Training Log Archive: syd

Warmup/down.

Westchester Long - Red - 9.3 km (370 m)

Quite happy with this race. I had a number of small errors attacking/exiting controls, but nothing major. After the middle, I made sure to start off easy and I was clean to 1! Overran 3 slightly. Hit the stream, turned around and saw the flag. Drifted a little N on the way to 8. Some hesitation approaching 9. Poor route to 11. I wanted to take the rocky ground through the green, but I missed it and crossed through just after. It was pretty slow. I should have just continued on to the trail. Biggest error was leaving 13. Tori caught me here and I just started running without reading the map. I meant to take the W option, but got drawn toward the road, and then got confused by fences as I was relocating. Once I found myself, the rest of that leg went pretty well.

Physically I felt really good. I had a lot of energy compared to the middle and I felt like I was moving well through the woods while maintaining map contact. Quite relieved that my leg held up so well this weekend. Apparently I just needed to go run around in the woods for a while to make it feel better.

Overall, I thought this was a great course. The terrain was fantastic, and there was a nice variety of leg lengths as well as interesting route choices.

Red Long - Splits

Warmup.

Westchester Club Relay - Leg 2 - 4.5 km (180 m)

Kevin and I didn't have a full team, so we picked up Peter Z. He ran first and came in with the top group. It was a lot of fun going back and forth with so many other runners in the woods! I saw a lot of individual runners the first half and then was with a pack for the second half. Ran right by 4. Hit the trail and turned around. I also got distracted running through the spectator chute and took a very roundabout route to 9. Took it easy to save my legs for the long, but it would have been so fun to race! Great event.

Westchester Middle - Red - 4.4 km (220 m)

I enjoyed this course. The terrain was a lot of fun. Made a sizable (~3 min) mistake on 1. Went out too fast and got confused about the knolls. I was able to put it out of my mind though and the rest of the race went quite well navigationally. A lot of hesitation to 9, not sure why. And then I just ran out of energy after 13. I should've stopped for water.

WOC TT - Middle Red - Splits

Event: Westchester County Challenge
 

Team Trials Sprint - Red - 3.3 km (40 m)

Goal was to avoid further injury to my leg while not running too slowly. It was a success in that sense. My navigation was decent - it's been ages since I ran a sprint and everything just seemed to come up so fast! Took me a long time to figure out where I was at the start. Poor route choice to 7. And one mistake on 12. I started running NW instead of NE after the end of the building.

Part of the training course at Ward Pound Ridge. Beautiful weather to be out in the woods!

Beautiful evening for a spin. Explored the other direction from the parking lot. It was nice once we made it through town.