Training Log Archive: Bash

I braved the heat, insects and stinging nettles (and apparently Crash's mountain bike too - although I didn't see her) to hang flags for Thursday's Caledon Navigators training night in Palgrave. Unfortunately, the course I'd designed so carefully on paper just didn't work when I started looking at the terrain. I've tried to design it so that the early controls are suitable for kids and families, then there are a few more challenging controls at the end. Unfortunately, some of the kids' portion included trails that were nearly invisible in deep grass, huge clumps of knee-deep poison ivy, and a few storm-felled trees hovering over the ground. So I did a quick redesign and did some extra running around as a result.

The plan is that the adults will do the training as a memory O exercise as much as possible, which is intended to compensate for some of the controls being easier than usual.

Wildlife Watch: Many, many mosquitoes. That's OK - I'm working on building up my immunity to West Nile. A white-tailed deer bounded away at one point. Most interesting was a female wild turkey that was crouching flat to the ground, definitely hoping that I wouldn't notice her. She was just lying in dry pine needles, and there was no evidence of a nest, but for her sake, I hope that's what was going on, because she didn't look very well. I had a control hung about 15 m away, so I had to find a new location for it, just in case she is still around on Thursday night. I don't want to traumatize her!

K/O, in case you're out there... I am doing some ankle exercises at odd times, e.g. while standing in line-ups or watching TV. I should be spending a solid block of time on it each day, but I wanted you to know that I am not ignoring my girlie ankle!