Training Log Archive: GlenT

Day 2 of Foxchaser II at Tyler Arboretum - Green X. Map is adjacent to Ridley Creek SP but has some significant areas of white woods, especially across the road. Still plenty of sharp stuff in the green areas, so some more blood letting today. Several unavoidable stream crossings ranging from ankle to calf deep. Crossing the stream from 6-7 I slipped so was totally soaked up to my waist (which was not a good thing since the air temperature was upper 30s - forced me to keep moving to stay warm). Still a couple of inches of crusty snow on the ground in most places.

Had a decent run. Some sloppiness leaving controls 3 and 4 but corrected quickly. Biggest error was about a minute on #12 when I made a 90 degree error after crossing the stream. Saw a house ahead of me and corrected. Also lost a little time locating #13. There were two road crossings which were "off the clock" so my actual race time is about 4 minutes faster than the time on my watch. 2nd in M60 for the day (5 sec ahead of Tony M), 5th on Green X. 3rd in M60 for two day combined time.

SL distance 5.8km, advertised climb 165.

Day 2 - Green X - Splits

Event: Fox Chaser II (U.S. 2015 IS / IC / Trail O Champs)
 

Green X course at DVOA Foxchaser II A-meet on Ridley Creek State Park map. 4 - 6" of new, wet snow to make things interesting. Lots of green on the map and most of it is prickly stuff. I had a fairly late start so there were herd paths, which was probably an advantage.

An OK run for the first of the season with no large errors. Small misses on 1,2,3, and 5 (a combination of being rusty and overtrusting the herd paths). Route choice errors on 7 and 9 where I cut through the woods (i.e. briars) rather than using trails (90 sec on 7, 30 sec on 9). Pretty clean the rest of the way in except on 18 where a mapped trail through white coming out of 17 didn't seem to be there, resulting in additional blood loss. Finished 3rd in M60, 7th overall on Green X.

Course was good but had maybe more controls than needed (trying to stay in the less green areas, which was appropriate). Two controls (8 and 13) were White level controls and didn't need to be. This area is pretty challenging to set advanced courses with the heavy trail network and all the green.

SL diatance 5.3km. Advertised climb 225m.

Day 1 - Green X - Splits

Hills on the treadmill. 0.5 mi @ 5%, 0.25 @ 10%, 0.25 @ 8% surrounded and interspersed with 1.0% running. Pace was 9:00 + (0:30 x % grade).

Weather (outside) is breezy and in the 20s with snow in the forecast for tomorrow - this is an unacceptable interpretation of Spring.

Event: Run Black Diamond (cancelled)
 

3 x 3:00 @ 8:00/mi + 3 x 1:00 @ 7:30/mi. 2 min recovery for the longer ones, 1:00 for the shorter. Plus warm-up and cool-down.