Training Log Archive: mikeminium

rural roads, Ithaca, OH

Hawn State Park - The "Gateway Grunt" (goat style race).

Middle distance course at Hawn SP.

walk to start, warm-up.

US Team fundraiser sprint race at Hawn State Park. Missed control 9 which was on a straight line from 8 to 10 (just didn't see it on the map). Otherwise, would have been a very good run.

Event: A-meet and 2nd Annual Gateway Grunt & Runt - Hawn
 

Sprint race at Forest Park - Kennedy Woods, St. Louis. Mostly a forest sprint, with a network of trails, but sometimes necessary to cut thru some medium green, so it was not super-fast.

Hueston Woods. Checking new firsbee golf course. Its not yet completed and adding the detail will require some intense mapping.
The bad: Part of the course is an area of highly runnable forest with a network of trails that is often used for white / yellow. The extra paths will make it more complex for beginners to follow the main paths thru the area.
The good: Across the road, part of the course cuts through medium green and dark green areas with lots of honeysuckle, autumn olive and briars. They've removed a lot of underbrush, an old ruined fence, and the fairway paths create lots of possibilities to now navigate thru this area (which has typically been a place for a "take the road around" route choice). The new network looks like it will have very nice potential for sprint and middle use, at least at times when there are not too many frisbee golfers on the course.
There must have been close to 200 turkey vultures hanging around the lodge, with what appeared to be a few black vultures mixed in. Awesome spectacle, actually a little intimidating. It would have made a great shot for a horror movie (think "The Birds").

checking control locations at East Fork and minor mapping updates. Physical level was generally pretty low, although crusty snow & soggy ground made the going pretty difficult at times.