Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: EMPO Partridge Run ski-o
 

To start of GNC classic day 1 at Mistletoe State Park. About 36F when we arrived. It got up to about 48 but there was a breeze which made it feel colder. Sunny and blue skies raised the spirits, though. :-)

Brown classic day 1 @ Mistletoe State Park near Appling, GA.
Nominal: 4.3 km, 110m climb

Could have taken a better route with better attackpoint for 3; and was tired and off to the left on my compass to 10 so attacked from a different spot than originally planned.

Good brown course again, I thought, with proper challenge navigationally but not physically, where the designer managed to include easy-crossing options close to points; notably the cliff near stream at 12--there was a very nice stream crossing point right there.

I had checked out the Go control and run-in before heading to start so knew what it would be like. When I got there near the end, there was a JROTC kid who had stopped before punching to check his code and I urged him to just punch and go!

To 3 I crossed the stream to the right of the line and to the right/west of the green Xs (downed trees) but as I passed by the top of the form-line reentrant didn't have a good sense for the ditches (perhaps more in the terrain than on the map?). Circled around a bit before heading to where I saw others, on the other side of some thicker vegetation. Finally saw just the top 1" of the control flag sticking out of the pit. Talking to Tom N afterwards saw that a better approach would have been to stay on spur and cross stream later where there was a better attack.

To 10 I headed off the intermittent trail where it got vague, planning to head NNE-ish to hit the trail and use a rootstock to attack. Woods were thicker than mapped here and I went more north than I intended and hit the trail farther along than planned bit near a dot knoll with flag about 100m west of the depression I was looking for. I went too far up the hill in green woods but control was in white so I made my way there to correct. Sloppy.

Brown Saturday - Splits

Event: Georgia O-Fest 2018
 

Middle distance at Hard Labor Cr SP. 1:10000, 3m contour interval
3.2 km / 75m climb nominal Brown course

While we had had a reprieve from the rain when we arrived at the park, light rain picked up again by the time I went out. Temps were in the upper 50s all day and I was originally planning to run in just a short sleeved o21e shirt but decided at the last minute to add a lightweight long sleeve tech layer underneath and was glad I did.

Good use of the terrain for the brown course, avoiding steepest climbs and using advanced features/approaches.

1 - I skirted the top of the gully (near S edge of circle) before heading to the very large rootstock on the other side.
2 - mostly straight; I saw folks punching at the west end of the gully with rocky sides (red #1); caught up to Nancy Neuburger at 2
3 - could have gone more straight, but swung a bit south before correcting at the hillside; saw the other rock face (SE) so knew about what I was looking for
4 - was thinking to go NE and cross where gully wasn't so deep but saw a crossing point that looked reasonable north of what I think is mapped as a cliff/waterfall-ledge in the stream. Saw an unmapped (I'm almost sure) manmade feature along a ditch. Got a bit too high to avoid going up and down in ditches and gullies and overshot it by a little bit but the closeness of the rough open made me stop to look around and I fish hooked into it.
5 - went by an oddly mapped ruin (taped off stone walls) at the top of the hill and headed just a bit too far NW but corrected at the cliff north of my control (another red course control)
6 - short leg, with company
7 - went down hill close by #4 then climbed next hill, hoping to hit trail near the bend which I did, then in. Dick N was coming opposite direction on the trail when he saw me and said I'll follow you. Turns out he'd spent about 8 extra minutes checking out the next gully to the SE.
8 - mostly on bearing, crossing the shoulder of the hill west of my #2 (never seeing the longer gully) and turning slightly right at just the right time. The mapped "light green" here seemed a bit thicker than the light green elsewhere but it was passable
9 - headed down the spur and hit the trail in time to cross the bridge with just a little correction
10 - when I got close I saw the start tents and used them to adjust my direction to the penultimate control
11 - I had checked out the go control and finish ahead of time so knew I just had to hustle as much as I could (which isn't much). Greg A went flying by as I crossed the road
F - Uphill run in ... ugh

The light rain didn't bother me much at all; had to wipe it off the magnifier a few times. Extra shirt made it more comfortable to hang at the download/results a bit longer than I might have otherwise. No competition in age group for the day; I think a few more are registered for the weekend/classic. Within 2-3 minutes of Bob Bullions (HVO) and Paul Clatterbuck (PTOC).

Tom N had an excellent run! (~37 minutes)

Brown Middle distance - Splits

Included an extra hill (hill repeat?) between points 1 and 2 (2-1 is uphill, but I didn't punch the splits at the right times).


Temp close to 40, so I had to go out.

Focus on shoulders.

Crowded class, with three new-to-me people (Peggy and Cathy, so I remember, are the ones I talked to). 12 in all is stretching the capacity of the room.