Training Log Archive: bishop22

4:02/8:01
1:29,33,2,0,1,28,9 (on 1:50)
3:22,19

Day 2 Blue at West Point. Was resolved to not make the same mistakes as yesterday. That lasted for 7 controls, before I was not careful enough going to C8 - a warning shot was fired when I popped out on the wrong trail and ran around before heading back into the woods and finding the correct trail. Then I thought I had a decent line, but I was not accurately keeping track of which big features were which, so when I spotted a reentrant that had to be mine, it wasn't. Had to climb to the top of the hill before I was able to relocate (then "spiked it") - leading to a 42 minute leg. Also struggled thru 9, 10 and 11, at which point, I was halfway thru the controls in 1:51:39 - OVT was practically wrapped up. So, I took the road to C12, stopping to unload both shoes of debris, and with the pressure on, the tide turned. Most of the remaining time loss was due to careful route selections and fatigue from topping 6 hours of orienteering for the weekend.

Nate rebounded nicely today, from his rough virgin Orange outing at an A-meet yesterday. Picked up the fastest time for M-16, but it wasn't quite enough to make the podium (40 secs from 3rd, less than 4 minutes from first - out of something like 2:43 total for the 2 days).

Blue 2 - Splits

Event: West Point A meet
 

Contrary to general opinion, I ran up on Blue at West Point - only because I had a deal with Nate, who agreed to run up on Orange. I had a lot of problems trying to sort out mapped and unmapped rock features.

More comments tonight, when I have my map.

Nice warm-up before Blue, back and forth on road to the start. Forced myself to jog back to the camp after the finish, in the hopes of not tightening up too much before the Sprint.

Blue 1 - Splits

West Point Sprint (Team fundraiser) - Splits

No way to get out at lunchtime today - work got in the way. Picked Nate up at 5:30 to head to West Point (well, Albany tonight). Got here in time for the 3rd period of the Sabres game, and the extremely exciting finish!

Hash in Henrietta - included some nice stretches of terrain running. A'master showed up for the first time since his 9-mo old was born.

Beautiful day for a run, and work only held me up until 12:40. Ran up the river to Elmwood and back the other side. Felt comfortable most of the way - perhaps I am starting to orienteer myself back into shape, although I doubt I can get under 20 for 5K quite yet.
Splits: 4:58 (to river), 13:25 (start of mile), 20:50 (end), 25:42 (Elmwood), 31:18 (ped bridge), 39:30 (old spot), 47:22 ("mile")

Just enough time for a quick swim between meetings. I had had grand plans to swim, then run before work got in the way, as it has a tendency to do.
3:53/7:50
1:26,31,31,29,28 (on 1:45)
3:23,25