Training Log Archive: kensr

Event: West Point A-Meet
 

Brown. What a fiasco! Confused at the start, thinking I was looking for a spur rather than a cliff because we went and punched at the start and so the next control was 2 except it really was 1 as you would expect if you thought about it. In any case, I ran straight at it, which took me into some green and down a cliff. Probably should have just run down the road, I think that would have been fastest.

Then going to 6 I wrapped around the cliff spur and turned R instead of L because I was sloppy on figuring out my position as I came around the turn.

Then I went straight coming out of 7 and got into mt laurel and marsh and turned 90 going up onto the wrong pile of rocks and cliffs. That was quite a wander until I bailed and hit a trail, eventually pinning down my position.

So a good 35-40 minutes wasted, admittedly some because I had bare legs and they were getting ripped up. Kind of distracting.

Mix of good legs, 4th - 5th fastest and then some way in the back. A few lessons learned.

Brown X Day 1 - Splits

Vetting

A little sloppy at first, had to pace off some distance to determine the scale of the map. Picked up an extra bike trail on the way to 2 and did an extra loop around that area. Then got more focused and went okay except for a detour down the wrong trail going to 5. Found 9 lying on the ground, but fortunately had spiked the location on the spur and saw it lying there.

Took a little longer than expected, but good training. Thanks to Phil for setting it up!

Long, easy run.

Checking control locations for training next Wed evening 5/6. Come try a choice of courses!

Balance
Incline crunches, roller wheel
Legs on machines 40/70, then 30/60 on extensions, 70 curls, squeeze 200, spread 120
Shoulder pecs
Ski erg 2.30, 1.58 x 500
10 flights stairs

Event: UNO Bear Brook SP: New England Challenge Stage 1
 

Red course
Try a longer course in the woods. Nav straightforward, controls good except for very last, thrashing thru thick stuff to find it. Oh well, excellent day in the woods. No mistakes, modest pace.