Training Log Archive: jtorranc

COC long - haven't confirmed with splits but believe I was doing fairly well until huge problems on both 8 and 9. Then fairly okay until the last loop, on which I probably should have slowed down a bit more and tried to be cleaner rather than make so many mistakes trying to move fast while fatigued.

Disastrous COC middle - messed up my attack on 1 and took a few minutes to relocate, other small problems but real killer was attacking 10 three times. Some consolation in the high variability of others' experiences with 10 but I still ought to have responded better, i.e. at least come in from the south on the third, if not the second, attack since attacking from the hill just off the trail to the east was clearly not working.

I'll note that it was a big problem in a thick area with relatively vague contour variations, much like the approach to 1. Something to work on either by taking safer and, if necessary, slower approaches or by improving skills.

COC sprint - victory by four seconds with quite a good though not a flawless race.

Media/VIP race in the sprint model area after leading a Shaw cameraman to intercept his accompanying reported running the course with Brent at a few points.

Doing a relocation exercise with some juniors - me leading them somewhere while they didn't look at their maps and compasses and then them trying to figure out where we'd ended up. They did fairly well, though there was something of a tendency to leap to conclusions without considering all the features visible around us.

One-person relay in the COC warmup area to close out the Ebs Trails part of the Sass Peepre camp.

Hanging controls for and then running a line-O in the morning. Hanging a handful of controls for and then running a course tending to medium length legs in the afternoon.

Hanging controls for, running with juniors, and picking up controls for a control picking course as the kickoff exercise for the Sass Peepre camp.