Training Log Archive: GlenT

Flying Pig Long Course at East Fork SP. Nice course with some brutally steep climbs (with the option to avoid them by going way around). Lost 3 minutes on #5 by not checking the compass enough while crossing a reentrant system. Crossed an extra reentrant and had a much longer trail run than I should have. Stopped short on #6 due to a map misread and drifted off on #7. Overall could've been about 5 minutes faster. Ended up 2nd overall to Charlie S by 26 seconds. Had an early start (2 minutes ahead of Charlie) so the weather was good for running. Saw Charlie a couple of times during the run but he never caught me. Straightline distance was 7.0km.

Saturday Long - Green - Splits

Event: Flying Pig XIV - U S Interscholastic Championship
 

A tour around the model area on the South side. Checking out the vegetation and wetness underfoot.

Flying Pig, Middle Distance on Turkey Ridge (South side of East Fork SP). OK run. Lost 2 minutes on #4, a 100m leg - got off bearing due to low visibility in green stuff. Some other small time losses. 6th in M55 and 6th overall on Green (pretty competitive M55 group!) 3:40 behind first (Bill Pullman). Quite a bit of multiflora rose resulting in lots of leg scratches. Weather a bit on the warm side (60's) and sunny. Straightline distance 3.5km.

Friday Middle 8-Green - Splits

Around the "south block". 60's, overcast, started to sprinkle as I was cooling down.

At Moreau with the contours only map. Walk (and climb) to one of the potential start sites at Janet's pace. Time includes some wandering around checking features to confirm location. Actual time about 40 minutes. 1.5km, 200m climb - if you want to get to the good stuff, you have to work for it. :-)

A test run at Moreau with 8 control points. Did OK in areas I had been to. Challenging to try to move with any speed in areas I hadn't been to, especially with only a small fraction of the rock features mapped. "Mispunched" on one control - things pretty much matched in the vicinity of the "control" but didn't on the subsequent leg. Visibility and runnability quite good. Rugged terrain. There are lots of opportunities for parallel errors. A bit warm with temps in the 70's but too early for bugs.

Exploring the SW portion of the area and hiking back to the car. Had my distance contact swept out by a branch so things were a bit blurry for the last 15 or 20 minutes.