TRAINING LEAD-UP
Monday, Aug 26:
18A "Upper Body Prep" in 29:51, then "Upper Push / Chin-up" (with Rx'ed rep counts) in 38:36, not too bad
Tuesday, Aug 27:
Iron sights day at Blackstone, using my G19C and G43X
- on the G19C, I should align the tops of the sights for 7yd (and ignore the dots)... I did about as well as I do with the red dot, which was nice to see.
- I've managed to get 445 rounds on this one target so far
Had a very cute encounter at Target afterwards
Wednesday, Aug 28:
18A "Lower Body Prep" in 19:25, then "Lower Push BW" in 37:52
Thursday, Aug 29:
4.5 miles in 1:26:42 around the neighborhood carrying 50# in the v2 Rucker, wearing MACV1s. My legs had a lot of energy, since it's been a while (12 days) since I've rucked.
Saturday, Aug 31:
Glute and pec PT v1 in 28:10, then HDT SIAS CP with 6 rounds using a 30#SB, in 17:26, which felt pretty effective
Sunday, Sept 1:
4.67 mile run at Latta Nature Preserve in 1:02:16. The first 4 miles might've been zone 3, but I did sprint the last part because there was ridiculously close lightning. I wore Saucony Nomads.
I went with my dad, and he did his thing while I ran. We met up at the car.
I also put together a Costco shelf in my garage, to try to organize things a little bit.
My second time at the Kabul Memorial Hike hosted by Matthew Ridenhour.
I used 30# in the v2 rucker and wore MACV1s.
Tuesday, Sept 3:
New Moon Yoga & Yoga for Calves with Adriene
Wednesday, Sept 4:
Glute and pec PT v2 in 27:31, HDT MM "Transition Offense" 20 min AMRAP with 7 rounds and 32 reps using a 30#RPC, then HDT "Onwards and Upwards" 15 min BW AMRAP with 6 rounds
Friday, Sept 6:
Day 1 - Here | MOVE & Home - Day 24 - Uplift Yoga with Adriene
THE PROVING GROUNDS @ SAWMILL (FALL 2024)
Still one of my favorite event series... they always throw in something new!
Stage 4: Ignition @ Tall Connex
- Start with both hands on connex, go around corner to the shoot box, where you load pistol and shoot 2 hits each on each of three cardboard targets, and then hit steel once each
- Go to the second floor either via rope climb or through stairs, and from the first window, shoot 6 orange targets 1 hit each, left to right, then put rifle on safe
- Go to the third floor, where you ignite a bottle rocket by pushing a button on a keypad
- Once it's launched, shoot the same targets L->R
- Go back down to the start box and hit any steel to end your time
Learnings/outcomes: (4/9W, 42/64O)
- I used 21P, 36R
- My pistol shooting was messy
- I had trouble on the small rifle target
- I had nerves from this being my first stage of the day, which surprised me, since I've done so many events. I should visualize the stage before I shoot it next time, so that mentally, it's not my first stage of the day
- I wanted to go early, so that I didn't have to wait and be anxious for my turn as much
- There was no wind early in teh day
- The wagon that I used to drag around my gear was surprisingly heavy and demanding.
- I didn't arrive as early as I typically do, since I wanted to sleep in a little more, so I had to use the far parking lot this morning
Stage 5: Heartbreak Hill @ Long Range
- Start with both ands on the pole, then run to the long range pavilion (elites an dmasters must carry a short log too)
- Load rifle and shoot at 5x200yd pink targets from the tank trap, L->R, 2x through ("no prone at TPG")
- Move to the barricade and shoot at 5x400yd red targets, L->R, 1x through
- Shoot 5 card suit pistol targets on the right from the barricade
- Shoot 5 small IPSC pistol targets on the left from the tank trap
- Run back to the start and shoot the stop target
Learnings/outcomes: (4/9W, 43/64O)
- I brought 4 rifle mags containing 77gr ammo
- I used 24R, 34P
- I struggled on the card suit pistol targets. I switched to bracing, but that didn't help. The RO said that I needed to do better squeezes of the trigger. I should've slowed down and imagined ball and dummy with fundamentals.
