Training Log Archive: cmorse

Event: West Point National Meet
 

Clean run, cautious at first, never really pushed too hard, but hit most everything cleanly with only minor disruptions to flow. A little low on #3, had to come back up. Tripped over some concealed wire leaving #3, but at least landed clean and bounced up - Phil wasn't so lucky. Diverted off my line to use the bridge to 4, then overshot R a tad, I don't think the bridge location was accurate, shouldn't have reattacked on precision from there. #5 pulled up short to check out a similar control 'just in case', should have trusted instincts. Started to overrun #6 a tad low, but then corrected. Rest were good except hesitant on 11 as the description said 4m boulder, so that was what I was looking for coming down the hill when in fact the flag was on a sub-meter boulder beyond a 4m cliff.

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C • Nice run! 2

Another 'ok' run, lost some time when I glanced at a control on top of cliff when mine was at foot, so I went down to find nothing. Climbed back up. Apparently the little bit of bare rock at the top qualified as a 1.5m cliff. Arghh... Rest ok. Managed to memorize the control codes for last 5 controls and executed with very few glances at the map... Quite satisfying....

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Middle - Green Y - Splits

Sprint - Green - Splits

8x200m, 40/40/40/40/41/41/43/37

Somewhat restrained with WP this weekend..

Synopsis - 3 best splits, 3 errors, the latter costing far more time than the former gained.

After being held at the start line for 45s when the starter insisted I wasn't supposed to go, I finally got to the triangle and started out with two controls worth of trashy woods and a bad attitude. But then found nice woods and a good flow posting top splits on 3 & 4. Good flow for most of 5, just L of line, counting trail crossings but then hit a trail that didn't match my count, pulling up short and pondering and then spotting a control behind me and low that could be considered a similar feature so I checked it out - it wasnt. Pondered some more and continued cautiously, finally getting there dropping 3 minutes. Flow gone, confidence shaken..

Middle batch fine, but the flow was gone. Left #11 on compass in low-viz, but hit trail unexpectedly, compass wonky? Down trail hesitantly and in. Then out to trail and left the trail early on the line for a smoothly spiked best split. But then more wierd compass stuff and felt I was trending too far downhill and way over corrected for it to my R. Crested hill, noted building below but no pit... ??? Took me s moment to realize the building I was looking at was much closer to 14 than 13.... damn, damn, damn... and shoe untied as well. Too stubborn to stop & retie, sidehilling on loose shoe to pit and then slowly into finish...

C • Brian 2

Classic Green X - Splits