Training Log Archive: JanetT

Brown C Long on Egypt Mills map, 1:10000. No rain today! Wet woods but not bad at 10:30 and perfect temp in upper 50s.

Took it slow and careful again; got too far right on the hillside to 2 (looking for nice woods) and circled around it, but okay. Number 10 was again my big error but I relocated well once I knew I wasn't where I should have been. Up to knees in 1st stream Xing then fell in swamp before 2; two more falls rounded out the day. Apparently others had trouble cleanly crossing the swamp there too.

Updated, added FR. Really enjoyed the change-up (middle type legs) from 4-8 and was able to move well to them. #9 was almost too easy; a cliff (waterfall?) on a stream not far from a trail. But it set up the hill climb before 10 and possibilities of oxygen debt. As it turned out I might have done better contouring around the hill, but I thought I could go straight and do well. Oh well.

Straight line distance, 4.7 km (190m). Finished 5th overall, third NA, good enough for a bronze medal (but no mug). :-) Becks's mom beat me.

BrownC Long - Splits

Adams Creek map, Brown C Middle course, straight line 2.9, 75m climb

Excellent challenge, vegetation a bit reminiscent of Lynn Woods in CSU land. Rain just before start made my glasses useless (but I can see distance okay and had a magnifier for the map), so the plan was to stay slow enough to read the map and simplify. I did that consciously for the longer legs; shorter legs were more 'check compass and go.' Biggest error was on 10, I let myself be distracted (relocated from 12) and a smaller error on 13 as I skirted the edge of the clearing before seeing that the reentrant was still back in the woods. Good enough for 3rd F55 and 2nd NA! Lots of folks had bigger problems today than I did. (AP split analysis says just under 2 minutes of error.)

Walked from parking in the big field near the river at Dingman's Campground to the bus pickup (timed on my FR), then estimated time from bus dropoff to arena (to drop off dry clothes for after) and from there to start.

No rain until just before we started...

Middle - BrownC - Splits

Event: 2012 North American Orienteering Championships
 

No tools; modified a few exercises.

"Hills" on the treadmill, going from 0.5% up to 3% incline.

Adductors and pulldowns (9).

...where I was missed (and therefore talked about) on Monday. :-)

C • Talked about 2

Pilates using bands. Several newbie guys in class (one younger; one older), but it's mostly women of all shapes, sizes, and ages (with strong abs!).

Hill interval level 3 until my feet objected (leg muscles are fine with this). 1.15 mi

Adductors and pulldowns

And a spin around the track because I didn't do my whole planned elliptical workout.

Event: EMPO - Cole Hill