Training Log Archive: skdewitt

Event: US Sprint/Middle/Long Championships
 

US Middle Distance Champs at Moses Lake, WA

Two significant mistakes plus some bobbles and generally slow plodding. Made an error I often make and wasn't careful about getting into the map going to 1 and had no plan for getting there. Lost about 4 minutes as I wondered around trying to figure out what trail I was on and then heading off in the wrong direction from the large sandy area which should have been an easy attack point to my control (and was, the 2nd time I went at it). Lost about 7 minutes to 13. Went across the top of the pointy reentrant, across the low area and then up a ridge. From there, nothing looked quite right so wondered around and tried to figure things out for some time. Finally realized I had come up the ridge to the west of the one I had intended.

Fun course and interesting terrain though.

Moses Lake, WA, model event for Middle distance

Fun terrain, lots of sagebrush, few trees. The areas of vegetation helped with navigation. My one attempt to use a compass bearing, to the knolls at 205, left me way off to the left. Only one mosquito encounter in a wet area. Not sure if it was th 100% deat I applied or that they had already fed on previous orienteers.

Green X Middle - Splits

Hiking in the Sunny Lakes/Dry Falls state park after visiting the Dry Falls tourist center. Cool place with lots of good info on th Scablands and its formation.

Run to Steve and Laura's to water plant.

Rails to Trails in NY