Training Log Archive: TomN

QOC McKeldin Green. It being McKeldin, there was plenty of hill climbing, but it was a fun course and a nice day. Only one little section of thorny stuff, and the rest was fine open woods. We went to a never-visited section in the far north of the park, which had some good rock detail. The long leg 4 to 5 was a good one -- afterwards I talked to 4 people and got 4 different routes. Evidently mine was not the best. I probably did more climbing than necessary. But in other places I made good contouring route choices and picked up time. Addie was nearly as fast as me, and beat me on several controls, but she lost a lot of time to mistakes, whereas I kept my mistakes to a minute here and there.

One thing though -- it was incredibly slippery. A thin layer of mud on top of frozen ground, and the slopes were treacherous. Even spikes were not always secure. I went down once on the course and once on control pickup.

Control pickup.

Green - Splits

Noontime run, low 50s.

Perimeter Trail at Greenbelt Park. No running in the last 4 days, because the promise of warm weather made it too hard to go out with temperatures in the teens. Today, full sun and low 40s around noon. The snow was mostly gone from the trail but it wasn't muddy because the ground is still frozen.

At Columbia with Addie. 9-10a-10b-10c-10a. Lost it a few feet from the top on the 10c. Addie made it look easy. Next time.

With Addie and Rob. 10b with no drama today. Then a bunch of easier training.