Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: WCOC BBQ and Meeting
 

WCOC sprint at Ratlum Mountain. I chose to run sprint B first because most everyone was doing sprint A and I dislike distractions. I made enough distractions of my own... I started out making the number for the last control (7) look like a 1 and ran the wrong way out of the start--d'oh! Managed to do a little better in the middle of the course, but disaster struck again after # 6 where I was unable to keep a proper heading and went south into a swamp instead of west towards the finish. Lots of wandering here. I figure at least 10 minutes of error; probably more.

Weather was beautiful (60's and sunny) but the woods are thick in many spots, so it was a slow-going day.

WCOC sprint at Ratlum Mountain, running A as my second sprint. I knew what to expect from the woods this time around. I count # 6 and 8 as non-spikes because I wandered from my planned route, though I found both without major problems. Interesting cliffs at # 7 -- I wonder if this is where Charlie's bear den was...

GlenT wrote: "Now all that's needed is an infestation of laurel weevils."

My thinking was, they need and infestation of laurel Bison! Weevils might eat the leaves, but wouldn't get rid of all the woody parts...

Echoing his note, thanks again to Charlie and Rhonda!

Sprint A - Splits

Sprint B - Splits

Step aerobics at the Y. Got a good workout and was dripping by the time it was done.

FitLinxx machines at the Y. I added weight on a couple of the machines (including leg press), and can feel the effort now. ["5145 lbs in all"]

Today was more of a strength and stretching kind of day; the only aerobics were in the warm-up. Then we did various things with weights and mats... Guess I should do a walk, run, or hike this afternoon ("but will she???").

Hah -- I DID go walking. :-) A little more than 2 miles at Hand Hollow, with Rob. Time estimated (though I had a stopwatch going) because we stopped to investigate a turtle on the path (spotted?), a toad, and some other sights since he'd never been there before. Nice day!

Didn't take the binoculars, but could see activity on the two heron nests.

It didn't seem too strenuous, but I broke a sweat, and could feel my legs (of course, that could be a function of going ~15k on them this past weekend).

Event: Paugussett SP Local
 

WCOC local meet at Paugussett SF. After yesterday's hike I didn't think my legs were up to doing Red. Fortunately, the Green used many of the same detailed areas of the map as Red so we got a technical as well as physical challenge. Great course, set by Dave Webber. Somehow I managed to finish second of the women (about 9-10 minutes behind the fastest woman, a visitor from Germany) on the course and 3rd overall, out of about 10, despite my slow per/k time! Red turned out to be the most popular course, with more than 20!

I did manage to mess up a few controls; on one I was distracted by Donna who had picked up someone's cell phone (dropped on the trail) and wanted me to clip it to her pack--when I continued I went the wrong way. On two others I know I didn't check my compass enough and misread the rock detail and had to correct from nearby features (I probably spent too much time looking before correcting, but I consciously did relocate off nearby features--good practice there). At # 5 I misread the clue and thought I was looking for the south side of a hill instead of a boulder--d'oh! In total, about 6-7 minutes of error, maybe?