Training Log Archive: EChild

(Boston Sprint Camp Begins)

Orientation/Direction exercise at Highland Playground. It went pretty well aside from the Orientation/Direction part. I didn't use a compass for this one so I kept leaving controls in the wrong direction. I think we were told not to use a compass, but I don't remember for certain.

Compass exercise. Having some trouble keeping direction.

Another compass exercise. Had a lot of trouble finding one control (which I ran right past without seeing), but I also realized at the end that the North lines on the map are slightly askew. There was a leg going through a field, and when I slowed down to make absolutely sure my map was oriented and I was running on the line, the map said I should be running about 7 degrees (give or take) off to one side of where the control was. So I'm not just really bad at compass running.

Distance is estimated.

Partner training exercise. Two different maps, one person has each, first person does their 1-3, then the second person, first person does 4-6, then the second person, then both race each other on their respective 7-Finish. The purpose was to know where you were, even when the other person was the one navigating to their controls.

Estimated Distance.

Picking up controls after the first exercise. Opposite course from the one my partner had before.

Great first race, in the woods, lots of climb but I did quite well. Only one control I could have saved a few seconds on. Also should have worn x-Talons instead of F-Lites, but it only really mattered when running up steep hills.

Down

(These were done after the compass sprint exercise.) A sort of modified Maze-O. The controls were at wall intersections of the maze and could be punched from either side. The purpose was to determine which approach to the control allowed the fastest route to the next control.

Different maze course.

Different maze course.

Sprint Edmands Park - Splits