Training Log Archive: MJChilds

Better day today. Ran Brown course in easier area--not so intricate and not as many boulders. Felt good to be able to run again. A few mistakes, but overall, not bad. Let myself get suckered by a trail--when will I ever learn?

Event: UNO Pawtuckaway Camping Weekend
 

Godawful day of orienteering. Green course chosen because of length and opportunity to do Sam Saeger's butterfly loop.

Plan was to go slow and work on thumb compass technique. Upon entering woods, I walked, tried to stay on my line, read all detail along the way and . . .couldn't do squat! Got to withing 5 m of #1, couldn't find it, lost confidence, returned to road to try again. Stayed on line this time, found it. Headed for #2, left trail at known point for 200 me attack--couldn't find it, couldn't read map, tried 3 times. Headed for #3. Got to within 20 m, couldn't find it, returned to #2. Awful day. Got better after that, sort of.

C • what was the map like? real... 2

Just out for the fun of it w/ KH. Used Lex's high tech kevlar canoe and paddles. Very lightweight and easy on these old shoulders. Brilliant sunny afternoon. Bagged several controls and one geocache in the "Island Hopping" cache. Got coordinates to next control, but ran out of time to find it. Enjoyed being on the water. Woke to loons calling this morning. Doesn't get any better than that.

Walked Gov. Chitt Rd. w/ KH,JG, PS and dogs. Cool morning, 70 degrees, but humid w/ rain imminent. Felt good to use legs but not too hard.

Ran Catamount Trail race on sore quads. Ran blue loop. Ran out of gas at around 3/4 point. Finished, but very slow and tired. Pretty warm, temp 80 degrees. Still, glad I did it. Need a day off.