Training Log Archive: bbrooke

Run / Hike 3:00:22 [3] 9.43 mi (19:08 / mi) +1863ft 16:07 / mi
slept:7.0 weight:120.1lbs shoes: Hoka Challenger (2019)

Golden Hell Week #4 of 5 -- Nightbird Gulch / Mt. Galbraith.

When I got to the loop section of the trail, dusk was settling in and I seriously considered bailing (and DNF'ing), since this is the rockiest of the five trails and I knew it would be dark (and dangerous) on my way down.

But then I took off my sunglasses and realized it wasn't quite as dark yet as I thought. :-P

I still had to do the last 1.5 miles of the trail in the total dark, but I didn't kill myself; I just had one trip / slide very near the end that resulted in a skinned knee -- which I'll take any day over a sprained ankle.

One more to go -- Lookout Mountain (slightly shorter than Mt. Galbraith, but with more elevation gain...).

Looking towards Golden from the front side of Mt. Galbraith:

Run / Hike 1:22:50 [3] 4.81 mi (17:13 / mi) +960ft 14:29 / mi
slept:7.0 shoes: Hoka Challenger (2019)

Run / Hike 1:08:59 [3] 3.64 mi (18:57 / mi) +692ft 16:04 / mi
shoes: Hoka Challenger (2019)

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Run / Hike 1:57:38 [3] 6.05 mi (19:27 / mi) +1370ft 16:01 / mi
slept:7.0 shoes: Hoka Challenger (2019)

Golden Hell Week #1 of 5 -- Apex.

I got a really late start after work, so it was totally dark by the time I got to the top. My headlamp worked great on the way back down, but I had to keep pushing away thoughts of bears and mountain lions...

After dodging zillions of mountain bikers on the way up, I had the trail to myself on the way down -- clear sky, big moon, and pleasant creek, frog & cricket noises.

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slept:6.0

Run / Hike warm up/down 5:51 [3] 0.53 mi (11:02 / mi)
shoes: Hoka Challenger (2019)

Orienteering race 22:37 [3] 1.75 mi (12:56 / mi) +75ft 12:25 / mi
slept:8.0 shoes: Hoka Challenger (2019)

Orienteering race 31:08 [3] 2.69 mi (11:34 / mi) +85ft 11:14 / mi
shoes: Hoka Challenger (2019)

Sprint Relay at Cabrillo College.

The "RMOC Mountain Goats" team consisted of Sverre, me, and John.

I got off to a better start than in the morning race.

My first route-choice error was taking the sidewalk from #3 to the bridge control -- I had to aggressively bushwhack to get back up to the bridge level.

I made one nav blunder, from #14 to #15, missing my intended corridor and going the long way around an extra building.

From #18 to #19, I was heading towards the gate in the east-west fence. Marie-Josée was just ahead of me and nice enough to yell out that it was closed.

Lastly, I tripped and fell in the finish chute -- doh!

Both Sprints today were really fun (of course, it's always more fun when I don't have terrible results). ;-)

Orienteering race 1:26:10 [3] 3.55 mi (24:16 / mi) +735ft 20:18 / mi
slept:8.0 shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)

OUSA Nationals Day 2 -- Long course at Big Basin Redwoods State Park.

After yesterday's debacle...I decided to mostly take safe routes on roads & trails to avoid the worst of the steep & difficult stuff.

Today went a lot better -- I was only one minute slower than yesterday's Middle course. I see a couple of weird deviations on my QuickRoute track (I stayed on the road too long on my way to #3; and WTF was I thinking as I left #4?), but otherwise I stayed in contact with the map and didn't have any hopelessly-lost moments. Yay?

Afterwards -- I caught the last hour of the Mole & Mariachi festival in Santa Cruz. I really wish I had gotten there earlier; the mole tasting / contest ended right before I arrived, and I missed the best of the mariachi performers.

I had another great dinner (same place as last night), and ice cream afterwards.

Yellow jacket stings have evolved from stingy and painful to very itchy. The posterior one is now a four-inch-diameter welt.

Orienteering race 1:25:06 [3] 2.78 mi (30:37 / mi) +384ft 27:04 / mi
slept:4.0 shoes: Salomon Speedcross (2017-Turq)