Training Log Archive: ernst

Another imag-O: This time with the RI Geo Wash (big) 1:15k map. It was quite readable, although the rock point features were tiny. Over to Misty Meadows, then Shirly Thompson, and via Surrey to Shelter and home. The mugginess seems to be on its way out and some clear sky is showing, but still quite hot (near 80). The last 1.5 miles were mostly pure trail running.

Warm and quite humid (70's). Good opportunity to test and practice my glasses technique. Also using a headband now to keep dryer. It seem to work. No major fogging up.
Used the Pond Mt. map of CT - a red course that I won in M45. . I love those old offset printed map. The rock features and the overprinted course really stick out very clearly. So much easier to read !!

Run to work. Was reading the relay map from last weekend. I am practicing moving my progressive bi-focals, to optimize fog prevention and reading clarity.

Running home with relay map again. This time following the course backward.

Run to work and then to lunch (Pauly's).

Running home with loops around CW. Warm out.

Long Course. Red (M40) This was a little better than the previous two days. Also a cooler day, less fogging. (I took my little chest fan, and used it once on the long uphill to 7, worked nicely - but usually would not have time to fiddle with it). A few 2-minute bobbles here and there. Lots of standing still to read details around the controls. I felt good physically. Had reasonable energy to the end. Ended up 4th, not too far behind 2nd (Jeff).

Overall there were really nice courses all weekend. The areas are superb - challenging with lots of detail.

Red Long - Splits

Relay, mass start. Humid, overcast, dark. Same issue as yesterday with the map, but this time even worse. The control codes were printed with the numbering near the circles, which made it even more difficult to find the course on the map, given all the darkish features. The start triangle and the 1 of # 1 were badly obscured, so I spent the first 3 minutes trying to find the course, eventually worked my way back from 2 to 1 to the triange. Ahh! Of course I lost contact with the people upfront doing this. Then a serious istake to 2 - came too low and then mistook the reentrant for the stream - I was not alone doing this...
Then serious fogging of the glasses from 3 to 4, so missed 4 entirely and had to relocate (literally) by the trail N of it. Not a nice experience during a relay.
The rest was fine, just orienteering, not seeing contour details etc. Just going slowly.