Training Log: GlenT

Walk to start. Track includes the bus ride - time, distance and climb adjusted.

West Point Day 2 on Lake Frederick map. Brown X, 3.6k, 80m. Map has been recently updated (or maybe even completely redone) and is excellent. The course today was very Middle-like with lots of short legs requiring careful map reading. Net elevation loss over the course was about 125m but that was well managed using roads and/or less gnarly terrain for most of the descent. There were a couple of control placements which weren't Brown-course appropriate (steep, rocky areas with many rock features in the control circle) but overall it was a fun course. Mostly sunny, low 50s.

Better run than yesterday with two smallish errors. Lost a minute on the second control navigating through rocks and green when a route more to the right would have been easier (and quicker). Sloppy compass on the wide open leg from 12-13 cost another minute. Third overall on Brown X, second M70 and third for 2-day in M70.

Brown X - Splits

Event: West Point 44th NRE
 

To the start, with an extra out-and-back to assess how far it was from clothing drop to the start (pretty far, didn't go the whole way).

West Point Day 1 on Camp Shea map. Brown X, 3.6k, 130m. Typical WP terrain - rocks, hills, brushy underfoot - with lots of it not shown on the map. Even the hills seem to be undermapped, with actual climb quite a bit more than the control description indicated (counting contours ~160m, AP calculation ~245m, Garmin watch with barometric altimeter ~255m). Course offered some significant hill climbs without any real "around" route choices. Temperature in the upper 40s with some occasional rainshowers and breeze.

Not my best work navigationally. Headed out of the start triangle 90 degrees off, going north rather than west. When I realized my mistake I didn't know how far I'd gone so headed in the general direction of the control with the idea that features would start to make sense. Eventually got to the top of the ridge, found the large marsh and wandered around until I found the control - about 12 minutes lost. Lost a couple minutes on the leg to 4 swinging too far north before getting to the road (another compass fail!). Checked out an unmapped boulder on the way to 6. Flip-flopped for much of the course with Ernst who had started two minutes behind me but also lost a lot of time on the first control. Was pretty beat for the uphill run into the finish.

Brown-X - Splits

Lower Milford roads. Low 70s, which is a bit warmer than I'm used to. Hilly.