Training Log Archive: Nadim

Event: DVOA Fair Hill (1:15,000)
 

Warmup for the Mid Atlantic Championships at Fair Hill State Park, MD. I looped both sides of the creek from bridge to bridge; one was a covered bridge.

DVOA: Mid Atlantic Championships at Fair Hill State Park, MD. This was a poor outing for me and I wasn't to into it going into the week before it. I hadn't been able to workout much leading up to this so I just planned on keeping a steady pace without errors. I got moving okay, chasing Istvan Naggy and Andras Revesz about 3-4 minutes after Andras took off.

S-1 I ran across the down-sloping field quickly and then just before going into the forest, I had sudden doubts about whether I'd been following the right bearing. I stopped and after a while went on, entering the forest to the left, realizing that where I was about right after all, then going to the control. I lost about 45 seconds.

1-2 - I ran more or less straight but paced myself. I was a bit too careful reading things along the way, partly shaken by my mess at #1.

2-3 - I angled left to the trail and ran along that until the 2nd stream bend. From there it was easy with little green terrain in the way.

3-4 - I intended to go along the right side of the stream for a short way until I could cross. When I dropped, it was too thick so I went on, hesitating on the flat where it took me a while to be sure of the partly open ground. I got on a trail and didn't find an intersection that would have let me go straight. I improvised staying low and got really hung up in the green. I finally got to a trail and didn't recognize it (not reading my bearing that well) until I got to a real dirt road--that was way far to the left of the line. I ran across fields and made good time doing that but the damage was done. I think I lost 6 minutes or so.

4-5 - I popped across the field and back in (from the trail bend), basically spiking it, but I was slowing down in the clumpy grasses. Another guy running faster (Len Policelli?) caught me.

5-6 - The other guy drank water; I ran on getting out of the woods awkwardly to the left. Going across the field, I felt silly running parallel to the road, however it also didn't seem worth going out of the way. I put the band of trees on my right and spiked the control. The other guy was right on my tail despite him drinking at #5.

6-7 - The other guy went for the field. I ran left to the road and trail, and spiked the somewhat too easy control.

7-8 - I started aim for the trail but it looked hopeless. I dropped to the road instead and took the other trail there. I could hear the other guy who'd caught me at #4, not far behind.

8-9 - I climbed straightish--it was higher than I thought it'd be. Going across the field the other guy was right behind me. I might have been caught on the downhill, but with a horse coming across my route from the right, I stopped. The other guy didn't. After a few seconds, I went on behind him.

9-10 - We got out pretty close to the same time. I went right across the field to a trail and the other guy went left to a different trail--one that I hadn't seen. He came out ahead of me. I closed-in but still got to #10 after him.

10-F - I ran fairly hard trying to catch the other guy who'd been nearby since #4. Maybe too hard give the lack of training.

It was a disappointing race but not too much.

DVOA: Mid Atlantic Championships Relay at Fair Hill State Park, MD. I ran on a team with Laura, and Greg Lennon. We finished in the middle. My course was easy with only one control being a point feature. The others were somewhat White/Yellow in technical skill. My lack of running showed but I did move fairly well considering how hilly it was. I got passed by Greg Balter and Vido Aleksiev when going wide left through a field, but with Greg taking a risky route choice and getting stuck in the green and a fence, I got ahead again. I was able to keep up with Vido on the downhill and pass him in the sprint finish (he did make-up a minute on me as he caught me).

Green - Splits

From Northfield Rd., to the Bethesda Metro Station.

From 12th and Independence Ave., SW, Washington, D.C. I ran to Main Ave., then to the Tidal Basin to go clockwise around it. I passed the Jefferson Memorial on the water side, went through the Roosevelt Memorial, and passed the Martin Luther King Memorial too. I ran comfortably.

From the Bethesda Metro Station to Northfield Rd.

From Northfield Rd., to the Bethesda Metro Station.

From the Bethesda Metro Station to Northfield Rd.

From Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD, then to 13th & C St. SW, Washington, DC. It was in the mid 30s F. I had a steady headwind in places and that slowed me down. For most of this, the winds seemed calm. I got passed before the trestle bridge so I drafted off of the guy until Georgetown where I passed him on the streets. I was slower the last couple of miles.

From 13th & C St. SW, Washington, D.C. to Northfield Rd., Bethesda, MD. After a little traffic starting out, I pretty much rode home in the dark alone. There were a few groups of other riders that I passed, and some alone too. There was probably a slight tailwind most of the time and it was 58 F starting out. I packed my jacket and just rode in tights.

From Northfield Rd., to the Bethesda Metro Station. I stayed up late working on updating the Cabin John map last night.

From 12th and Independence Ave., SW, Washington, D.C. I ran to Main Ave., then to the Tidal Basin to go clockwise around it. I passed the Jefferson Memorial on the water side, went through the Roosevelt Memorial, and passed the Martin Luther King Memorial too. I did almost the exact route from Wednesday last week. The temperatures were similar but this time the wind was from the west and not quite as strong--there were no whitecaps on the Tidal Basin.

From the Bethesda Metro Station to Northfield Rd. I was feeling a bit on the tired side