Training Log Archive: GlenT

Event: Harriman State Park - Lake Welch
 

Blue course on Rockhouse Mountain map at HVO local event, hosted by the Breton family. Long legs on Rockhouse means lots of mountain laurel and rocky ground, but it's all very well mapped and useful for navigation. Blueberry has grown up a bit but it wasn't too much of a problem. We visited some of the same general areas as during last year's Highlander, including one of the iron mines. Stayed in contact almost the entire time so hit all the controls pretty well. The bags were all hung pretty conspicuously, so were usually visible from a ways off. Straightline distance 6.8 km, climb was moderate. Upper 60's and sunny. Clouded up and sprinkled after we finished.

Event: EMPO - Tawasentha Park
 

Picked up 10 controls, either on the white course or ones I'd been to. Leisurely pace.

Red course at Tawasentha Park (EMPO local event). Good use of the terrain by Will Kennerly with several short-legged butterfly loops in the more technical area. Also a nice update of the map in the areas where it counted (I only noticed one area where the match between map and terrain could use some work and that was an area without controls in it). A wet day, mostly due to overnight rain plus some occasional light showers (didn't notice any while I was running). A bit slippery underfoot on the steeper slopes. Of the 25 controls, only about half were intermediate or advanced level, but such is the nature of a park this developed. My two misses were due to slopiness on my part and cost maybe a minute each. Straignt line distance 6.1km, climb by counting contours was 270m (!).

Red - Splits

Speedy stuff. 6 x 400m with 90 sec recovery. Was a struggle - considered several times converting to Bricker intervals but kept to the plan. Splits: 138, 138, 140, 141, 138, 142. Hit the times, heart rate a bit low, effort high. Just one of those days. Might be because I ran yesterday and usually do intervals after a non-running day. Weather was great, low 70's, sunny and dry.

Flew to Raleigh, NC to do a trail run at Umstead SP, site of the Sycamore Scramble in Feb of 2010. Also did some work stuff earlier in the day in Greensboro. Parked close enough to Lake Sycamore that I was able to follow along on the O-map. Stayed on trails although the woods didn't look too bad. The map needs an update since the trail has been changed in at least one place. Started out using the Park trail map but that didn't match up with reality all that well. Upper 70's and humid (it's late May in NC, no surprise).