Training Log Archive: CHARLIE-B

Second in a trio of Terrible Runs. Didn't I say to never run and work a meet?

Arrived at the map line with my beeper going. Forgot HRM and too late to go back. Forgot to leave my cap behind, left it at the starter table.

Grabbed my map and went.

1. Atrocious. Idea was OK, but I should have checked the small path better - especially after cutting the corner. Went off into left field mistaking ditch after ditch. Reset to the road and found it pretty quickly, but not very precisely.

2. Wobbled through the green to the road, then along to attackpoint at edge of clearing on road. Tried to spot form line topography and utterly failed. When I realized I was going east and downhill I turned dead north with the hope of finding the northern slope and luckily hit the control.

3. Short and clean.

4. Crap again. Went right by it. Stopped at the rootstock and came back.

5. Took the road to the north and planned to pick up veg boundary and contour to marsh. Felt that the marshes were very dry, but realized there was some risk. A bit slow crossing, but pretty good route. Feeling a bit better. Bumped into GL.

6. GL took off like a shot on the trail, but we met at the control.

7. Through spectator chute. Met GL at control. Huh?

8. Long leg parallel to river. Took easy path along riverbank. Met GL again at powerline. Ran together to creek, then GL ran low and I ran high. GL ran into muck and had to come high, passing again at 11 - which was nice to scope out. Was a little too far east when spotted 8 and GL came in from west and was well away before I got to 8.

9. Decided to run along south side of creek. Lots of debris. Checked of reentrants on the south side. Planned to go directly east up reentrant, checking hilltop to the south, then cross reentrant to find rootstock. Crossed a little to the north.

10.Directly north then spike.

11. Decide to head uphill to road. Somehow headed east instead of north, but quickly corrected. Ran off the end of the road onto the trail and off the end of the trail into the green. Recognized where I was and turned north to the control. Passed GL without seeing him on this leg.

12. Rough compass to the powerline corner. Contoured in to control.

13. Trail-parking lot-trail then cut corner to control.

F. Long run in.

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Long - Green X - Splits

Event: US Individual Championships (Sprint/Middle/Long/Trail)
 

First in a trio of Terrible Runs. Never run and work a meet.

Was tying my laces when the beeper went. Cataloging just successes and failures...

3. Failed to read may properly and went back around building instead of straight south. Even got disorientated in parking lot.

4. Should have exited on south side.

5. Trapped in blind alley suspecting double bluff. Should have read control description.

12. Took better route choice around top of green.

16. Should have contoured from bottom of steps.

F. Pretty quick on the run in.

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Sprint - Green - Splits

Haven't run since last weekend. Just not enough hours in the day.

Goal was 5k @ 4:57/k. Not going to be likely with the hills and the heat, so speed was the #1 priority. 4:57/k as far as possible.

Gave up at 4.53 k, but it felt good. Totally knackered at the end.

A year ago HR max was 167 or so. Not sure if the ticker is getting better or worse at this point. Was definitely in barf territory at the end.

Walked up the big hill and stopped for a 20 min chat. Easy jog home.