Training Log Archive: TomN

Core plus legs.

Clear blue sky this morning for the first time in weeks, and tomorrow it's supposed to return to torrential rains. So today automatically got promoted to track day. 4x1000m with 4-min rest (600m slow jog) in between. I was trying to be relaxed about it and not obsess over splits and times. No checking the watch until the interval was over. Maybe I relaxed too much on the 3rd one. But whatever, it all felt good and the pace was fine. Times for 1k:
4:17
4:15
4:20
4:14

Goddard perimeter road plus antenna range, at noon. Fine day for running.

Rain all day yesterday and threatening weather again this morning. Not very warm either. I put on a long-sleeve shirt in order to convince myself to get out the door.

Core plus legs.

Goddard perimeter road. I remembered to start my watch this time but forgot to stop it. In any event, I took it at an easy pace.

QOC Combat Village Red. Fairly difficult navigation in subtle terrain, combined with unfortunate map printing, made for a tough run. The first control was described as a reentrant, and I spent some time looking in various likely reentrants before bailing back out to the road and taking a more careful approach. This time I followed the 1-contour ridge, figured out that the black x was a rootstock, and found the flag from there, on apparently flat ground.

After that I was a lot more careful (which meant slow) and avoided making any more big mistakes. I overran #6, must have gone right by it, because when I came back it was right where I thought it should be. Overran 8 too, and got into the complex reentrants to the north of it. No other problems but, as I said, kind of slow ticking off features.

A surprisingly fine afternoon, and a nice time meeting and yakking after the run.

Red - Splits