Training Log Archive: cmorse

White Clay Creek - Green X - Splits

Event: 2014 US Relay Champs and Intercollegiate Champs
 

Misc stretches, jogging etc before race

After getting handed a substantial lead by Neils, I proceeded to misread vegetation and pulled up short on the first control and lost a minute making sense of things. Took off hard from there and managed to elude chasers for 3-4 controls then slowly reeled in, first by 3 pointers then 6 pointers. Then proceeded to overshoot the short leg on 7 for another minute or so. Then the big error leaving #12 I got pulled a bit left and into a field on the edge of the map - got confused since most of the field was not shown and I thought I was in larger field to south - except vegetation didn't match. Lost a number of minutes before figuring things out. Then lost a shoe in the final cluster of controls but neglected to retie it and lost again leaving #15, just picked it up and carried it the rest of the way into the chute. Disappointed given the substantial lead I was handed, but even a cleaner run probably wouldn't have helped as Hayden also had some troubles on the anchor leg. But a lot of fun nonetheless, there should be more US relays, but just not enough critical mass to make it happen at less than national level.

uploaded track (separate entry) so just deleting data from this one...

C • bonk 2

A fine course.... 'nuf said....

No breakfast, no fluids or fuel. Bonked pretty good around 100 minutes in. What was I (not) thinking? And then 30s to change shoes, jump in car & head south. Less than 5 miles before I had to pull over and walk off the leg cramps. Yowza...

Unlikely to see any activity again today... Hopefully tomorrow I can sneak in a vacation day and get some course vetting done, before heading down to Maryland with team WCOC-East.... At least I'm not overtrained...

C • vetting 1

Event: Cemetery Hill Training 1
 

Shortest run I can recall of late, but all I had time for was an easy jaunt out ro lake & back.

early to work, considered a run on the way in, but too much to get done this AM...