Training Log Archive: depot

Yes! Finally! A good race this weekend! And this was after a hectic morning, getting me to the park 8 minutes before my start, and to the start a whole 90 seconds before the start, as Erin can attest to. I'm glad he gave me the advice of "keep it calm and slow the first few controls" or I would've just sprinted after I hit start and probably had a repeat of yesterday. I took it slow so I could read the map well in controls 2-5 and got some confidence and had an awesome run. I took some clues from yesterday and really paid attention to the map, and was proud of my navigation.
For breakfast I had 1 pop tart 4 hours before my start and a doughnut 2.5 hours before, combine that with being late, I'd say it was a successful day.

Race against the clock to the start

Spike ball, weird game which I have no talent for, like at all

Flying_Pig_2016_Sunday_Classic_11 Green C - Splits

Didn't enjoy the thorns, but who am I to complain. Most of my mistakes started small and I turned them into big ones, so something to take note of for tomorrow. So in conclusion, it was an average race.

In the woods training with Izzy and some FUMAers, picked up on a few things

Setting up the finish chute with Mike, David x2 and the Hertels in the rain and wind, which stopped when we were done

Flying_Pig_2016_Saturday_Classic_11 Green C - Splits

Event: OCIN Flying Pig XX
 

So before I even talk about the race, let me preface this by telling what I was doing before the race. At school, mom had to call to release me from school, so about 20 minutes before she would call, I text her to see if she had called the school yet, and 10 minutes later, no answer. So I was starting to get worried and text her again, and again, then 2 minutes before I was supposed to leave, she responded. Ok so I'm out, but I agreed to take two other people from the middle school. I was nervous that I wouldn't be allowed to sign them out, I don't know how the middle school sign out system worked. But that wasn't a problem, and now I have two dependants, so if anything happens to them, it's my fault, so I was worried about that in general. And it was the first time I took myself to a big meet. And before all this, my family's having a hard time recently on multiple fronts (don't ask please), and didn't know I was even going to get to run this weekend. So with all that out there, it sounds like a lot of unneeded worrying.
On the first leg of the race, I messed up, partly because of the scale, and partly I don't know what, then lost confidence, so I was slow, making sure I was doing the right thing, then messed up 16, after I felt like I got some confidence back.
I thought the sprint in the woods was interesting, in the few sprints I've done, they've all been on campus.

Flying_Pig_2016_Friday_Sprint_11 13 Gr R - Splits

Half and half

Originally supposed to be 3 sets 3x400 with 1:30 rest and 4 minutes between sets but ended up being 2 sets 3x400 and one 400 and 2x200 times were

71
73
69

71
72
71

70
31
31

I was all over the place the first set but settled in after that. I was definitely tired after this

More intense, and a little weirder