Training Log Archive: Ricka

Event: SLOC Turkey O
 

Clean Turkey O' run at Hawn. About 40 degrees; dry; some sun. Always stayed in contact with map. Good sense of distance; pace-counted 3-4 times as needed.

Planned and executed 15K route: cautious 12min/K reflecting my fitness; 3 hrs; some climb (felt like only 2%); allowance for errors. 26 of 31 controls. 1 pt/control made it easy to skip 4 'far west'. Also skipped #20 - tough to build into route.

2-3 bobbles - missed #30 left coming from SW - distance concerned me, hit stream, recognized it, turned right. #2 from north - dropped in one reentrant early - surprised - litle time lost. #15 - hit location clean and confident, mis-hung control, guessed correctly where it might be. Last control: #5 - tough uphill climb from creek - hit knoll - no control - too tired and short on time to search - some master maps in error.

Perhaps, 3rd overall (?) behind Eric and Dave who both swept. Probably best Turkey O' finish and best run.

C • Good run! Again! 1

Vigorous walk to Shaw's Garden, pleasant visit, then home. Took a awhile to warm up. 40 with a breeze. The Holiday train/lanscape exhibit was excellent.

For any Swedes out there, visited the Linnean House and saw the Carl Milles sculptures.

Very pleasant long run in Forest Park. Hitting several Kennedy Forest trails made the time go much faster. They are beginning HUGE unspecified work on park's largest 2 creeks (in Keendy and west of Jewel Box). Also, rehabbed Pavilion Hill looks GREAT.

Bit warm for running :) - about 75 - maybe a record high.

But Wed-Thur will be near record low highs for the day - about 40.

STL weather!