Training Log Archive: dlevine

So, after years of enjoying Bash's (and others) travel-logs, I decided to try to assemble my own, based upon last month's trip to some western National Parks. For those with the time and energy to look, I've tried to include enough pictures to make it worthwhile.

Enjoy. (The top entry - sans pictures - may be the first time such an activity was ever logged on Attackpoint.)

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Apple Grinder course

Still sore, so another PR wasn't in the cards. In fact, my ghost had 48 seconds on me after two miles. He only gained another seventeen seconds over the last five miles, though, so I must have picked it up a bit. Top 10% overall and age group. Still second all-time at the Y (out of 26) by six seconds, but this ride would have been only fourth. P:216; C:53.

Definitely a faster recovery; I guess I need to be working harder.

Ravens Roost course.

I was sore AND the knee was aching from yesterday's jaunt, so I was never planning on any kind of PR. Good thing, too, as I was in no danger of setting one, missing by 94 seconds. Top 15% overall and age group. Still second all-time at the Y (out of twenty-five) but this ride would have been third by two seconds. P:207; C:54.

Heart rate dropped faster than usual...

Sardinia Forest Score-O

Three-hour limit would normally be enough to clean the course. Points were distributed in accordance with geography, so goal was to clear the southern two-thirds in two hours and then work on the hill, leaving #4, #8, #12, and #22 if necessary (in that order). I chose to go counter-clockwise as I thought that attacking 24 from 25 was the best plan.

Leaving #7, I started for #9 and then changed my mind and went to #10, with the indecision costing me time, but less than continuing to #9 would have. I went from #23 to #14/#18, but in retrospect, I should have gotten those two after #25, resulting in more trail running on one of the few dry trails. I got to #25 (southern end) in 65 minutes, so close to "on time".

Coming back, I was unsteady (expected) to #24 and made a poor decision at #15 leaving the muddy trail too early and not being able to attack off the corner of the trail later. Otherwise I was clean, but slow to both #17 and #1 as I was tiring. I crossed the road at about 127 minutes, so again, pretty close to "on time".

I blew #6 by leaving the trail early for the clearing, but the "swamp in a clearing" was really a "pond in a forest" and that cost me a bit of time. I lost time falling in the mud on the next leg (#16) and climbing the hill directly (#5). When I reached #13, I figured that seven minutes a control the rest of the way (and that's a huge buffer for the run-in) was good and #22 was the only tough one remaining. I thought I spiked it, but "no go". I turned up the sap line and hit the trail, and came back in only to find that the "sap line" was not the feature on which the control was hung; it was on the water pipe. Lost time here and had to hurry. John Boland caught me here and ran past me to #12, but he overshot and was coming in from the other side when I got there. He beat me by a bit to #8 and then really took off. At this point, I knew I had the "sweep" in the bag and dialed it back a bit before finishing with just under seven minutes to spare.

Fifth overall, last of the "on time" sweepers. [Watch track includes about fourteen minutes of hanging out at the finish before I stopped the track.]

Control Pickup for Sardinia Score-O

I was going to sweep the northern set, but #6 and #4 were gone when I got there; I found out that Doug and Jackie had gotten them. Forgot to turn my watch on until I got to the first flag.

Stormy Hollow course.

My ghost passed me early, but I caught him and opened up a slight lead. I was worried that I would lose it on the final pitch, but the opposite happened and I beat him by ten seconds. Top 15% overall (missed top 10% by three seconds); top ten (10th) out of 142 age group. Third all-time at the Y (out of twenty-one) by 53 seconds. P:231; C:56.

Odyssey course.

Tired this morning and fell behind ghost and couldn't keep up; lost by 37 seconds. Top 15% overall; top ten (actually 3rd) out of 92 age group. Still second all-time at the Y (out of eighteen) but this ride would have been third.
P:229; C:54

Wicked Workout course

Ghost got a bit away and I stopped the acceleration, but I couldn't reel him in, ultimately losing by nineteen seconds. Top 20% overall; top 15% age group;.
Still third all-time at the Y (out of eighteen) by 77 seconds; this ride would still have been third. P:219; C:54