Training Log Archive: iriharding

Event: MNOC - Willow River State Park
 

6 x( 100y br + 100y ba + 100y fr)

MNOC Willow river Red - new area of the park which was nice. Those 6m contours don't show much detail though and there was lots of climb. A few minute mistakes in the thicker stuff

Actual distance 9.28 km and 201 m climb

#1 - easy run along trail to bridge and over to the new area
#2 - slight hesitation in the circle
#3 went down below the cliffs and ran a little too far to S
#4 ended up high - that tree wasn't really very different from any other ; there was also another marsh in there - might have been better to use that as the control 3 min mistake
#5 Ok
#6 was looking for the small reentrant on the hillside .. should have just blasted down main erosion gully (really only a ditch or stream) 1 min mistake
#7 good - that feature was only really a dot knoll
#8 into the thick green for a point feature ... a little bit of a bingo control 30 seconds lost
#9 good
#10 good
#11 good approached from the open in the East caught up with Stephen Bullard
#12 passed Stephen ...nice open pine woods
#13 good leg
#14 ran low in the ditch to the trail past #6 saw Jim .. heading into the thick green went a little too far East and then headed back to W (Jim and Stephen punched ahead of me) ~ 1 min lost
#15 #16 trail run back across bridge leaving Jim and Stephen behind
#17 good fast run
#18 a little wide to the East . Control was actually in the reentrant and not on the spur .. contour detail rather missing here
#19 quick run down
#20 slog up to the top
#21 along the top of the ridge (all light-thick green with some deer trails) ... slow going maybe it would have been better to run down to the trail
#22 had to pause at the saddle for a few seconds
#23 run down to road
#24 nice downhill run to finish

MNOC Willow river brown. Decided to run the brown right after finishing the red to get some more time on the map.

3.9km 90 m climb 4.522 k actual
3 similar legs
start to #1 - the bridge (3 sec faster on red)
#1 to #2 ran along the trail and right in
#3 same control as on red course
#4 same leg as red (29 seconds faster this time - no searching in the thick stuff and went a little more N) slow going up hill
#5 same leg as red (24 seconds slower this time went a little S on a deer trail in the thick stuff
#6 easy off the trail
#7 bridge
#8 wandered a little east again - control was in reentrant on not on spur (should I protest ?)
#9 same leg as red - 24 seconds slower - a little tired and checking the map a little on what is in the area (contours aren't real good here)
#10 getting into the thick stuff again
#11 very thick following deer trails
#12 run to finish

C • injury-free? 4

Brown - Splits

Red - Splits

Hike along Southdown to Itchen Navigation and along the river bank with Neil, Mike, Kathie and Mary and Molly