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Sunday Sep 25, 2016 #
Running warm up/down 30:00 [3] 5.0 km (6:00 / km)
Orienteering 18:27 [5] ** 4.0 km (4:37 / km) +65m 4:16 / km
24c
Sprint.
I was technically on point for this race. However, my legs were toast from yesterday. I put my best effort forward and that was good enough for third North American this year. Outstanding races by Damian and Will!
On mistake was on the way to 23. When I exited 22 I started crossing the road thinking that the buildings across the road were the middle building on the way to 23. Luckily, I quickly realized I was crossing the road, which didn-t make much sense :)
http://www.vmeyer.net/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi?ac...
I was technically on point for this race. However, my legs were toast from yesterday. I put my best effort forward and that was good enough for third North American this year. Outstanding races by Damian and Will!
On mistake was on the way to 23. When I exited 22 I started crossing the road thinking that the buildings across the road were the middle building on the way to 23. Luckily, I quickly realized I was crossing the road, which didn-t make much sense :)
http://www.vmeyer.net/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi?ac...
Running warm up/down 20:00 [3] 4.0 km (5:00 / km)
Orienteering race 13:49 [5] ** 2.7 km (5:07 / km)
22c
Sprint relay
I was placed on the first US team. I wasn't feeling too confident after seeing Damian's and Will's performances in the morning sprint. But I decided not to enter the race with a pessimistic disposition.
So it went down like this:
Sam had a good race and gave Anton a 45 second lead more or less. Anton held on to Damian's excellent speed for long enough to hand off to me in first (by about a quarter of a second).
So I started with Will, who had beaten me by about two minutes in the morning. Needless to say, my confidence wasn't overly abundant.
But as the race played out I could see he had better speed than me, but I was able to take 1 to 2 seconds on several routes which kept me right there with him.
Then my spill happened. Will punched 6 just in front of me and we both ran down through the green with the rocky footing. Will got down fine, but, looking back now, I think when he ran down, some of the rocks started to slide. And gravity decided I would slide with those rocks. I went down hard. Got a bad abrasion and bruise on my hip, scraped the hell out of my arms and thighs. I didn't feel any pain, but I was certainly not thinking about the next route.
Will yelled back asking if I was okay. I told him I was and to keep going. I didn't want this to ruin what was becoming a beautifully competitive race. I lost about 8 meters on him there. Fortunately (or unfortunately) he and I had the same forking, so I had the benefit of seeing him enter the tricky controls.
He and I passed through the spectator control together and I was starting to feel like my hip had seen better days. But with only the final loop left and victory within our grasp, I was determined to go to the well.
He put about a two seconds on me through the spectator loop. But I was able to keep him close enough for an exciting finish...and collapse. Will took a laydown too and both of us added about 45 seconds to our times. It was good to compete with him.
I'm definitely feeling for AliC after mispunching on the spectator control. She was so focused on running the final loop well that she skipped it. Don't sweat it, Ali! We've all been there before!
http://www.vmeyer.net/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi?ac...
I was placed on the first US team. I wasn't feeling too confident after seeing Damian's and Will's performances in the morning sprint. But I decided not to enter the race with a pessimistic disposition.
So it went down like this:
Sam had a good race and gave Anton a 45 second lead more or less. Anton held on to Damian's excellent speed for long enough to hand off to me in first (by about a quarter of a second).
So I started with Will, who had beaten me by about two minutes in the morning. Needless to say, my confidence wasn't overly abundant.
But as the race played out I could see he had better speed than me, but I was able to take 1 to 2 seconds on several routes which kept me right there with him.
Then my spill happened. Will punched 6 just in front of me and we both ran down through the green with the rocky footing. Will got down fine, but, looking back now, I think when he ran down, some of the rocks started to slide. And gravity decided I would slide with those rocks. I went down hard. Got a bad abrasion and bruise on my hip, scraped the hell out of my arms and thighs. I didn't feel any pain, but I was certainly not thinking about the next route.
Will yelled back asking if I was okay. I told him I was and to keep going. I didn't want this to ruin what was becoming a beautifully competitive race. I lost about 8 meters on him there. Fortunately (or unfortunately) he and I had the same forking, so I had the benefit of seeing him enter the tricky controls.
He and I passed through the spectator control together and I was starting to feel like my hip had seen better days. But with only the final loop left and victory within our grasp, I was determined to go to the well.
He put about a two seconds on me through the spectator loop. But I was able to keep him close enough for an exciting finish...and collapse. Will took a laydown too and both of us added about 45 seconds to our times. It was good to compete with him.
I'm definitely feeling for AliC after mispunching on the spectator control. She was so focused on running the final loop well that she skipped it. Don't sweat it, Ali! We've all been there before!
http://www.vmeyer.net/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi?ac...