Training Log Archive: dlevine

Emery Park Map Hike

Parked next to the softball field.

S->10: Across Emery Road past disc golf hole towards site. Spent time searching, but eventually found it further up the reentrant than I expected based upon driveways across the street. 7:25

10->1: Road to parking lot through hedge, across parking lot that is no longer there to road bend to site. 4:00

1->2: E to driveway to maintenance area to power line to bend to marker. 4:16

2->3: Back to power line to road to four-way; brief stop for friendly man with overly friendly (but not aggressive) dogs to T junction past shelter across stream to fence. 4:27

3->4: Straight to traffic circle to clearing to site. 3:19

4->7?: Traffic circle to left at next junction, cutting in at edge of white woods with clearing in site. Out to spur; no marker. Searched NE, but there was no other spur; went SW to ruined fence. Back to the road and in via the clearing; SW and NE again and then down to the stream. Up stream and down stream. Back up to the trail NE of the site and one more careful sweep along the top of the steep bank. No split

7?->5: Along edge of hill to road to trail to area of spur. Couldn't find it and had to do a second sweep before I found it. 36:45

5->6: Out to road, in through rough field to new road. In at clearing, but came in upstream of marker. 9:21

6->8: Out to road and then along trail at crest of hill looking across for "help" with #7. Learned nothing. All the way on trail to road and then across field and straight at it. 9:36

8->9: Road to edge of field and in when I thought was right, but I went a bit early and a bit too far in. Quick recovery, though. 4:32

9->12: Out to Emery Road. Went W and then cut in at what looked like trail based upon start and distance from power lines. Went in too soon, though and had tough going up to cross trail. Then went to correct trail and overshot (on purpose) just a little. Then had to cut in through truly gross stuff. 8:49

12->13: Back to trail, then NE through field into woods. Through nice stuff to marker. 6:02

13->14: Across stream then NE to cross reentrant near power line, then in. No split.

14->15: E to corner and then along top of hill to flag. Actually searched one spur too soon. No split.

15->16: Down spur and then into tributary stream to main creek. Climbed out too soon and climbed too soon. Came out about 75m W of site, but went W. Found area with four new huge (3-6m high) rootstocks blocking what should have been the knoll (based upon the depression NW of "site"), Gave up when I realized that the reentrant was wrong and I hadn't seen trail up from creek. Went downhill (towards 17) and found marker easily. 24:14

16->17: Down spur to the right of line (cleaner woods) before turning in. 3:59

17->18: Along fence line to reentrant system E of control. Turned in and saw marker before I saw the boulder. 3:33

18->22?: Through "gunk" and past reentrant system by the "8" in "18", around the next system and straight to where I thought it should be. Never did find it, climbing through all of the nearby reentrants, spending time on the hill at the SE edge of the circle and re-attacking from the trail bend. No split.

22?->23?: W to trail; backwards along the disc golf fairway to road junction, around stream and then in. Found fence, followed to apparent end at top of ridge, but no marker. Was able to find more fence lower, but still no marker. Back to other end of fence (in case hung at wrong end) and then all the way along it without finding it again. 28:24

23?->25: Out to road, across T-bar, up the southernmost slope to knoll and in. 3:47

25->21: Planning on heading to 24... Back to T-bar and started up road. Realized that going for 21 first made more sense and cut in, but too low. Got to stream and had to head upstream to marker. 8:34

21->24: Out to road, up hill to clearing and in. Explored a smaller depression downhill from the real one before finding marker. No split.

24>20: More or less straight across to it, but was concentrating on a safe descent into the streambed and missed the marker. Searched up and down and didn't find it; went out to road and came back in without seeing it. Went 80m downstream, got in stream and began walking uphill until I eventually found it. No split, but elapsed time now over my 3 - hour limit so the remaining two markers (19 and 11) would wait for another day with the three others that I couldn't find.

20->F: NW to road and then across the softball field to the car. 19:25

Singles vs. Lucas

Neither of us was on, but I was in a fog. I had to think about where each of his shots was going - instead of just reacting - and it was as if my arm was two inches shorter (or longer) than I thought so most of my hits were off the side of my hand. Very weird.

Game 1: Trailed 0-7, improved a bit and lost 9-21
Game 2: Trailed 9-10 and 9-16 before going on a serving run and leading 19-16 before losing 16-21.
Game 3: Lost 5-15 in a game where the score says it all.

Two laps of the River Trail.

Cutthroat with Syed and Lucas. Match played out much as expected with Lucas outpointing me regularly, but allowing me to go on some runs and Syed taking up the rear. Lucas kept undercounting his score. "Official" results first, independent observer results second...

Game 1: I went on a late run and won six in a row to win the game 21-9-18 (21-7-20)

Game 2: Lucas wanted to assert himself and did. 11-8-21 (12-8-23)

Game 3: Lucas did not want me to win two out of three, but left the door open; alas, I couldn't slip through. 18-12-21 (18-8-22)