Training Log Archive: Brucewithamap

Event: OLOU Deam Lake
 

Not a pretty race. I thought that when the Smith Brother Meet directors said that the Thorns were not bad, that it was true. I had not really been to Deam lake for years and always remembered it as rough. That it was and worse. Thorns and fallen trees were everywhere. Not just ankle height thorns but I mean up over your head. I gave up on the concept of moving fast. Too many similar features and lack of green marked on the map shifted my thinking to ROGAINE style. I caught up with Jens at #4 and we were neck and neck for the next 15 mins. I took a different route to #7 and was very unsure here as the vegetation was so thick in the white space. I messed up big time over the next 30 minutes so decided to walk most of the remainder of the course. I never say Jens again but I knew that as I was trying to find #7 that everyone would have problems because of the Map.
The course was good. The Smith Brothers made sure that the Brown and Red courses were difficult. I saw Dan once and he was close behind me. Set some distance at the 2nd to last control and finish.

C • I've met worse thorns 1

RED - Splits