Training Log Archive: RJM

Lepregaine, Salt Fork State park. 1" snow from yesterday at the start, but warmed to 50F by the end. Beautiful day! Navigation went very well, only two real mistakes, and those were probably because I didn't notice that the map grid was aligned to true, not magnetic north. Lost perhaps Sadly, most of my bearings worked just fine without that knowledge. Perhaps this means i was using the contours of this USGS ~1:24 more than the compass, but it probably just means that i got lucky. 2nd overall by ~60 out of 1000 points, and almost cleared the 'regular' course (didn't even try or realize i could try for the 4 bonus 'pots of gold' controls). Ran most of the first hour (mostly roads), but after that the thick rose cover offtrail really prevented running for another 1.5hr. After that I was pretty much only able to run flat or downhill on roads or clear woods at a very slow pace, walked the rest. Probably ran a total of 2.5-3hr. In retrospect, if I thought i had a chance at clearing the course I could have made two adjustments (picking up 18 after 17, and doing the southern loop after 4), i might have pulled it off. But i didn't think i could sweep, and optimized otherwise. Anyhow, finished with less than a minute to spare. Rode down with Rasinski, good conversation.
Miles above are crowfly (28+km), gps says 20.11 miles ground travel.
INTAKE: 1 power bar, 1 gu, 1 bladder of water. Noticed a pretty good energy boost after the Gu. Ran out of water at ~5hr, but it was cool enough that didn't cause problems.

Drizzly AM, rainy pm, 40F. Speedplay on return (50-80s)

Home-sandrun (no parcourse)-thurmont + delaware area. light snow last night, some light ice, so took it easy, which made me feel pretty perky at the end compared to normal. In fact, a few hours later i still feel good, not normal after this loop. Perhaps i need to run slower more often. Would have done the thurmont loop in about 122. Listened to this american life, which was a nice addition..