Training Log Archive: GlenT

Pig Day 3 at Big Bone Lick SP. Green course. Another middle distance course with plenty of vegetation and many unmapped trails (presumably game trails but some are as distinct as mapped trails). A rain shower before I ran so the woods were quite wet. Didn't rain while I ran but there was plenty of mud.

An OK run, with only one big error (~4 min on a <100m leg). Lots of people had similar difficulties so there may be a mapping anomoly (trail bends not as mapped?). Several hesitations as I was trying to be careful.

Straight line distance 4.2km, climb listed at 120m but contour interval was probably 5m rather than 2.5m as printed on the map.

Soupbone got me by almost 6 minutes to win total time for the weekend by 49 seconds. Lifetime head-to-head record at the Flying Pig now stands at 12-9 in my favor. I'm up by 19:10 in total time.

C • Can't wait for next year 1

Middle Sunday 5 Green - Splits

Pig Day 2. Sprint at England-Idlwild Park. Red course. Code on first control was wrong. Took an SPW. No one else protested, even though others were affected. A sustantial mistake on control 12, so a less than steller run. Good sprint course. Much cooler than yesterday, maybe 50F, overcast and damp.

Straightline 2.0km, climb 63m.

Pig Day 2 Middle at England-Idlewild. Good run, with about 3.5 minutes lost, mostly on #13. First in M55, fourth overall on Green.

Straightline 3.8k, climb 130m.

Middle - Saturday5 Green - Splits

Sprint Red/ISVM - Splits

Event: OCIN Flying Pig XVI
 

Flying Pig Day 1. Green course on Middle Creek map. Supposed to be a middle distance course but was a bit long. Climb was stated as 210m over a 4.2 km course. Of that, 50m was concentrated in a 350m leg with minimal route choice. Woods were trashy with lots of deadfall. The earlier than normal leaf out reduced visibility, particularly of the junk underfoot. And to add to the brutalness of the course, it was hot (70's and sunny).

Two medium sized errors on controls where I was sloppy with my attack point and a few smaller bobbles which I'll attribute to not dealing well with limited visibility. Still ended up first in M55, about 1.5 minutes ahead of Soupbone (which, of course is what really matters at the Pig :-) ). Was about 5th overall on Green. Tom Svobodny smoked the course in 42 minutes!

FR download later (the meet organizers felt no need to try to control their use - no instances of cheating were reported).

C • Middle Creek 4

5 Green - Splits

Runnin'. Low 50's with sprinkles and part of a rainbow.