Training Log Archive: JanetT

Ultra-long Brown at Rattlesnake Hill Wildlife Reservation, Dansville, NY; temps in the low 60's at start, rising to the mid-70's by early afternoon (I was out of the woods shortly after noon). Nice course designed by Dick Detwiler and Linda Kohn.

I liked my effort and results, all except for control 7. I took too "safe" of a route around the reentrants*, then proceeded to mess up (parallel error) close to the control. In retrospect going mostly straight would have been a piece of cake, and I probably would have found the rootstock right the first time. Mary Jo took ~18 minutes here, so I probably would have done around 20 taking her route, at the most. 9 minutes lost on poor route choice and then misreading the area (I hit the N-S stream NW of the control, instead of SW as I supposed). Next time: ignore the guy following you the whole way! :-) (He also followed me on 2/3rds of the long leg to 2; used to be president of a national orienteering organization whose name I won't mention here.)

What I did right: good map reading on the detailed legs; good bearings, for once, esp. on the 800m+ leg to 5 (through pretty bland terrain, perhaps not even field-checked??); kept moving (didn't run out of energy except on last hill climb). I went in thinking I could do around (or under) 2 hours, and I was pretty close, not counting the error. Finished 3rd in F55 (behind MJC and Sandy) and 7th on Brown (of 32).

* I'm still somewhat in the Green-course mindset, looking to minimize climb. I have to remember that Brown course climbs are within my capabilities...

GPS track:

From Track jpg files

UltraLong: Brown - Splits

Event: US Sprint & UltraLong champs
 

Brown/Orange sprint at Mendon Ponds. Good contact and attackpoints except slightly off to 3 and entered wrong part of woods at 10. Carefully checked position in the thickets which were the trickiest part of the course.
Second to Mary Jo who finished in 20:29!

Happy with my run on this middle course at Mendon Ponds, west side of Hundred Acre Pond. I'm only counting 2 as a non-spike because I wasn't sure of the detail in the circle area and thought I had to climb another ridge when the control was actually in a clearing between two ridges in that area. 30 sec hesitation. It wasn't a particularly difficult/tricky course, though 12 was another rough open/thicket area that required attention. Nice course. Second F55 again, this time behind Sandy (MJC ran F50/green), but only about a minute back. :-)

Lovely weather (60s and sunny) all day.

Middle course GPS track:

From Track jpg files

Sprint: Brown/Orange - Splits

Middle: Brown - Splits

MB, to the church and back.

In Chatham. Right biceps sore from yesterday's pushups on the ball (guess it's an odd angle). Should be okay in a couple of days.

At the Y; props were light weights and the exercise ball.

Warming up for intervals.

Intervals on indoor track, 6 x 345m with ~2-minute (230m) rests in between. Started out a bit fast (again) -- 345m times are 1:55, 1:55, 1:59, 1:57; 1:59; 1:59 .

Cool down walk on the track.

Class in Chatham. Stretching felt good after yesterday's orienteering/run. Hip flexors continue to need extra attention.