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Sunday Oct 12, 2014 #
11 AM
Running warm up/down (Trail) 11:00 [1] 1.5 km (7:20 / km)
shoes: Salomon S-Lab Fellcross 2
12 PM
Orienteering race (Long Distance) 1:22:13 [3] 6.64 km (12:23 / km) +80m 11:41 / km
slept:6.5 shoes: Salomon S-Lab Fellcross 2
NAOC Long Distance
This was the type of race I was expecting yesterday: only 9 controls and I had to do serious relocation exercises on 3 of them. I got off to a bad start by running directly toward #1 cross-country since it was close, but I hadn't counted on the nastiness of the terrain. If I'd stayed on trails, I could have saved about 5 minutes. I redeemed myself with the 2nd fastest split on the short leg to #2. (I specialize in short legs now, apparently.)
On #3, I had a split of almost half an hour, and it would have been worse if I hadn't run into Etoile, who was looking for the same control and politely pointed out that I'd turned my map upside down! Although we went our separate ways after that, we eventually met each other at the control. [Looking at my GPS track, I see that I was heading straight for the control and only 120 m away from it when I turned onto a trail that fit with my upside down map. If I had continued on my bearing and ignored the stupid trail, I was on track for the best split in my category at #3. Oops.]
It was a spectacular day to be in the woods, and it felt great to run. Although I was messing up like crazy, I was still having fun and trying to do a better job each time I approached a new control. I've seldom had to do that much relocation in one race, and I think I'm getting better at figuring things out - although it would be nicer if I didn't have to do that. I was 19th of 32 in my age group - not good but I didn't deserve better.
Huge congrats to AdventureGirl! on her silver medal in F-20, Wilsmith for his silver in M-Elite, Hammer for his win in M45 and Kissy for her podium finish in F45!
Fun to hang out with C-Bass and Revy this weekend on an all-too-rare visit to the East.
This was the type of race I was expecting yesterday: only 9 controls and I had to do serious relocation exercises on 3 of them. I got off to a bad start by running directly toward #1 cross-country since it was close, but I hadn't counted on the nastiness of the terrain. If I'd stayed on trails, I could have saved about 5 minutes. I redeemed myself with the 2nd fastest split on the short leg to #2. (I specialize in short legs now, apparently.)
On #3, I had a split of almost half an hour, and it would have been worse if I hadn't run into Etoile, who was looking for the same control and politely pointed out that I'd turned my map upside down! Although we went our separate ways after that, we eventually met each other at the control. [Looking at my GPS track, I see that I was heading straight for the control and only 120 m away from it when I turned onto a trail that fit with my upside down map. If I had continued on my bearing and ignored the stupid trail, I was on track for the best split in my category at #3. Oops.]
It was a spectacular day to be in the woods, and it felt great to run. Although I was messing up like crazy, I was still having fun and trying to do a better job each time I approached a new control. I've seldom had to do that much relocation in one race, and I think I'm getting better at figuring things out - although it would be nicer if I didn't have to do that. I was 19th of 32 in my age group - not good but I didn't deserve better.
Huge congrats to AdventureGirl! on her silver medal in F-20, Wilsmith for his silver in M-Elite, Hammer for his win in M45 and Kissy for her podium finish in F45!
Fun to hang out with C-Bass and Revy this weekend on an all-too-rare visit to the East.