Training Log Archive: Kseniya

Event: NEOC: Blue Hills Traverse and Meet
 

Blue Hills Traverse.

This was a decent race for me. It flew by fast, especially the East side portion. I had good energy throughout and pushed myself well.

Mistakes + hesitations:
#2: going right on trail coming in to control was a bad idea, got stuck in the thorns.
#3: slow to decide on route choice
#4: slow coming in control circle. I believe these rocks are mismapped a bit.
#5: sloppy exit, pushed right to trail instead of following the stone wall up the hill; took the windy trail to attack the control from the top, which was very fun to run on but it was a bit distracting and I left some time here coming in to the control.
#6: lost my hair tie close to the control.
#8: braid kept mostly in tact until my approach to 8, at which point I stopped completely, unhooked the elastic from my control description holder and tied my hair proper. :)
#10: surprisingly, it took me forever to come out to trail from 9, not really sure why.
#14: bad route choice going left and hesitating in the control circle
#19: confused in the control circle, was on top of it and didn't see the control, went further with Tim and JJ but came back and saw the flag finally.
#21: tiny bit low.

Well, that seems like a lot of errors.. Maybe I shouldn't do this whole post-race analysis thing. No, this is good.

Things I did right:
- Used fellow competitors around me
- Knew when to take alternative routes to my fellow competitors (#4, #15)
- Kept up pace on trails
- Pushed comfort level on downhillls
- Ate a GU (#7)
- Simplified routes
- Selected decent routes on most long legs
- Executed short legs with confidence and with slower speed when required (#21, #22)
- Strong finish

GPS watch clearly not cooperating as of late.

C • #10 3

C • mis mapping 1

C • This looks like quite a lon... 2

Traverse - B-Loop - Splits

morning core flow

I'm quite sensitive to the environment around me, and the environment at work is tense and stressful. Need to learn how to tune everything out better. It was raining hard when I left work but it was warm, so I decided to carry out my planned run. My mood dictated the pace and I may have started too fast but that's what I needed. How strange am if I find comfort in darkness, in wind and rain, and in fast running?

C • comfort 1

C • Normal 2

Woke up too early, what?, and decided to do a short yoga session this morning. Wish I could do this every day; it's such a nice way to welcome the day.

gps fail.

Evening run at Overpeck park. Not used to the cold weather yet but warmed up Ok after 10 minutes or so. Empire State Building looked pretty tonight in pink and blue colors, and the skunks were out and about doing their thing, being smelly.