Training Log Archive: Geoman

Walking around Ann Arbor and U of Michigan on a brisk fall day. Nice college town. Gothic Law School buildings were impressive. Many beautiful buildings on campus named after automotive titans.

Walk to start.

US National Long Champs at Bishop Lake, MI. Ran the Brown A Course for M-70’s. Complex Karst terrain. Really fun.
Control # 1 was quite difficult. Took awhile to plan my route and then still was hesitant. Near to control went to the wrong depression, then relocated and found it. Maybe a 3 minute error. What I didn’t know at the time many of my M-70 competitors were making worse errors on #1. After that was pretty steady. No more large errors. A few dubious route choices and a number of hesitations. After finishing came to find out I had ended up 3rd. Think the best showing ever in a US Champs outside of California despite walking almost the entire way.

C • Congratulations 3

Sunday_Long_Bishop_Lake_Oct_2018_4 Brown A - Splits

Walks to starts.

National Champs Phase I Sprint at Plymouth, IN. Hard to see how I could have run this any cleaner. Felt a bit slow and bloated, maybe too much breakfast.

2nd phase of the National Sprint Champs. This was a much tougher course than the morning. A of number of legs though thick woods. Made about 3 minutes of errors.

Saturday_Sprint1_Plymouth_Oct_2018_4 Brown A 1 - Splits

Saturday_Sprint2_Plymouth_Oct_2018_4 Brown A 2 - Splits

Event: 2018 USA Nationals - Sprint Middle Long
 

National Champs Middle Course at South Bend, Indiana. Rain started falling a few minutes prior to my start and continued to the end. Probably my best race in many years. Felt strong running and made only one bobble on control #1. Finished 5th in M70.

Friday_Middle_St_Patricks_CP_Oct_2018_4 Brown A - Splits

With Dale.

Walk pushing Forrest.