Training Log Archive: Nadim

QOC: Lake Needwood - I had worked a lot to update the map used for the event. I added the Redgate area which Peggy had mapped in 2020 at 1:4,000, to the Rock Creek map at 1:10,000. I updated the old 20 ft. contours using LiDAR. At the same time, I updated the map symbol set to ISOM 2017. With all of the anomolies of the old contours, I rubbersheeted many parts of the map to get good alignments. Rootstocks were left off the map used for the event, and one day I or someone else will update them with new field checking. It'll all be easier now with the new map file in OCAD 2018 format.

In the event, I navigated well enough. My worst error was on the way to #2, when I realized that the control was the lower of 2 in the area. I changed my route to go around the big hill for that. I think I spiked everything else. I did have pre-knowledge of the course since I'd encouraged use of the Redgate area and was fixing the map. Despite that, my route to the Go Control turned out not to be efficient. I ran pretty well considering not having run much lately.

Red - Splits

Fieldchecking at Hoyles Mill Conservation Park and the MD. Soccerplex. It was a pretty day! It would have been better if I had more time.

From Northfield Rd. I ran up to Custer Rd., to Wilson La., to Exeter Rd. to Glenbrook Rd. to the Bethesda Trolley Trail, to the NIH grounds, to Maple Ridge Rd. to Georgetown Pike, to Huntington Pkwy., to Custer Rd. to Northfield Rd. I was testing my left knee.

From Northfield Rd., walking with Samantha on Charlcotte Rd., Hampden Ln., Lambeth Rd., and Custer Rd., returning to Northfield Rd. Samantha got spooked at one point and ran but I kept up.

From Northfield Rd., to Old Georgetown Rd., via Greenwich Park, to W. Cedar Ln., to the Bethesda Trolley Trail along Rockville Pike and up to Maple Ridge Rd., to Old Georgetown Rd., to Huntington Pkwy., to Custer Rd., to Northfield Rd.

From Northfield Rd., to Old Georgetown Rd., via Greenwich Park, to W. Cedar Ln., to the Bethesda Trolley Trail along Rockville Pike and up to Maple Ridge Rd., to Old Georgetown Rd., to Huntington Pkwy., to Custer Rd., to Northfield Rd. I could feel my left knee sometimes hurting on this run. It wasn't as much as before but the need to moderate is still there. I haven't been able to get onto dirt very much lately and the dirt seems to cause less trouble.