Training Log Archive: smoke

picked up sick dog from vets - have to put drops in his eye 20 times a day. yikes!

infected heel is still pretty bad and very sore

route

was pretty sick - should be pleased that I managed to finish instead of disappointed in my result. Woke up with a high fever, which didn't clear up before the race. Wasn't even sure I was going to make it to the start.

1) slow but reasonable until I got there and couldn't see the flag - which was clearly visible about 10m away. Lost about a minute just standing there.

2) mental lapse - should have paid more attention to distance - Knew I was to the east of the control, so why did I go further east?

3) first part of the route was very slow going - should have gone around that area, but mostly well executed

4) feeling pretty sick, but kept going slowly, but got there fine

5) this could have truly been a disaster - at some point realized i didn't know where i was, my thumb wasn't anywhere reasonable on the map - i had no idea how long it had been since control 4, no idea what my plan might have been! so, walked east trying to relocate - found a trail - hoping it was one of the trails between 4 and 5, but no idea if it was the one to the north or south of the line. when i saw the cliff at the edge of the swamp i had great hope that i knew where i was - and apparently i did

6) pretty good till i got to the swamp in the circle and then got confused again - blaming this on the fever

7) pretty straight forward

8) no real plan except to relocate off the trail after missing the control - a better plan could have saved 10 minutes or so, but i really wasn't thinking clearly

9) the steep part was really slow - would have been better to retrace my steps and go around this. at least i had a plan - hit the creek, follow it to the trail, trail to next creek and down to control - worked well

10) was too high, so struggled a bit in green - trail might have been a better option

11) in control!

12) distracted by others and took a pretty roundabout route

13, finish) - just ran

was still feeling pretty rough and spent a long time deciding if i was well enough to drive - had a little nap and then drove - smarter decision would have been to get a room for the night

Day 2 Green Y - Splits

Event: US Two-day Classic O Championships
 

went pretty slowly, trying not to make big mistakes - seems to have worked

map with route

Day 1 Green Y - Splits

Event: US Team Sprint Series Final
 

just really bad - no focus at all

better, but not much

skipped Saratoga Springs Street-O because heel is still very infected and very sore.

Event: ROC - Stop-By-Rochester-On-Your-Way
 

easy sprint, just slow - forgot to turn on garmin
got to wake up all the controls - almost didn't notice the missing beep at 1, went back and then stopped at all the other controls to wait for the beep
map

sprint a - 2 huge mistakes, controls 3 and 4
probably even slower
3 - poor route choice to start, then ran right by the re-entrant
4 - way overran, saw 5, turned around and went back to 4

this was a lot of fun - misjudged what I could do - should have picked up 25 and maybe 22

wonderful meal afterwards - a great day and a lot of fun

Sprint A - Splits

Sprint B - Splits

Event: Niagara Falls Sprints
 

just very out of shape and somewhat lazy

lucky navigation was trivial as I was very distracted and probably not able to focus