Training Log Archive: bbrooke

I was feeling pretty good about this until I totally blew it at #5 and #6. I almost quit after #6; I kept going, but I mostly just walked from that point onward. The steepness (especially towards the end) was really tough.

I kick myself for making such dumb mistakes. At #5, I got distracted by other people and the urge to "run not walk when other people are around" -- and I lost contact with the map as a result. At #6, I hit a stream and thought I was much lower than I actually was. So, once I got up on the ridge that was to be my handrail, nothing made sense after a few hundred meters, and I was TOTALLY lost. I should have realized I hit the stream way too early. It took me forever to relocate. Ugh.

I totally blew it on control #2 and then wandered around at #7 and #9. It was especially embarassing to get lost looking for the GO control in front of spectators...! In my defense -- the control circle perfectly covered the short curvy road on the map, so I didn't immediately realize I had to cross two roads to get to the control.

Other than bobbling a little at #2 and then deviating way off course on my way to #7, I felt pretty accurate. I ended up finding #8 right as I started to realize I might have lost it on my way to #7. At least #8 helped me to instantly relocate, so maybe that was a good thing; several other runners were thrown off when they encountered a bunch of unmapped rocks on their way to #7.

Day 2 -- Green course. I thought it went pretty well overall; my only wandering-aimlessly error was at #2. Things went OK after that. It was overcast, but still felt as hot and sweaty as yesterday.

Day 2 Green A - Splits