Training Log Archive: fzendt

Event: GAOC Local Meet :: FDR State Park
 

Picking up mostly Yellow controls. Walking in the woods.

Picking up the Red/Blue controls. First half run on the road, second half trail run.

Pick up Red/Blue controls. Walking in the woods. Went around the loop backwards from when setting the controls, still pretty interesting. Map may be off a little south of Blue-11/Red-9/Green-5. That may contribute to why the Grn runners had so much trouble with the control whereas the Blue/Red runners did not. Grn came in from the S whereas Blue/Red came from the NE.

It was a good meet. Everything went well. Times were a bit slow, especially on Grn. Disappointing there weren't more Blue and Red runners (3 and 2 respectively). Interesting/glad to see that Anna (N route), Austin (straight/contour route) and Charlie and Bridge (S. route) respectively took the three different routes on the long 6->7 leg. If you have the legs and skill for it, I still think the straight route is fastest, but in retrospect it's only ~150 m shorter than the S route. Looking at the map it first appears much more shorter than that. But the S route has ~5 contours more climb, but it is a relatively gentle climb. Worst part though is there is no good attack point, so you need to be real confident about when to leave the trail. Orange course was perhaps a little too hard. But the ROTC kids were using that for training (i.e. going out in pairs), so that worked out OK.

Hanging controls at FDR for the meet tomorrow.I got Sam to do the eight far off Blue/Red controls and took a section of sixteen closer in.

Hanging a second set of controls.

Another off-day. Picked up the equipment for the meet on Sunday. Ran several errands.

with Robin A.

with Kristin M.
another good workout, getting better and better at the really tough forms. Pretty much nailed the bird of paradise on both sides! Being rested really helps I think.

No training today.
Worked at CAC Food Pantry all afternoon. It was very hectic, busier than I've ever seen it.

No real training today. I was going to call it a rest day, and let my ankle keep healing as it still hurts a bit if I try to use it in a willy-nilly fashion. However I ended up doing about 3-4 hours of yard work. :-( Blowing leaves and then mulching them up with the lawn mower. Also just mowing up all the leaves on the grass. So by the end of the day I was pretty wore out. Maybe not training, but definitley not an easy, off day.

Actually about 3-4 hours of yard work. But to not give myself too much credit, I'll chalk it up as one hour of walking for training purposes.