Training Log Archive: Sandbo

Point-by-point on yesterday's scale of five:
#1: 4/5. No mistakes, but I hesitated at the wall of vegetation right before the control. Cost ~3 seconds.
#2: 3/5. More hesitation in the middle of the leg because I was in a featureless area, but I got back in touch with the map and found the control without difficulty. Cost ~15 seconds.
#3: 5/5. Used a compass bearing to go directly to this control.
#4: 4.5/5. Another compass bearing, found myself a little east of the control. Cost ~5 seconds.
#5: 3/5. Compass bearing took me west of the control, had to relocate and swing back for it, but I was only ~20m away. Cost ~30 seconds.
#6: 5/5. Hopped onto a trail for 1/2 of the leg, then took a bearing to the control.
#7: 4/5. I could have chosen a more direct route, but the one I ran took me right to it without confusion.
#8: 3/5. Was out of touch with the map for a few seconds, but otherwise my route was very clean and effective. Cost ~5 seconds.
#9: 5/5. Bearing and checking off map features got me right to it.
#10: 4/5. There was a moment of confusion at an unexpected trail intersection, but otherwise all went well. Cost ~5 seconds.
#11: 5/5. Compass bearing took me right to it.
#12: 5/5. Bearing landed me a few meters east of the control.
#13: 1/5. Used compass bearing, but left compass bearing because I was distracted by Ellen. Found a wrong flag about 100 m SW of the control , relocated, found another wrong flag about 20 m NW of the control, relocated again, found the control. Cost ~2 minutes.
#14: 4/5. Rough compass and rough map reading was sufficient for the short distance.
#15: 4/5. Short distance, no navigational mistakes, but I was hesitant to break into the clearing full of spectators.

C • Injury 3

D2 Brown - Splits

Event: US Interscholastic and Intercollegiate Championships
 

Overall, it went decently.
Here is my course, point-by-point, on a scale of one to five. One is bad. Five is awesome:
#1: 3/5. Traveled slowly to get used to the map and avoid mistakes.
#2: 2/5. Misread the contours and ran up a ridge instead of a re-entrant. This cost me maybe 40 seconds.
#3: 3/5. Ran too far to the south when I was nearing the control, But fixed it quickly. Cost me ~10 seconds.
#4: 5/5. Ran right to it.
#5: 3/5. Traveled very slowly in the first half to make sure of where I was, but afterwards ran right to it.
#6: 5/5. Ran right to it.
#7: 5/5. Ran right to it.
#8: 5/5. Navigation worked really well.
#9: 5/5. Very pleasing, ran right to it.
#10: 2/5. This control could have taken less than half the time if I had seen the trail leading to it, and taken the trail. Instead, I trashed through some vegetation until I noticed the trial and had to go the wrong direction to get to it.
#11: 5/5. Ran right to it.
#12: 4/5. Ran too far to the west near the end, but it worked out.

C • where are the results? Kind... 3

D1 Brown - Splits

Quick hike up Little Mountain; mush faster than I expected. 33 minutes up, 12 minutes down.

Note to self: start doing hill intervals. Mike says about once or twice every two weeks.

Spent some time in the high school weight room after my classes today.

Today I did five intervals of 3:30, with 1:30 of rest between each.