. May have been outside park boundaries at times. One distinct evergreen had a Great Horned owl in it until I got there. White tails were all over the place.

C • I chased a couple of whitetail... 3