Training Log Archive: rjb3

USA Nationals, Middle, Brown-A, 2.6km, 35M
St. Patrick's County Park (IN)
Madeline Bertrand County Park (MI)

This course was more like a long Sprint than a Middle. It started to rain before my start and I had some trouble reading the map with wet magnifiers. This was somewhat mitigated by the 1:7500 map scale. Sloppy at the beginning.
Missed the direct trail to #1.
Then I thought it was necessary to go through the green to get to #3 from the trail and went around to come in from the south.
Thought #4 would be in the open on the fence and it took a few seconds to realize I had to go into the green to get to it.
For some reason, I went wide going to #5?
Some hesitation at #6 once I got off the trail.
Even more trouble at #7 in the woods.
At that point I figured that running the road/trail to #8 would be just as quick. A little analysis shows this is not likely the case.
OK the rest of the way in.

Route

Results

Friday_Middle_St_Patricks_CP_Oct_2018_4 Brown A - Splits

Interval program. Level 16. 1400 strides.

Usual set of machines. -1 (0 XF)

1 + 5 + 5
Trying eyes closed during some of the two leg time. Ha!

Red Wing Recreation Area
There will be a trail run (race) here in a couple weeks (10km, 300M). Since I have never been here, I thought I would have a look around and see if the run is something I could handle. The area is private (Red Wing Sand & Gravel), consists of one large hill ( ~150M) and has a jumble of trails. I don't know the 10km course, so I just started running (and walking the steeper hills) taking turns kind of at random, sometimes back-tracking to try something new. Based on today's effort, I should be able to do the 10km in 2 hours which is just longer than last years slowest times.

C • Maybe faster 1

Interval program. Level 16. 1360 strides.

Usual set of machines. (9 XF)

1 + 4:30 + 4:30

Wanaque Ridge. Dual meet with DVOA.
Brown, 3.2km
Slow and sloppy, didn't read the map very well.