Training Log Archive: Nadim

US Team Trials at Stinchfield Woods, north of Ann Arbor, MI. From the Finish area to the Start.

US Team Trials at Stinchfield Woods, north of Ann Arbor, MI. I ran the Red course which was Middle Distance. Though feeling less drained from being sick than the previous day, I still wasn't running very fast. I had one bad error on #4 which cost me about 4-5 minutes. I had a few other smaller problems zeroing-in on the control. The area was detailed ridge and valley terrain but with lots of detail and often light green woods mapped as white.

Day 2: Red/Brown - Splits

Event: US Team Trials
 

US Team Trials at Highland State Recreation Area (near Detroit, MI) on the Haven Hill Map. I ran the Red/Blue Sprint and was fairly accurate. I just felt too weak from being sick to run faster. I bobble #5 by passing it just a bit--I expected it on the other side of the clearing rather than the edge of the forest that I'd crossed. I caught another guy for the last several controls but just couldn't go fast enough to pass him. On the run-in I passed Evelyn Brautigam (around 10-11 years old) who was walking at the time. Lucky for me, she had a cramp. I wondered if I'd have to sprint to beat her in and whether I could or not. It was a nice 65 F day and very breezy at times.

Sprint TT (Red/Blue) - Splits

45 situps. I ate a bit too much pizza last night after a long day of off-site meetings.

45 situps.

45 situps. Playing single dad this week.

45 situps. Still feeling pretty worn out.

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Event: QOC Manassas
 

Manassas Battlefield Park, VA; Groveton Parking Area. Peggy, Paul, Max and I enjoyed some time outdoors. It was about 79F when I started just after 2pm. Before I'd gone 100m, my head started throbbing. My thighs, hurt yesterday, still hurt but not as much. I wondered if I'd be able to finish. I settled into a steady pace and just kept going. Eventually, my stomach started bothering me too. I made a slight error at #2, then backed out to avoid the deadfall, then was hitting things pretty good till #12. At #12, some unmapped deadfall made me back out and go around again. I got confused on the way to #13 and kept reading the wrong side of the ridge. After a loop there, I finished the rest well but slow. I was glad to have finished at all. I enjoyed the new area. The subtled 2.5m contours coupled with a mix of open woods, rough and open fields and some rock features made this a pretty good area. The map could have used some fixing in places--deadfall extended beyond what was mapped and broken rock walls were mapped as stony ground or not at all. Hopefullly I'll recover from this illness soon.