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Sunday Mar 29, 2015 #
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Update to the Flying Pig lifetime stats for me vs. Soupbone: we each had a win this weekend, me in the sprint, Charlie in the long, so the score is now 15-14, my favor. In total time, Charlie made up about 17 minutes on me, so I now only lead by about 2:30. 10 Flying Pigs, 29 races, over 23 hours of orienteering, and we're only 2 1/2 minutes different - pretty amazing.
Hiking 1:30:00 [1] 2.0 mi (45:00 / mi)
Wandering around Carter Caves SP checking out rock features (mostly "holes in rock" features). Saw Smokey Bridge and Natural Bridge, both having openings 30+ feet high. Also hiked out to Raven Arch, just to get a bit more climb for the weekend.
10 AM
Orienteering race 48:29 [4] *** 4.98 km (9:44 / km) +212m 8:02 / km
spiked:17/20c shoes: VJ Falcons 5
US Champs Middle distance at Carter Caves SP on Smokey Bridge and Shangra La map. Green M - SL 4.3k, 210m climb. Good job by the course setter on getting the character of the course correct but a total miss on getting the proper length. Green M was only 200m shorter than Blue! So winning times were much longer than they should have been, even with Swampfox running Green M. And with over 200m of climb, it was pretty physical. Terrain was similar to yesterday with less prickly green stuff and more rock features, including some pretty neat ones.
The feature at my fifth control was one of those neat ones. Described as a deep depression, as I looked into the hole while punching, there was a small waterfall, starting and ending below ground level. So cool!
A decent run after I spotted the field about 90 sec on the first control (just not being precise enough on a short leg). Bobbled a minute on #3, again not keeping precise track of my position as I rounded a large spur). Small misses on a few other controls. Was 2nd in M60, 1:20 behind Tony M. 10th overall on Green M. Soupbone was a no show due to an injury, but he apparently "would've rocked it". Talk is cheap. :-)
The feature at my fifth control was one of those neat ones. Described as a deep depression, as I looked into the hole while punching, there was a small waterfall, starting and ending below ground level. So cool!
A decent run after I spotted the field about 90 sec on the first control (just not being precise enough on a short leg). Bobbled a minute on #3, again not keeping precise track of my position as I rounded a large spur). Small misses on a few other controls. Was 2nd in M60, 1:20 behind Tony M. 10th overall on Green M. Soupbone was a no show due to an injury, but he apparently "would've rocked it". Talk is cheap. :-)