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Sunday Apr 26, 2015 #
Run (Orienteering) 2:08:05 [3] 6.8 mi (18:50 / mi) +1129ft 16:17 / mi
ahr:137 max:158
Red course. Today's theme was dithering about the route. Oh, I'm going this way... no, I think this is better. I think that Highland is one of the toughest places to orienteer because there are SO many trails and they're all switchback-filled, so you can't use the trail direction as much as you'd like to verify where you are. I made a couple errors related to the trails - on the way to 4, I saw the trails going different directions than I expected as I passed and took some time going back a bit, going down a bit of one and finally deciding just to head toward the point along the contour I was on. I went right to it. I talked briefly to two guys who apparently thought I was new to the sport - one wanted to help me.
The next few went well even though I thought 5 might be tough. On the way to 7, I was going the right way... then, I saw a mountain bike. Thinking I went past the trail, I went back only to realize "no, that's not even the trail you want. Duh. Eventually hit the right trail for a few seconds before spotting the point on the saddle and cutting over to it.
Moving faster than expected to 9 and overshot the depression that I needed. (I just needed a bit more climbing... yeah, that's it.
From 13, I started heading north, crossed the river, and then somehow ended up veering back to the south and checked my compass in a swamp realizing I was way off and turned around finding the right trail. Went in too early on 14.
Overall, very poor efficiency today, but great practice at evaluating and correcting errors.
The next few went well even though I thought 5 might be tough. On the way to 7, I was going the right way... then, I saw a mountain bike. Thinking I went past the trail, I went back only to realize "no, that's not even the trail you want. Duh. Eventually hit the right trail for a few seconds before spotting the point on the saddle and cutting over to it.
Moving faster than expected to 9 and overshot the depression that I needed. (I just needed a bit more climbing... yeah, that's it.
From 13, I started heading north, crossed the river, and then somehow ended up veering back to the south and checked my compass in a swamp realizing I was way off and turned around finding the right trail. Went in too early on 14.
Overall, very poor efficiency today, but great practice at evaluating and correcting errors.
Mountain Bike (Highland) 1:14:44 [3] 12.6 mi (10.1 mph) +702ft
ahr:137 max:167
First part - "A" loop at Highland with the group. I was going to do another 50 mins of running after my O-course, but Barbara convinced me to go biking with them in the middle. She said that there was a cute guy. There was, and it turned out I knew him from college. (Kind of - we both went on the same Ski Club trip.) Anyway, that was fun other than taking a bad line and crashing once.
Then, we hit the gravel for a half hour with Barbara and Ed (my teammate for GYB) and I did an extra 15 mins to round it out on my own.
Then, we hit the gravel for a half hour with Barbara and Ed (my teammate for GYB) and I did an extra 15 mins to round it out on my own.
Run (Highland trail) 51:38 [3] 4.0 mi (12:55 / mi) +456ft 11:39 / mi
Finished the day with an easy Z2-targeted run on the Highland trail. Everyone was gone, so I had the place to myself. Nice little run. I looked for the spot on the trail that I fell on the bike, but passed it without notice somehow.