Training Log Archive: possum

Spent about three hours altogether hiking around the Discovery Museum and trails in Hilton Head, plus the Audubon/Newhall Reserve.

Went to the Congaree Swamp National Park, and walked all of the boardwalk, and several parts of various trails. Stopped now and then to admire the huge trees.

Went to the Riverside and Botanic Garden in Columbia, SC, in the afternoon. A nice mix of zoo and botanic garden, plus a great trail through the woods to some historical stuff with ties to the Civil War and ruins of an old cotton/woolen mill. A very satisfying day.

Day 2, this time on the east side, where it is steeper, and fewer trails. Today I made two mistakes, plus dropping my map inconveniently. On number 3, I made a parallel error, but when I couldn't find the control, I at least knew to go over the next ridge. I had some trouble reading the map going from 4 to 5, so I went back to 4 and started over. I have mentally resolved my map reading problem, so this should help in the future. Then I dropped the map going over a bunch of trash from 7 to 8, had to then make two more trips over the trash.

The last control to the finish was the same as yesterday, straight uphill, and I managed to improve my time by 11 seconds.

Brown Day 2 - Splits

Event: Georgia Navigator Cup and Extreme-O :: Sweetwater Creek State Park
 

Day one of the Navigator Cup at Sweetwater Creek State Park. Did really well navigating, except for a HUGE 45-min mistake on number 7. I relocated twice, still couldn't see it, so I went on to 8, and backtracked to 7. The clue was between two knolls, and the knolls were about a foot high and 30 feet apart. Of course, later on I realized how dumb my relocation was. I hate being stupid.

Brown Day 1 - Splits

Visited Russell Cave, a National Monument in NE Alabama, on our way to the Georgia Navigator Cup. Hiked about 2 miles uphill, and then 2 miles downhill, through beautiful woods and rock formations.

We then stopped at Cloudland Canyon, a state park in Georgia, but it was really cold and windy, so I'm not counting it.

Finally, we checked in at the model event at Sweetwater Creek, and I walked to the seven controls.

Very aerobic today, and one station that I did surprisingly ok.
Stand on a balance step and do a one-legged squat, then take the dumbells and curl and press. Ten times each side, with burpees in between sets. All that balance work with Jared has paid off.