Training Log Archive: Sandy

Another couple of hourse wandering around the NSH grounds doing map updates. Lots more trees to delete and another building with a new footprint. I wish I had the time to make the map ISSOM but that isn't happening.

The buildings are solid black and no stairs are depicted. Maybe a project for later this summer if the event goes well and it looks like we might use it again.

I think I will do this weird thing Condes has where the control circles, leg lines and control numbers are outlined in white to make them readable across the black buildings and (all the other black). I'm also thinking about using the purple dot in the control circle to show where the control
is.

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Hike around the meadow loop with Sandy.

Event: DVOA Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
 

A really nice brown course venturing into little patches of nice woods here and there, requiring some forcing your way through thicker stuff, but lots of trail routes around the worst of it. Other than the two times I went down wrong trails because my brain wasn't getting enough oxygen I'm happy with my route choices. There was one lovely trail run on a very slight downhill next to the stream where I actually felt like I was running not slogging!

Brown - Splits

Upped the training sessions to 45 minutes; unfortunately traffic made me late. grrr....

Wondered around Norristown State Hospital for a couple hours doing more updates. I'm surprised at how much buildings have changed.

Map updates for Norristown Hospital. This is going to be a lot of work so I hope we will be able to use the grounds on a regular basis.

Event: DVOA Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
 

Putting out the first set of controls and some road signs for the first Wed. Sprint Series at the Schuylkill Center. The track makes it very clear where the controls were!

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And putting out the rest of the controls.

Took me two hours to put out 23 controls. AJ visited them all in less than half an hour and he had to do a lot criss-crossing. Stopping and pounding in the stake and then fishing out the right flag and epunch at each control adds up!

Pleased with the turn out - really had no idea what to expect. We had 19 on Sprint1 and 13 on Sprint2 with many people doing both courses.

I suddenly feel as though a huge weight has been lifted. All of my permission issues for the upcoming Wednesday series were all taken care of this morning. Amazing how much of a stressor that part of the process was turning out to be. But, now that I know who to contact and what paperwork everyone needs, it will be easier the next time. If there is a next time!

Training with Kelly. I'm not sure why but it seemed extra hard today. We didn't do anything particularly hard just everything seemed to take inordinate effort.

Around the meadow loop with Sandy. We are slowly but surely extending the running parts and shortening the walking parts.