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Friday Aug 6, 2021 #
9 AM
Orienteering (Foot) 16:20 [3] 2.4 km (6:48 / km) +35m 6:21 / km
(injured)
US Sprint Orienteering Championships at Sierra Community College in Rocklin CA. I had no expectations for this since I'd been injured and not training well since March.
S-1 - I moved okay and spiked it. The 1:3,000 map helped! I wasn't thrown off by the distances.
1-2 - I went up what seemed to be the main corridor. With the excitement, I lost track of exactly where I was. An unmapped double railing on one sidewalk confused me. However, I recognized the diagonal sidewalk in time to cut right at the right time, and move on to spike the control.
2-3 - I chose to take the southern route, but in retrospect, some seconds might have been saved going around to the left/west side of the pool. I still spiked the control.
3-4 - Straight.
4-5 - Through the canopy, then across the parking lot, to approach the control from the south. I had read the clue to be underneath and went right to it.
5-6 - Straight, but hesitantly.
6-7 - I went counter-clockwise around the first building, then clockwise around the next. I spiked it. Joe Barret had passed me after the stairs.
7-8 - With 3 main routes, my execution of going north, south, then north again was probably not optimal. I got to the ramp before the control from the east. However, I lost not time getting mixed-up on where I was.
8-9 - I went clockwise around the construction and approached the control from the north. This may not have been optimal but it seemed to reduce climb and was not hard to execute.
9-10 - While flipping the map about I think I got confused between controls 6 and 9. I ran north then east and got stopped by construction fencing. Going around that, I got into the main campus corridor before turning around. After that and relocating, I hit the control just fine. Based on my GPS track, I estimate losing at least 90 seconds. Winsplits had me in first place in my age group up until this control.
10-11 - I went back the way I'd come, between the large and small buildings. Going through the start was an option I didn't see but I don't think I'd have saved any time doing that.
11-12 - Around the building, being sure not to step in the gardens.
12-F - Pushing okay into the finish.
I got 4th overall in my age group. I think everyone in M60+ made some errors but I stood a good chance of placing without my error on the way to #10. That was surprising since I'd been injured and not training well since March.
S-1 - I moved okay and spiked it. The 1:3,000 map helped! I wasn't thrown off by the distances.
1-2 - I went up what seemed to be the main corridor. With the excitement, I lost track of exactly where I was. An unmapped double railing on one sidewalk confused me. However, I recognized the diagonal sidewalk in time to cut right at the right time, and move on to spike the control.
2-3 - I chose to take the southern route, but in retrospect, some seconds might have been saved going around to the left/west side of the pool. I still spiked the control.
3-4 - Straight.
4-5 - Through the canopy, then across the parking lot, to approach the control from the south. I had read the clue to be underneath and went right to it.
5-6 - Straight, but hesitantly.
6-7 - I went counter-clockwise around the first building, then clockwise around the next. I spiked it. Joe Barret had passed me after the stairs.
7-8 - With 3 main routes, my execution of going north, south, then north again was probably not optimal. I got to the ramp before the control from the east. However, I lost not time getting mixed-up on where I was.
8-9 - I went clockwise around the construction and approached the control from the north. This may not have been optimal but it seemed to reduce climb and was not hard to execute.
9-10 - While flipping the map about I think I got confused between controls 6 and 9. I ran north then east and got stopped by construction fencing. Going around that, I got into the main campus corridor before turning around. After that and relocating, I hit the control just fine. Based on my GPS track, I estimate losing at least 90 seconds. Winsplits had me in first place in my age group up until this control.
10-11 - I went back the way I'd come, between the large and small buildings. Going through the start was an option I didn't see but I don't think I'd have saved any time doing that.
11-12 - Around the building, being sure not to step in the gardens.
12-F - Pushing okay into the finish.
I got 4th overall in my age group. I think everyone in M60+ made some errors but I stood a good chance of placing without my error on the way to #10. That was surprising since I'd been injured and not training well since March.
2 PM
Orienteering (Foot) 30:53 [2] 1.17 mi (26:24 / mi) +81m 21:44 / mi
(injured)
US Orienteering Championships Model event off of Rte. 89, at Little Truckee Summit. Though the terrain had areas mapped open, it was very green with low vegetation. It helped doing this to refamiliarize myself with this terrain. I hit all of the controls well but I was slow and had to walk a lot, when I didn't want to. I wondered how slow I'd be in the upcoming races.
