Training Log Archive: GlenT

Event: HVO Blue Mountain
 

Red course at Blue Mountain. 6.6km straight line with lots of climb. Some areas are junky with deadfall but visibility was generally good and the map is very good. Nice course by Geof and Jeff, although quite physical.

Sizable errors on two controls. On #6 I apparently didn't bother to check my compass as I followed a stream bed about 90 degrees off from my intended travel direction (looking at the leg later, I had in my mind that I needed to descend along a stream when I really needed to head upstream, though with only a small climb). Was able to relocate on a stone wall about 300 m away from where I should've been. Probably lost about 8 minutes. Other error was for about 3 minutes on # 8 when I thought I went down the reentrant to the left of the control but was actually to the right. Fumbled around for a bit until I figured it out.

Sunny and in the upper 70s, so very nice, but warm for orienteering.

AOWN moment: Spotted a ~3 ft long black snake in the marshy area between controls 10 and 11. He was slithering away from me faster than I was going, which suited us both fine. I recall having seen one of his (somewhat larger) ancestors on a previous visit to Blue Mountain.

Red - Splits

At the Bird Sanctuary in Old Chatham. Did hill repeats on the Red trail, 3x ~500m with ~40m climb.

Lots of hips, back and upper body using a big bouncy ball.

Hottish at 82F. Humidity not too bad. Irritating dog encounter about 250 m from the end.

If there was such a thing as aerobic pilates, this would've been it.