Training Log Archive: GlenT

Event: GAOC Georgia Navigator Cup Forest 2-Day: FDR SP
 

GA Navigator Cup Day 2 at FDR SP on Lake Delano map. Green X, 5.6k, 220m. About 50F and mostly cloudy, so pretty nice for running. Nice course by Andi Berger. Somewhat physical due to the hills (and some legs that forced you to battle the hills).

A good run today. Lost a couple of minutes on 3 by not knowing exactly where I was when I got to the large reentrant the control was near and then turning the wrong way. Chased a bag on the way to 1 which cost maybe 20 or 30 seconds. Otherwise hit them cleanly. I think my route choices were mostly OK, balancing climb vs. distance. Ended up fastest in M60 and about 6th on Green X (which included some pretty fast interscholastic varsity kids).

My legs felt fatigued early in the course and were pretty trashed by the end. Tomorrow will be interesting.

C • Way to go!! 2

GreenX - Splits

Event: GAOC Georgia Navigator Cup Sprint: University of West Georgia
 

Jogging about and a few pick-ups to warm up. No watch - estimated.

GA Navigator Cup Sprint on U of West Georgia campus. Green X, 2.6k, 90m. Typical campus with dispersed buildings and extensive network of paths and roads. Many of the buildings have complex shapes and a few have multi-layer features. Some hilliness.

Ugh. One monstrous error, two "big-for-a-sprint" errors and a couple of smaller ones. Almost 5 minutes of lost time. The biggest error was when I failed to check the code when punching 7 and actually punched 10. Fortunately, I did read the code on the control as I punched and then remembered it as I approached 10 after having visited 8 and 9. After an expletive or two, I realized I needed to visit 7 and re-do 8 and 9. So I did 6-10-8-9-7-8-9-10-11. Fortunately, it was a small loop (and I passed 7 on the way from 10 to 8 but didn't realize it. Plus, coming from 6 I couldn't see and decipher the multi-layer stuff so took an unnecessarily long route to 7/10. At least I spiked 8 and 9 both times I visited them, but lost 3 full minutes for the whole escapade.

Very good course by Fred Zendt and quite a fine day for running - low 50s and sunny (shorts and short sleeves!). Thanks to GAOC and all the volunteers for their efforts.

Back to parking from event center.

Green-X - Splits

Up a hill and back down. Mid 30s.

On roads from home. Wintery - upper 20s with a breeze. A few easily avoidable areas of ice, otherwise dry roads. AP calculated only 26m of climb, probably because all the climbs are in the 5-10m range and it uses a 10m threshold. I adjusted it.