Training Log Archive: Misha

5 x 5 pull-ups

Up Major Welsh trail to the top of Bear Mountain in Bear Mountain State Park, NY.

Event: HVO Blue Mountain
 

Red course at a local meet organized by Hudson Valley Orienteering (HVO) at Blue Mountain Reservation in Peekskill, NY. HVO had organized a local meet at this location in the fall of last year (2013). That meet in the fall was my first time orienteering after getting back from California.
This time I was in much better shape, both physically and mentally. The terrain at Blue Mountain is very technical and similar to the West Point terrain I had experienced back in April. Accordingly, here, as at West Point, it was very important to keep track of my precise location on the map at all times. In fact, I lost the most time when I did not keep track of my location and consequently had quite a bit of trouble re-locating. This happened when I was going to controls 4 and 8. The attackpoint.org split calculations suggest that the time I lost on these two controls was 12 minutes and 22 seconds. If I hadn't lost that time, I would have been 5th out of the 21 finishers, instead of 9th.
Otherwise, I felt good navigating and moving through the woods, and enjoyed the course quite a bit. Thank you, HVO!

C • Nice! 2

Red - Splits

Today Boris and Alli were visiting New York City. I met them at the Newark airport when they arrived from Stockholm and we spent a lovely afternoon travelling to Brooklyn, sharing food and catching up. It was truly wonderful to see them both.

Part of my commute: between the parking lot where I park my car and the building where I work on the university campus.

To the grocery store and back.