Training Log Archive: Mr Wonderful

Model course. Black rock wasn't bad, but gray rock...ooof. Still don't know how to read the area near #7, so decided to be cautious for any of those. Really want to count the +5 extra flags we found!!

Yeeeargh

Okay 1-5, just not fast (and one parallel error exiting #3, but not a big deal since it still got me to the right trail), then I lost my beloved nitrogaine hat en route to #6, which was demoralizing, tried to peek for it en route to #7.

Then stuffed up #7. The bulk of my error was using the blue line as a creek, when it would later turn out to be a north line, so I ended up far down a slope and was not letting all of the extra reentrants convince me of my whereabouts, finally decided to bail to power line, figured it out, went to 7 via 8, then was okay for awhile.

Tweaked my route to #12 to look for the hat a little, but at least it wasn't raining so I could still see. Then, then it started raining hard, and I couldn't see, so I pocketed my glasses. I'd been through #12 to #6, so I found that fine, but the vague approach to #13 was more than my nearsighted self could manage. I missed the right, dunno when I crossed it, and wandered about before finally decided I must be south of the ride, went north and found it.

Yeeargh!

Good news, some kind soul picked up my hat and carried it in. Reunited and it feels so good

Red - Splits

Event: Georgia Navigator Cup 2019
 

Middle model

Went perfectly, except #6, where I could not convince myself to go far enough north. I kept seeing a marsh, but it was not the marsh but the gully closer than the marsh. Taken off fifteen minutes and I’m in the mix on m40 crying emoji

Flag pickup with BNM

Red - Splits

cadence 65