Training Log Archive: syd

Not my day for orienteering. Should've taken it as a sign after messing up finding the start...

2 - Passed way to the N, hit the trail and corrected.
3 - Marched along, hit a little low but figured out where I was and headed up the shallow reentrant. And then looked for the streamer forever. Was pretty sure I was in the right spot and was about to move on when I finally spotted it.
4 - So terrible. Hit a large depression and thought it was the one just before the point so followed it around to the W. Turned out to not be the depression I thought it was...I finally realized the hill I was on and headed to the correct spot which was way off from where I had been wandering. Lost so much time on this one. Things started looking up after this.
9 - Got a little confused by the water.
13 - Confirmed my location before heading out the spur, should've just committed.
14 - Some hesitation here too.

Fun course. Need to work on following bearings while trying to run through woods with lots of stuff to trip on. And navigating to the feature instead of scanning for the flag once I get close.

C • Much better in the second h... 2

To the start. Didn't quite read all the start instructions so had some bonus warmup.

Back to the car.

Met up with W4J for a spin. Loop of Olsen and then dirt roads. Fun ride on a nice evening!

Sooo windy on the way back.

Legs felt surprisingly good on the hills. Convinced mom to bike along next to me.

Biked out to Panama Rocks. So many hills! The downs made the ups worth it though :) I think I set a new speed record on my mountain bike.

Met my family at Panama Rocks for a hike. We had pretty low expectations, but it turned out to be really neat. There were big rock formations/cliffs that had all sorts of crevices and caves you could explore.

Found a couple National Forests to explore. The Westside Overland Trail ran through both so I biked along that. It was surprisingly well maintained and marked. More of a hiking trail, but only a few sections that were really rocky/rooty. Pretty muddy. And then back across more massive hills. My climbing legs were shot. I'll definitely have to go back and explore more next time I'm out here. The trail runs for 25 miles total and there was some singletrack in one of the forests.