Training Log Archive: GlenT

US Long Champs on Bat Cave map in Carter Caves SP. Green M - 6.8 SL, 310m of climb advertised. Steep, mostly spur and reentrant, with rock features and pricklier green than on the model map. Course was good with 5 long, route choice legs but had a bit too much climb.

Not a good run. Was fine through 4. Missed 5 to the right and used the big building beyond it to relocate. Caught up to Tom Nolan on the way to 6 and then we proceeded to reinforce each other as we made a huge error on 6. Ended up in a paralllel reentrant system about 400m west of the one we thought we were in. I think I figured things out first but then bobbled about in green stuff on the big spur between where we were and where we should have been. Lost about 15 minutes on this one. Lost another couple of minutes on 7 by poorly executing my original route choice and then changing my route partway to what I should have initially seen as the better choice. About 20 minutes back of Tony M, in about 7th place in M60.

And, it was even colder today than yesterday - low 30's at best. Couldn't feel my hands until about 20 minutes into the run.

Long - 8 Green M - Splits

Event: Flying Pig XIX - U.S. Individual Champs - Sprint-Middle-Long
 

Wandering around on the model map at Carter Caves SP. Distance is an estimate (and half of it was walking along the road from and to the lodge). Lots of rock features, good visibility, steep. Cold (30s) but mostly sunny.

Warm up for sprint at Morehead State Univ using the model map.

US Champs Sprint at Morehead State University. Green M course. SL distance 2.9 km, climb 60 m. A fun and challenging course set by Mike Minium on a map which he made, although about 30-35% too long for a sprint. Fairly open college campus set on a slope with some complex buildings creating multi-level situations. Plenty of uncrossables to set up some very nice route choice problems.

Had a good run with only one significant mistake near the end. Always made sure I had a route which got me to the control, even if it meant walking or stopping to read the map. Missed on control 21 when I misinterpreted the "upper" control descriptor as "between" (making the control "between paved area, inside north corner" which made no sense). Lost about a minute when I saw the control on the next level above me and had to double back. A couple of other small hesitations. Ended up 1st (in a sprint!) in M60, mostly because others also made mistakes. 12th overall on Green M.

Cold (still!) with temps in the low 40s and overcast. Snow flurries as we left the event site.

Sprint - 8 Green M - Splits

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