Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: EMPO - Grafton Lakes State Park
 

Placed some of the white/yellow course controls near the start/finish at Grafton. Did not use Forerunner, so don't know exact distance, but not much more than a km I'm sure.

Temps in the 60s most of the day, with some sun peeking out later in the afternoon. Decent turnout of mostly seasoned orienteers, with one newbie we attracted through the Park's Meetup group. :-) I hope she comes back!

Picked up a few controls. We had a lot of volunteers so Glen didn't have to go out again.

A bit of trouble hitting #70 cleanly from the attackpoint I used, but figured it out. Another somewhat flaky area of the map (or very poor compass work by me?)? I did use the FR for this outing and will upload track later.

EDIT: Track uploaded.

Used weights. Low lunges in the warm up were hard (I have to work to get into position but can do it). Then she threw in a "power yoga" move that I didn't even attempt, a side plank with lower leg extended. Other more normal moves and a bit of work with the weights.

Adductors and pulldowns after.

And we have a grandson (our first), born at 1:07 this morning. :-) We'll go visit very soon.

C • Congrats 18

After voting at the elementary school (budget, etc.), we went to Hand Hollow Preserve. I walked while Glen ran; didn't want to get too sweaty after my dermatologist follow-up visit.

Another class with no stepping, but I'm okay with that. Quads and hips tight from the weekend.

Event: NEOC: Earl's Trails
 

Earl's Trails Green, SL 5.4 km, set by Phil B. Nice course making good use of the woods and removing most temptations to run on the bike trails. Gorgeous sunny day with temps in the mid to upper 60s and low humidity. Mosquitos, but they could have been much worse (I had bug repellent on my neck and arms). Some young blackflies hitched a ride home, but weren't biting.

Thanks to Phil for the course, and Jim P for epunch support.

Green was a subset of Red, the same through 8, and then jumping over to their 13. From their 16 we came straight on in to the finish.

Didn't see very many people out there! A few at the first couple controls who I figured were on shorter courses, then no one until kadley after my 8 and his 12. Good first three controls. Decided if I had to climb up and/or over the hill in the middle of the map to 4 I'd do it on trails. Once I worked my way over to it I took the main trail around to the south, until I was SSE of the control and was able to mostly contour from there, only slightly confused by bike trails but figuring it out. Trails most of the way to 5, and lucky to 6 when I got near the control (S side of rootstock) in the low viz area and saw a downed log. Hmmm, "I bet the flags at the S end of this," and it was.

7, the shortest leg, was my first blow up as I took the saddle NW out to the trail and then forgot to correct for the angle so I explored some rocky areas to the north of 7 before figuring it out. Fine to 8 and back to the trail. Took kadley's line down the hill then never saw him again as he scooted off up the hill after crossing the stream. I took trails to the closest junction W of 9 and then tried to contour, but drifted too far down the steep hillside and had to correct from the mapped half-meter boulder below it. A bit S of the beeline to 10 and hit the trail at a Y junction, but it was the upper not the lower Y so approached that wrong too; quickly corrected, though. Good for the rest though slow because it was mostly uphill (12 contours over about 900m). Happy to be done.

Discovered an unmapped ancient truck-in-the-woods about 20-25m west of point 102 (hilltop south of the southernmost out-of-bounds corner), rusty front end visible but truck bed buried in the duff. Probably worth a black X.

Phil says AP's calculated climb is way off; I calculated about 160m counting contour lines on the map but it felt like over 200.

Green - Splits