Training Log Archive: pfc

A reprise of the Extreme-O course from 3 years ago, with a couple of added surprises. Ian and I teamed up and steadily worked our way past the field. In rough order, we had a regular O-map, then plot from park map, then a bearing/distance (no map), then another plot, memory leg, a couple of contours only controls, a couple of UTM plot and bearing problems, a strip map, a culvert crawl, a swamp crawl (plus barking dogs), a photo-O, a canoe into another culvert, another strip map, a rope bridge (we bypassed on a log because of a slow short-course team), the infamous Tunnel of Death (my turn this time), and another swamp crawl to the finish. Took 1st by about 10 min, even including the 5 minutes looking for Ian's glasses in fallen leaves and time to go retrieve a forgotten instruction sheet. Even though I remembered a fair amount of the course, it was still fun and my approach to the navigation was very different than I remember from before - more experienced I guess.

C • looks like you had some solid ... 9

Blue Day 2. Climb didn't seem as bad but it was still impressive. Only one major mistake when I let concentration lapse for a moment. I really have to stop doing that.

C • You two scare me. 2

Visited Stone Mountain outside ATL with Ian "Billy-Bob" Harding. Took the tram to the top and walked down the east slope and back along the base below the north face. A little worried about my fellow hiker, as he seemed to be gazing a little too reverentially at the massive bas-relief of the Heroes of the Confederacy - as the brochure proudly states, BIGGER THAN MOUNT RUSHMORE. I guess there's still some hard feelings against Mr. Lincoln.

Day 2 Blue - Splits

Event: Georgia Navigator Cup
 

Nice course at Sweetwater Creek, but the climb was brutal. Made a pair of 3-5 minute mistakes on 4-5 and 6-7, but recovered and ran the rest of the course pretty cleanly. Unusual blue course in that we had a map exchange after 11.

US Team fundraiser sprint. Legs were a little wobbly and limited my speed/effort to 4 (footing wasn't real open either.) Made mistakes on 3 and 6, enough for Ian to close the gap on me at 7 (he started 1min after me), but seeing him gave me a little extra boost. Not that good a run - too many mistakes for a sprint.

Sprint - Splits

Blue - Splits

13/7, more focus on effort than technique

Usual plus leg presses. Sweetwater Creek has some hills.

Start taper for the weekend. Maybe a swim tomorrow.