Training Log Archive: bl

2 Dp's, first got out of brush dump just before DPW posse arrived.
Second - picked up 2 blue controls from 4/21 meet at end of Peasley, a new suburban world growing unto itself (maybe 10 houses) where woods once reigned.

Gallery: West Point camping by Popolopen shore of recent vintage (and probable repeat)

What was at the machinations of bureaucracy that exclusion trumped?

C • Camping 2

To start area

Long: felt it was too long/difficult for many (most?) brown runners. Very technical & physical with an abundance of unmapped green & knee-high blueberrry. Walk to the start up the open “Garden of Eden” spur was a decoy! Had a good run (really a “forced march” much of the way) avoiding getting mad at the jungle fight that was often the MO). Compared splits with Charlie - very close for most of them. Entirely missed right path option on 1 - but we were only a few seconds apart. Slight variation on straight was work indeed. #8 was a bit of a bingo cp even having spotted the big bldr. by the trail. Was lucky to have 2 runners ahead to do most of the finding. Ran to #9 with Don Davis. By far most fun was running to 10....

quick QR


Nice weekend but not utilizing Buckner was most unfortunate. Missed the honking geese landing with a swish on the still water. Also, no WP-sponsored camping. Camped with Jim A at Round Pond Saturday night. The entire campground was empty/available. Control descriptions needed to be in the meet packet. At Sunday start, I was quite irritated when end of clear tape was nowhere to be found in the minute to two before moving to pickup map - took some 1.5’ to get some tape free and poorly utilized at that. Nice dinner in Highland Falls with Jim & Dave Cady (in proximity of the Lyons family).

C • Hope Beth's 2

C • Nice Weekend 2

Faces in the crowd

Analysis


Awaiting sprint start



Long finish


Right here


So it goes


The good doctor needs a pay raise


Round Pond campsite

Brown Long - Splits

Event: 33rd West Point A Meet
 

Middle at Bull Pond: fumbled 1& 9 but little time lost, good map contact for most part. Did have sensation of visualized features missing but no undue confusion. Got pretty wet on way to 2 seeing someone ahead making it thru what appeared to be open marsh. 8 & 11 the hardest. Somewhere in the woods I heard: "All you have to do is look at the map and run no faster than contact allows...how simple is that?" :)

Sprint was very short, 1.2k!
Went to each cp w/o much confusion if any. Slow on the first & bit confused what feature I was looking for. Other than that, was reasonably fluid.

Brown Sprint - Splits

Brown Middle - Splits

Drive to WP, wisely took day off. Had 21 for CYC dinner last night, incl. us,
which led to a state of 'dysequilibrium' - as well as getting house temporarily
straightened & dusted.

5 hours to about 10m short of Newburgh (252 mi).

Event: CSU Park-O 3: Boston Common
 

Wet & drear DP. Nothing noted except reasonably steady rain.

SloGo at lunch, cont'd cool & rainy.

Slough & back, gray chill. At BOS mtg last night, we spoke of forest vandalism, muck/stuck among other things. Was a broken come-along where red truck had been stuck.

Luti CCW, gray, chill felt good. Too much inside vegetative slow motion. Really not much running in past two weeks due to chaotic schedule. No sig. MSK complaints at present. Occ. perceptible feedback from right hamstring but no revolution going on.

May Day, long awaited for.... Followed a DPW truck up Allen so went to upper PL entrance. Marvelled again at veg changes over years - 5 yrs, some 12' high white pine w/ 4-5" trunks. Cool & rainy.