Training Log Archive: iriharding

MNOC adv run #2 - Reynolds park run to Tierney's woods 11 controls and then back. A great evening for being out . Fast mass start ... fast and cleanly to 1,2,3 ,4 ... just behind the leaders- found nice trail leading to 5 (overtaking all the others hacking thru the light green. Got to a marsh for #5 didn't see control so checked out 2 other marshes before found the control (not quite sure what happened - 4 min mistake). Flew to 6 , 7 , 8, 9 (caught up with Pete who had a lot of problems with #9) (saw Justin and Molly) in very quick order, then 10 with Pete and Tom , 11 with Pete, out of the woods w/ Pete chasing me down the road. Tom took the short (but thick way ) and was about 4 mins behind at the finish. Pete beat me by about 30 sec by the end.

Long course- NightO - Splits

Score O - W Mass rules - at Pillsbury (Dead Horse Lake) - nice area

Went for 12 out 14 option: immediately saw that basically there were 4 groups of 3 controls close to the E- W road and then 2 widely spaced outliers far to the S . So went for the 4 groups of 3 .

#7 ,11, 8 then 1 , 14 (a little wide - about 1 min error - was # 17 on day before but didn't realize until after and we approached from opposite direction) , 2, then 3, 5,4 then 10, 9, 6 and back .

Nice format for after long day on day before (Minnegoat and night O) .. a little slower because of day befores exertions.

control retrieval

Minnegoat at Pillsbury SF- fun race -mass start at Shafer Lake Day Use area (NE part of state Forest)

with the front pack 1 to 2 then about 30 seconds behind by 3 ; Pete and Justin and others took off through the thick green towards #4 , I gained up the lost ground by running the trail round to the W . We were all a bit wide at 5 : I did 6 and 7 very cleanly and got out in front of Pete and Justin , Tom , JJ etc. 8 to 9 I got caught up in some green . saw Justin swim leaving 9 . Jerritt caught up to me right at 9 . Ran neck and neck with Jerritt 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15 (both messed up with 5 min mistake) , 16 (30 sec error wrong way on trail). Approaching 17 skullduggerry started .... J pretended to need to tie shoe (very lame), I stopped for a pee so forcing him to punch first. He left control going to W so he was obviously skipping 18 ( - my plan ) ... so we ran together 19 - 20- 21 -22 - 23 .. J started to force pace on the 1.5 k run in...kept up for a while ...cramping .... he finished 11 seconds ahead. (and 17 years younger....) .

Good terrain ... nicely enhanced USGS map with running good (a fair amount of downed branches etc though ) . Distance 14.47 km - 500m for skip + 600 for round shafer lake = 14.6km

C • Nice run... 2

Night Score O at Pillsbury - start 0.3 mi east of 77 on Pillsbury Forest rd

Score O - mass start:

Just about everyone ran along trail to #2 : with Todd and JJ following Pete and Justin to #1 , then #3 . JJ-Todd and I along trail and approaching 10 from N . Nailed 10 (Todd way off to E, Pete and JJ just behind me) . Fast to 15, 3, 4, 9 with JJ / Pete right there on my tail . They beat me to 14 but where slow leaving . Attack 8 from the S but we were all about 50 m off; time was short so I bailed and ran to 6 , then 5 and in with 10 mins to go (so a strategically conservative 11 points ). Pete and JJ went for more points and possibility of being late ! . Maybe I should have stopped in a #7 on way back . So JJ beat me by 1 point in 54:27 ... it could have been very close ; Pete got 11 but in 58:07 .

new headlamp recommended by Todd was great ! Had to tilt it down at times so as not to "shine" reflectors and show others the flags !

Control retrieval night O in rain- missed overgrown trail and had to double back