Training Log Archive: KirstenM

Big Woods, Day 2, Route Gadget

Much better course for me, no big errors and faster, although I did struggle on the legs where you just had to go up and over the hill. I also finally understood/corrected my contouring/bearing issue and realized that when I'm side-hilling, if I have to go around something, I always go above it and then don't go back down and all of that cumulates. 4th on Green Y again, so yay for consistency?

Error Analysis:
1-2: I genuinely do not know how I lost 2 minutes here. My bearing was off and I went through more of the rocks, but honestly I think I was frankly just slow. This was where I finally figured out why my bearings were off though, and I pulled myself together mentally after this control

5-6: Rough bearing + exiting from the wrong angle = 20 ish seconds lost

6-7: Bearing going up the hill was off, hit out of bounds tape so knew where I was, and then readjusted from there, but was forced to go through more green

12-13: The plan was to go straight-ish, hit the road and run along it, but then the marsh was more extensive than I realized and I let myself get pushed around a bit by it, so it wasn't as direct a route as it could've been

Green Y - Splits

Event: DVOA Big Woods National Event
 

Big Woods, Day 1, Route Gadget

Relatively okay course, I'm not particularly thrilled about it but it went decent. My main error was that I kept getting pulled off my line into the hill, so I kept on ended up higher than the control, sometimes much higher

Error Analysis:
2-3: Bearing was off and I ended up at the top of the hill, which wasn't the worst route choice if I had planned it, but as it was, I was too hesitant and unsure of where I was until I found the two pits

6-7: Couldn't decide between dropping down to the trail and contouring, so I chose contouring bc I was already doing it, but I'm not sure I made the best choice as the rocks were slow going. I hit the trail right in between the two ditches, so I knew where I was, and then half-contoured, half-took a bearing up

8-9: Bearing was fine, I just got really confused about 2/3's of the way up the hill. I hit a charcoal platform with lots of rootstocks which is obvious where I was now, but at the time I just got very confused and spent way too much time slowly continuing up the hill

9-10: Started to mentally check out getting near the finish to my own detriment. I exited wrong and continued in that direction, and only realized what I did when I hit the charcoal platform near the trail

10-11: No mistakes just wasted a few seconds faceplanting hard

Green Y - Splits

Walked the model map for Big Woods

Beautiful run, 60 degree shorts weather, saw some bats and the murmuration of starlings that lives near me, and the daffodils were blooming. Also, I didn't realize how flat my neighborhood is in comparison to Dartmouth