Training Log Archive: Nadim

Event: QOC: Patuxent
 

QOC: Patuxent River Park. I was feeling a bit better after a longer sleep so I decided to set out on the Blue course. I had been waiting for Peggy to finish her run and at the edge of the windy field I felt chilled. I wore extra clothes than I usually would for a mostly sunny day in the mid 40's F. I paced myself from the beginning. I got to the first control okay but didn't take the route that I'd originally planned and this cost me some time. I hit the next 5 controls well enough though I was a bit wide west on #5. Control #7 was on a piece of disturbed ground which had been out of vogue for several years. I took trails to get there and somehow ended up being wide. Going from #8 to #9, I had to cross a trail but for some reason, I never saw it (other had). My route ended up being okay until just then last 50m or so and then I took a while to relocate. Between #13 and #14, I stayed low and was moving well but I left a maintenance road that I'd chosen too early. I got hung up in some slow vegetation. I screwed up on #15 by making a parallel error after crossing the road. I was on reentrant too far to the SE. It took a while to reloacate and my control description elastic straps had gotten loose. I stopped for at least a minute trying with my gloved fingers to put it back on. A similar thing happened when going to #17 except with my epunch. If I hadn't had a safety strap around my wrist, I could have lost it. I finished the rest very well but wasn't moving very fast. I passed a male/female AR team getting to #19 and managed to finish the course under the goal I'd set for the day which was to be under 2 hours. For the 9.6K, it appears I covered 7.83 miles. Lots of other QOC'ers were faster, This wasn't a good showing for me but considering the lack of strength, I'm not altogether unpleased. It's alsways been pleasant for me to run at Patuxent.

Blue - Splits

From Northfield Rd. to Custer Rd. to the Huntington Pkwy, to Old Georgetown Rd. to Maple Ridge Rd. to the Bethesda Trolley Trail on the west side of NIH, to Old Georgetown Rd. to Southwick Rd. to Garfield St. to Greentree Rd. to Heampsteadt Ave. to Roosevelt St. to Garfield St. to Northfield Rd. I got home early enough to get out for a short run before Max and Peggy got home. I happened to see them in Peggy's car along the way. All day before the run my sinuses had been dripping and I had a stuffy nose. Though it was rather slow at first, about 1/3 of a mile of running was all I needed to clear that up. Being able to breath was good while it lasted on the run. I ran in shorts and a t-shirt since it was around 65 F.