Training Log Archive: GlenTIn the 7 days ending Oct 16, 2021:
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Saturday Oct 16, 2021 #
Event: DVOA Myrick Center (BVA)
11 AM
Orienteering race 1:04:00 *** 6.45 km (9:55 / km) +120m 9:05 / km
ahr:131 max:156 spiked:20/22c shoes: Blue VJ Falcons - 10
Green course at Myrick Center, near West Chester, PA. 5.0k, 150m. A smallish area but with a couple areas of nice white woods. There is a moderate trail network and lots of open fields (some cultivated and OOB). Areas of green (that I went in) weren't thorny and were generally passable. The map was recently updated.
Had a pretty good run, spending time on trails rather than cutting through green. I struggled some seeing the course markings on the map due to the abundance of yellow and green (and the course overlapping itself quite a bit), plus the brown and purple look quite similar to me. Misread the terrain going to 6 and checked a wrong flag. Lost time at 18 which was a dot knoll in a green area when I came across an unmapped knoll in the area about the same size as the one with the flag on it.
Another October day in the 70s, so it was pretty warm running, especially in the open areas.
Had a pretty good run, spending time on trails rather than cutting through green. I struggled some seeing the course markings on the map due to the abundance of yellow and green (and the course overlapping itself quite a bit), plus the brown and purple look quite similar to me. Misread the terrain going to 6 and checked a wrong flag. Lost time at 18 which was a dot knoll in a green area when I came across an unmapped knoll in the area about the same size as the one with the flag on it.
Another October day in the 70s, so it was pretty warm running, especially in the open areas.
12 PM
Orienteering race 23:15 *** 2.98 km (7:49 / km) +49m 7:13 / km
ahr:144 max:156 spiked:12/14c shoes: Blue VJ Falcons - 10
A Sprint course at Myrick. 2.3k with 80m climb. Lost about a minute on number 5 taking the wrong trail and having to double back. AP doesn't pick it up, but I lost time on 11 by not picking up that there was dark green blocking a trail (a downed tree).
3 PM
Field Checking 30:45 *** 1.88 km (16:21 / km) +36m 14:55 / km
ahr:100 max:123 spiked:4/5c shoes: Blue VJ Falcons - 10
Picking up 5 controls at Myrick, including number 18 on Green and confirming that there is an unmapped knoll about 50m north of the one with the flag.
Friday Oct 15, 2021 #
12 PM
Bike-Trail 50:13 4.01 mi (12:31 / mi) +73m 11:51 / mi
ahr:124 max:142 shoes: Trek Marlin 7
Bike trails at Moon Lake Recreation Area west of Wilkes-Barre. Trails are pretty rocky, so lots of technical riding, but they are well laid out so there are no steep hills. Leaves have started to drop making it occasionally hard to follow the trails. One downside is that there are no blazes or signs, even though the trails have names on Trailforks and the DCNR map (and to add to the confusion, some trails have been redesigned and renamed - I did see one sign for "Twister", a trail which no longer exists). Upper 70s, on the warm side for riding but otherwise a nice summery Fall day.
Bike-Trail 55:21 4.26 mi (13:00 / mi) +99m 12:07 / mi
ahr:121 max:141 shoes: Trek Marlin 7
Another loop at Moon Lake after a sandwich break.
Thursday Oct 14, 2021 #
12 PM
Field Checking 3:13:22 *** 8.29 km (23:20 / km) +290m 19:52 / km
ahr:90 max:149 shoes: ASICS Gel Venture 6 (#1)
Another round at French Creek. Got a later start so didn't get as much done but finished up all the White and Yellow controls and a bunch of advanced controls. Found fewer new rootstocks today. Quite a nice day, sunny and low 70s.
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021 #
12 PM
Field Checking 5:10:30 *** 10.83 km (28:40 / km) +138m 26:57 / km
ahr:86 max:141 shoes: ASICS Gel Venture 6 (#1)
Starting to re-visit control sites at French Creek North to make sure they're still good. Got to about half of them today, but about a dozen of those are White or Yellow, so pretty straightforward (and close together). May have to reroute the White course since one section of it which was already stretching the skill level a bit now has four downed trees across it. And there are (unsurprisingly) many new rootstocks. Upper 60s and overcast so nice in the woods, especially since there were very few bugs.
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021 #
3 PM
Trail Run 51:57 4.24 mi (12:15 / mi) +125m 11:14 / mi
ahr:131 max:160 shoes: NB Summit KOM
South Mountain Preserve in Emmaus from Alpine St. parking. Upper 60s, overcast, a bit humid.
Sunday Oct 10, 2021 #
Event: DVOA Hibernia County Park
12 PM
Orienteering race 1:38:47 *** 8.5 km (11:38 / km) +144m 10:43 / km
ahr:122 max:154 spiked:14/20c shoes: Blue VJ Falcons - 10
Red course at Hibernia. 5.7k, 132m. Overcast, woods wet from earlier rain, low 60s.
Well that sucked. Couldn't seem to follow a bearing in the green. Then apparently I didn't check a control code and punched 35 instead of 37 - the two were about 60m apart, the east edge of a small marsh vs. a cup depression. I was trying to read the light vs. middle green for navigation, which worked great last weekend but does not work at all for Hibernia (and here there's a lot more sharp stuff in the medium green). One particularly irritating control was #5 which was shown along a small trail which appeared on the map but not in the terrain. Said trail also would have been a great exit from the control to get through medium green, so I battled a bit to get out. Did a bit better on the second half of the course, taking trail routes as much as possible and only going through the woods to actually get to the control.
Well that sucked. Couldn't seem to follow a bearing in the green. Then apparently I didn't check a control code and punched 35 instead of 37 - the two were about 60m apart, the east edge of a small marsh vs. a cup depression. I was trying to read the light vs. middle green for navigation, which worked great last weekend but does not work at all for Hibernia (and here there's a lot more sharp stuff in the medium green). One particularly irritating control was #5 which was shown along a small trail which appeared on the map but not in the terrain. Said trail also would have been a great exit from the control to get through medium green, so I battled a bit to get out. Did a bit better on the second half of the course, taking trail routes as much as possible and only going through the woods to actually get to the control.