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Saturday Oct 26, 2013 #
10 AM
orienteering 1:11:04 [2] 4.26 mi (16:41 / mi) +633ft 14:37 / mi
shoes: x-talon 212
WCOC local meet at Huntington SP near Danbury, courses by Joe and Earl.
Very much enjoyed it. That despite the feeling feebler than ever. One could argue a little training could help. Maybe, maybe not. But at least I can find the points. It's just the getting there that is the problem.
No problems of significance other than going most of the way to #1 when I was supposed to be heading to #12. Fortunately they weren't too far apart and the correction was easy.
Lovely day in the woods, cool, breezy, sunny. No snakes, no bears, no hunters, no weird yellow lungs. Excellent.
Very much enjoyed it. That despite the feeling feebler than ever. One could argue a little training could help. Maybe, maybe not. But at least I can find the points. It's just the getting there that is the problem.
No problems of significance other than going most of the way to #1 when I was supposed to be heading to #12. Fortunately they weren't too far apart and the correction was easy.
Lovely day in the woods, cool, breezy, sunny. No snakes, no bears, no hunters, no weird yellow lungs. Excellent.
11 AM
orienteering (mountain bike) 49:19 [3] 5.87 mi (8:24 / mi) +497ft 7:47 / mi
And then, having properly warmed up, the main event, the reason to make the trip to Huntington -- the mountain bike O.
There were two courses. I chose the advanced one (I can't understand why Joe called it "novice"), 10 km measured somehow. There was another course, 17 km, expert, I was smart enough to leave that one alone, as expert and mountain biker are a couple of terms that will never be used together with respect to me.
Very good fun. Big trails, easy to ride, only about 50 yards of that unpleasant single-track stuff. Only had to get off my bike twice, once an uphill I couldn't quite manage, the other crossing a stone wall. And no falls. :-)
Joe made up a special map, relatively easy to read even on the go.
So an excellent day. And I am now totally wasted. Will need at least a week's recovery.
There were two courses. I chose the advanced one (I can't understand why Joe called it "novice"), 10 km measured somehow. There was another course, 17 km, expert, I was smart enough to leave that one alone, as expert and mountain biker are a couple of terms that will never be used together with respect to me.
Very good fun. Big trails, easy to ride, only about 50 yards of that unpleasant single-track stuff. Only had to get off my bike twice, once an uphill I couldn't quite manage, the other crossing a stone wall. And no falls. :-)
Joe made up a special map, relatively easy to read even on the go.
So an excellent day. And I am now totally wasted. Will need at least a week's recovery.