Training Log Archive: bl

Nice meet/weekend by Buffalo. Stayed with Cady's in city which provided contrast/excellent hospitality. May green in open woods, warm/sprinkles, cold/breezy, Bluegrass music, Sat pm barbecue, Founding Father's pub with Phil Sat, Erie yacht basin, Delaware Av mansions & park, exquisite Forest Lawn cemetary with rolling grassy knolls, impressive monuments & mausoleums, ancient sea bottom revisited, tour of Navy ships USS LITTLE ROCK CLG & sub CROAKER, 30+kt westerly at water's edge Sunday -- all provided a memorable wkend. And lousy flts home...Buffalo to Dulles to Manchester, long waits, 1130pm arrival. Orienteering was generally satisfactory yet middle & distance errors are bothersome...old insight not applied enough: take a few more seconds to save still more seconds if not minutes.

Forest Lawn, a place to die for...




Ancient sea bottom...demonstrates '24/7' absurdity...

Went to track at SPS w/ Diane but decided I was not up for much. Jogged 400's at a bit above 8 pace.

Last of BG controls - 4, mosquitos, Mocha found a porcupine but just 4 quills...not entirely stupid.

Sprague Brook middle. Botched 4th by not taking the requisite extra few seconds, getting in wrong saddle. 6th - pace & compass as well as terrain perusal said go by control in field to left - but it turned out to be my control.
Leg 8 to 9 distracted by m18, when I hit path was not where I even considered I could be. Came upon a culvert over stream, failed to find as I was not looking that far afield - then a small path, ditto - no idea where I was but was not going to take time to find out! So back to compass course as leg was longish & large field would do as target. Relocated in field, was only a minute behind John Campbell (fastest Grn X) on this - good RC if only I knew what I was doing. Went bk after meet & walked some of leg bkwds. A little more reflective capacity called for, as usual, when there is an error. Still, 3rd Grn X behind Campbell & Tryson. Phil a second behind....

Open woods, Harriman without rocks...




May greenery...ran along this, didn't know where I was...

Long - Green X - Splits

Event: Buffalo Orienteering Festival
 

Hunters Creek Pk middle. Warm. got hot nr end. Sprinkles. Missed a few, incl the first. Also, 2 others that were in open woods, req'd mostly straight compass, noting key woodstocks. Alot of trails, seemed the course utilized area well. About 3' mistakes/poor RC.

Decent, clean run. Open park, fun. 3rd green X behind Ethan Childs & Tom Svobodny, M50.

John Goodwin at end of sprint...wish I could zoom as his expression says something...

C • Photo... 2

Middle - Green X - Splits

Sprint - Course 2 - Splits

Flight to Buffalo via Phily for Ameet. To Cady's house at 148W Humboldt, Parkside area. Episode of catching earlier flt for additional $50, the same flt I was originally on.

2 laps warmup @SPS. Breezy, cool.

2 metric miles at lunch hour, 6:49 & 6:37, goal being to be able to continue had I chose...prob true.

Asterisk run - ran home fm NHH - got to feeling hypoglycemic, walk several times, maybe 350 m total. Beat at the end, needed some crackers. Not so much legs but systemic.

Old goats confer...

Noon w/ Diane, lovely day. Water tower route.

BG finish...

Had planned on BHS track or SPS for 2 X 1 mi. Opted for BHS as needed to get home for dogs. Almost as many there as yest, lacrosse this time. Came home & picked up 5 BG controls. 1 wk to CH 5k & need some 'speed' work.

SPS track warmup

SPS XC, legs felt ok. Saw the woman w/ Corgis & the other one w/ 2 labs.

Back to track - was going to do another but would be noticeably late bk at work. Went to BHS after voting but there was a 4 school meet, a crowd there for once.

BG start...away they go...




First control...




This is what one saw leaving...