Training Log Archive: cmorse

Was just going to go for a run over at Cross Farms this AM, but the GPS had a very good signal lock under trees (2-3m) so I took a casual stroll on one section of trail to get a rough track and wall/marsh/trail crossing points for referencing back to the base.

After walking the first section of trail, I saved the track, then ran easy for a while on some more of the same trail. Its blazed in the woods, but in a number of areas is very vague on the ground and occasionally the blazes are not close enough to be obvious which way to go, so a couple of spots involved standing near the last blaze and scanning the woods for another blaze (orange paint spots) before proceeding.

After finishing that section of trail I ran back to the car via the 'back 9' of the disk golf course - sprinting tee to hole, then a very short jog to the next tee and repeat. The disk golf course goes through the woods but from tee to hole the woods are laced with small trails and I've been trying to figure out how to best map these areas. I think I will map the 'fairways' as rough open w/ trees as they are definitely more "open" in appearance and ground disturbance than regular white woods and would be obvious if crossing them at an angle - leafy forest floor versus heavily trafficked forest floor. We'll try it that way and see how the map legibility goes...