Training Log Archive: bl

Setup 3 BG controls, nice fast start to race. Lots of punches. Poked eye yesterday pm & now in need of attention.

Sunday CSU A meet. Hot again. Another MP! A banner performance for the weekend. Navigated fm 6 to 9, never noticing 7 & 8. Accurate, maybe a minute of mistake, hesitation/confusion. Was pleased enough but as I walked back with map in hand, my route went fm 6 to 9, no way could I see a path I'd taken to 7 etc! Distance/climb are estimates. Very technical terrain, good map, quite the challenge. Extremely hard to see courses. Glen referred to it as 'dark on dark'. I made a point of being careful but perhaps senility reared its head in some fashion, forgetting that 7 was the goal when 9 was right there in front of me.

Controls well placed, had to be right there. Nice meet by CSU. Good to see some old friends, eg, Charlows*, Hans B. Interesting neighborhoods around the HS. Lots of blossoms.

*Gloria reminded that punch cards show missed controls, usually not an issue unless courses cross. However, epunch is hard to beat in most other ways.

#6 lower left, came fm open reentrant 100m SW (rte fm #5) & returned that way to next control...down the reentrant, right on the larger path & used immediate jct for AP for #9 & off to 10, oblivious:)...

Went out on Nottingcook looking over control sites & making map changes. Quite the contrast, no company but dogs & black flies.

Decidious in Nottingcook, not alot...(half-expected the blk flies to show up in the photo)...

Event: CSU Pine Hill A-meet
 

CSU A meet at Pine Hill. Temp was in mid-80's (heard 95F around 4:30 pm in Nashua). Green had 19 controls (6.1k) in sl more than a sq k, extremely trail-dense, area. Tried to scan into OCAD for area measurement but couldn't get it to work. Turned map over, took some 10-12 seconds to find the first control - said 1/16, ie, using same site twice but had not been prepared for this. Just plain missed #10, ie, did not see...went fm 9 to 11. Left 4/12 on the lefthand line which took me away fm the optimal route to 13. Just plain fumbled 15 for maybe 4'. When I left 1/16, followed the incorrect line/route for maybe 125m before realizing what I was doing. Haven't dealt with butterfly-type control sits in quite some time. Then ran right by the last control, not realizing until the final chute - it had the potential for being a tad confusing - that added some 250m. The MP was a surprise until I looked at the map. 2 weekends in a row...not bad....

Finish/staging at bottom of IS 93 ramp...




Start with 1/16, confusing for me at beginning as well as leaving 16...




Leaving 4/12, followed left line, finding myself in pkg lot w/ a hill to climb...

AM look-see at BG fork - some lt green, good now, still expect it to be reasonable by the 10th. Anyway, appropriate feedback fm map. Nice day beginning.

Over to Crescent Lane around 5:30, finished trails. 3rd house. Smaller trails, leaf-covered, little used, basically indistinct.

Bright, clear. Some control sites w/ internal deliberations re feasibility, usu thick hemlock & what that does to basemap contours.

2 SPS XC for new season: 14:52 & 14:40, trail bit wet, good cool temp.

Delineated Woodbury logging, one new ride, downgraded some trails, put in a drive, bemoaned loss of lovely woods.

3 BG streamers w/ Z&M. Did not have full map - forgot, so went to what I recalled as designated features & was correct. Misty, warm, good earth fragrance.

Long Pond/Fisk for first time in a while. G maps showed 6.1+ - interesting how answers pop up (to nearest 1000ths, tho not shown). Still tired, poor sleeping - good for perspective though that I got in a little extra distance at noon hour.

BG control site visits, drippy forest but made me feel better than, say, the morning's news. Wet at noon, thought I might check trails after work but pouring. Picked Beth up fm knee cartilage surgery.

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