Training Log Archive: mikeminium

Snow removal,

No practice today - all after school activities cancelled.

Event: OCIN / ICO joint TROL - Bear Creek
 

Red course at Bear Creek set by Mintore. Temperatures stayed below 10 F and the winds kept the apparent temperature well below zero.

Red consisted of a 3.1 km brown (38:00), followed by a much more rugged 3.9 km course (1:04:33)

One of Thurston's A-maze-ing training activities.

OCIN-ICO_Bear_Creek_Feb_2015_6 Brown - Splits

OCIN-ICO_Bear_Creek_Feb_2015_8 Red Part 2 - Splits

Event: MVOC TROL Valentine Hunt at Possum Creek
 

Possum Creek. The usual thick vegetation and obligatory wet foot stream crossing. Temperature started out at 32 F, but plunged through the 20's on bitter north winds, which also brought a couple brief snow squalls. Wind chills around zero and the brief but blinding snow drove more than one competitor to early retirement.

At one point, I popped out on a trail, paused to verify I was on the correct one, and as I looked down at the map, some kind of critter popped around the bend in front of me and flew past at warp speed, catching me totally by surprise.

Half expecting to see a bolting deer, I looked up quickly enough to catch a quick glimpse of Luke Bantz scampering away. Its a good thing he missed me - at that speed, the collision would have been akin to a Formula One hitting a brick wall! Couldn't believe I had been caught so unaware!

Morehead State.