Training Log Archive: Charlie

Event: Forage the Farm
 

Green course at Muscoot Farm. BillD was kind enough to drive, a very enjoyable outing on a very hot day. I was chastened enough by my last few outings in the heat to take it very easy, and that seemed to work well. Hot and sweaty, but not too depleted by the experience. Mostly walking, but some jogging. A couple of lapses with the compass where I was having trouble keeping on a line, but not real difficulty finding controls.

Saw a bunch of Rich N between about 2 and 6, then again when I was on the way to 11 and a bit off line, and he was heading from 8 to 9 and well off line. Saw Jim H leaving 12 ahead of me, and got passed by Andis around then. He was motoring, as is often the case. A very pleasant outing.

Map and route.

Green - Splits

From PV with Rhonda. We thought we might go to the state line, but it was plenty hot and becoming less interesting, so we turned at the bridge at the 10 mile mark. Pleasant enough on those parts of the road with deep shade, but debilitating on any parts in full sun. No energy when I got back home.

C • I headed out (hiking) about... 3

Rhonda's morning class.

Working out with Eric. I was particularly stiff and sore after yesterday, and this did me a lot of good. Mostly stretching and core, some banded bird dogs and rowing.

Rhonda's morning class.

Met up with Phil, Ken, Steve Richardson and Steve Tarry to run a green course at Earl's trails.

This is a hard place to orienteer anyway, for me. some intricate topography in the E, lots of confusing trails, lots of sticks in the face. It had been a sunny day, but darkened up considerably as I was arriving, and looked like rain, so I wore a contact. The contact bothered me more than usual, in the sense of not feeling completely comfortable with where I was putting my feet, just the visual disturbance of it. And then I guess it was somewhat warm and humid. Anyway, after getting out to the furthest point on the course I was pretty cooked and my back seized up enough that I laid down for a while to stretch, and then decided I just needed to walk back. I was tired enough and distracted enough that I got the map upside down and wandered off for a bit, I think under the clues.

The first half was pretty good, though. We started out at about a minute or so intervals. 1. I went down the spur right of the line, then headed north the last 150 M from the knoll on the spur (3:35). 2. I remember this leg from 2014 and remembered that it was further than I had thought then, too, so kept slogging along and it was pretty apparent when I got there. (6:06) Somehow I had caught and passed Steve R, and he was coming in as I left. 3. Once I got W to the trails, Steve scampered by and receded from view. Cut across a few trails and took the trail around to the left until the bend just S of the circle. Easy, but not much left of those two rootstocks anymore (10:02)..4. Mostly trails, switching off a few times, and climbing to do os. approached from the upper branch of the trail S of the control, went to the bend, then the flat spot with the little spot of stony ground and in. Pretty slick (15:31). 5. Tried to go WSW to the junction, but apparently too far right, and that reminded me of last time, too. The junction was further away than I imagined. Then just paying attention and following trails. Saw Steve R leaving as I approached. (4:20) 6. Reasonably straight until I came to the big long knoll, cut around the west end and in. Saw Steve again leaving via the same route. (3:34). Straighter up and over the first hill, but cut around to the N on the second hill, approaching along the slope. (1:50). 8. NW to the big trail, along that for a while, the down the reentrant and got on the spur. I saw Steve again leaving the area.(3:23). 9-F. I attempted to go back out to the NS large trail, but somehow got mixed up and wandered for a while before realizing my map was upside down. Not much more and my back got stiff enough that I was done running, and then I was tired and sore enough that I just wanted to get back. Alas, another 53 minutes doing that. By then I was pretty cooked, hard to drive home.

Working out with Eric. Added some band work.

West Simsbury loop. Not as spunky as yesterday, but not bad.

Rhonda's morning class. Seems to do me some good.

Sparkling day, and certainly the longest ride of the year so far. A little sore in the neck and L shoulder, a few niggles in the low back, but overall not so bad.

HRM is behaving very badly of late. Perhaps I need a new strap? Washing it didn't seem to do it all that much good.

C • Battery? 4