Training Log Archive: cmorse

more crappy woods and a model map that was not representative of the real thing as far as printing quality. But the lack of terrain quality certainly was there. Had a few issues with the vegetation, but remembered the disparity between yesterdays model and race maps so hoped for the best..

Routegadget - though some of my green wanderings are just guesses. Plus I probably should have added more hesitations in appropriate spots. But it is kind of cool so see how my speed picks up on the good legs and slows down on others...

Somehow managed to finish the day in 5th place, but well back of the leaders. Fair? Yes; Fun? Not really...

Had the fastest RedY chute time (12s) though, not that it matters in the big picture.

Day 1 Red Y - Splits

Event: US Champs
 

Left CT at 4:20am with J-J, took the safer route west of the direct route I-84 to Scranton, then down I-81 to I-66 and into Prince William from the west. Not a bit of traffic, probably about 70 minutes longer than the direct route (I-95) under ideal conditions but the likelihood of crappy traffic on 95 made the 81 choice a good one. If only the rest of the weekend had avoided crappy route choices as well....

Anyway, got to the meet site just after 1pm with time for the model.

Out on the model map - kind of a crappy area, and the map quality was not promising. Although I ran the 8 controls in order, I didn't necessarily attack each one like I would in a race, instead wandering about to visit various features enroute to get a taste for the mapping and more importantly the vegetation. Finished up the 8 controls and then ran 8-6-4-2-S backwards at a moderate pace to get a feel for running in the terrain and warm up for my race.

Luckily the area and map used for the race itself was much nicer than the model. But the model is supposed to be representative of the race terrain, not a example of how crappy it 'could have been'. Not impressed with the model.

M45 US Champion !! - see comments and Routegadget

C • Sprint Warm-up/Model 1

Sprint Red - Splits

While waiting for Sue & Mike to arrive, Hayden & I took a map for some quick orienteering practice. 3 control sites near the parking lot. First one was a dot knoll at the south end of a field. Got there and there's no dot knoll there, maybe a gentle rise in the terrain near the power line pole, but definitely no dot knoll. I wonder what chucklehead mapped this area :-) Rest went ok, but a couple of small trails behind the ranger cabin have pretty well disappeared, but its been 10 years and those trails aren't' part of the regular public network.

Family hike on a fine afternoon. Took a couple maps with us and Hayden and I did a bit of reverse trail O. As we walked along the trail I'd point out a visible feature from the trail and ask him to locate it on the map. Most of the time I had to help him relocate where we were on the map, but then he usually found the feature ok. At least he's excited about doing the orienteering.