Training Log Archive: bishop22

Giving myself some credit for running around during this morning's junior camp training. I had them do terrain intervals on a 400m course that I streamered (short stretch was on a trail). The bigger kids did 8x400, with 6 and 4 offered for the younger groups.

This training was surprisingly well-received by all, given that we were nearing the end of the long training camp.

Convention Sprint at Webster Park

A friend of mine likes to say that what gets you in trouble is not what you don't know, but rather what you know but ain't so. That was my problem on my "home course" today. Everything was pretty straightforward, but when I crossed the road to get C8, and didn't spot the indistinct trail as I sprinted past, I "knew" it was no problem, because there were easy ways to cut through, even though the map showed the darker shades of green. Turns out that might be true in the fall, but not in early August, as the thorns became truly impassable. A minute, cuts and a couple of detours later, I battled through to the teepee (which I had known was the man-made object).

So, Zach got me by 20 seconds and Eugene by less than that.

Mass Start Training #1 at Webster Park. I don't remember the time and it looks like they are not stored. Finished just behind Jeff Saeger and beat him, since he punched the start farther ahead of me. I could never quite get by him - I kept thinking he'd make an error or hesitate to give me an opening.

Mass Start Training #2. On my own for this one, although I sometimes heard footsteps (can't remember who it was - one of the juniors). Didn't push as hard, mostly because I was worn out from the Sprint and first training.

A Xerox picnic was going on near the tennis courts, so I got some cheering. nate had already come through, and they had thought he looked a lot like me.

Webster TDS #4 Sprint A - Splits

Memory-O as I ran around to pick up the streamers from this morning's junior camp training (each person labeled a streamer and placed it in the woods, then came back and marked it on the map. Then they did a memory-o on other people's streamers. This went well, for the most part.

OUSA Convention Daily Sprint race at Letchworth.

Sloppy going to C1, then small errors for the next few as Tyler got by me. Way left to C7, then finished up as best I could.

This course was "thrown out" because of mis-numbered controls. But at least we only had one course tossed at the convention, so better than the US Champs.

Can't remember the exact time or distance, but I did the Donut-O with Z. A few times he took safer routes while I stayed in the woods. And I didn't actually go to C2 when we could see it across the marsh, but Z went around for it and we met back at C3.

This was an excellent exercise.

Letchworth TDS #3 Sprint A - Splits

Event: 2011 OUSA Convention
 

red 2 - Splits

Event: 2011 US Classic Championships
 

Day 1 Red - Splits