Training Log Archive: RLShadow

Picking up the remaining controls from Harriet Hollister. Trailsnail assisted.

HJ trail. Nice day, low 70's, sunny, breezy.

Spry courts, with Mike S. I feel like I'm slowly getting a bit better, with the emphasis on slowly. Wish it were faster.

Durand, on park roads. Made it w/o any walking breaks, which is unusual for me. Definitely cooler (72) up there than further from the lake.

Short Orange course at Harriet Hollister, with Fred, Cheryl, and Hanna. Picked up controls as we went. Worked on getting Fred to do as much as possible, but his skill level is certainly not Orange yet. But he learned a lot -- such as what a reentrant, spur, saddle, and depression are; lot of experience walking off trail; learning to hunt a little for controls once he's in the right area. Also, I showed him how to set and follow a rough compass bearing. I'm sure he doesn't remember enough to do it on his own, but we have to start somewhere. In addition, he picked the route choices for most of the controls; often picking something I wouldn't have picked (he always leaned towards a longer trail route rather than a shorter through the woods route.) So it was time well spent.

I stopped my GPS a couple of times and forgot to re-start it. Fred was doing the job of untying controls and putting them in my bag and I didn't want that to count towards his total time, so I stopped the watch, then didn't re-start. I'll have to estimate that lost time when I record his time. 1-2 looked about the same distance as 4-5, so I'm calling that 8 minutes. 2-3 looked about the same as 9-10, so I'll call that 12 minutes.

Short Orange - Splits

Path along the lake by Durand, from near Culver Rd.

From home. 62 degrees, overcast. Only one walking break.