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Sunday Apr 14, 2013 #
Run (Orienteering meet) 2:05:42 [3] 6.8 mi (18:29 / mi)
Red course - was supposed to be 6.7K, but I did 6.8 miles. I think that's assuming a straight line course on each one. There were a few times when I decided to run the trail, which added some distance, but maybe cut off some time. I needed some self-calibration at the start and ran right by CP2, and when I hit 3 realized that I missed it. Oops. So, back to 2 I ran, then back to 3... My mind was now calibrated to the 1:10,000 map.
At CP4, I ran into this guy who did not know where he was, but he was looking for 4. I was looking right at the flag as he told me this. Ha! I ran into him several times over the next few CPs.
Went back and forth a bit looking for a less steep place to go down into the quarry after 6. I should have just gone straight at it like the plan instead of wasting time - lost guy got ahead of me by going straight for it, but he had to basically follow me to 7 because he was lost again.
I didn't take the most direct route to 8, which added quite a bit of distance, but it was road/trail - I certainly didn't wander around. I don't know if this helped or hurt.
I sent myself through some thick stuff on the way to 10, but the rest of the points were pretty much right on and no problem.
When I arrived, the guy handing out the maps had been reluctant to give me the red map because I showed up late - he thought that they might be picking up the CPs while I was still out there. I assured him, as did Barbara, that I would make it... and I did. In fact, some people who left for the red course long before me had either just finished or even finished after me. So HA!
At CP4, I ran into this guy who did not know where he was, but he was looking for 4. I was looking right at the flag as he told me this. Ha! I ran into him several times over the next few CPs.
Went back and forth a bit looking for a less steep place to go down into the quarry after 6. I should have just gone straight at it like the plan instead of wasting time - lost guy got ahead of me by going straight for it, but he had to basically follow me to 7 because he was lost again.
I didn't take the most direct route to 8, which added quite a bit of distance, but it was road/trail - I certainly didn't wander around. I don't know if this helped or hurt.
I sent myself through some thick stuff on the way to 10, but the rest of the points were pretty much right on and no problem.
When I arrived, the guy handing out the maps had been reluctant to give me the red map because I showed up late - he thought that they might be picking up the CPs while I was still out there. I assured him, as did Barbara, that I would make it... and I did. In fact, some people who left for the red course long before me had either just finished or even finished after me. So HA!