Training Log Archive: Gswede

A few more friends in Spain have caught COVID and have been down for the count the entire month of October.

I also have a trail running friend here in the US who ignored all the regulations since the pandemic's start. He can't walk more than a 1/4 mile right now. As far as I know he never had a positive COVID test and he hasn't been tested for it yet. We can't definitively say it's post COVID. But it looks pretty suspect.

This is a dangerous virus. Wear your masks, wash your hands, and avoid crowds, folks. It's about to get even worse in the US.

Return to Minsi Lake in beautiful fall colors.

Made a few mistakes in some very vague areas that cost me around 2m30s total. I may have not made those mistakes if flags were at the points because I was so close to the circle. Or I might not have seen the flags.

Going through the Quickroute analysis, the primary ways I lost time in this terrain were leaving the control in the wrong direction and adding extra distance (such an old habit that I need to keep focusing on) and moving slowly over rocky ground.

You could say that moving slowly over rocky ground is inevitable, but I think we need to and can improve our ability to run over super rocky ground. So I'm going to keep working on technique in the rocky areas near me.

Really stoked to have Bridget, Peter, AJ, and my trail running friend Steve Lange out. Steve is an extremely fit trail runner who has been wanting to give orienteering a shot for a while. I made him an orange level course on this map and accompanied him for the first three controls to give him technique pointers. After that he got super lost, but he made it back and had fun!

No map!