Training Log Archive: tdgood

Area had more thorns than advertised. Downed debris was less than mapped in many places. Course navigation was more like a orange course with very long trail legs. Not very inspiriing.
1: down trail until I found a spot to cut into road, down the hill and could see the ruined car from a long way away.
2: cut along stream until reentrant area then cut up to trail, across open field and continued on trail to the next rough open field which had been mowed. ran through medium green and along stream until I got to the control.
3: More or less straight. Green was thorny here. I was already getting slashed up. Twisted my ankle on the way.
4: Long trail run. After crossing the bridge I decided not to take the optimal trail up the hill and instead ran along the stream so I wouldn't just be doing a trail run for several miles. Eventually the hill side pinched out my running area so I had to climb. Once climbing I went ahead up the trail and ran the trail the rest of the way.
5: Up hill to trail, to junction and cut into woods. I the way I stepped on a stick which turned out to be attached to a stump. The end result was the stump slammed into my left shin. It really hurt and I was slower the rest of the course as a result. Control seemed much farther than mapped. Control was also higher than expected but could be seen from a long way away.
6: Icky leg. This is a control location that shouldn't have been used. Ran down spur to clearing to the trail. Trail to rough open scattered trees, then cut into the medium green. This should have been fight and not medium. It was mostly thorns. scaped my way through. once past the stream area it was less thorny and just very close together saplings. Still very slow going so I just walked. Compass kept pointing me up the hill but I know I was to high. I cut over to the gully then had to fight my way along it to the control which was hidden behind a tree. As I was leaving someone was coming up the gully from below. I warned him the control was hidden behind a tree.
7: Went down gully. It was less green than the way I came up. Still very thorny along the stream. Fought my way back to the trail. Another long trail run. ran near 8 and cut into woods to get seven. I spotted the control from across reentrant.
8: Straight. I could see the control from way off.
9: I was very tired. What should have been another long easy run was just a very slow long run.
10: Cross the bridge, trail to road. along road and cut up reentrant but not on trail. Then I screwed up I continued up the reentrant over spur, cross the reentrant to the correct spur but I was way too high (SE of the control). Contours didn't look correct so I went higher and hit the trail. Saw what I had done then went long way to the control.
11: went north to avoid the worst green but someone else went straight and didn't have an problems so got way ahead of me. Very slow walking up the hill.
12: I saw the trail option but didn't want another trail run, plus I was too tired to run so went straight. Green wasn't a problem until the final reentrant where it was all thorny again. Trouble getting across the ditch with all the green.

Overall I was slow. for a 10K 200m course, My watch says I traveled 7.5 miles and 430 m of climb. quite a big difference.

Drove around to pickup controls. Got lucky as there was only one spot in the lot. I only had 5 controls to pickkup but they they were spread pretty far apart. I tried to jog but was to tired. That plus my left shin was hurting.

After I got back, they thought one other control had been skipped. It was fairly close to the finish so I started back out to get it. On the way the last control picker upper was on his way back and had already gotten it so I didn't get very far.

After I got home went for a short walk with Darcy. It was really windy and cold , plus I was tired so we didn't go far.

Blue - Splits

Windy out made it feel much colder than it was. Walked up around the school. New contronstruction continues. They are getting ready to put astroturf onto the new field..

Event: OCIN Flying Pig XXIV - 2022 Junior Nationals
 

mapping down at greenbelt. It started sprinkling just as I got the area to be mapped. Fortunately it didn't last long. I was able to get the parts done I intended.

raking sweet gum balls, cutting grass

I was going to run while at Greenbelt but it started raining as I was wrapping up. so I drove home and went for a short run to get some additional exercise.

Rt 175 and down a little bit.

Dist Pace
0.97 8:36
0.29 8:01
0.29 9:13
1.00 7:58

Walk around the new neighborhood.

Wasn't sure where I was going to run so just started.

Did the cluck U chicken run. It was very windy out.

Dist Pace
0.95 8:26
1.00 8:23
0.12 8:01
0.74 8:22
0.74 8:31
1.00 8:18
1.00 8:06
0.11 9:08

Course setter for upcoming event said trails had changed. So I went out and did some trail mapping. There was one trail change but rest seemed fine. unfortunately the thorny bushes have continued to grow and have gotten bad along some of the trails. They didn't look bad farther off the trail.
There is new construction in the southern most part by the water filtration plant/job corp. Also parking has changed at the woodstock inn.

short walk with Darcy.