Training Log Archive: bbrooke

SWSW Day 3 — Cholla Chaser at Colossal Cave Mountain Park (a new map).

I left the trail unnecessarily halfway between F and E (which wasted time — it was difficult to step through the cactus).

Bad route choice through the green from 3 to 4 (should've gone NW to the fence crossing then pond, trail, trail bend, control).

Also, like many others, I got slowed down and scratched up in the painfully prickly brush in the reentrant leading into 5 (maybe the NW-SE reentrant would've been better / less thorny).

But, with the handicap format, I enjoyed beating lots of people I'd normally be far behind. :-P

Another fun day.

C • I enjoyed beating lots of people 5

Chaser - Splits

SWSW Day 2 — Javelina Hustle at Box Canyon, long course.

I kept up with the mass-start pack for a few controls, then did my own thing.

I skipped #10 on the first loop and #15 on the second loop. (Jan suggested that skipping #14 would've been better — you could follow the trail and then the fence for most of the way to #15. I love that idea but it never even occurred to me...)

Dumb mistake from 12 to 13. Inefficient to 19.

This area looks like it'll be wide-open, easy running, but there are tons of rocks concealed by the grass. Nevertheless, a fun day.

Long - Splits

Event: Southwest Spring Week (SWSW) 2023
 

SWSW Day 1 — Classic courses at Catalina State Park.

A perfect sunny day (72°F). I opted for the Blue course for maximum orienteering fun. :-P

I finished the course but had dumb brain failures at #3 and #8. I also took time to eat a sandwich, takes lots of photos, and help a lost couple. (But my time would have been slow anyway!)

Blue - Splits

Travel day to Tucson.

Neighborhood run (Harper Lake).

Mid 20s and sunny. This route was mostly snowpack (the happy medium between slush and ice).

Long's Peak

C • Slush? 3

Sunny & mid 40s. I went out in spite of the miserable wind, since it's supposed to snow tonight — and luckily the wind tapered off a lot after my first mile.

Rec center hill loop x 5.