Training Log Archive: CaptainControl

Another fine day of orienteering! A new map everyday, what more could an orienteer ask for? Course was on the Rockhouse Mountain map in Harriman. The 1:15000 scale forced me to slow down in the begining of the course, but I adjusted fairly quickly. No mistakes in terms of finding the controls, only some hesitation/ uncertainty with my location and perhaps one slow route choice. I liked the change in terrain between day 1 and day 2. Today was much faster when not slipping through the Mountain Laurel. The thick Vegetation came into play much more today than yesterday. A great meet!

Eric Weyman and I went out for a nice session of pick up the control. I did a strech of trail running to my control hot zone, and then proceed to pick up cups, controls, and stakes.

Running to the start with map of technical training routes in hand.

Blue - Splits

A great physical as well as technical course! I had a pretty good run, although I could have been quite a bit faster with better specific planning. I generally had pretty good route choice in comparison to the other runners, which was a bit surprising to me. I had a minute and a half error on control 7 and a bit of a meander in my route to number ten. The terrain was also awesome! It looks like quite a few Norwegian maps that I have. Overall a good run. + this was the first run that I used Alexei's suggested mental/ technical warm up. Wow what a powerful tool, everyone should at least try solving a few orienteering problems before they go out in the woods.

Running to the start on Hogencamp map.

Blue - Splits

I met Alexei in Harriman for some training. While he set ribbons for the Highlander, I ran a course where I was required to run on the line using the compass while checking my possition in relation to the line with the surrounding features. Although I already knew it, I really need to work on taking bearings. With a bit of help from Alexei, I felt like I was improving by the end of the session.

Running on roads to the start of the compass training.

Planned on a tempo run, and was about 3 minutes into it when I twisted my ankle and couldn't walk off the pain so I stopped with future health in mind. Also about 20 minutes of warm up in the forest around Amherst, pre tempo attempt.

A bit miffed about my ankle so I decided to start my core work plan, which I plan to continue for as long as possible.

A quick paced run to get the blood moving after a long period of inacivity. I ran around campus after a ton of studying for a Diff Eq test. It felt really good to get out and move around. Hopefully, I won't be too tired tommorrow to get a good run in.

Trip back to the East after the wedding. A long flight that was routed through Atlanta so I was caught in the Tropical storm so I didn't get into Hartford until 4 am in the morning tuesday. Ahhhhh.... I am really tired.