Training Log Archive: pwentz3l

Started out on the long Minnegoat and by control #3 decided that the short version was going to be my event for the day. I have had intermittent pain in the top of my left foot for the last month plus and it decided that this event it was going to rear it's ugly head. I ran/hobbled the course OK. I took the road (path) less traveled to #2 and actually beat most of the field. I was a little shaky going to #3, but was still following to some extent. I took the long route again to #6, but bobbled the last few hundred meters. #13 was another bobble, there was a group following/paralleling me. They all ran by and I wandered after them. I was the first to correct and reach the control. I was passed again on the way to the transition, which cemented the notion that I wasn't running well. It would have been fun to actually compete on these awesome new maps.

Quickroute

Minnegoat short - Splits

Event: MNOC - Mille Lacs Kathio State Park
 

First run on the new MLK maps.

Great maps, great terrain, poor execution. Control #5 took the life out of my run. I wasn't as on the map as I thought.... I should have learned from control #3, which I had a slight bobble. It looks like I executed my attackpoint correctly on the N/S trail to 5, but then drifted north of the control and chaos ensued from that point. A little cautious on the way to 6, but navigated well from there, just at a slower pace.

Quickroute

C • after 5 you ran well! 2

Sprint.... Another mess. Totally boomed #1 by going down the wrong trail. I didn't even see the first one. I ended up finding #2 navigating back, then returning to #1. #1 was so bad that the entire field beat me (except for one) by over two minutes. #6 and #7 are nothing to write home about either....

Another helping of humble pie for me please.

A little confusing on the last control. Steveng completed a 58M leg in three seconds. Should we call the Canadian Olympic committee and tell them they have a new sprinter?

Quickroute

C • 3 seconds for 58 meters ?? 1

Red - Splits

Sprint - Splits

MNOC Adventure Runs are now on Attackpoint!

C • They were already up... 2

Warm up run to the OTNT Start. Good crowd for a two day notice OTNT. Tom, Kelly, Clark, Meghan, Jim, Jerritt, Julia and myself.

OTNT by Foxshadow

Alleycat format, but this is O, we are on foot and off road (for the most part). It ain't no alley cat, it's a mountain lion!!!

FS took a previously unmapped area and overlayed some GPS tracks. This was a courier based score-O. Try to clear the course while making your picks and drops. Pick to drops were 102-109, 105-104, and 110-111. There was also a cross town hustle from 109 to 108 where you had to go directly between the points, any other points passed along the way do not receive a visit credit.

I was somewhat familiar with the format, just from reading FS and Toddp's log entries. I knew that the pick/drop kill two birds with one stone is a time saver, but stupidly did not go to 102 first.... Argh.

Order of controls. 107,110 (pick candy corn), 105(pick??? we couldn't find anything (Clark was there also) and found one tennis ball, WTF. kept looking, found another tennis ball.... so we took them and ran off) 104 (drop tennis ball), 111 (drop candy corn), 109 (pick a nickel) and CTH to 108 (drop nickel), road to SF, 101, 102 (pick a penny), 109 (drop penny) 106, 103, 112 to finish. Noone was able to find the tape at 112. Maybe one of the residents took it??? House lights were starting to come on and I saw faces in the windows, so I ran back past all the neighborhood watch signs to the finish. First done and only sweep.

Great night and great fun. Woods were confusing and trails were sometimes hard to follow. Perfect!

Cool down run.

A much needed spin to knock the lactic acid out of my legs. Everything felt great. My riding partner pulled in front of me with 100 yards to go, we collided and I bent the spokes on my brand new wheels.... Argh....

Walking like a normal person now.