Training Log Archive: Linear Ice

Event: Badger OC - Black River State Forest
 

Route
Some fairly big silly stuff going on at
1 (for being 1)
4 Dark green was indeed unrunnable but that short unrunnable scrappy stuff so I thought it was the open/green slash further north
5 Just ran for the big hill and should have been more specific since it was such a long big hill. Ended up doing a big circle, and taking the penalty hit and just hiking up to the top of the hill for another go at it.
Not pleased with these errors, but they actually felt worse than shown on the track.
Rest was good.

This one was much cleaner. But much slower .... I had no energy left AT ALL, and walked most of the second half.
Yes, some lack of conditioning but it also occurred to me that my low carb diet all week (but French toast with Afton Maple syrup this morning) might have had an impact. Almost couldn't move at some points even some downhill sections. Lightheaded, pukey and headache coming on. Certainly snow and many hills didn't help Glad I brought some Gu. It helped.
Now: Get in shape and nutrite properly before events.

I stayed clean because I was
a) more careful
b) getting used to the map, terrain, the scale
c) going slower
d) terrified of having to travel any extra distance
e) course was a bit easier

Although I saw mcarl, iriharding when they passed me..... I resisted following, the navigation just felt clear to see and good so that part I like a lot, especially after my misses on Course 1.

It was a very fun course - Kevin's new map (Course1) was perfect for vegetation and all else, courses were well set up for good orienteering and at least one breath-taking view. Terrain was nice and easy to run through (okay, except for the snow, but that's everywhere). I liked the option of regular courses vs. Rogaine.
And thanks Jim M for letting us all ride in your van. Perfect.

The Season of the Mud.

NOTICE: I am officially competing in the "brightest headlamp" category.
I have three 600 lumen LED components, just need to figure out how to wire them up, power them up, cool them down... etc.

But at my weekly LED geek mtg at work, I asked if anyone would help me to create an 1800 lumen headlamp, and I got a taker! AND.. someone said, "You should use that new 5000 lumen LED that we've seen" ... but on further questioning they thought I might need to use a car battery to power it.

A little harder run than I was initially aiming for. It's just so easy on the treadmill to go faster........push the ^ arrow a few times and away you gooooooo

Took a little effort to get up that looong hill.
Kept myself at a reasonable pace on the way back down.

First 24 minutes --> 3 miles
Last 6 minutes-->.6 miles
Felt pretty good. Let's see what AT thinks tomorrow.

Toddp would have had more luck if he sent a Roomba vacuum out to Standing Cedars to retrieve the flagging tape from the OTNT event.

I just had a sorry time navigating on the map. I used his "set" Purple Pen course, which should have put the entire effort at a little over 10K (point to point), and there were 18 flags to retrieve. I started on the North controls... I only found two. =(
First one was straightforward; second one gave me a lot of trouble and I had to relocate a few different times! And then I still never found it, although I ended up in the same exact spot at least four times so at least I was consistent.
Third one was just a small overshoot; I went to the right spot but what a GREAT location ... very nice little re-entrant not looking at all like I expected so I ran right by it and had to come quite a ways back. And then an amazingly steep steep steep climb back up the river bluff.

Fourth control finally killed me. Again, I tried to relocate, tried a number of different re-entrants and absolutely couldn't find it.
By now, I was tired, thirsty, hungry.... perfect victim for the very large coyote I saw wandering around. I was SO glad to have Alice with me. But it reinforced my deciison to just come back another day.

Sorry about that Todd; I may be able to come out during the week this week or next; my weekends are booked until April 17.

Not sure what went so wrong today. USGS map is part of it, I think. I was trying to do the right stuff. did a lot of thinking of what I was seeing, strategized routes and handrails, looked for "big" features. Didn't really have catching features. And what was going on in my head just didn't match reality.

Next time, I think I'll start on the South controls. They're much closer together. The 1km+ between the North ones, along with the difficulty in map reading was a hard way to start.

What was good about today:
Weather was warm, Standing Cedars is awesome. Got a good workout, and enjoyed the early running through the woods part. Lots of hill climbing is another thing I need right now. Alice finally got to be outside with me for a longer run; she's had a rough winter with my AT rest and cross-training.