Training Log Archive: bl

Event: Sycamore Scramble
 

Middle Distance, Sycamore Scramble. Perfect weather, to bad run did not match. Spent 10' mistake time (maybe 10 yrs since I made such a large mistake, maybe more, hard to do, particularly on a 'trivial' leg) looking for #2, a 90" control. Set compass, felt it was taking me to the left of what I had in sense of direction but it was the compass & it was set.... Ran proscribed distance, a bit up & then down. Saw a control off to left, went to it, not mine, so went back to where I would have been...nothing was working. Guess I saw a car that denoted a road - got on it but it was so far from my expectation that it took some time to figure out where I was (mapped as hardtop vs major road to my erroneous way of thinking). Headed off in correct direction but went by control - to dirt road & back in missing it again & finally saw a control that was indeed mine. Lost some time on #3 because I was pissed/rattled & #8 with sl 'carefree' attitude, otherwise OK. So had some splits for comparison any way. Weather-wise it was like a perfect early April day.

Map/route



Second half

Sprint in pm. Considerably better, only missed one by a small amount when I went to control by another cabin - #1. Felt tired but beat a bunch of the older groups, incl John Campbell who was about 20" back. Some irritation with lack of MN lines at one point.

Sprint course



Sprint finish

Green Sprint - Splits

Green X Middle - Splits