Training Log Archive: cmpbllj

Garmin had crapped on me the night before, so I have no data to look at. I was fairly happy with how I've done this weekend. I went through the vague areas numerous times without self-destructing. My error (R on 10 from the AP in) today that kept me above 10min/km was a distraction one...car was coming and I wanted to be in the woods (why?) before it rounded the bend.
Lessons from the weekend:
1. What is race pace. Less about you and more about the terrain and vegetation and course-setting/navigation challenges.
2. Absent other factors, I tend to navigate from vegetation first, contours second (since both affect speed in the woods as well), and compass use is pretty low in my kit-bag...lots of use this weekend convinced me that I would be better off using the compass more to cross areas and ignore the vegetation and/or contours. I quickly realized that one woods were white, light green were of varying density, and the transition between the two was NOT navigatible...so stop trying.
3. Pace transition. I tend to much toward a single pace, and I need to do more to consciouly traffic-light.

Event: DVOA Training Weekend - Hickory Run
 

First exercise at Hickory Run. We talked through the legs and kept separating ourselves in the woods to make sure we weren't within sight of others...traded quite a few legs with Jeremy Colgan. Tom had asked us to go at slightly less than race pace. I found afterwards that I was right on the edge of big error--going at less than race pace, I stumbled onto what is my race pace for that terrain/course setting. Enlightening, and it allowed me to do as well as I've ever done at Hickory Run over the rest of the weekend.

Afternoon exercise with Nick Fuhriman, doing long-short-short rabbit drills. Amazing that the rabbit always seems to get caught, and I was also surprised by Nick...he can match me for a few legs, and head-to-head he just leaves me in the dust. Getting pretty tired.

Sprint course...fairly decent and clean after the first 4 where I did some J's out of or into controls. Very hard to keep track of where you are on this map.

Went fairly conservatively on the Night-O...looked at leg 12, (depression in med. green without a solid AP) and decided that I won't attempt that in daytime, let alone at night, so I refound #8, then attacked from there (finding the right control in the wrong spot?). I was amazed at how fast Tom did and how confident he was in knowing the control was wrong and coming out to rehang a replacement.