Training Log Archive: Gswede

So DOMA won't allow to upload my maps. Hmmmmm.

Disaster on this course. Visibility in the first section was reduced to 5-10m and 30m in the white. I lost it on 2, 3, and 5 as I tried to attack each too quickly and immediately lost contact with any easily recognizable feature. I allowed myself to rush through the course and wasn't executing my own orienteering properly.

Finally recovered and continued on to the simple remainder of the course.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/kUgWH8RRbeH031hv1

I couldn't go home knowing I had made so many mistakes in an area like this. I had to get out there again and orienteer properly. Now I feel more confident.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/BaRp9jmwZ56WkYZN2

OCIN_OINK_Sunday_AJ_Jolly_December_2017_7 Blue - Splits

100 pushups, 20 pedestal, 5 minute calf raise, 10 minute plank

Three circuits of functional strength routine

GPS continued to stop. So no track.

Really fun middle. More technical than yesterday with low visibility in certain areas.

On the way to 11 I crossed the first stream mapped as orange. It was filled with rocks so I assumed I had hit the first rocky stream, then when I hit the final stream things stopped making sense. I backtracked to see where I had lost contact and finally understood the mapper's decision there.

Continue to be pushed around by the green and lost about 20 seconds from this on 12 and 13.

Goals for tomorrow are full speed, no mistakes and holding my bearing in thick green.

GPS still turning off at times. I think I've figured out the problem. We'll see tomorrow.

OCIN_OINK_Camp _Ernst_December_2017_7 Blue - Splits

Event: OCIN TROL / OINK! (Winter Pig National Event)
 

Pretty simple middle in surprisingly physical terrain. The difficulty of orienteering depends in large part on how fast you go. Here I was at my physical limit.

Several mistakes in my attacks to the control, particularly at 3, 9, and 13. Probably lost about 30 seconds between extra distance and hesitation.

The final section was about pushing til the finish.

OCIN_OINK_Friday_Waller-Stephenson_Dec_2017_7 Blue - Splits

Long run in the Wiss. Really enjoyed the sunny weather.

Recovery jog in the Wiss with Abby

Functional strength circuit

3x Following Circuit
- Lateral squat x 12 (6 on each leg)
- Squat x 12
- One-legged squat x 10 each leg
- Lunge x 12 (6 each leg)
- Lateral push-off x 12 (6 each leg)
- Push off x 12 (6 each leg)

Two announcements today:

The first, and most important, is that the application process for the Junior Development Team and Junior National team is open. You can find more information and the application itself here! This year we're focused on developing our juniors here; on teaching them how to train, review, and improve; on placing importance on our championships here before going abroad to knock some heads around; and on having fun with friends.

If your son or daughter, or simply a junior orienteer you know, is interested in learning more about orienteering, please encourage them to apply. We look forward to creating great memories for everyone involved.

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Wissahickon Trail Classic Time Trial.

Fastest time by about 30 seconds

100 pushups, 20 pedestal, 5 minute calf raise, 20 pullups, 10 minute plank