Training Log Archive: bishop22

4:01/8:02
1:25,9,9,30,0,0,27,26 (on 1:45)
3:22,17

Event: CNYO ROGAINE XV
 

Nate and I did the 12-hour version of the CNYO ROGAINE. After the maps were handed out, we planned out two loops, including an optional extension on the first, if we were staying on track. We went out from noon to 8:27pm, then back out from 9:20 to 11:07pm, in the dark.

We had multiple problems with our first, simple, control. I had never been on a 1:30K map, and did not have a feel for distances. This was my first non-orienteering map, so I also did not know what to expect in terms of what would be missing. We accidentally started out on an unmapped trail, took some time to relocate, then had to head most of the way back to the start to reload. Then, after forking onto the correct minor trail, we wound up on the wrong fork when the trails came close together again. So, we decided to skip the first control - not the start we were looking for!

After that, things went much more smoothly for awhile. We did several controls that were not far from trails, and pace counting is amazingly accurate and easy when you are walking on trails. I forgot to pack a second bottle of Gatorade for each of us, so our quart apiece did not last long enough. We needed water badly enough that we abandoned our search for a 60-point control because we thought we needed water more than the points - little did we know that we would finish 50 points behind the winners...

We then went through another nice stretch of controls on the way back to the hash house, arriving very close to our planned time (most of the miss was due to the 12 minutes we spent unsuccessfully looking for the control card that Nate dropped).

After hanging out and eating for almost an hour, we decided to venture out for a few night-time controls. It took 3 passes along a trail to spot the reflector on the first (easy) control. That did not inspire confidence in our next leg, which was to include a 400m approach on a bearing through the woods. The sometimes heavy undergrowth and dense pockets of trees that we could not see from more that 10-15m away made estimating distance tough. I also lost track of the hundreds place in my head, so when we reached a reentrant, we were at 375m, and I was thinking 275, so it couldn't be the right reentrant. So, we kept going, but got to our catching feature early, realized the mistake, but had no desire to retrace our steps for 100m through the junk, thus abandoning another 60-pointer. We decided to cut our loop short and just grab one more control (which we absolutely spiked!), and head in.

The event was a lot of fun. Nate held out amazingly well (he's just turned 13, after all) - we must have covered at least 23 miles.

7:56
1:24,5,4,4,3 (on 2)
3:19,13

1 circuit

88 at stag day with Steve

Tim shadowed me around the Red course at Camp Pinewood. Slow moving due to injury. Nate struggled again on Yellow. Zach zipped around White with only a couple of bits of help from me.

83 (41 in 63 min on front)

3:55/7:47
1:23,6,4,3,3 (on 2)
3:18,13

1 circuit

Tried to do the GTA track workout, but not even close - could not push off my left leg at all. Time to visit an expert...

3:59/7:59
1:27,9,9,8,7,8,7,7 (on 1:40)
3:19,15

3:56/7:49
1:25,6,6,5,3 (on 2)
3:19,16

3:48/7:41
1:25,30,29,8,8,8,8,7,7 (on 1:40)
3:21,16

1 circuit

Ran out and back on the Finger Lakes trail from the park in Mt. Morris (York invite). Had to run real easy, and carefully - any false steps were a pain in the butt, literally. Very warm and humid - forced slowness was probably a good thing.

Training run at Letchworth on last year's mini-Rogaine map (between Chelsea's hoop tourney games). Did C13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. Ran (jogged) all trails and some of the easier terrain - had to walk the tougher terrain because of my injury.

3:51/7:43
1:23,6,6,7,4,6,5,5 (on 1:45)
3:20,19

1 full circuit; 1 upper only

43

3:54/7:49
1:26,30,1,0,29,9,8,7 (on 1:45)
3:20,16

O Training at Webster Park - Window-O.
Able to jog on level ground, but had trouble with uneven ground and could barely lift left leg over impediments in the woods.

Slower pace allowed more attention to map features.

3:55/7:44
1:27,7,7,6,4 (on 2)
3:24,20

left leg had zero strength for hamstring curls - no chance of running today (or tomorrow? or longer?)

3:50/7:55
1:29,31,1,2,1,29,30,0,8 (on 1:40!)
3:24,19,21

butt pain persists - can't run

Trouble with swing due to yesterday's injury

Severely pulled hamstring/hip/butt while stumbling and falling on the way to C3. Limped around the rest of the course.

E-C-P

GTA - had to drop off the pace: hip, etc. quite sore suddenly (had to take yesterday off)

3:57/7:54
1:27,8,6,6,4 (on 2)
3:18,11