Training Log Archive: smittyo

Event: US Sprint/Middle/Long Championships
 

US Middle Course Champs at Moses Lake Sand Dunes. This was quite a technical area with lots of controls on the course. It was very hot and there was only one water stop in the middle of the course, so I felt crappy for at least half of the time - needing more water. It really slowed me down in the last portion of the course. Nevertheless, I managed to keep my head screwed on straight and was pretty clean. The emphasis was on minor terrain details and that's something I'm generally pretty good at reading. Although I was unhappy with my time and felt it was slow, the heat affected everyone and my placing was quite good. GOLD medal in F45+, 4th overall on the course, beating many of the F20's.

Model event at Moses Lake Sand Dunes. Just walked through it to get a feeling for the terrain before heading on to the Middle Champs. Biggest problem was the mosquitos.

Green X Middle - Splits

Travel Day - on the road to the US Champs

Jogged to and in the Wilderness preserve and then home. I miss the bunny field, since it was just outside the door of my apartment and I could go off trail there. The wilderness preserve is almost a mile away from my place now - it has very well maintained trails.

1-2-3-4-3-2-1 with two minute recoveries

Warm-up / cool-down and recovery between intervals

Warm-up jog around the river.

Did a little trail based line-o sprint using the resort map. It was a little tricky. There were a lot of minor windy trails and I didn't have a compass. Got disoriented a few times and had to relocate.