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Saturday Apr 23, 2016 #
Event: West Point National Meet
9 AM
Running warm up/down 10:00 [1] 1.45 km (6:54 / km)
shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280
Stretching 10:00 [1]
Dynamic/drills
Orienteering race (Middle) 37:21 [4] **** 4.26 km (8:46 / km) +199m 7:06 / km
10c shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280
West Point Middle
I always love this challenging and gorgeous terrain, and today was all of that!
I took the first CP slowly, making sure I checked off everything along the way. I sailed through 2 and 3, and then hesitated a little going into 4.
On 5 I was off to the left, and searching around a boulder that was before the correct one. (Got a little too excited I guess :P)
I hit 6 bang on, but then got a little off my bearing going to 7. I figured out that I was drifting so I fixed it pretty quickly, but It added some more distance.
Going to 8 I got to a cluster of open bare rock, which I thought was the one I dedicated as my attack point, but it was one too early and I was too far to the left. I figured it out quickly though and corrected.
9 and 10 were straight forward right into the finish.
Overall, I could have been a little more aggressive going into the CP circles, but still focusing on the red-yellow-green light approach. If I picked stronger attack points, I think I could do this a lot better.
No massive blowups like the last time I ran here, so that's great!
What wasn't great was the walk back to the download...
I always love this challenging and gorgeous terrain, and today was all of that!
I took the first CP slowly, making sure I checked off everything along the way. I sailed through 2 and 3, and then hesitated a little going into 4.
On 5 I was off to the left, and searching around a boulder that was before the correct one. (Got a little too excited I guess :P)
I hit 6 bang on, but then got a little off my bearing going to 7. I figured out that I was drifting so I fixed it pretty quickly, but It added some more distance.
Going to 8 I got to a cluster of open bare rock, which I thought was the one I dedicated as my attack point, but it was one too early and I was too far to the left. I figured it out quickly though and corrected.
9 and 10 were straight forward right into the finish.
Overall, I could have been a little more aggressive going into the CP circles, but still focusing on the red-yellow-green light approach. If I picked stronger attack points, I think I could do this a lot better.
No massive blowups like the last time I ran here, so that's great!
What wasn't great was the walk back to the download...
10 AM
Running warm up/down 10:00 [1] 1.41 km (7:06 / km)
shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280
A very long trudge back from the finish
2 PM
Road running warm up/down 7:00 [1] 1.2 km (5:50 / km)
shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280
Stretching 10:00 [1]
Dynamics/drills
Orienteering race (Sprint) 20:16 [4] *** 3.12 km (6:30 / km) +42m 6:05 / km
21c shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280
West Point Sprint
Forest sprints aren't usually my fav, but this one was pretty interesting with obstacle courses and cliffs!
I misread the control description for #5 and couldn't find it, so I ended up going to 6 first, then back to 5. I'm still confused about that CP because I struggled with deciphering what was a cliff or bare rock or a boulder...
I drifted off a little going to 11 because I looked up to a different open platform area rather than the open rock I was supposed to go to. 11 and 12 in general just confused me a lot...
In this race I think I was getting a little lazy on my route choice planning because I was pretty tired, but there were definitely legs that I could have made more direct or reduce some climb. In the urban area though I was planning/looking ahead and I knew the direction I had to leave the CP in. Fun stuff.
Forest sprints aren't usually my fav, but this one was pretty interesting with obstacle courses and cliffs!
I misread the control description for #5 and couldn't find it, so I ended up going to 6 first, then back to 5. I'm still confused about that CP because I struggled with deciphering what was a cliff or bare rock or a boulder...
I drifted off a little going to 11 because I looked up to a different open platform area rather than the open rock I was supposed to go to. 11 and 12 in general just confused me a lot...
In this race I think I was getting a little lazy on my route choice planning because I was pretty tired, but there were definitely legs that I could have made more direct or reduce some climb. In the urban area though I was planning/looking ahead and I knew the direction I had to leave the CP in. Fun stuff.
Road running warm up/down 3:00 [1] 0.55 km (5:27 / km)