Training Log Archive: Len

Event: DVOA Washington Crossing State Park
 

Planted 100 plants to finish Max's project. A real workout on the steep bank.

Well, based on points, I improved in all three races over my NAOC2012 results:
Middle 41.6 vs. 43.1
Long 45.0 vs. 45.4
Sprint 47.0 vs. 54.3

We had a great time at NOAC - very nice weather, interesting terrain, and finished all my courses.
Interesting start to the weekend. The Canadian customs officer was flustering me. She asked why we were coming to Canada. I said 'For an orienteering event'. she said 'what's that? I never heard of it? As I was trying to explain she interrupted at least tow more times saying she never heard of orienteering. I gave up and just waited for the next question.
Now that we're back. I need time to download and add a brief overview of what I did... or didn't do.

C • Customs 2

NAOC 2014 Sprint M45+ - course 5b - in urban setting

I really enjoyed this and wish I was in better shape to kick some butt. I am very happy with the min/km. I would not have thought I could maintain that in a race.
My victory was inching out the two places below me each by only one second.
This was all urban and park setting. I wore the talons as they are very light.

A little surprised to see I lost about 20 seconds to the winning time on each of the first 3 controls but I was pacing myself as I didnt know really how far I could go.
Botched the last third of leg 6 by dropping my concentration and entering two consecutive residential driveways instead of the church driveway.
lost over 1 minute on #9 even though I liked my route choice. This could just have been running out of gas.
Lost a bunch on #11 also. I almost ran past it and had to stop and think of where I was. I definitely shut my brain off for 20 - 30 seconds after punching ctrl #10 and it cost me.
I felt a bit too cautious in the arena area but I wanted to be sure I was punching the correct control.
I had the fastest time to the go control but lost some time in the finish shoot. It was a 'U' shape and as I rounded the turn, the finish was not distinguishable. There were all sorts of banners and pop-up tents just behind the finish and the shoot opened to multiple areas (I'm guessing, for the relay later that day) I let up briefly to give me a chance to identify the finish control.
Overall, very fun and I'm glad my course stayed out of the woods. I just needed something different.

Sprint - Course 5b - Splits

NAOC 2014 M45+ long - course 7a

Funny, I covered less ground in the Long than I did yesterday in the Middle.
I felt I had a better run and had better map contact except a long leg near the end (#8) a 1.2km leg that I spent too much time on the first quarter of the distance trying to keep track of what trail I was on. Happily, I threw that plan out the window and started running in a NNE direction with the plan to hit the power line (which was about 200m to the control) this worked perfect and I had a good attack point from there. I should have done that from the start of the leg.
I'm glad I switched to my spiked O-shoes. They were snug and gave me good traction.

hiking for geocaches after two days of orienteering - call us crazy

Long - Course 7A - Splits