Training Log Archive: dlevine

Dragon hunting. 86,701 points. Had one "swim" that I didn't think I deserved.

Was planning to warm down for longer, but someone wanted the bike.

Map Hike at Emery Park. Picked up 19 markers from the 2013 Hike. #1, #3, and #9-#25.

With Syed (who is normally better than this)

Game 1: 21-0 (yup!)
Game 2: trailed 0-9, won 21-11
Game 3: trailed 1-5, won 21-6
Game 4: won 15-3

With Brian, who's been fighting a chest cold and wasn't sure how long he could last.

Game 1: Couldn't get loose (I had arrived late) and trailed 2-11 before losing 11-15.
Game 2: 15-8 (as he came back a bit at the end)
Game 3: Trailed 1-7 before taking a 9-7 lead. At that point, Brian felt that he needed to retire.

West Point Sunday, Green X

Start->1: Spent a lot of time getting in to the map. Considering that it was only about 200m from yesterday, this felt odd. Still, saw David Yee coming in to #1 as I did (and he started about 4 minutes ahead). 4:40

1->2: More or less with David, albeit on different versions of the straight line. 4:11

2->3: Up to road, in at trail, up to clearing and down, criss-crossing David a few times. Followed him in. 9:27.

3->4: David took a right tack, I took a left, and we were joined by someone else. I was third to the control. 2:54

4->5: Kept choosing gnarliest route and ended up way behind David. Crossed road and saw him way left. I went straight on through the semi-open laurel and saw him just above me on the hill just NW of the control. Kept going and I think that I punched it without his seeing me. 10:27

5->6: Bobbled a lot and drifted left towards the cliffs, before having a delicate scramble down to the control. Didn't like my performance here, but splits analysis does not credit a mistake. 7:27

6->7: Saw David on ridge as I left, keeping low below the cliffs so as not to help. Then took a line to the left (looking for the trail and overshot and had to return. Didn't think this was clean, but was surprised to be credited with a nearly two minute error. Then again, looking at the times... 5:26

7->8: Ahh, the (up to now) missing West Point slog up a hill! Across the swamp, up the reentrant and angle up the spur. Distracted by #172 SW of the control and wandered down to mine. 7:36

8->9: Knew that I should go all the way over to the trail between the cliffs, but decided to "angle to it" and hit rough running that just slowed me down. Analysis says it was a 30 second error and I concur.

9->10: Down and around. 1:15

10->11: Thought about around, but the laurel looked clear. All was good until I saw the control and knew it wasn't mine because it was on a man-made object, not a rootstock. Of course if I read the control description correctly, this wouldn't have bothered me. 3:39

11->12: Straightforward, but my left calf started to cramp up. Of course, splits analysis says this is the best leg of the weekend... 3:17

12->13: Across the washboard stuff looking (correctly) for a pair of rootstocks (this time); saw it from a distance. 6:38

13->14: Probably the less said, the better. Hit the trail that runs parallel to the road and turned the wrong way. Splits gives me a 4.5 minute error, but does not accurately measure the ego bruise. 6:52

14->Finish: Totally demoralized. 1:59

All in all, an acceptable run except for the GO control. Too bad that's the last thing in my mind for the trip home.

To/from the Start/Finish.

Sunday Classic, Green X - Splits