Training Log Archive: DWildfogel

Dammit run course, but starting and finishing at the boardwalk behind California Cafe. Pretty strong on uphill, took it easy on downhill.

1.5 mile post: -------------------------- 405 405
One mile post: ------------------------ 500 905
0.5 mile post: ------------------------- 504 1409
Zero mile post: ----------------------- 546 1955
Top of dam: ----------------------------- 32 2027
Entrance to Jones Trail: ----------- 113 2140
Kiosk near top of hill: --------------- 255 2434
Top: --------------------------------------- 57 2531
Gate at Jones Rd: ------------------- 837 3408
(Instead of College Ave, went down by dirt creek trail)
End of dirt by Forbes Mill: --------- 918 4326
Finish: ----------------------------------- 54 4420

A quick half session.

Had planned to run Rex's "Punch and Run" at Stanford in the evening, but went with Jeff to Oakland for the baseball game, starting at 12:30, and it went 18 innings, so got back too late.

C • Two bummers 1

Lake Ranch Reservoir. Legs still pretty sluggish from Sunday, so ran planned to run easily, and I did - with a decent time anyway. Lovely weather.

---------------452(527)1019(449)1508(443)1951
3844(427)3417(538)2839(418)2421(430)

Cool down

Bayfront. Walking around visiting control sites on the courses I'm planning for July 14. Park hasn't been mowed yet, which makes it a little tough to evaluate some of the sites. Moved a half dozen or so, still have to make decisions about another half dozen.

Stayed away from some of the quad exercises during pilates mat; otherwise, kept pushing the upper bodies back towards where I was a few months ago.

Event: BAOC: Wilder Ranch TrailCross
 

Wilder Ranch. My first ever Trail Cross. Did the 10K, though it was at least 11K, even with several short cuts - and more climb than the meet notes might have led one to believe. More navigation required than I expected; people in front of me made several errors, which allowed me to maintain contact (and be in the lead quite a bit) through #10, but by then (one hour) my legs had had it, and did the rest with no one else around. Certainly a good workout.

6th of 13 overall (though also ran with several people running the 10 Mile), 2nd in M40+, which got me a nice chocolate bar as a prize :-)

Trail Cross, btw, is a new format that BAOC is trying in order to attract trail runners to orienteering. It's sort of a long Yellow with a mass start. Only 2 of the 13 controls were easily visible from the trail, and there were a half-dozen short-cutting opportunities. The grass was very wet and there was heavy mist, so got pretty wet, including shoes and socks, which fairly soon made my big toe quite sore, leading me to stay on the trail to #12 when cutting through the meadow would have been several minutes shorter.