Training Log Archive: kensr

Decided to run the Old Forge loop and see how I'm doing. Unfortunately, the weekend's run and hauling rocks on the ski trails and digging post holes for the grapes added up to excess strain on my back.

Started at a good pace, hit the two mile hill and continued okay. But halfway up my back started to ache and had to back off. Over the top and couldn't pick up the pace on the flats. Walked the second big hill and then jogged in from there, no sense doing damage.

Event: NEOC: Baldwin Hill
 

Green course. Short on #1 (didn't recalibrate from yesterday's 7,500). Then short on spurs at 6 and a little off on 8 and 9. All added to a frustrating 15 min lost in the woods.

Green - Splits

Event: EMPO Pineridge (and club champs)
 

EMPO red course. Another tour of the south side map, complete with lots of rocky ground. Leaves and ferns are down, so visibility was pretty good.

Major loss going to #3 (14 min). On correct line, but spotted the end of a rock wall and adjusted my route accordingly. Unfortunately took me well east of the control. Only later at the finish was that wall pointed out lying under the control circle ink, I had been 40 m from the control and headed off from a different wall visible on the map on a wild goose chase.

Frustrating, but otherwise a fun event.

Red - Splits

Easy to loosen up. L forefoot still sore by ball of foot. Think I might have done some damage at Pine Ridge on the pointy rocks. So going back tomorrow for some more.

C • So going back for more 1

Shelter down to rte 4. Then caught a free shuttle bus to Rutland and connected with another bus to Wallingford 15 min later.

Beautiful day so decided to hike up to where we had dropped the car.