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Saturday Jan 13, 2007 #
Event: Anza-Borrego Desert O-Fest
Trail Run warm up/down 22:00 [1]
shoes: Asics (12/06)
Warm-up for the Middle at Anza-Borrego.
Orienteering race 52:29 [3] 5.6 km (9:22 / km) +270m 7:33 / km
shoes: Asics (12/06)
Middle distance event at Anza-Borrego. Ran in my trail shoes since I thought the rocky terrain might be to tough on my feet in o-shoes. Definitely regretted not having my spikes on though.
Had a really tough time getting used to the map at the beginning and made 12+ minutes of errors on the 1st, 2nd and 4th controls. The map had tons of cliffs mapped on it and it took me some time to get used to the fact that they were all really just big earth banks and not real rock cliffs like I had been expecting.
After number 4 I settled in and got my flow together. This was really a tough area to try to just jump in and race. I was trying to take it slower at the beginning so that I could get into the map without any problems, but apparently I still wasn't careful enough. The mapping style just really threw me for a loop.
It would have been nice if the model map had some similar terrain to the actual competition, but still I should have been more careful since I knew this was the case. Definitely a lesson learned.
I was pretty happy with how well I was navigating after I got the map figured out. It was fun to feel it all flowing again.
Had a really tough time getting used to the map at the beginning and made 12+ minutes of errors on the 1st, 2nd and 4th controls. The map had tons of cliffs mapped on it and it took me some time to get used to the fact that they were all really just big earth banks and not real rock cliffs like I had been expecting.
After number 4 I settled in and got my flow together. This was really a tough area to try to just jump in and race. I was trying to take it slower at the beginning so that I could get into the map without any problems, but apparently I still wasn't careful enough. The mapping style just really threw me for a loop.
It would have been nice if the model map had some similar terrain to the actual competition, but still I should have been more careful since I knew this was the case. Definitely a lesson learned.
I was pretty happy with how well I was navigating after I got the map figured out. It was fun to feel it all flowing again.
Orienteering race (Sprint) 22:43 [4] 3.0 km (7:34 / km) +130m 6:13 / km
shoes: Asics (12/06)
Sprint race in the afternoon. Felt really good starting out and spiked the first control, catching the first starter already (I started second). Unfortunately the unit wasn't on, so after a couple seconds of debating whether to run on or go back and let the start crew know, I decided to keep going since the units were probably just scheduled to turn on in another minute, but I definitely left my flow at that control.
Only two of the units ended up being on, and a couple of them were missing completely or mislabeled. I really should have grasped the opportunity to fight with that kind of distraction, but I totally conked out and let it pull me out of the race. I guess I just didn't have to motivation to really fight the mental battle to stay focused.
Legs were feeling tired on the uphills.
Only two of the units ended up being on, and a couple of them were missing completely or mislabeled. I really should have grasped the opportunity to fight with that kind of distraction, but I totally conked out and let it pull me out of the race. I guess I just didn't have to motivation to really fight the mental battle to stay focused.
Legs were feeling tired on the uphills.