Training Log Archive: bl

Event: US Middle Distance and Relay Champs
 

Middle Distance US champs at Letchworth. Start around 1015 - hot before course finished. Botched 3 & 5, losing around 1' on 3 and maybe 90" on 5 - will have to look at splits. OK otherwise. 2nd to PG (about
29:45) - Tim Parsons was 26+. Needed to be under 30. On 3, came to an intersection as a surprise, on #5, did not follow a good plan, did not know where I was, had to climb 2+ contours to path & then drop bk same height.

PM sprint - good run, no mistakes. Hot again. PG 12:20, Glen Tryson 12:28 - have not seen other results. Major issue was distance betw mag north lines - too far apart to be of use which was obnoxious/unfortunate, out of spec I'd guess.

At motel nr Seneca Falls - had hoped to camp, Cayuga Lake SP not open - had looked at commercial campgnd first but opted for nature which was not to be found anyway. Last night ended up at Colonial Motel at Portageville amidst fields - a great surprise. Lots of lovely rural NY vistas.

Green X - Splits

Rest day

Left Sag, drove to NYC, by Jamaica Bay/JFK, over Verrazano Narrows br & across Staten I, Outer Bridge, on to 287/Liberty Corner for visit w/ CBE. Lovely blossoms, wheelchair walk, sadness at her aging/apparent ineptitude. Then off to another old friend Harriman. After, drove to Highland Falls w/ determination to camp, if not at HSP, then WP. Not interested in another night at Best Value/CV as in post-BG. Drove thru Round Pond before dinner. Beth suggested Camp Buckner. Drove in around 9pm, not a soul in sight - set up camp at far end. Only moonlight for company, no MP as in years ago. Drove to Central Valley for bkfst & then off toward Scranton/Rt6/Susquehana River, finally up to Corning for a visit at the wonderful glass museum. After on to Portageville to this motel-in-the-country on yet another perfect April day.

PM: up the hill on Arden Valley rd fm Tiorati - parked by water tower - made a short course of 12 controls, more walking & looking & sliding in running shoes on dry leaves. Prob could have spent night there but opted for WP.

AM run w/ dogs - coldhands chilly, regretted not having camera as mist was lovely in woods & on open pond/marsh

along Longbeach (w/ Z&M) & lanes of Sag as well as local park - blue dome. Pale blue water/sky.

evening run in nature sanctuary next to town park (Mashashmuet);
just like Cape Cod - woods, terrain, ambiance.

Rest day - drove from Kuhner's to Bridgeport, ferry to Port Jeff, visit w/ Eric Forsyth/FIONA/Week's YY in Patchogue (ride in '37 Bentley), then on to Sag Harbor.

at Harriman w/ Beth - group camp that served as staging area for last spring's Surebridge meet. Mostly walk w/ dogs, used harder parts of map - looks harder looking at map then looking at terrain which is full of definition as well as open. Concern re being locked in - wire was down, hid car, upon return, there were men working in the area so made car visible quickly so as to not get locked in - had thought that there was very little liklihood of seeing anyone at all at the gp camp..

Event: 30th Annual Billygoat Run
 

30th BG run, Clear lake nr Fahnstock SP. Spent the night camping at Pound Ridge (240 mi to Cross River) w/ Beth & dogs. Decent run w/ energy for most of way. Alot of following, unavoidable perhaps. Covered about 15k, measured length (13.05K, 500m) must include all controls but, of course, one was skipped. Wore running shoes which provided good protection but a bit slippery - there was more rain showering than I cared for. Fell hard once, hit head on rock on ground (a first), jammed thumb. Was with Pavlina B &' shadow' for several controls which was helpful - however, followed into a 2' mistake on way to 14 & then separated in the last 100m fm 19 which cost a minute & loss of contact - could have finished a minute to 90" sooner. Had just made contact w/ Glen T & David Onkst who were just 40 m ahead but capitalized in a contact fashion I did not in the final 2 controls.

The Goat - Splits