Training Log Archive: Sid

Bench orienteering worked on Nav Stock, COF Conference and GHO Sprint.

Nav Stock Long Course. Started out fine and was heading to 3 but got completely behuddled when I ended up 100 m north of the control. This area is my own personal Bermuda Triangle, getting lost here in the Snow Raid. After 1.5 hours of random searching saw Hans and others and asked Randy Kemp where I was? Hit control in 5 minutes and was off with 1:20 to complete the course. Hit controls well from there on until coming back to 10 and ended up lost in the triangle again. From previous wandering, finally figured out where I was and hit 10. Meet Mark Adams collecting controls and he mentioned I could finish if I was quick and beat Nina to the controls. Hit 11 and decided to pick up the controls as I must be the last out there. Finished without seeing Nina but meet Sue with the 4 remaining controls. Learned Pierre was still out there. Yeech!! Anyway, Jim, Sue and Jeanette got things straightened out and Nina, Pierre and Mark returned.

Brutal day out in the Copeland forest!!

C • Too Adventurous! 5

Long #2 - Splits

Nav-Stock Middle distance race. Poor start getting the feel for the map. Hit most of the controls in good order after until #6. Got influence by the crowd and went off bearing. I was correct. #7 was in dense bush and missed it but hit on recovery. Spiked 8 & 9. Overshoot 10 on a bearing but recovered with time loss. Decided to run trail to 11 but got way off line. Got lost and had to run back to find a recognizable spot and soon hit 11. Finished okay but previous losses were big.

Nav Stock sprint at Bass Lake Park. Started out slow and went on the wrong bearing at 4. Major error resulted in slow time. Just started to get warmed up and the race was over.

Middle #2 - Splits

Sprint - Splits

Event: Nav-Stock
 

Put out flags & lights for the model and Night-O. Had trouble finding the course location as the directions were wrong on the web page.

Walk - run the Night-O to get an idea on my speed with a preconception of the course and a good plan of attack. Still missed one control as a ridge approach was used as I know the ravine route was quite difficult. It was difficult to find the reentrant from the ridge though. Should have been able to do the entire course in 1 hour.

MTC Swim with Coach Stephanie. Skill poor as I tried to adapt my style to improve breathing and kicking. Did not work other than slowing me down.

MTC Swim with Coach Ken. Warm up 200m pull, 200m kick with fins, 200m double touch & 200m breast/free. 100m pull, 100 ml kick with fins, 100m single arm and 100m fast. Main set: 5 x 200 m on pace :30 rest, 1000m Locomotive :5/25m, 200m cooldown, 25m breast, 25m back, 25m scull and 25m back.

Arms were tired but core strength was good. 1:43 for fast 100m. 200's - 4:00, 3:59, 3:55, 3:50, 3:45 Ken was suggesting I get a snorkle to improve streamline. Still not fitting my breathing well into my stroke.