Training Log Archive: JanetT

Good to get out the kinks and stiffness from the weekend's runs.

Right hamstring tightened up on me on the drive home yesterday, where I couldn't use cruise control (Rt 2 to Troy). Not quite a cramp, but quite uncomfortable until I was able to stretch it out. Dinner at Albany Pump Station where we were bad and had salmon with gorgonzola topping, and chocolate cream pie in addition to beer. ;-)

C • And 3

NEOC day of the a-meet weekend, on Baldwin Hill in Ashburnham, MA; set by Dean Sturtevant. Nice brown course, though some could argue some of the controls placements were orange-ish (1, 2, 4). The 5-6-7-8 loop was a nice test.

Another good run, surprisingly. I didn't want to jinx myself yesterday, but I managed to pull off a decent weekend--all three races with minimal errors. Last time I did that was at the Sycamore Scramble last February. :-)

Only control I had a bit of trouble with was 7, the water stop. Got in the area, thought I crossed the larger reentrant SW w/rock in it and headed mostly north but didn't see next reentrant -- I kind of looped around it. Lots of other people around, including Sharon who'd passed me coming out of 6. I never saw here again after 8 and she finished almost 10 minutes ahead -- very nice run. I ended up 4th on brown today behind her, Gail (nicely done!) and Peter Amram; 1st F55.

Awards yesterday (based on Finals only) were white hand towels with orienteering symbols in a grid. Today's complemented the towels--little soap leaves in a holder (similar to these), with the event logo sticker on the outside. Very cute.

Brown Sunday - Splits

Event: Fall Foliage Festival
 

Fall Foliage festival at PineHill near Winchester, MA; 'qualifier.'

Made it to the start after my name was called, still attaching my compass, e-punch, etc, but started on time. So that was my warm up. ;-)

Took it fairly slow to the first control to be sure I was on the right trail and ended up cutting to the other trail anyway for a better attack and more gradual climb. Lost maybe 30-40 sec on 2 staying on trail a bit too long but figured out I was in the snaggy green reentrant SW of it. Dubious control descriptions on 3 and 4, but no trouble finding them. Slow around spur to 6 but good from there in. 6-7 I took the right/west trail to avoid the blind up and over off the main trail. Felt fast for once--maybe all that resting up this week was good for something.

1st F55 / 3rd on Brown. FR track when I get home tomorrow.

EDIT: added FR track, which says I covered 2.63 km and only 35 m climb.

Since there was such a long gap between the morning and afternoon races (done by 10 am; fist PM starts not until 1:30 or later), we strolled from parking to Starbucks and sat in the warmth, talking with Craig W who was also there. I had several nice conversations with people today, catching up with some; just chatting with others.

Got to start area (very close to qualifier start) and found I had one of the latest start times because of their seeding system. Good thing it was warmer than earlier.

'A' final, only because there were only 5 in my age group.

Editing entries is really hard on the iPod when you have text size way large..

Good run; minor hesitations at 8 (got a few feet away and lost confidence but there was a crowd - d'oh!) and 11 where Gail had a better route I think.

Sharon had trouble on the 1st control, and Hans B also must have a bit more difficulty, as I ended up 1st on Brown. Gotta see what happens tomorrow.

After looking at my quali map under good light and with a magnifier, I find that the control descriptions for 3 and 4 are correct---but the features are under the blue north line. So it's lousy OCAD, not bad descriptions. North line should be under map features.

Brown_qual - Splits

Brown_final - Splits

I surpassed 10,000 visitors to my log and didn't notice until now. Must have been during the weekend when I wasn't paying much attention.

Thanks for dropping by, y'all. ;-)

Once again, didn't feel like doing anything after. Catching up on sleep this week. Maybe next week I'll have the energy to do more.

Good to see the ladies there again after missing the past three sessions.

Hard work too; still feeling the Pilates class from yesterday.