Training Log Archive: GlenT

Event: 2018 USA Nationals - Sprint Middle Long
 

US Nationals Middle at St. Patrick’s Park near South Bend, IN. Brown B course - 2.9k, 40m climb - M65, F55, F60. Pretty much a sprint course with only about 4 moderately technical controls. Definitely favored the runners.

Lost 1.5 - 2 minutes on control 5 when I failed to take the time to carefully read the details in the control circle. A little off on 10 but spotted the bag from a ways off. Probably could’ve pushed harder on controls 8 to 11 in the woods but was focusing on hitting them accurately. Nice course for the area but I’m not sure I’d consider this championship terrain.

About 50F with light rain starting just about as I started and continuing through the race. Finished 4th in M65, 6 seconds back of Steve Tarry but almost 2:30 behind Charlie S. Also 4th (of 17) overall on Brown B.

Friday_Middle_St_Patricks_CP_Oct_2018_5 Brown B - Splits

At Whitehall Parkway, ranging from gravel roads and grassy fields to overgrown trails and a little bit of bushwhacking. About 60F and very breezy (less so in the woods).

Lots of balancing poses.

Event: HVO/DVOA Dual Meet @ Wanaque
 

Brown course at Wanaque. Using the map (mostly) from the 80s. Struggled with matching map and terrain. The 5m map contours are actually about 7.5m, so prominent terrain features may or may not show up. The area is very rocky and I never got to the point where I understood what rock was actually mapped. The map is actually pretty good - I just didn’t adapt. Biggest error was on #9 where I think the bag was hung on rocky ground near the edge of the circle rather then the described boulder field which was at the center of the circle. Carefully relocated and returned to where I had been and noticed other people at the actual control location, but 6 or 7 minutes later. Lost additional time on 4 other controls. Probably could’ve been about 20 minutes faster overall. 50s and mostly cloudy so nice running weather.

Brown - Splits

Event: EMPO - Plat-O Traverse
 

“Mini Plat-O” first course, the first 7 controls of the long course plus one additional control to keep us on our toes until the finish back near the Pineridge parking area. On the southern part of the Pineridge map which is very rocky and quite technical. 3.1k straight line with 90m climb. It was raining lightly at the start (transitioning to showers) and temperature was in the low 40s. Only three of us were doing this course (Janet, Doug Swank and me) but we mass started with the 9 or 10 people doing the long course.

With J-J to the first 4 controls with Doug and others not far behind. On control 5 I intended to head around the hill to the left but headed too far to the left - finally saw the hill an headed up it (verifying my location using a boulder which had been used as a control site in the A-meet three years ago). Misread the trails up top and spent some time searching boulders in a boulder field then spotted the cliffs which I had seen in the terrain on the map and headed to the control. Lost 4 or 5 minutes and J-J was long gone. Lost Doug on the way to 6 and was alone the rest of the way. Small misses in the circle on 2, 4 and 6.

Second part of the Mini Plat-O, a 3.3k “Green/Orange” course on the Grafton Lakes map. Much more runnable course with less rock underfoot and really nice, more open woods. Navigation was easier than the earlier course too. Rain had stopped except for a brief shower shortly after I started. Only time loss was about 30 seconds on control 8 when I got a little off to the left and hit the stone walls NW of the control.

Thanks to Phil, Sue and the rest of the EMPO volunteers who made the event happen!

Mini-Traverse - Splits

Green-Orange - Splits