Training Log Archive: Nadim

Event: 2019 Orienteering USA Masters Nationals at the Older Dash
 

Green Saturday - Splits

From Northfield Rd., to the Bethesda Metro Station.

From the Bethesda Metro Station to Northfield Rd.

From Northfield Rd., to the Bethesda Metro Station.

Washintgon, D.C. I did a new extended version of what I've call the Memorial Tour from my office (From 12th St., SW and Independence Ave. SW, to Main Ave. SW., to Ohio Dr., past the Tidal Basin, and Jefferson Memorial, over 14th St. Bridge to the Mt. Vernon Trail, around Lady Bird Johnson Memorial looping under the George Washington Pkwy., to the footbridge over the Boundary Channel into Virginia, along the North Pentagon Parking lot, to the trail along S. Washington Blvd., to the Mount Vernon Trail, to Memorial Bridge, clockwise more than half way around the Lincoln Memorial Circle. to the Reflecting Pool, past the World War II Memorial., along Independence Ave. past the Washington Monument, to 12th St.). It was around 63 F and very comfortable. There were lots of cyclists out. The Memorial Bridge was still being worked on with the south side of it closed off from auto and foot traffic. I was surprised at my pace and chalk it up to not having done much training lately--being well rested.

From the Bethesda Metro Station to Northfield Rd.

Event: QOC Gunston Hall
 

QOC: Gunston Hall, VA. I was running pretty well. I spiked the first several controls. On a longer leg (#6), I thought I'd made a bad choice since it was longer but turned out to be greener/slower than expected. That control seemed to be mis-hung one stream over. Moving on, I went past the start and down to trails. Once across the creek on flatter ground, I headed off on a bearing anticpating seeing a hill ahead. I saw one to my left which made me think I had drifted--it was the wrong hill (a little too early and left) but I never realized it. I'd gotten distracted by others there and must not haved matched the code to #7; I may have jsut checked to see if it were on my course and it was at a later point. After mis-punching there, I went on. Joe Barret came through and I got confused since he and I were going slightly different ways. I went out toward the trail, then back in right away. I ended up between #8 and #9 and foolishly I cut right to #9. I worked my way back to #8, and then #9 again. Going to #10 the green was thicker than expected. Once across it and on flat ground, I was not sure where I'd find the control. I read the terrain and left a woman looking for it too; I hit it quickly. There was more unexpected green going to #11 (where I'd punched before and thought I was at #7). I hit the rest of the controls okay. I got the distinct feeling that I was running faster than I could read the map. The green seemed to make that worse. It was disappointing to end with a mispunch but I got a decent workout. Note that I'd also fumbled on starting my GPS watch.

Red - Splits