Training Log Archive: JanetT

To start of day 2 at Lake Welch/Jackie Jones map, which has held up well with minor updates. Downhill along a trail with dead trees across it to navigate past, then back uphill to start.

Brown day 2 course at Jackie Jones, nominally 3.5 km, 110m climb. Great course by cadet Mike Bruce, which I enjoyed very much.

Sandy started two minutes ahead of me today, so I knew she could be a distraction. She was in sight, a bit ahead, between 1 and 3 which were short legs close by the start. Then we had a long route choice leg to 4, and I decided to swing south to the big trail because I could run a bit on the trail, something I don't feel stable enough doing in the woods/rocks. I cut back NW after the second stream crossing and took the nice reentrant by a huge cliff line which angled up the hill to the flattish area where the marsh/rocky ground started which was my attackpoint. Roger Underwood caught me here and was close by through 6 but I finished several minutes ahead of him so he may have had trouble with 7.

Saw Sandy again leaving 5 and 6 and caught up at the trail N of Jackie Jones Mtn top. Ran the trail until I saw a place to cut through the power line which had a lot of cut and stacked trees to skirt around, but I saw the N end of the short trail (which looked to me like a ditch) and knew I was at the right elevation so it was just a matter of finding the 2m cliff. Pretty simple navigation from there, though I contoured around the last hill instead of going straight up and over because hills are my nemesis.

Happy to finish first F60 today, but it wasn't enough to offset Sandy's 4:37 lead from yesterday so I ended up 2nd overall by 16 seconds. Happy that I was able to run as much as I did (Aleve helped hold off the knee pain).

Sunday - Brown - Splits

Event: West Point National Meet
 

Event: World Masters Orienteering Championships 2017
 

To start @ West Point

Brown day 1, nominally 3.4 km and 90m climb. Overcast with occ. showers; about 50F. Camp Buckner, on the hillside west of 293, northeast of the bayonet assault course.

Had someone just ahead of me approaching 1 and 2 which helped me into those controls. Navigated alone to 3 though I saw two others approach it from different directions as I punched (one was Beth Lux). Rob W who'd started 2-4 min behind me was approaching 3 as I left and I figured he'd overtake me at some point but I never saw him again until I was in and done for several minutes.

Did 4 and 5 fine, then was a bit confused by what was mapped as vertical green on the way to 6 but I could figure out the huge cliffs and had no trouble finding it. SSW to trail and off the subtle corner S of #1 looking for the marsh I'd been near in years past. Almost overran it but caught myself and popped over a small hill and up the form line reentrant point to 7. Stayed high to 8 but had trouble figuring out what cliff was what so checked several before finding one with a flag (there were 6 or 7 in the circle...). Francis F punched just behind me and I saw him a bit ahead leaving the next control verifying where the flag was for me. To 10 I stayed high rather than sidehill so could see where the reentrant was above the cliff. Saw a flag a bit earlier than I expected but I checked and it was mine.

I'm wondering if 12 was hung at the correct boulder on the spur; I saw three and it wasn't on the SW side of the northern one unless the northern one I saw was unmapped (a possibility). In any case, not a problem. Then it was just a matter of making my way through the barberry and out to the road.

3rd F 60 just 5 seconds behind Lex. Sandy had a great run. :-)

C • Correct boulder 3

Saturday - Brown - Splits

Saucon Rail Trail, south from the So. Lehigh Library. Glen (also headed south) was running for 40 minutes so I turned around just shy of 20. Jogged enough that he did not catch me before I returned to the car.

The last little bit was cool down, checking out the tunnel under the road between the library and the park.

Beautiful out; mostly cloudy and about 70F.

Around the neighborhood after dinner, so more of a stroll. Still pretty nice outside though the breeze was picking up.

Lehigh Gap near Palmerton, PA. Sunny and mid-60s. Mostly open trails so sunscreen would have been a good idea; I had a long sleeve Techwick shirt so mosyly kept my sleeves down.

From Osprey House I webt on the LNE trail past the junction with the Bobolink and Prairie Grass Trails. Then turned back and took Bobolink down to the L&N rail trail and back.

Saw wild bleeding heart and took a photo (will post later if I remember). Pretty.

Then a short loop on the Prairie Warbler Trail near Osprey House.

I posted the bleeding heart photo as my cover photo on my Facebook page. [If you're not on Facebook I'll try something else later.] That's the Lehigh River just north of the gap in the background (visible if you click on the photo).

If the Facebook link doesn't work, try this one.

Focus: expansion and contraction

Woke up with a stiff neck so I'm still working out the kinks this afternoon.