Training Log Archive: Nadim

Cabin John Regional Park, MD. I only had a short while but thought there to be a chance of completing the map today. I finished-off most of the wooded areas but as time was running short, I got into a small but detailed depression with reentrants that took time. I added some root stocks which I had left out earlier when short on time. I also changed some of the wooded areas to white from light green. I still have to double check my drafting of that, a small area of woods near a road, and the ball field/tennis court areas to go over.

Wheaton Regional Park, MD. Tom Nolan set a lot of controls for QOC Summer Short Series (SSS) training today. We started with a trail-o of 8 controls set on a 4K course. Going rignt from the end of that was a sprint using mainly open terrain and trails. I ran in my trail shoes which I had been wearing since doing field checking, and felt slow. It was interesting to have the trail-o spread out over this distance. I hadn't been doing any real map reading lately so doing that on the trails alone was good. The Wheaton map isn't very technical nor is it very precise and detailed. This added to the interest since I had to figure out on the run where the map was off. On the trail-o, I missed 3 of the 8 controls--I didn't go back out to see why since after the sprint portion of the training, I was rather thirsty and tired. Though for the trail-o, Tom used real controls, on the sprint through the popular grassy areas, It took some gettinding used to finding the small streamers.

From Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD, to 12th and C St. SW, Washington, D.C. After a nice small vacation, I'm back to work and more training. It was about 78F starting out and humid. I rode steadily and felt weakish. Everyone was spaced out evenly on the trail as if it might keep them cooler. My front derailed cable slipped at a bump and left me in the middle ring. It was okay for the last +2 miles and kept me from pushing gears too hard. There was traffic at the end.

From 12th & C St. SW, Washington, D.C. to Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD. It had cooled off from 97 F to 95 F when I got started. I felt fine riding. With my front ring stuck on my 42 from this morning, I spun. There was a slight headwind. I kept a nice pace. After Georgetown and halfway to Fletcher's Boathouse, a younger roadie woman passed me. I tucked-in behind her and picked up the pace. It was faster than I've been riding lately at 21mph on the flats and 18 to 20 mph up the hill. I would of pulled for her too but every time when I thought she slowed, she'd resume a faster pace than I could hold for long. She turned off at River Rd. and I continued at a nice pace.

45 Situps.