Training Log Archive: Soupbone

US Long Champs in Stanley Idaho.


Very cool terrain, would be fantastic if there wasn't so much pine slash all over the map.
Double map in one bag. Trying not to make the mistake I did in Croatia on a sprint map, which was flip the map and go looking for the start triangle when I was standing at it. 7K course I tried to start out easy and pick up the pace as I got into the map, but the slash just keep the speed down. My biggest mistake was going to 7 and thinking the river was a handrail and it was the pond and I was lucky to hit the trail and backtrack 50 meters to the control. Funny I had the fastest split on the next control.
Rick B and I were tied at the 13th control and he ended up winning m-60 by 49 seconds.
Lots of others were right in there within or near our time.

Pretty fantastic scenery in this area with the snowy Sawtooth Mountains looming in the background.

Green long - Splits

Event: 2017 Gold Rush Meet and USA SML Championships
 

US Sprint Champs at Boise St University.
Pretty straight forward campus, with no tricky stuff.
I made a few bobbles and could of had a few better route choices especially on 8 and 10.
Overall I had the best M-60 time.
JP Lande also won M-55 so we had a nice ride to the mountains and happy to leave any heat back down there.

Green-Orange sprint - Splits

90 minute score O...Fairly small map and most people sweep. I missed a control and had decided to go up hill to the next control and come down, but later saw I had to climb again. Missed a control and just jogged in, I wanted to only run an hour and shut it down anyway.

Riverside Park Spokane Washington.
I thought I liked this park, but some how the energy wasn't there and some tough controls near the beginning of the course got the better of me and this was the green course.

Event: PNWOF Spokane Events
 

Sprint course Riverside park, Spokane Washington.

Been having a great time staying in town at a hotel with a shower and close by restaurants, stores, pot shops and Chinese massage parlors.

The sprint was fun, I made a wrong decision going from 2-3 across the meadow, trail would of been quicker. some interesting rock features on this map.

Sprint 2 and it was at 6:00 pm and a warm day. I was pretty beat and missed up the first one bad and number 4.

Event: CascadeOC Ultimate Orienteer #9: Goat
 

Fishtrap Lake map.
Decided to do the Kid 10.2K and not the Goat 16k
Most my 60+ competitors were doing the Kid also.
About 30 started this event mass start.
Not much orienteering at the start, follow the leader event for the first part and try not to lose contact. Rich took a great route going around a big rock while others squeezed between the rock and a marsh. He took the lead from there for the peloton that followed. There was another fast guy and not sure where he went. Have not seen any results yet.
The two skips were 9 and 10. I was not sure where I was going to skip , but when the pack headed to 11, I went with. Ryan was within striking distance of Rick and at 14 I could see both. Passed Rick going to 15, punched first at 16.
I woobled going to 17 and he caught up and passed me, but we were together at 17 with the final control a big decision on route choice either left around these big marshes or right, easier but longer choice to the right and I asked him local knowledge which looked better, we went longer right. Longer time wise too as the left route was 90 seconds faster. I punched the last control first but he kicked the 200 meters to the finish to whoop me.
GT was 2.5 min back and there was another guy who punched just after us at the last control who took the left and faster route. Whew

C • hey hey way to go. thanks ... 3