Training Log Archive: the kempster

This week's meet was at Lac Mulvihill and it was a even thicker than when my dad and I went trainging. It was also pouring the whole time and your first step into the woods got you drenched. It was a tough enough course but thankfully I didn't make any huge flameouts. Just a few bobbles because of my bearing or not being able to see very well.
Control 1 went pretty well, I actually spiked it pretty good. But then 2 was a stupid mistake. THere were 2 other people behind me going to the same control I think so instead of know where I was going in off the trail, I just kind of guessed and then ran up the hill.Not a good idea, I was able to relocate off another control and then find mine but I probably wasted quite a bit of time there. 3 went pretty well, the only problem was not finding the trail that was almost invisible from the road. 4 my bearing got messed up and found this wall although there were 2. Figured it out pretty quick and didn't waste too much time. 5 the contours were very hard to read let alone trying to see through the saplings, but 6 was perfect. After fighting your way through the bush, you'd suddenly come out to this totally open area.It was beautiful!!! ;-) 7 was tricky but I found it pretty well and 8 I was way off my bearing and ended up at the wrong pond, a big mistake, but easy to correct. 9 I got confused with these 2 boulders and had to come out and relocate at the road and then 10 was fine. I got back soaked but atleast alive. :-)

Decided to go for another run with my dad since yesterday was a rest day and we went at a pretty good tempo. We did the river run when we could actually see and I'm sure which I like better. Nearly getting run over by bikes, or knowing how much farther you have to go. Mmmm, I think we did a pb for the sprint at the end. 31sec is pretty fast I think although I'm not sure how many m's it is...