nav success

last sunday i joined georgia orienteering for their meet at west palisades. this time i chose to run the green course, hoping it would be a bit easier than the red i chose last time. i didn't necessarily want something real easy (green is just a step below red, the most advanced at the class-c meets), but wanted to have more success to build my confidence for future navigating attempts. i hit the first 2 points with my friend and future blue ridge ar teammate ken before splitting off and attacking on my own. we met up again near the end and got the last 2 with a big bushwack (to practice.. took slightly longer, but the trails there were just too easy). in general i think i did pretty well and ended up finishing the course with plenty of time to spare.

saturday i went on a long run (that felt great!) at kennesaw mountain, recruiting one friend for the full 16 miles and another for the first 11 miles. it was a chilly day with a good bit of ice on top of the mountain. can't wait to hit it one day with a bit of snow :)

and a quick note about the previous weekend... dec 10th, jim put on a great nav training event up at stringers ridge in chattanooga (it was nice to get up there again). i carpooled up with a crew from atlanta. jason and i alternated nav duties with ken as our "mentor" of sorts. after the event, we went up to edwards point on signal mountain, where some of us went on a mtn bike ride and those without bikes had a nice run.