- I increased magnification to 4x for the 400yd targets and held high on the plate (they were big targets), and it worked out
Stage 1: Oh Sh*t @ Close Bay & O-course on Opposite Side
- Shoot large silhouette then the dueling tree
- Move left to the plate rack and shoot it one-handed
- Move left to the second dueling tree and shoot it with 2 hands again
- Go to the opposite side of the lodge and do the O-course with the balance beam, hurdle, low crawl, window, wall of RR ties, cargo A-frame, and tightrope with rope overhead, with rifle staged on teh ground
- Move to the rifle bay on the left and shoot at 9 targets L->R from the low RR tie wall
- Repeat the rifle targets from the table
- Run back to the start and shoot the stop plate
Learnings/Outcomes: (1/9W, 32/64O)
- I used 38P, 21R... not terrible
- One-handed went faster than I expected/intended, but they hit!
- The second dueling tree was a little messy, and I should've slowed down a bit
- I flipped on the cargo net again for speed
- The balance beam takes me a while to do, but it's the spirit of the game
- I took a refreshing nap in the kitchen after I went, to rest and cool down, since it was hot outside
Stage 2: Ball & Chain @ Short Connex
- Start in the shed with a half cinder block chained to you.
- On the beep, put on your rifle
- Run up to the second floor of the small connex, and shoot from the first window at 6 white pistol steel, 1 hit each, L->R
- Move to the second window (still with ball and chain) and shoot purple targets with pistol, L->R
- Run to the next bay and shoot from the grey shipping crate at 6 rifle targets L->R, 1 hit each
- Run around the berm and hit the stop plate
Learnings/Outcome: (5/9W, 45/64O)
- Used 45P, 12R
- Pistol targets were *small*. Some guys did slow mag dumps, rarely ever hitting anything... probably me, too. I tried different holds with good presses. Different holds would work at different times, so there was no obvious pattern that I could follow. Needed a little low right at times.
- Rifle was easy. I shot from the cinder block on the container.
- The 1/2 cinder block was very light and easy to loop my arm into.
Stage 3: Push It, Push It Real Good @ Mid-range Hilltop
- Push truck until front bumper goes to the 1st set of flags
- Run to the truck and shoot cardboard on the right with 2 hits each, and you can double tap
- Around the front of the truck, shoot 5 more cardboard, 2 hits each, and clear pistol
- Climb into the truck bed and shoot 5 white targets behind hte bus and 4 targest L->R, 2x through (280yd was the furthest target and 150yd was the closest target)
Learnings/Outcome: (2/9W, 47/64O)
- Used 24R, clean on P (they were close)
- Heard someone recommend changing mags when switching spots around the truck, and that was a good idea, although I didn't remember to do that until I was already at the second spot... still helped to not interrupt my flow mid-shot, though
- The car was hard, but I wanted to give it my all in the spirit of the game. Every other girl in my squad had been able to do it, too. Supposedly, lifting the back end of the car would help to reduce the weight on the suspension and make it easier. Who knows if it's true, but I did it. Maybe using my shoulder to push sideways would've helped, vs going backwards? Who knows. I definitely didn't want to landmine press it and tax my arms that way, though. The MACV2s didn't always provide great traction. Interestingly, none of the women earlier that day had done it... I wonder if one failed and the others gave up on it mentally without really trying.
- I had jello legs after the truck push and nearly tripped... I felt like a baby giraffe
- My rifle wasn't terrible
- I used 5x magnification on rifle
Overall (3/9W, 42/64O)
- Worth slowing down on pistol
- Competition has gotten tougher, but if I can run a clean and controlled race, I have a chance.
- Visualize the stage before I do it, to avoid jitters on stage 1
- Bring an umbrella next time for shade
Good group of people on the squad today!
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