Training Log Archive: PG

Went to the Board meeting yesterday afternoon. Reasonably interesting, but no WiFi so no live coverage. More this evening.

Long champs in the Middlesex Fells. Brown course, M65, 4.8 km.

Another nice course. I didn't have any problems finding the controls, but in several cases I don't think I was picking the best routes, or executing them that quickly (had to stop a lot to really see the details on the map). But very enjoyable.

Cold early, I was shivering at the start, but that went away in a couple of minutes. And afterwards it was very pleasant weather for hanging out.

I was very impressed by how much work a bunch of the young CSU folks were doing. Three separate maps, three separate finish arenas to set up and take down. And there was a ton of gear. An ambitious program, but it made for a memorable weekend. Thanks.

My course and my routes.

Brown Long - Splits

Middle champs at Lynn Woods. 2.9 km Brown M65 course. Mostly an ok run, no serious mistakes but not really sharp either. Nice course, but I liked the sprint terrain better.

The course and my route. Just noticed that the finish is misplaced, not that it makes the slightest bit of difference. :-)

Brown Middle - Splits

Event: US S/M/L Champs 2011 & WRE
 

I had a very nice chat with Lou Pataki at the Sprint Champs this afternoon. He is VP-Finance and in charge of the budget for OUSA.

I will just say that Lou is a strong supporter of the Teams.

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US Sprint Champs at Franklin Park in Boston. Running the course for really old men (Brown, M65). Managed to go to all the controls this time, unlike the last time I ran such a course, 2 years ago in Rochester.

And I thought it was a very cool course. 1.9 km beeline, 16 controls. My run was decent, not quite planning ahead enough, so a few stops, but no real misses.

I'll pst the map after dinner.

Today's Brown course (M65 and other senile classes....). And my route.

Brown Sprint - Splits

Out for the first time on Earl's Trails, area just west of Norwottuck on the north side of the range.



Basemap by Eddie. Contours are excellent.



I'm sure it will take longer than expected, though how much depends on how accurate/detailed I want to be. The standards have changed a lot over the years, along with people's expectations. I think the hardest will be the vegetation, but I will probably not be as anal about it as it seems the mapper was on other maps I've seen. And the bike trails will take some extra time as they are constantly bending.

Eddie also sent a bunch of templates with vegetation on them. I have to figure out how to incorporate them, and see if they are useful. Today was just a first effort to get things started. At least I managed (with help from Alex last week) to print out a copy of the basemap.

Some nice woods.

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