Training Log Archive: JanetT

Event: Eastern Canadian Championships - Long
 

Event: Canada 150 Orienteering Festival
 

Course 5 in ECOC Long at Notre-Dame-de-l'île-Perrot, west of Montreal. 3.6km, 15m climb on a 1:7500 map with 2.5m contours--it was a flattish area with a maze of trails and light-to-medium green woods for a large portion; some white woods on the south side of a large power line.

I ended up taking the wrong trail out of the start but it set me up for a good approach if I'd executed it correctly as the green along the power line wasn't too thick. But I wasn't yet counting paces (I did on the second try) and was too short...I returned to the trail to try again and count paces.

Things went better from 2-8 though I had a couple of approaches where I navigated off features not in my original planned route; but then I blew it going to 9 where I again had no idea of distance and was trying to navigate off features. A 12-minute leg that should have been 6-7...

6th overall behind Joanne Woods and mbo in places 1-2; almost 10 minutes behind Shelagh.

For my future reference...on the big wide trail in the power line (7-8 leg) I tripped over something and went down on the bare rock there. Not too bruised or battered; mostly just scrapes, but I did land on my left knee. I'll survive.

ECOC Long - Course 5 - Splits

Wanted to warm up a bit before this road 5k to be sure knees and feet would be ready for running roads. Forgot to start my watch and probably did an additional 3-4 minutes or so* before noticing and starting the watch. We weren't sure where the course was going to go until later (after warming up I found a copy of the course map). Warm, about 75 with only a slightbit of breeze meant I was dripping sweat already before the start.

*From the finish location at Oakbrook, I went N on Park, SE on Noble, N on Summit as far as Grace Street/5-way intersection, before turning around. It was then I noticed I hadn't started the watch.

Cheesy Chase 5k in Reading, PA by Pretzel City Sports, start/finish at Oakbrook Brewing Co. Registration includes a t-shirt and mac and cheese at the finish. Not great for the diet but should be a fun time.

Results will eventually be here.

Introductory Cheesy Chase run, start/finish at the Oakbrook Brewery in Reading. No water on the course, but I carried my waist water bottle and actually drank a little bit from it.

What can I say; I was happy to break 38 minutes (just barely). I figured I could probably break 40 if I didn't have to resort to walking, which I didn't.

After setting into a comfortably hard pace I kept the legs moving. Kept trading places with another woman who, while taking short walking breaks, still managed to finish about 30 seconds ahead of me.

From the posted results I don't know whether I'm 224th or 226th but there were 275 overall. Clydesdale division didn't list people's age groups (because you could get Clydesdale or age group, not both) so I don't know if any of the Clydesdale women were 60-69, but of the age-groupers listed, I was fifth. There was a lone F70+.

Besides the ubiquitous pretzels (this IS Pennsylvania, and the race was organized/timed by Pretzel City Sports), every runner received three tickets, each of which could be redeemed for a small bowl of macaroni and cheese of your choice (of three flavors offered). We each ate two there and brought one home. We also received a free growler for registering early, and paid to have them filled...I hope the beer is good. ;-)

Another somewhat-challenging class; there were three of us this week. Nothing like a handstand, though. ;-)

C • Can you DO a handstand??? I'm impressed! 2

Jacobsburg Envir. Educ. Ctr. and State Park in Nazareth, PA. I carried a trail map and magnifier/compass with me because there were many places to get turned around without it. Shortcutted across a rarely used (but not obviously closed) trail to get out of open trails and back into the woods. Nice introduction to the park.