Training Log Archive: kissy

Brown Course at Fountainhead. I convinced my sister, Marit, to go with me, so after a visit to Ikea we headed to the meet site. Of course I knew how hilly Fountainhead is, but I was still severely whipped by some of the hills. I was doing fine, navigationally, and even moving pretty well for the first 2/3 of the course. But then I started losing steam. The last three controls were on the back of the map, on an inset. They weren't overly exciting at all; mainly trail runs, so I lost a lot of time there. The last control, though, was a complete parallel error.

There were two trail junctions right on a stream, one up the stream from the other. We were at the upper one, but in my quick look at the map, I looked at the lower one. So, I took a trail that followed the stream for a bit and then turned uphill...all was fine. But then things started to get wonky. I should have hit the parking lot, but I was nowhere near a parking lot. I stopped to figure it out when Greg Lennon ran by, muttering about where we were. So, I just headed due north, knowing I would at least hit the road and then could turn left to get to the parking lot, which is what eventually happened. What a cluster at the end of a fairly good run. Blah!

Brown - Splits