Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: EMPO - Saratoga Spa State Park
 

Event: Ottawa O-Fest 2012
 

Advanced course at Saratoga Spa, 1:10,000, 3m contours

Super fun and super weather, ~70, sunny and dry. Only really botched one control (5) not finding the right trail that would have gone straight to it. Lost several minutes bouncing around. Especially liked the butterfly/box in the flat pine wooded area. Many thanks to the EMPO volunteers.

UPDATED with FR track; 6.182 km, 81m climb reported by FR / AP, probably about right.

Red - Splits

No tools. Lower right back/hip still tight since weekend activities. Frustrating that all the stretches I do don't seem to relieve the area...

C • Stretch 6

1.9 mi hill interval level 3. iPod battery needs to be charged so no podcasts today; listened to TV instead (switching among about 5 channels including local 24-hour news).

Learned that Donna Summer died. "Last Dance"

No stepping. Felt more energetic than on Monday (and less sore). :-)

Using exercise balls. I think I'll feel the leg extensions (legs around the ball like tweezers and then you lower legs from upright as far as your back allows) tomorrow. Everything else was good.

Frustrating to read other's logs when they refer to neat stuff on their track--but don't share the map except with "friends"--even for public locales (I do understand keeping your home location available to limited viewers).

Just spent the last 15 minutes doing detective work to satisfy my curiosity.

Check out the satellite view of this park, if you're interested (can't post the link from iPod--too complicated to copy it):

http://www.sjcparks.org/stpats.html

C • Agreed 1

No energy this time, still sore from the weekend with tight quads. Stretching should help some. This slower recovery is the pits.

Event: NEOC: Rocky Woods
 

Green course at Rocky Woods, usually known as "tick central" but I haven't noticed any yet (yay!). Hope I don't find any strays. Didn't need a longer course after the race yesterday, and I could feel my legs so took it slow through the thick woods. Only had a problem with one control (a boulder in an area with a lot of smaller unmapped ones...). Nice course by Jeff S. (and a 1:10000 map!).

EDIT: FR = 5.915 km covered, 145m climb

From Start/Finish two lines headed vaguely toward the north, one just east of the North line, and the other NNW at about 15-20 degrees. Started navigating toward the eastern one, but it turns out that was towards 11, not 1, but that's the route I wanted to take anyway (1 was a long leg). :-) Getting used to the mapping on the way to 1, thought it took me until about 9 or 10 until I thought I understood the mapping style (rock VERY generalized with some considerable-sized boulders not there and some others perhaps undersized). Base from an older 1:15000 version done years ago, with more recent updates by Jeff. A work in progress... Visibility is low in may areas due to small pine saplings blocking the view.

A bit off/uncertain to 2, but heading generally in the right direction; should have just pounded out to the trail and then found the form-line hill. Didn't go far enough to 3 and turned around to relocate. To 6 I think I climbed a hill too early, but found the point okay. 7 was in a reentrant that was full of pine saplings; I was standing 8-10 m away but couldn't see the flag. Saw someone off to my left so checked that way and there it was. Fine day, not too lost, and slowish because of sore legs and warm temps (low-mid 80s?). A lovely way to spend Mother's Day!

Green - Splits