Training Log Archive: Rosstopher

I had designed the park-o already when I got home on Wednesday night, but then I needed to wrestle with OCAD still a bit in the morning to get the maps sorted. stopped at Kinko's on the way in and today they were able to print them for me right away. Score :) Kinko's has nice prints that are pretty cheap and, unlike my own printer, they give me a receipt so that I can be reimbursed.

Biking down to Franklin Park. I always get lost going there. Luckily I remembered getting lost last time, and so I was able to reorient myself quickly.

Split the flags with Sam and I set the west side, bulky enough that I took two trips for my nine controls. Then Sam and I went out to double check a couple of spots where the map was really shaky (and we did our best, but the area has changed since it was mapped).

Then I went out on the beginner course with Vadim's daughter, Marina. Marina is in 11th grade and a ballroom dancer turned track sprinter. She wasn't used to running for 2.3 k all at once, but she was pretty positive the whole time considering the fact that I bet Vadim twisted her arm to get her to try it at all!

Since it was her first course and I was picking up vibes that she wasn't all that into it ( at least at first) I made sure that we didn't have any mistakes and I made all of the navigation choices very simple. I'm not sure this is the best strategy for getting someone to learn the sport, but empirically I think that she got more and more into it as we proceeded and I don't think she would have been as happy if I'd waited and watched as she made a lot of mistakes.

Afterward, I eyed the pretty new Inov8 shoes (demos only of the oRocs, the left foot of the 280s look sweet though) and think that I'm going to buy a pair of F lites as my everyday running shoe.

Finally, went and picked up the east section of flags and then the center section.