Training Log Archive: Charlie

Forest Park winter series 10K. Talked Rhonda into going along. Started out with George and Lyn in sight, but around 1.5 to 2 miles I started to tie up and fall back. After a bit I got to a gap in the crowd, where there was no one close in front at all. I wanted to look back for Rhonda, but I don't turn my head well these days, and didn't want to stop to turn around. Finally saw her when I turned a corner with about a mile or so to go. She was about 50 yards back, smiling and waving. Thought about waiting for her, but realized she was going faster than I at that point, so I wouldn't be able to keep up if I waited. Kept plugging, finishing a step or two in front of her. The others went for a post-race jog, but Rhonda and I were pretty beat, and opted for a quick car ride home!

Out around Providence at night 9pm start. Long day, and hard to get out the door, but ran pretty well. Down Richmond to the bridge, Wickenden to Gano, up a few blocks then over to Hope, to Doyle, back by the Marriott, the Capitol, Providence Place and back. Nice night. Not too cold, but plenty windy.

Green course at Anza Borrego meet. Disastrous first two controls, going too fast and losing contact on the first, then careless with the bearing and overrunning the second by a fair amount. Settled down and the rest of the run was clean as a whistle.

Maze-o at Anza Borrego. Crazy terrain. I was tired, but it was too much fun to stop. Went to 193 first, and couldn't find it for a while. Milled around with a group until Randy showed up and found it, eventually. From there straggling along with Randy and Ron Bortz. After a while, determined that we were not headed to the same place! Randy was going to 195, I was headed for 192 and Ron for 194. These were pretty fanned out controls, so somebody was obviously not going the right way. Anyway, we eventually stumbled on a control. To my surprise it was #197. Peter was there, and apparently off toward 191 so I tucked in behind until he got out of sight - doesn't take long in the maze. Found 191 about the same time j-man came in from another direction. After that did 192, 195, 194, 196 and 198 without incident and pretty cleanly. I was doing a pretty good job of using the drainages to get around. The dismount was a little hairy. I chose wrong at a place where I should have gone right to get left, and ended up climbing up and down some hairy stuff to get to the finish by brute force.

Green - Splits