Training Log Archive: A.Child

Event: US Team Trials for WOC '11
 

Red - Splits

Training in the neighborhood. It was essentially a circle with two cross trails. We then ran a ski-o course with left-right decisions. Before we went out, dad determined which controls went where. It was a lot of fun!

sooooo hot... and soooo slow.

around the blook. Took it easy to avoid 3 hard days in a row especially since tomorrow is intervals.

Run with Ethan. We moved along pretty well. We stopped for a rest in the middle for 2:30 so we both could stretch. We ran a pretty good pace back too. 15:30 and all uphill...

Course at some place in NY. On my way to the first control, something happened that's never happened to me before. I was running through the woods and all the sudden, there was a huge reentrant infront of me, except it wasn't on the map. I was quite puzzled as I was sure I was in the right location... I looked down the reentrant to see if there was any definite feature that would clue me in. Seeing nothing, I decided to just go around. I did so, saw some other features that matched up, then looked back at the reentrant, except it wasn't a reentrant. Water in the marsh that was supposed to be there had risen to the point of being a large puddle. On the other side, the light had hit it in such a way that the reflection of the trees gave the appearance of a reentrant.

I finished the rest of the course almost without incident. While running to number 12 or 13, I was flying down a trail. There was a family of four ahead coming towards me. One of the little children, about 4 or 5, was walking with a stick. As I was running down the trail (quite quickly) I noticed he made eye contact with me, then I knew I was in for it. As I got close, the small innocent child raised his stick trying to skeywer me. I saw it coming, though (he wasn't quick about it) and so I dodged gracefully to the side, then continued on laughing. I have never been attacked by another person while on a course, though...

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Event: Informal Training Week pre Team Trials
 

Middle/fog-o. Bad compass... didn't do so hot.

Relocation exercise with dad. He'd take the maps and run, with me in tow. He'd then stop, I'd have to find myself, then run to the control.

Yale sprint. Finally got to do it. It was a little more difficult for me as it was commencement weekend so there were a lot of people walking around and I had to pretend like I knew what I was doing for the security people... still, though, I think I managed to anger quite a few finely dressed individuals.