It’s not always hayfields

Many of you have been lucky enough to get into tests with lovely cover. Last weekend in Ohio reminded me, that’s not always the case—in fact it’s often NOT lovely hay fields. Ohio had dense multiflora rose and small saplings (1/2-3/4” thick) in both the T & X fields. Like many clubs, the quality of the cover is at the whims (or finances) of the owners of the site. The Yorktown Battlefields used to be pristine. The NPS can’t afford to mow them anymore, and they’re mostly impenetrable. The cover is Wisconsin is 8+’ tall—until if falls over, and then it’s 8’ grass lying down and dead. Florida has thick scrub bushes and bare dirt. Even in VA, I can easily Think of a site (or 2), where the tracks are in dense weeds. When you look for places to train, don’t be fussy! Nasty, sticker, overgrown is worth your time to train in. Also, Sandy’s track was in an orchard. Your TD track can easily be in planted tree properties.