Training Log Archive: bbrooke

Event: Ironwood 2-Day
 

Day 1 Red course at Ironwood. I overshot a few controls but I didn't ever get too horribly lost (a la Anza-Borrego). The course was nice and flat, and I only had one really bad cholla encounter. Fun overall!

Updating with tracks:

- Not being familiar with the map yet, I was looking for a much more distinct reentrant at #2. It appears that I passed right by it before circling back.

- Can't remember exactly what went wrong at #4...

- I was counting on the trail to stop me on my way to #6, but I never saw the trail. Luckily I turned back before I went too far beyond it.

- I stopped to disentangle my ankle from a cholla on my way to #11. When I looked up, Eric Bone was leaving the control. I had no idea I had made a perfect beeline for it... I certainly wouldn't have expected that on such a long leg.

- Got off my bearing and didn't feel too confident going into #13. Found it after a bit of very careful walking around and map/feature matching.

Two rounds:

- sit-ups x 40
- push-ups x 30 (all but 15 were modified push-ups)
- 10# dumbbell press x 20

Red Sat Day 1 - Splits

We spent about an hour driving up to the Chimney Rock Night-O only to find out that it was being cancelled due to a storm and bad road conditions...

Event: Saguaro Training Mini-Week
 

Jump-rope, dynamic stretching, range of motion exercises, modified push-ups & 10 squats to warm up.

35# high pull x 5, power snatch x 5, thrusters x 5, good mornings x 5, jump-rope x 40 singles.

35# high pull x 5, power snatch x 5, thrusters x 5, good mornings x 5, 6# wall balls x 15.

Warm-up with 15 or so reps on three-position power clean. 35#, 55#, 65#.

For time:

- power clean x 5 (55#)
- strict pull-ups x 5 (I substituted "negative" pull-ups)
- kipping pull-ups x 10 (I substituted some jumping pull-ups in the first few sets)
- 60 seconds rest

18:12

"Borrego" -- goat-style long course. I should have opted for the shorter "Lamb" course.

I did OK on #1 - #4, but then I overshot #5. I couldn't make heads or tails of where I was, so I decided #5 would be the control I skipped. Unfortunately, since I had no idea where I was, I overshot my planned attackpoint for #6 by a ridiculous amount (i.e., off the map).

Did OK on #7 - #11 (except for the scary-steep descent down to #10, most of which I did by sliding on my butt while Peg Davis motored past me...). When I checked the clock at #11, I realized it would be impossible to finish by the noon cut-off. So I headed back and picked up #17 and #18 on the way, with the Fluegels for company at times.

I wasted a lot of time looking for a control that was missing. Had a few other mistakes. But it was another great weather day and I was happy that at least I finished (unlike yesterday...)

Update: Here are the tracks. Looks like I went directly to #3 (the missing control). DOH! I should have trusted myself and the other people who were there, rather than wasting so much time looking for it...

I'm not sure how I missed #5; I should have tripped over it. And then I *really* screwed up #6. I got lucky there when someone pointed me back in the right direction.

Walking to the start of the Maze-O.

Maze-O medium course (find any 6 of 9 controls). With all the steep, crumbly cliffs and narrow slot canyons, I'm surprised no one has ever been hurt at this event... It's kinda scary.

Update: Here are the tracks. I overshot #109, but then I got used to the 1:5,000 scale. One other issue was not being brave enough to jump over a "crevasse" to get directly to #101. It wasn't a long hop at all, but the other side was steep, crumbly dirt. I saw a few people jump it, while a few walked around the long way like I did.

After my last control, I was afraid the chute down to the main canyon was too steep (I couldn't see the bottom). I followed a different canyon for quite a ways in order to get to the main slot, until a point where I couldn't see what awaited me if I dropped down even deeper (could see light, but not much else). It was a situation where I'd either crawl through and pop out into the main slot, or I'd be trapped with no way to get back up to where I'd come from. I decided to play it safe, so I had to back-track all the way to my last control -- and then I took the chute I was initially afraid to use. It was no problem. Jeez...