O Training (Yellow - Take 1) 5:30 [0] 0.33 mi (16:40 / mi)
weight:185lbs shoes: Pink!! Ice Bugs
Epunch duties at Manassas with a "rookie" assistant (Greg L) who did fabulously!! Not sure if I wanted to unbundle and go out at all, what with the warm 52 F conditions, not! With the wind blowing, and under the pavilion, it felt much colder. My face is like sandpaper, and my split finger, which I thought has healed is open and bleeding again. Anyway, it really was a very good day, despite the wind, and running out of Orange maps halfway through the start window, and then Brown maps not too much later. Lots of groups buying extra maps, so the 200 starts used many more maps then that. It all worked out with people letting us reuse their maps, and getting a PDF version via email.
And, if you are still here, this was my first workout of the day. Started on the Yellow course and went to the control I could see on the pavilion, but it was the incorrect code. So after running around aimlessly for a few more minutes, I realized I was looking at the White code (maps were in my bag back-to-back, so not sure how that happened...). Since I was running unofficially anyway, I went back and cleared and restarted.
O Training (Yellow - Take 2) 30:03 [2] *** 2.1 km (14:19 / km) +40m 13:04 / km
shoes: Pink!! Ice Bugs
Went out without a compass since I can't just keep loping around the easy courses without trying to get something out it besides a carefree romp. Knocking the controls off fine until I got to the one harder control on the course (#7), and then I wasted 10 minutes exploring some woods about 90 degrees off from where I should have been and somewhat off of the map. Opps! Started to think I would just need to run it in, but I hung in there and relocated a third time, then good the rest of the way.