Training Log Archive: britty327

Event: Sleepy Hollow Rogaine
 

Sleepy Hollow Rogaine at Scioto Trail State Park OH w/Dusty. Decided to attack the course in a CCW manner, heading W then around. We planned a course for clearing with contingencies as we got later in the race. Without planning it, Dusty did most of the overall route strategy and gross nav, and I did the fine nav getting us into the CPs.

Had an issue right off the bat with 83. I put us in exactly where it should have been. We eventually found it on the N side of the main reentrant (should have been on S side) lying in the ground. Misplaced/blown away. Headed to the southernmost group, using out and backs on 81 and 76 to stay on the ridge. Then we went E for what we thought would be the most challenging section of the day. From 63, we dropped into the reentrant to wrap around to 52, which was a "clearcut spur." Searched all over this nasty clearcut section but came up empty. GPS shows we traveled high enough but were 1 spur to the east of the correct one. There were 5 or so coming off the ridge here. Deciding not to spend more time, we moved on. From 62, we found an unmapped trail that contoured us right over to the ridge for 72. Score! Nice little shortcut. From 72, we hit 82 to clean the SE part of the map and dropped down to the road that formed the E border of the park. We took it to the main park road to get 32.

This was our halfway point, and we had set a cutoff here of 4pm to have any chance of clearing the course. We hit 32 around 415, so we weren't far off, but we knew we were going to run a bit less the 2nd half. Choosing to drop a couple CPs in the middle of the map, we headed up Long Branch Hollow towards the N cornucopia of points. Worth 330 points, we felt this was a make or break loop we had to get. Along Long Branch was 54 and 73. From 54, we could either follow the clear cut ridge or drop back down to the road. The ridge ended up being more elevation gain but was easy travel. We also came down right on the correct small spur in a group of spurs. We punched it with a team above us never seeing us punch and leave as the last of the daylight disappeared. Saw Garrison coming in as we were leaving. We had seen him a lot during the day, but he took a loop route for the eastern section to skip the road and pick up more CPs.

Lights on, we got into the money loop. The trails were a bit confusing, and I took a wrong spur at one point, but for the most part, paying attention to direction and topo helped correct wrong trails quickly. About an hr after dark, Dusty's light went out. We've never had issues w/Light and Motion bats, so this was a first. Luckily she had her emergency flashlight. It kept her moving safely but unable to nav. This loop got a bit sloppy for me, small mistakes. We ran out of water for close to 2 hours. Finally out of the N loop, we hit 30, a water CP. After chugging a bottle, we made a game plan for the 70min we had left. There we lots of options, but 84 was a money point and basically on the way home. We headed there, with the option of getting 1 or 2 more near the finish. Hit it clean, then dropped into the creek bed back to the road. Slower going than we wanted. Back at the road, we had maybe 25 min to spare. I made the decision to skip the rest, fearing that any mistake would make us late. We had no idea how we would end up, but our route prevailed, as the guys who chose to skip the far away N loop couldn't outscore us! We got 1st team and 3rd overall behind a guy from Finland (who cleared it!) and Garrison. Finished with 1300 something out of a possible 1710. Still a lot to learn with route strategy, but we had a blast! I'm really loving my 1 trekking pole setup. Used it the last 6hrs. That way I can still hold a map, eat, etc. Great for running or walking, and esp steep, rocky stuff. Plus it keeps me from falling on my face when I trip while looking at the map.

C • Great job! 3

Combo of 4 hikes in OH. Stayed in a beautiful one room cabin in the Big Rock area. The cabin's property had its own private trails, so we explored those. There was a cave and some nice bluffs. Then went to Leo Petroglyph. I don't think I've ever seen any petroglyphs. Pretty cool. Next to some ATV trails. Not impressed, so we headed to Lake Katharine. Wish we could have stayed there longer. Very cool park. Cooler temps but the sun came out later in the afternoon. Chill day.

Checked out Strouds Run in OH on the way to the cabin. Trails were fine down low, but once I topped out on the ridge, everything turned to mush. Headed back to the van. Disappointing since this is a big trail system.

35 KB for anything with weight
4 Rounds
TRX plank-mtn climber-pushup
SL DL
Clean
Windmills
Press
1 Arm Row
Squat Jump
DH Pullup

Hemlock. Explored some new trails. Basically a long dead end. Bushwacking included.

Other home trail. Zero desire to run today.

Meandered home.

Farmers Carry 5x20m
2 KBs/hand (35/25 and 35/15)
Hill Sprints w35# sandbag x6

Grocery store. Loaded pack home.

Home trail

Adjust/ART with Kathy. Gotta take advantage of her while I'm in VA. Full tune. She said my R knee pain was prob being referred from L hip. Neck is an ongoing project.

Paved trail around Burke and Mercer Lakes

Rev3 Frozen Foot 4Hr w/Dusty. Not much nav involved but a good free training for sure. Dusty did foot nav. I did bike. Started w/a 5pt foot O. Went north and grabbed the 2 furthest CPs which were also off trail. Made a good decision here entering the woods early and came out in the lead. Headed south for 3 CPs on trail then back to TA. Knocked out both hay bale challenges...wet hay is quite heavy. Rolling the big hay bale uphill was fun. Switched to bike for a trail route down to TA2. More trails out there than were on the map, and I made a stupid mistake going for CP11. Thought it was 12 and we rode past it, only to have to turn around when I realized we were almost to TA. Wasted 10min. CPs 11 and 12 were on parallel trails. That one hurt in such a short race. From TA2 we headed back out on foot in maybe 5th place. Slight bit of nav here, which was nice. Still easy, obvious reentrants and hilltops. Passed a couple teams here. Back on bike, we had 1 CP and a challenge left. Overtook the last couple teams besides Chris enroute to the challenge, which was SUP around an island on the lake. With sustained 25mph winds all day, I chose to stay on my knees and use a kayak paddle. That's actually quite efficient on SUP. Crossed the finish line in 2nd. Such a short race. Pushed hard though...decent workout.