Training Log Archive: kissy

I went back to Westmoreland today to collect the controls from last weekend. What a change in weather! It was in the 70s today, and it was hot. There were still patches of snow in the woods because this area really got hammered by the storm. There were many newly downed trees blocking the trails. I ran through my first spider web of the season, replete with a spider in it. I saw a salamander, and kept smelling something sweet, but couldn't see what it was from. There were no flowers out there, so maybe it was from a tree. A little weird. This loop was the controls from the advanced courses. My first loop, so I was running quite a bit, except on the steep uphills.

C • Spider Web 1

The second loop of control retrieval. Running a bit less. I had trouble with the one control that I had set out in the wrong reentrant. I thought I was going to the wrong reentrant again, but I think I ended up in the right reentrant. Then, I contoured along some deer tracks, but I headed out the wrong way. Finally, I got myself oriented and went right to the control. Something is definitely screwy with the map in that area.

Last loop, where I walked the entire way. I was tired.