Training Log Archive: EChild

Up, including jumping drills Erin had everyone do.

C • Don't forget to Log 9

Jog to first exercise.

A compass spider, one control in the middle, go out and hit a couple before coming back, and repeat a couple of times. This exercise was made interesting by the presence of deep standing-water marshes nobody wanted to run through. I actually skipped one control after deciding I knew where on the other side of the marsh it was, but I didn't want to go all the way around to get it.

Jogging back.

I don't know what it was, but I felt really good during the line-O. I was in contact with my map, reading ahead, and moving fast. I guess I just had a high level of focus and was making sure I made decisions before arriving at problems.

This was a short course, but ahead of time we picked a few legs and simplified them on a note card. It could be any three legs, no necessarily in order, but I picked 3-4, 4-5, & 5-6. 3-4 Went fairly well, but I got a little off to the right (downhill) on 4-5 because I didn't want to run up. Unfortunately for me, I had simplified everything to the left of the line, so I had to bail out in the direction. I was able to relocate easily enough, even using the simplified version. 5-6 was going fairly well, but I drew it to a slightly smaller scale so I overshot the control by a bit. I think I used the map to relocate a little, but I found the control easily enough after that. The rest of the course was fine, and I moved the flag at number three because it was on the wrong side of the hill (clue sheet said between the two knolls).

Long-legs course with Wyatt and Zach Lyons. I would go one way, they would go another, but we did all go our own separate ways for a couple of them for comparison. In generally it went quite well, I was running fast and hitting the controls, and we were usually able to predict which routes would be fastest. In general this was the most direct logical route choice as opposed to long roundabout ones because the woods are fairly fast at Blue Mountain. We did an improvisational control for the last one because there was only one logical route choice heading back to the finish and we wanted some selection.

Also, the trails can be really fast, but it really depends on the simplicity or complexity of the woods-choice.

Down, jogging back to finish after long legs.

This is an approximate time, but I'm not even sure how to log it. The headless chicken exercise. You have a clue sheet and an area boxed-off on the map. Find the controls. Work in teams, no person can find more than two at a time. This is one of the most sadistic exercise I've ever done, but thanks to the fact that we had young kids there doing it as well, some of them were fairly easy. I wound op finding 6/8 myself, and I had a pretty good idea where the last two were... seeing as I checked every other boulder on the map by then.

Nice few rounds of racquetball with my suite mate.

I should have quit while I was ahead... which was two weeks ago.

Same as yesterday but a bit farther and a tiny bit faster (based on time). My left ankle had some tendon or ligament on the outside which really hurts when running in the snow for a while, probably because the uneven snow makes it roll a bit every time I step. I stopped halfway through my run to massage it out, and it felt better on the way back.

CORE! (+25 pushups, 15 of which on fingertips)

Nice easy run... except only a little easy because I was running on snow again.

CORE!

Up

The sprint... I don't have much to say other than it was fun and I pushed fairly hard. It's the sprint, so it's more or less supposed to be that way. I was quite happy with how I finished compared to other people, especially after being sixth both previous days.

Down, with a few stops in there to talk and walk with people.

Up. I think it was around five but I'm not sure. This is before the sprint relay.

Sprint relay. There were a few spots where I could have saved time by going a little to the left or to the right, or by not hesitating, but I ran hard and made good choices for the most part, and I had a good finish, so I'm happy with my performance.

Sprint Blue - Splits

Sprint Relay Variant D - Splits