Training Log Archive: MJChilds

Event: HVO/WCOC A-event "Love The Lakes"
 

Love the Lakes, Day 1. Pretty good day. Had trouble with compass, a bit sloppy, and terrain was a little hard to read. By 4, realized 1:7500 had not sunken in and tried to adjust better. Went straight on 5 intending to hit stone wall but was a wee bit to the left and was grateful to have stopped to look for the stone wall just after I had stepped over it without realizing it. Pretty ruined wall! Straight to 6 and intended to go around the lake to 7 and then head north to the big trail and then to the road. Lost track of everything: direction, distance, orientation to the lake and found myself approaching the start! I had seen signs for the trail but they didn't register in my brain. Had to relocate, run by start, around the marsh to tje right and then follow the stone wall back to the bend then up. Lost about 2-3 min there. Boo.
Retraced my route back to the road to 8. Took it all the way to the maintenance sheds past the spur on which the control was hung. Wish they'd have been ,append under the pink private lines because it threw me and I climbed too early. Found it OK, but had to work my way around lots of rick to reach the control.
Straight to 8, across top of reentrant to road. Could see control from road. Straight down to 10 which I'd checked out on the way to 8. Easy. Then down to 11 but was too far left and quickly relocated on the trail. Straight to 12 and on in. Except for big blunder at 7, it was a day with lots of wobbles, but no big problems. Glad of it.

Brown X Day 1 - Splits