Training Log Archive: chinghua

Only had time for a quick romp. The girls at climb Asia serve some tasty humble pie. I need more of this.

Hard and fast on the way out, with music to match. Easy on the way in. Friday night along east coast park smells of BBQ & spilled beer.

Before I reached the halfway point, I couldn't keep my earbuds in my ears anymore from all the sweat. And people thought it was humid at the WM5D...

Today I clicked on the "nearby" link and found two other AP members located in Singapore! Sent them an email, waiting for reply.

A good bouldering session at the Cliffs! I worked through several problems that were giving me difficulties. Feels good to work through them, knowing that climbing smart beats climbing hard. v3s are a shoo-in. So mostly need to be on v4s and above now. Noted that I need more pinching strength. Pat on the back for me, otherwise.

My second time at Cemetery Hill, so that was helpful. The grass in the open spaces were waist high! Very different from in the late fall.

Minor slip-ups at 2, 7. Major slip up at 8 (matched myself to the wrong edge of the open space). Wish I had done the long... this seemed to go by too quickly (not that I placed very well, but still).

My first mass start event and I witnessed it from my car, as I pulled in just past noon. Classic case of getting lost on the way to an O event? I thought I had driven too far south on 5, turned around and went to the other side of the mountain. Didn't see any O-signs and decided to go further down route 5. Of course, it was just a little farther down from where I had turned back the first time.

In any case, it didn't do me any harm. In fact, I suppose it gave me some room for the first couple of controls. Eager to get started, I failed to change shoes, which was a bad idea because the shoes I had on were too loose and I ended up with blisters (minor but annoying, especially the foot with the blister on top of the blister).

1 - I noted that this was in a saddle but I failed to note count contour lines and thought that the saddle was located above me when in fact it was at the level I was already at. So I climbed an extremely steep "hill" only to slide down it minutes later. A good work out in any case.

2 - Too quickly, I ran down the first trail I saw, and assumed I was on the a trail that I was not on and ended up at the road. Decided to stay on the road and climb back up later to the control. In hindsight, I should have backtracked.

3,4 - Fine

5 - Back to 2...this climb was SO tiring

6 - Followed the contour lines, then the voices :-)

7 - Could have been quicker, but at least I found it before the voices arrived.

8 - Back to 2...this climb was SO tiring

9 - Here's where things fell apart. And if I hadn't missed my Garmin all weekend, I sure did now. I still don't know where I ended up going. Somehow though, I managed to hit a trail and figure out which trail it was, though I have no idea how I got there. From the trail, it should ha ve been straight forrward to the control, but it wasn't. I think 90% of the mosquito bites on my body were earned on the way to this control. Walked the rest of the way.

10 - Couldn't bring myself to take the trails, but of course, I should have. I ended up doing the other two edges of the rectangle through the woods on a steep incline instead of along the trails. I think I would have missed the control if not for someone else leaving the control. I should have inferred which side of the ridge the cliffs would be facing.

11 - A relief! Feet tired and hurting. But did manage to bring myself to jog to the finish :-)

Event 4 - Cemetery Hill Short Sprint - Splits

Event 5 - Short A: Mount Tom - Splits