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Friday Mar 27, 2015 #
Orienteering 1:00:00 [2] *** 3.0 km (20:00 / km)
spiked:5/5c shoes: VJ Falcons 5
Wandering around on the model map at Carter Caves SP. Distance is an estimate (and half of it was walking along the road from and to the lodge). Lots of rock features, good visibility, steep. Cold (30s) but mostly sunny.
Orienteering warm up/down 10:00 [2] ** 1.5 km (6:40 / km)
shoes: NB 1210 "Leadville"
Warm up for sprint at Morehead State Univ using the model map.
3 PM
Orienteering race 26:16 [5] *** 4.17 km (6:18 / km) +57m 5:54 / km
spiked:22/23c shoes: NB 1210 "Leadville"
US Champs Sprint at Morehead State University. Green M course. SL distance 2.9 km, climb 60 m. A fun and challenging course set by Mike Minium on a map which he made, although about 30-35% too long for a sprint. Fairly open college campus set on a slope with some complex buildings creating multi-level situations. Plenty of uncrossables to set up some very nice route choice problems.
Had a good run with only one significant mistake near the end. Always made sure I had a route which got me to the control, even if it meant walking or stopping to read the map. Missed on control 21 when I misinterpreted the "upper" control descriptor as "between" (making the control "between paved area, inside north corner" which made no sense). Lost about a minute when I saw the control on the next level above me and had to double back. A couple of other small hesitations. Ended up 1st (in a sprint!) in M60, mostly because others also made mistakes. 12th overall on Green M.
Cold (still!) with temps in the low 40s and overcast. Snow flurries as we left the event site.
Had a good run with only one significant mistake near the end. Always made sure I had a route which got me to the control, even if it meant walking or stopping to read the map. Missed on control 21 when I misinterpreted the "upper" control descriptor as "between" (making the control "between paved area, inside north corner" which made no sense). Lost about a minute when I saw the control on the next level above me and had to double back. A couple of other small hesitations. Ended up 1st (in a sprint!) in M60, mostly because others also made mistakes. 12th overall on Green M.
Cold (still!) with temps in the low 40s and overcast. Snow flurries as we left the event site.