Training Log Archive: iriharding

Badger A-meet Day 2 Cat's agenda (on W side of road) . Far less complex terrain and with a trail network . Preran course

Slowish start to 1, followed by big boom on #2. Looking for knoll got in right area but couldn't find a knoll with the control , checked around several knolls, bailed out to trail, reattacked same result, went to 250m N to get positive fix off marsh, reattacked and then went up large 2 contour hill whose top was mapped as a knoll . 15 mins wasted! Then shoe lace (Salomon quick -lace type) broke and shoe came off . Got shoe back on but was totally loose. Should have brought my ice bugs for the slippery terrain

This distracted my thinking so was a little shaky after that but made steadily better progress after that overshot #9 when didn't see a bike trail .

Disappointed with the day 2 result : m50+ 15th out of 20 (but 6th or higher for 7 out of the 14 of the legs ). Combined on M50+ for the 2 days was 8th out of 20.

control retrieval NW part of map where I had problem earlier in day ; didn't use compass and forced myself to read map more. worked much better.. should have done that earlier in the day

Green Day 2 - Splits

Badger meet / US champs Cat's Meow Green X - preran the courses . Rough start to #1 but after that pretty stable with cautious approach to make sure I stayed in contact with the map . Very technical terrain... no back stops .. relocating would be very difficult (unless you bailed a long way). Lost shoe just before go control so ran barefoot on one leg last 100 m to finish. So 7th place on M50+ out of 22 .

control retrieval on NE part of the map. Hauling bulky control stands plus emptying all the water. Nice and sunny at this point

Green X Day 1 US Champs - Splits

Event: US Individual Champs 2009
 

BGR A meet middle distance practice event - after drive down went out on the Hepcat map . A little rough on #2 1 min wasted .. but then got into the map . Stayed with slow pace to make the most of reading the terrain and being ready for the US champs the next day . It was wet and slippery out there but the heavy rain stayed off until last 10 minutes. would have been better with ice bugs

OTNT at Leb Hills : nice format : 5 controls then handicapped score O box of 12 ( - 2 for over 45 years) - then 1 control to finish . Took it slow since calves still a little sore from Ripley . Headlamp was rather dim and damp conditions made finding the actual tapes somewhat problematic in the tall grass etc. Got first 5 well , then 2 in W end of box Ok, then got disoriented by following the newly mowed firebreaks . Took about 15 mins to relocate properly when I ended up S of the horse parking lot and got going again. Did all the controls in the mid section of box , then moved on to E section and did them too. So ended up doing them all - no handicap- .

battle creek at lunchtime