Training Log Archive: kissy

At one point yesterday, I had to cross this beaver dam, carrying my mt. bike, with a backpack full of controls and gallons of water. Yikes!

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Putting out the last of the controls. The event was pretty successful. We got lots of participants, but never really felt overwhelmed at registration. I think because we suggested that not everyone should show up at the beginning of the registration window and because we had so many superstar volunteers. And, I got some kudos on my courses, which is always nice.

A few glitches: two e-punch boxes were bad - one was just dead and one had something wrong with the timing. The map printing was a debacle. When I went to pick them up on Friday evening, they had printed them on card stock! Not quite what I meant by "slightly heavier" paper. They reprinted them and, unfortunately, when I picked them up Saturday morning, I didn't notice that the two Orange courses had been printed at some weird scale (around 1:12500). Oh, well, I couldn't have done anything about it anyway. No one complained, so I'm sure they didn't even notice.

Hanging controls for tomorrow's Chatfield event. I was able to ride my mt. bike to most of the controls.

I put out most of the controls today; just a few close-in ones left for tomorrow. I'm sure I looked comical, as usual, with controls sticking over my head, out of my backpack. At times, I had multiple gallons of water in the pack, too. And there were several beaver dams to cross. I almost fell in on one of them.

I was out there a total of 5 hours and now I'm beat.

Our first group training session with the Tri ladies. And I wasn't the slowest!

Body Pump

On a trainer at the gym

I'm the course setter for next week's Chatfield event, so I thought I'd go down and make sure the river was crossable. It is.