Training Log Archive: ken

Classic champs day 2. This time we headed off almost directly into the yellow stuff, which was trickier this direction because of the branching. After maybe a suboptimal route around to 1, a huge mistake on 2. I think I was a little overconfident based on familiarity from yesterday, and made a little parallel error that took a while to acknowledge and recover from. It felt like an eternity of lost time, there were moments when I was just standing, looking around, and I remember thinking, wow this is something I haven't done recently. Tried to relocate based on contours and evergreens, but I wasn't looking far enough from where I was. In the end I looped back and used a small stream/yellow junction. I had guessed around 10 mins total, though turned out to be more like 7.

So that sucked to open that way, but maybe the scare was good because I was cautious and hesitant but pretty much clean the rest of the way around. At the same time, it seemed like I did a good job forgetting about the big mistake and focusing on the rest of the course.

Ended up 5th overall US, somewhat better than expected given my shape. Really tough terrain, and a great job all around by the UNO folks. I would love to come back. I would be training here if I lived closer. It does look like there is quite a bit more park to the southwest, I hope it is more of the awesome stuff, and that we can use it in the future!

Day 2 - Blue - Splits