Training Log Archive: pi

Why-Just-Run at Watershed. Excellent course by Mike Rascher, with lots of nice route choices. Had a few smaller issues here and there. Lost time attacking control 3, lost my way when crossing over several trails before hitting the flag. On the way to 9, the first visit to the hub of the first butterfly, I accidentally went through control 2. I also hesitated quite a lot on the way to control 10 and control 23. Could have been 2 minutes faster maybe with a perfect race. Running felt ok, but not amazing. Nice sunny day!

Slow run on random bike trails behind the house. Took Oil Can up to higher elevation and then decided to make my way all the way to the top of Mount Fromme. Nice views to the north from the peak. Sunny, but rather cold, especially above 1000 m.

Coho game. Had a full team this time and were rolling three forward lines. A bit too much time spent on the bench for my taste, but we played pretty well and won 8-5.

Warm-up/cool-down. Picking up flags.

Stanley Park WET by Thomas. Mass start with forking, but none of the fast boys were there, so was alone from the 3rd control. Legs felt very good!

GLOF O-Cross, i.e. one man Farsta relay. Love this format! Got a bit stuck in the green and other runner on the way to 1. Running down towards 2, I caught up to a pack with Robbie A, Patrick S, Graham E and Nick D. Followed Graham as he took the correct turn across the narrow meadow, but then I misread the trails and took the wrong turn myself, getting stuck with several stream crossings before getting to the control. Nick and Graham got 2 first and I was at least 30 seconds behind. Climbing up to the common control 4, Jon T and Mark A appeared from the other fork. Big pack together until first control on second loop, where Robbie, Nick and I had the same fork. Nick took the lead with a clever side hill route to 3 and then there was a big pack at the common 4 again as Jon and Mark re-joined. Nick made a mistake to 6 and suddenly it was Jon T, Robbie, Mark and myself in the lead alone. Struggled to keep up to Robbie and Jon on the last loop, but would catch up when they had to slow down in the control circle. Eventually they pulled away the last two ravine crossings. Great race!