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Monday Apr 21, 2008 #
Mountain Biking 1:30:00 [3] 28.0 km (3:13 / km)
shoes: Giant Sedona
Commute to work, plus a half-hour tooling around the canal at lunch
Sunday Apr 20, 2008 #
Orienteering race (Orange Course) 26:55 [5] 2.8 km (9:37 / km)
US Relay Championships - Orange Course - Leg #2
Mitch ran first leg, Rob S. ran #3 and Rob H. ran #4. Overall was pretty happy with the run. One blunder was #5 - got a bit off on the bearing to the W, saw a control in a reentrant and made for it. Checked the # and - bzzzt - wrong answer. Headed east toward a collecting trail to start again. Luckily I hit on a control which was on my map (#6) and relocated from that - zipped over the hill to #5, back to #6 and caught the remaining controls cleanly.
Therefore, I was both hurt and helped by the large number of controls set out in the woods. I also wasn't using the compass, and that would have prevented the wandering off line that I experienced.
Great fun, though. Courses were well laid out and it seemed like everyone had a good time. Kudos to the crew!
Mitch ran first leg, Rob S. ran #3 and Rob H. ran #4. Overall was pretty happy with the run. One blunder was #5 - got a bit off on the bearing to the W, saw a control in a reentrant and made for it. Checked the # and - bzzzt - wrong answer. Headed east toward a collecting trail to start again. Luckily I hit on a control which was on my map (#6) and relocated from that - zipped over the hill to #5, back to #6 and caught the remaining controls cleanly.
Therefore, I was both hurt and helped by the large number of controls set out in the woods. I also wasn't using the compass, and that would have prevented the wandering off line that I experienced.
Great fun, though. Courses were well laid out and it seemed like everyone had a good time. Kudos to the crew!
Hiking 50:00 [3]
Hiking some trails in Powder Mills as a cool down and stretch out from the relay championships. Too nice a day to sit around.
Saturday Apr 19, 2008 #
Orienteering race (Red Course) 1:07:04 [4] 4.59 km (14:37 / km) +150m 12:34 / km
weight:207lbs
US Middle Distance Championships - Red Course
For my first A-meet, wanted to work on some basics and especially staying on the map. Was successful in that regard, although it probably slowed down my overall time.
Minor bobble on #4, tried to minimize contour lines, but ended up too far W of the control, but managed to relocate quickly. Remaining controls hit pretty cleanly.
Nice race and fun atmosphere. Will post splits later.
For my first A-meet, wanted to work on some basics and especially staying on the map. Was successful in that regard, although it probably slowed down my overall time.
Minor bobble on #4, tried to minimize contour lines, but ended up too far W of the control, but managed to relocate quickly. Remaining controls hit pretty cleanly.
Nice race and fun atmosphere. Will post splits later.
Orienteering race (Sprint 3) 26:01 [5] 2.6 km (10:00 / km)
US Middle Distance Championships - Sprint Course
#1 - #3 were fine. Then tried to go too fast & didn't pay enough attention to the map. Inexplicably took wrong direction out of #3 and ended up at the trout pond, then had to backtrack all the way along the powerlines to #4. Got caught trying to slog through a swamp on the way to #5, when going along the path would have been FAR easier, then went to #6, thought it was the wrong control #, checked out #14, realized I was just being stupid and went back to #6. At this point I settled down and started paying attention to the map - hmmm - what an idea. Remaining controls were better, but I had lost too much time at that point. Probably could have shaved 3-4 minutes off the total time.
I do this sort of thing on Sprints all the time. Need to work on it.
#1 - #3 were fine. Then tried to go too fast & didn't pay enough attention to the map. Inexplicably took wrong direction out of #3 and ended up at the trout pond, then had to backtrack all the way along the powerlines to #4. Got caught trying to slog through a swamp on the way to #5, when going along the path would have been FAR easier, then went to #6, thought it was the wrong control #, checked out #14, realized I was just being stupid and went back to #6. At this point I settled down and started paying attention to the map - hmmm - what an idea. Remaining controls were better, but I had lost too much time at that point. Probably could have shaved 3-4 minutes off the total time.
I do this sort of thing on Sprints all the time. Need to work on it.
Thursday Apr 17, 2008 #
Mountain Biking 1:10:00 [1]
Slow ride around the plantation
Wednesday Apr 16, 2008 #
Hiking 1:05:00 [3]
Walk/Jog to clubhouse, back along Moss Creek Dr
Tuesday Apr 15, 2008 #
Hiking 30:00 [2]
Down to dock