Training Log Archive: dlevine

Event: ROC - Rattlesnake Hill
 

ROC - Red Course at Rattlesnake Hill

S->1: Was feeling tight and had little confidence after my debacle at the Ultra-Long here last fall so I headed up the road to the trail rather than angling up the hill through the light green. Figured it would be better to see the light green woods on a downhill. Got near the bend on the trail and angled in through the pines. Aimed left and came out high, as intended, but somehow forgot that this was my plan so I started looking for the control. The flat area confused me, but I didn't think about it enough. Eventually I realized that I was at the indentation of white woods into the pines and I then ran downstream right to it. 16:22

1->2: More or less on the line. Right past the corner of the park boundary and across three deep streams. Climbed out of the last one looking for the reentrant. Saw a reentrant that was clear, but not at the right angle (or so I thought), but the flag was right there, next to the pit. 8:16

2->3: More or less straight to it with care taken to avoid briers at each side of each "strip clearing". In the last case, I went N to where I thought the green was the most passable. That led me right to it. 6:16

3->4: Straight to the trail/road junction, down the road past the stream and cutting in at the clearing. Down hill between clearing and stream, past cairns to trail. Trail to flag. 7:18

4->5: West to field where I realized that it was raining pretty hard. Cut in to trail. Trail most of the way, but I cut across the last stream early to go up the spur the whole way. There was a pretty big deer path up the spur. At one point it began to deviate from the height of the land and I realized that was dangerous. Turned left to ascend the spur and the flag was in sight. Near miss! 10:12

5->6: Back to trail via streamers. Tried to follow trail to park boundary, but didn't see the boundary. At the time I thought was correct, I took a bearing and went across some nice woods. Spiked it, albeit slowly. 7:48

6->7: Southwest past the two rootstocks NW of the pines and then veered further right for some reason. Crossed a stream that was parallel to the leg direction and realized I was very far right. Took spur to the "big" stream and then continued on my bearing across each of the next two streams. Crossing the latter, I saw the control just a bit upstream (and on top of the small hill) 10:52

7->8: Plan was to just head south to the road. Got screwed up in all the swampy stuff and took 6:16 to get to the water stop. Drank (to my own surprise) then went to the road towards the control. After the road left the clearing, I angled in as soon as the woods looked clear. This was an amazingly simple control. 10:25

8->9: Last fall, this hill was late in the course and steep and I was in a fog (oxygen debt?) when I got up it, so I was not happy to see it now. Went up any way I could as fast as I could (which was pretty slow). Hit the road and took it to about 30 meters past the culvert and then angled in. Saw the flag from a distance and never did see what the man-made object was. 10:50

9-10: Up to field, then to road. Meant to run road all the way, but couldn't resist angling across the last field. This was a mistake. Once I got to the road, there was a path of controls and streamers the whole way. The last field had a nice herd path through the wet grasses. 9:00

10->F: During the whole downhill at this point I was reminded that I am not as young as I used to be (or at least that my knees aren't). :43


Not a great run, but other than the first control, and the beginning of the 6-7 leg, I was completely in control.

Red - Splits

Chestnut Ridge Map Hike

Looking for #4 - unsuccessfully again. Ran into a disc golfer who plays regularly and has never seen it. Yikes.

Emery Park Map Hike

In and out to #11 which was immediately visible - about where it should be with the forest, but north of the circle on the map. Returning I saw quite a few footprints.

Emery Park - Black Diamond Course

Course was much dryer than the last time I was there. Played alone (saw no one until I was finishing on #18 when I saw a pair teeing off on #10). Shot an 89 even though I did nothing spectacular and made some dubious decisions early in the course.

Random @ 18

New machine - halfway between elliptical and recumbent bike (recumbent elliptical?) Never did get the hang of the settings but there's supposed to be a demo soon, so I'll see.

Lighter as arms were still sore from Monday.

Two loops of the Allegany River Trail - both with the gas line option and one with the Francis option. Second time around, the bumps were causing Theresa some discomfort and my legs were lobbying to be accommodating to her needs. (Convenient, eh?)

New machines means new "calibrations" for things like "level". I tried Random Hills @ 18, but it was tough as the heart rate numbers show! I like that the new machines keep a continuous heart rate, i.e. that the sensors are where I keep my hands and they work.

Long time no weights and with the ellipitical workout just before, I was hurting. Skipped the ab work at the end because I was beginning to feel ill.