Training Log Archive: furlong47

Event: 43rd West Point National Ranking Event
 

Walk to middle start

West Point Lake Popolopen Middle - Green Y (F40+)

Things were going really well until 6, and I still don't know exactly what happened there. I was higher than I should have been to start with, but I was right by the control several times and had trouble making sense of things overall even though I could pick out some of the other features and knew I was in the right general area. Finally I just dropped down where I noticed a lot of other people going and indeed the control was there.

Then to 7 I was headed right to the correct rock, but for some reason felt the need to go to the bag I saw off to my right even though it was obviously too close to the rocky hillside to be my control.

The rest of it was fine, just more barberry than I would really prefer to deal with in that last section.

West Point Camp Buckner Sprint - Green (F40+)

This was really a lot of fun, but as is often the case my legs didn't have any zip left and I walked a lot. I was 2nd by 11 seconds though and I think I certainly could have pushed that much more. Navigation was pretty clean and I made mostly good route choices and didn't get trapped anywhere. I did bonk my head on the underside of one canopy section of barracks, luckily not hard.

There were a few rumbles of thunder during this, but the storms ended up not coming through until later in the evening and overnight.

Middle - Green-Y - Splits

On the way to West Point, stopped at the long abandoned Jungle Habitat (now part of Long Pond Ironworks State Park). I didn't know exactly where any of the ruins were located, so I wasted some distance in a hilly area with just a bunch of old fences. Eventually I reached the big parking lot and found the entrance tunnels, ticket booth, an animal pen, and some old foundations along with large gates and openers. Given the heat (it was over 90) and the orienteering yet ahead, I had enough at that point. Will try to come back again later and explore more. Other portions of the park that I drove by looked cool as well (historic buildings, etc.)

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