Training Log Archive: Sandy

Event: 2011 US Classic Championships
 

GreenX course at US Champs. For various convoluted reasons decided to run green at this event. Walked most of the course, running in the very few spots where I ended up on a trail and about half the finish run in for maybe a total of one or two hundred meters. But kept up a decent pace. Took a couple of slow routes - straight to #1 through several marshes that sucked at your shoes, to the right to #3 following the lower set of stone walls instead of just having confidence and going straight. Bobbled #5 a bit getting off my compass initially but correcting at a stone wall and then not going far enough up the reentrant and standing around a bit before going on and eventually getting it. Got lucky on #9, the mismapped clearing and didn't lose time - came out of the veg boundary expecting to have to go left but saw the control to my right. The course was eventually thrown out because a lot of people lost a lot of time if they attacked from more definite features further down the hillside. The clearing was about 100 meters to the east of where it was mapped, clearly outside the circle and nothing else around it. Had fun but wasn't reading the small contour detail particularly well.

Day 1 Green X (Course voided) - Splits

Got up to the US Champs meet hotel and headed out, intending to go do a "model" training on the 2008 map. When we stopped the car to try and figure out where to park the deer flies swarmed the car and eventually decided driving a little way up the dirt road and looking in the woods was all the "training" we could handle.

C • Deerflies at Klondike 3

Day got away from me and by the time I finished some yard work I had no energy for anything except a short core workout. Did about 250 crunches of various types while watching SYTYCD.

Short loop. Was running fine for about 20 minutes and then faded big time and walked most of the meadow section and the whole road home. Guess Sunday took more out of me than one rest day could put back in.

Knees continue to be pretty much back to normal with that new sharp pain only showing up on an occasional step and then going away immediately. I can live with that.

Red course at French Creek East. Nate, one of the DVOA juniors, designed the courses and he did an exceptional job of keeping us in the nicer woods and not having silly legs through the rocks or the green or straight up then down. No real errors although I wasn't paying attention on my way in to #4 so had to take a round about route to make sure I knew where I was. My only other slow legs (comparatively) were when I had to go down through rocks or when there was a long trail and I didn't run. Clem won in 1:12:xx but I beat him on two legs! ;)

It was over 90 and very humid but I didn't feel it until about #14 - just under 1k to go. My legs were a little rubbery on the downhills after that. The bugs on the other hand were horrid - midges were everywhere. At times I was running with a small tree bough waving it around my head. They kept getting in my ears and eyes and nose. It was gross. The few places I was able to jog were okay; I guess their top speed is my walking speed. :)

Red - Splits