Training Log Archive: JanetT

Found some decent brewpubs in Lancaster. Last night we went to Lucky Luke's which had a wide variety of beers, and some apps, burgers, salads, and sandwiches. Their Luke's Hazy was very much to my taste (on the sweeter side). Tonight we skipped the potential O gathering at a pizza/pasta restaurant (which sounded like great place for kids, but maybe not so much for conversation), and went to Brävery Brewing...they had a pizzeria on site. They only had one pizza size (6 slice) and they didn't do halves, so we ordered a sausage pizza and Glen picked most of the meat off my slices. Just enough food and very good crust.

I enjoyed their hazy IPA (Tortoise) and then we split a flight with tasters of 5 other beers. Of the two breweries, this one had better beer selection; the other one had slightly better food selection. Nice discoveries.

US Nationals Middle Brown at Vasquez Rocks in Agua Dulce, CA. Very neat place with giant blocks of angled rock sticking out of the ground. One had to interpret the map to get the right sized rock to navigate. Nominally 2.9 km, 115m climb (some of it gratuitous). Forgot to start my watch at start so I've adjusted the time to match my splits, and the distance is an estimate.

I did fine except on the two I lost the most time on, partly because I didn't believe the actual locations were on the Brown course. #4 seemed to me a poor choice for a Brown control, as did #7, and I struggled on both. I checked out a lower rock (#55) to #4 but then knew it wasn't mine so was resigned to climb to one I'd seen someone coming out of on the approach. To #7 I misread which way the cliff was facing and dropped more than needed....shoulda followed Steve.

Small error to the Go control as I hit the trail further north than expected (nnorth of the junction), but fine from there.

2nd F65 (after Debbie N, before Janet Petersen and Ingrid M). We and many others stayed for awards for Sprint/Middle because it was a beautiful day. Low 60s and sunny.

After awards, on the way back to the car, we encountered PG and a group, and found out Peter was challenging people to run across the parking lot and up the slope of one of the large angled rocks near what's labeled "Star Trek Film Site" on Google maps for time. Best time at that point was 3:42, but then Jan Lauenstein (nephew of Marc; exchange student living in the US) ran it in 1:41!! Yikes! Jan turned down the money Peter offered him for fatstest run up.

They ran to the upper point in this pic.

C • It was a pleasure to watch ... 2

Brown - Middle - Splits

Event: LAOC: Orienteering USA Nationals
 

Walked around the model map area at Vasquez Rocks Co Park, tomorrow's Middle venue.

Since we stayed in Lancaster last night and it was halfway to the sprint venue Pierce Coll back on the north side of LA, we stopped on the way down to the sprint. Should be interesting tomorrow.

Cool and breezy but sunny.

Sprint champs at OUSA Nationals, Pierce College. 1:3000 / 2m map; 2.2km course. Very happy with my run; thank you to the organizers!

They didn't make our course climb the 10 contour (20m) hill, but there were some nice detailed areas to navigate. Had a bit of trouble on #2 trying to figure out what I was looking for (it was at the top of a staircase but described as the inside corner of a wall; about 15 sec lost). For the most part, course lines and circles were not cut anywhere, sometimes obscuring details, but I figured things out. My other (smaller) hesitation was to #9 but I found it (and gave the location
away to two others).

Temp was around 70 when we ran, dropping to mid 60s by the time we left when a N breeze had picked up too.

I think I was 3rd overall in F65, 2nd US behind Debbie Newell (but not too far back). And I beat Sharon by 9 seconds. :-)

On a flat course like this we can usually multiply Glen's time by 1.5 and get mine. As he had run 40 min earlier than me, he looked up from the finish area at about 1.5x his time, and saw me coming in to the finish. :-D

Brown - Sprint - Splits

Slept in (until 7 PT), dawdled, then drove to the Getty Museum, where we spent much of the day. Some of the art and sculptures were cool, and the outdoor areas and garden were lovely. We spent some time mentally mapping the outside for a sprint, and admired the succulents planted along the man-made stream. Photos may appear when we return home...

An orange moon was just starting to rise as we left ABE yesterday evening. In bed by 3am body time.

Deanna's class...opening up collarbone/shoulder area

Park and neighborhood after a committee meeting finished. Temps still in the low 70s, slight breeze. A few trees still have most or all of their leaves, including a beautiful red, yellow/green, and orange sweet gum.

Event: SVO Susquehanna Stumble XXIII at Rocky Ridge County Park
 

Susquehanna Stumble Route Gadget Animation (short Stumble)

Short Stumble at Rocky Ridge Co Park north of York, PA. It rained on our drive over but had stopped by the time we got to the park. Started sprinkling again while I was changing clothes but ended before we left the park. 70F! Woods were wet, but my glasses didn't fog up. I took my 1.5L Camelbak which was a good call as I drank most of my water before finishing.

ADDED: 6.5km, 180m climb straight line, not via my route. :-D

Floppy map (fuzzy printing on light paper in thin bags...but they were sealed!) made it hard to get it aligned to my line of travel, but everyone was in the same boat. (Notes below are for my own reference, and for anyone reading who has access to the map. ;-) )

Lots of people to follow out of the start, and no issues to the first three, even keeping up with Wyatt (who was walking) through #2, though he pulled ahead on the way to #3. I did the boxes A-B-C and D-E-F (which maybe wasn't the optimal route, but that's what I did). To A I left the trail bend but vegetation pushed me a line or so lower and I had to hook back into it. B and C were no issue, though I took a wrong turn for a few steps on a trail after leaving C on the way to #7; 2-3 minutes lost on those mistakes. But the biggie was #7, where I attacked off a trail bend (after taking the higher trail from C) but did not go far enough. I wandered up and down the hill, short of the control, before distracting Sandy (sorry, Sandy!) as she approached. Then I decided to check a bit farther east and found the flag. I'm estimating 10-12 minutes lost.

No issues to #8. In the second box I aimed for D first; hit the N-S trail higher than I expected (close to the trail jct with the X) but found D fine after that. It probably would have been shorter going F to E, but I did them in the other order, then angled up to the major E-W trail to find the little trail heading down to 12.

I didn't want to attempt the vertical green in the power line so headed up to the major trail that crosses it north of the out of bounds. No troubles from there on in. Ernie S had been ahead before 12 but I helped him into #12 (he said he'd been wandering a bit) and passed him on the way to 14, and would have beaten him except I was distracted by the Start sawhorse (for the other courses) and slowed down...and he shot past to the finish punch, finishing a few seconds ahead. :-)

Nice day in the woods! Thanks to Julie, Pat, and course designer Brad.

C • Printing 2

ShortStumble - Splits