Training Log Archive: TomN

Fountainhead West Red. Long, hot, hilly course in my favorite local terrain. My navigation was great and speed was good, up until the leg 10-11, which seemed to go through the twilight zone. I never saw the main NE-SW trail, but I crossed it somewhere, saw a control and surmised that I was in the little reentrant SW of the control, and I was. Then, a little spooked, I decided to take the trail around from 11 to 12, but something went wrong just after curving around the last big reentrant. Not sure of where I was any more, I headed towards the rounded spur leading to the control but found myself on the next spur to the north. Straightforward from there. But I lost time on both of those legs. Pretty tired on the long run in up the skinny part of the map that connects to the Bull Run parking lot. I stuck mostly to the trail in that section but took a shortcut to the finish.

Red - Splits

In the rain again. But only about 55 degrees this morning.

With Rob and Addie. A couple of 9s, a 5.10a, b and c, and an almost-complete 5.11a.

In the rain. As with most adverse conditions, the hardest part is going out the door. About halfway through I realized I felt pretty good, and extended the run another half mile.

Morning run, during a break in the rain.

Greenbelt Park Perimeter Trail at about 11 a.m. Before the heat wave and thunderstorms this afternoon.