Training Log Archive: TomN

Mid-morning run around the neighborhood. Was going to go for more, but found I was rather low on available glycogen.

I spent the last week in Germany, working with the group that's building our laser controller. What's weird is I went from Turin (WMOC 2013) to Göttingen (WMOC 2012). Next stop should have been Hungary, to keep up the back-in-time WMOC pattern. But it was back home instead. I went for a run after getting in, because after 12 hours of sitting I just needed something to do.

Day 2 of Val Chisone 2-Day. This was a middle distance event at Pra Catinat, a high alpine forest between 1600-1700 meters elevation on the north side of Val Chisone, with a lot of open and semi-open land, good-looking woods with widely spaced trees, difficult footing, exceedingly steep hillsides, and cows. Spectacular weather for the day.

I think I handled the physical aspects of the terrain pretty well, but my technical orienteering left something to be desired. Not careful enough on the approaches, and a lot of time wasted looking for the controls as a result. The nature of the terrain made pace counting inaccurate. But somehow my combined time was good enough to come in first of 5 in M60. There was a nice award ceremony, and I got a bottle of wine, Dogliani, a regional specialty. Hope I can get it home intact.

The host club, Oricuneo, is small but earnest, fine folks, with a fair amount of English (I have zero Italian). They seemed delighted to have me there, lots of good-natured banter about international competition, urged me to come back in September for their next 2-cay competition, with one day in Italy and the other just across the border in France.