Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: Explore the Sanctuary, Westmoreland Sanctuary, HVO event
 

Green course at HVO-Westmoreland Sanctuary in Mt Kisko. Temp around 50 and overcast. Nominally 6 km / 235m

I hate making errors on the first control, but that's what I did here, doubting myself and the map, and relocating from near the trail 5 contours up from where I was supposed to be. I think I was almost to it but the hill seemed to me to be curving away (re-entrant-ing) much more than mapped. D'oh.

Then good for the next three, but overshot number 5 because there was more rock out there than mapped and I went by it. I eventually decided I'd gone too far and returned. Glen passed me on the rocky, leaf-covered downhill leaving the control as I carefully picked my way down.

Fine on most of the rest, with a nice trail interlude on the long leg 7-8. I hooked around the hill to 10 instead of going between it and the next one so I'm counting it as a non-spike.

Lots of trails and stone walls on this map make relocating easy at least. New map from lidar and undergoing refinements but in pretty good shape. Nice course and a good workout. I was in last place on green when we left....

C • Wow! 2

Green - Splits

Event: Kentucky Orienteering Games
 

Large bouncy balls, meaning we started with a standing warmup (yay! I woke with an even stuffier nose today than it has been lately [allergies] and wasn't relishing the thought of focused breathing while lying on my back as we often do to start this class. I'd rather just get right into movement). Includes roll-ups with legs extended/feet on the ball.

During the hip stretch (sitting cross legged, bend forward) I could not bend forward more than a few degrees because hips were still right from the weekend. Typically I'm loose enough to rest my forearms on the floor.

14:55/15:26/3:39
Plus more stretching after.

Hips sore going in but loosened up. Stretching surely helped. Arms/shoulders tired/sore.

Sunday evening I could barely move, Monday was a bit better though sore in the morning. Today almost back to normal.

While most were doing weighted leg curls from hands and knees I did them standing, or at least until hamstrings threatened to cramp (standing leg, more so the left than the right). Otherwise no difficulties other than the normal ones.

Balloon-loop walk in MB with Glen, trying to get the kinks out.

Forgot to mention it was a balmy 60 degrees F out. Nice.

Prize for Lowlander finishers

The Hudson Highlander finishers receive a permanent prize (T-shirt this year with an awesome logo), and all Lowlander finishers this year received a pastry item (first time anyone other than top man/woman got anything). I think an edible prize for Lowlanders is a great tradition and hope it continues. ;-)

The Highlander T-shirt design can be seen in this photo collection by Stefan Slutsky.

C • Lowlander Prize 1

Event: Hudson Highlander XVIII
 

Event: EMPO --Thacher State Park
 

To the start of the Hudson Lowlander.

Had a hurried warm up jog because I was most of the way across the parking lot near Kanawauke Circle when I realized I didn't have an epunch which I must have dropped near the car or in the parking lot. Retraced my steps to car but didn't see it; looked around in the car. Getting farther behind now; figured I could borrow one from HVO and ask them to please look for mine.

At start, borrowed epunch didn't want to clear or check but did beep at controls. I did the entire Lowlander course with Donna Fluegel. We were both given the time on her epunch as mine had an extra 80 minutes on it.

Lowlander, nominally 13.5 km and 485 meters of climb (thankfully). My watch has at least 17 km on it and didn't start until after I punched #1 (which corresponded with #11 on the Hudson Highlander course). Lowlander used the third and fourth sections of the Highlander, on the Harriman Rockhouse and Sebago maps.

Temperature was in the low 40s, partly sunny with the occasional light snow shower. :-)

I survived, though my knees and ankles weren't happy about the second half. It was fun doing it with Donna because otherwise I would have been entirely on my own except for Highlander folks catching up and passing. We saw our first HH runner at #15 (our fifth control and first water stop), Isak, who eventually finished 2nd. Jordan, who won, must have passed us between 13 and 14 while we were battling more laurel than we should have.

The last loop on Sebago had much more road and trail running options and we tried to jog where we could. I was SO happy to finish.

Added 0.2 km to the distance and 35m to climb (start to #1); time for split was 4:42; total time per download was 4:47:39

LL - Splits