Training Log Archive: JanetT

With Judy K. (Time is an estimate.) Picked up a warmup map and checked out a few of the controls near the start.

SL 2.3 km, 35m climb on Carp Ridge North map

Except for the fact that I could've taken a better route from 2-3, I was very happy with this run. Saw Sandy here and there from 2-6 and got past her when I left the trail just a bit sooner to 6 and spiked the control. Lots of fast runners in our class; I was happy to be in the top 10 which was my goal for the weekend (I managed 9th today).

Took a slightly longer but ultimately safer route, I think, to 9, taking the big trail past the marshy area and attacking from between the spur and the dot knoll...came back out the same way to head to 10.

Now why couldn't I have put it all together like this last weekend at the US Champs?

Middle - Course 5 - Splits

Event: NAOC2014 (North American Champs/Ottawa O-Fest)
 

Model map at Carp Ecowellness Centre. 48F and partly sunny.

Dry in the woods and hard to see the contours under the leaves (2.5m...really hard to see the form line wiggles on this map!). Also visited a couple of locations that gave me trouble during the April training weekend here.

Much care will be needed the next two days.

Traveled through the Adirondacks on the way to the Norh Americans, staying over in NY before crossing the border this morning.

We stopped at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake on a cold, raw, damp day (mid 40s, no rain while we were there but rain had passed through). Probably walked around more than logged but since it's intensity 0 it doesn't really count anyway.

I'd been here once before when they exhibited over 100 quilts from their collection, but Glen hadn't. Nice exhibits. They had a sample 1%er's rail car that we could walk through, similar to the kind the rich traveled in from the City to the mountains over a hundred years ago.

Impressed/disturbed by the coat and gun racks made from deer *hooves*.

Legs felt better than Monday; right upper arm getting better but triceps fatigued early. Should be back to normal by the weekend. :-)

This is the walk I didn't do yesterday (legs still tired) with some jogging bits thrown in.

Ouch. Right upper arm still sore from a fall on Saturday and today's upper body/plank/push-up workouts didn't help the situation much. Makes you stronger though, right?

Only adductors (70#) and extra stretching after. A walk later, perhaps?

Good shake-out class and hip stretches were really needed.

I had a nice chat and drink (Brown's new batch of Pumkin Ale) with a few of the redheads at this event last Wednesday.

I'm not sociable enough to talk to everyone, but did chat with a few ladies (including the tall one with the yellow/gold scarf, Molly). Fun times. (I did leave after the toast and photos, to have dinner elsewhere.) Gingers rule!

:-)

Walk to start of US Middle Champs, Letchworth S.P. East
Temps in the upper 40s/lower 50s, partly sunny

After Glen left to head down the hill to the start I (starting 6 minutes after him) ran to the portajohns and then back, then descended the hill, arriving at the line 30 seconds before my arrive-at-start time. :-)

Brown (Y) Middle Champs at Letchworth East. SL 2.9 km, 130m climb; course by Rob Holmes

Ah, I wish I had younger eyes. Or better glasses. And a better process for fixing mistakes would be nice too.

I had a good run up through 5, then knew I had to carefully count reentrants to 6, but as I neared the circle I neglected to notice that the lower part of the target reentrant (under the circle and line to 7) was just a small wiggle in the index contour and not a sharp distinct contour like the rest of the lines above the index contour. I think I noticed the small wiggle in the terrain but was expecting a sharper indentation and was thrown off mentally. So I kept going, checking the next stream valley well beyond, up to the wide path (Finger Lakes Trail), down the wrong spur, back up to the FLT again, farther south on the FLT this time (but still went down a wrong spur) and down the spur south of the control, noticing it had the shape of the one south of 6, so down and up again. This time when I noticed the small wiggle in the hillside I climbed up to the sharper reentrant and found the flag. 30 minutes had passed, just on that one leg!!!

That took the wind out of my sails and I didn't push hard the rest of the way in knowing I was well out of medal contention. I'm very happy that they changed the rules about how many races count for ranking...this will undoubtably be a throwaway race.

FWIW, I took the low route around the gully from 2-3, having no problem counting reentrants there. To 8, I was befuddled about the shape of the reentrant, not noticing the part under the circle until I had my good glasses on after the race, but I didn't have any trouble with that or any other control besides 6.

On to the next races! Many thanks to ROC and all their helpers who put on this great series of events.

C • Your # 6 - 2

Middle Brown Y - Splits