Training Log Archive: ahall

Felt it was time to do something......

Ausable river canoe marathon just got cancelled, adding to the list of races that have gone. Now what do I train for? I was looking forward to heading back out to Michigan this summer

C • Michigan 1

From playing field parking lot towards the start in Whipple Hill

The rest of the way to the start

Back to try again at the training. Managed to make it through this time, with only one watch stop - from 5 to 6. Had the time from yesterday, and the times on the earlier controls had been similar, so I added it in. Tweaked my calf on the way to 3, avoiding another person on a trail so I ran off into some crap in the woods and jambed my foot somehow. Managed to keep running, but it is really tight now.

Generally OK orienteering - went to the wrong trail/wall junction at 9 as I didn't see the streamer when I ran past it and assumed I was in the wrong place. Probably should have gone straight 11 to 12, but the woods looked crappy so I bailed to the trail and did 2 sides of the triangle. Calf wasn't enjoying contouring, so I went up from 15 to the trail at the top and dropped into 16 from above.

4k nominal distance

Started the route back from the finish

most of the rest of the way back from the finish