Training Log Archive: dersu

Flawless navigation through the 7th control. OK start next leg but as soon as I crossed the road, everything looked funny. I overran the 8th control slightly and had to climb back up from the stream. The next leg was supposed to be trivial but I spent half and hour stumbling around the control circle before I finally stubbed my toe on the control post. Everything was OK after that, except that I encountered a sphinx on the way to 14 who gave me the choice of 4 directions at a trail crossroads and I sampled all of them.

Day 2 Red Y - Splits

Flawless navigation through first 6 controls. (There was no water at the 4th control despite being so marked on the clue sheet...I think that was the start of my meltdown.) I wasn't paying attention on the way to 7 and went by the control halfway to the next one before I woke. This took any remaining wind from my sails. This is not an idle metaphor, as I felt as I was in a sailboat on a calm water far from land and only the rudder as an oar. I stumbled through the rest of the course. I am not sure why I could do nothing out there: I was never lost, I just couldn't coordinate my feet to move quickly.

Day 1 Red Y - Splits

Got stuck behind some dark green on the way to 7; this doubled the distance. Drifted too far off the red line on 9 and 10.

Sprint Red - Splits