Training Log Archive: JanetT

Anyone who didn't take the trail route from 2-3 paid dearly, anywhere from 5-35 minutes (through the laurel/rhododendron). Everyone I spoke to who raced relatively fast on the brown course took the trail.

A bit low on 6, so after I had gone far enough I had the sense to try to relocate off the trail above (or the reentrant I'd been to at 2), but saw the flag as I headed uphill, A bit to the west on 8 (took off the trail too early) but recovered better than the two older fellows I saw who left the trail even earlier and searched in the flat.

Fell after crossing the parking area west of 9; rolled over my right side, so a few bruises and aches there. Feel much better as I post this on Tuesday, than I did Sunday evening.

1 -- Trail run, ~500m, cut off at clearing -- control just beyond day 1 #1
2 -- S through rhody to trail and around to trail bend. Probably a bit faster around N side of marsh.
3 -- Angled downhill to main (Shades of Death) trail, ran trail (~600m) then up from corner off 3rd stream
4 -- compass
5 -- back to trail and up at white woods. Dogleg back to trail
6 -- trail for about 250m then angled uphill in white woods. When I hit the first large trail I verified I was at the bend and then compassed, but I was just a bit low and misread a form line wiggle for a reentrant (I think it was a form line ending in a 'u' depression...). Started to relocate heading uphill and saw a flag and checked it
7 -- compass
8 -- to trail, on trail to where it started to go uphill; looked in a depression along the way that looked to be about the right distance but it wasn't there so I kept going. Subtle depression, barely a dip below the surrounding area.
9 -- back to trail, ~550m run this time

So, almost 2km dead trail running

FR: 5.279 km, 148m climb (because I dropped down to the trail to 3 and then again back to 6)

I should have run Green X so I could experience the blandness of the other side of Hickory Run. Or maybe avoid this area next time.

Brown Long - Splits

Event: Hickory Run
 

Awards for the sprint and middle were -- what else -- bear bells. :-)

Nice course by Sandy F on Hickory Run "Shades of Death" map. For a map that's mostly medium green, she kept us in the mostly white woods in the north-central portion. Rhododendron thickets came into play between controls 2 and 3 but I used the rhody blobs and the contours to do the leg. Not very attentive on the stream crossing option 7-8 so I backtracked; then lost focus going to 10, stopped short, didn't check a control flag (again!) that was ahead of me (not mine anyway, but if I'd done that I would have relocated sooner), and wandered a bit south before figuring out to go back... Slow on the last couple of legs but knew where I was. Lost 2:30-3:00 or so total.

I was trying to do a good job of looking ahead -- "what will I see?" The short legs 2-3-4-5 were fun. :-)

1st F55; about 4th or 5th on the Brown course, perhaps (not all finishers were posted when they did awards). Fastest time I saw was around 35 min (Alisa Raitanen, a Finn).

FR: 3.289 km

C • Nice run today. 7

Brown Middle - Splits

For a laugh, click the link, select Flyer from the top navigation area, and scroll all the way to the back cover. Check out the fascinating Thanksgiving Day hat at the bottom! Just what your child / grandchild wants!!

(Please shoot me if I ever buy something like this for my relatives...)

Using rings. Triceps still sore from Tuesday--I must not have stretched them enough after. Lunges were difficult as always.

Slower than Tuesday; added incline (up to 5%-- more than that bothered my knees). Rest day tomorrow.

New FR 205 arrived today! It's charging up now. I plan to use it this weekend.

C • FR 1

66N to Riders Mills bridge (almost) and back. Stopped at PO to mail remaining a-meet/champs awards and maps.

Very nice day - glad I waited until almost noon to go out (mid 40s and sunny) instead of going earlier when it was mid 30s.

Just weights today.

Includes warm up and cool down. Some stretches of faster walking mixed in.