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Friday May 30, 2014 #
Event: Boggs '14
4 PM
Orienteering race (Boggs Mountain) 16:19 [5] **** 2.79 km (5:51 / km) +85m 5:05 / km
19c shoes: Icebug Spirit2 OLX
Map link
A forest-sprint at Boggs Mountain, on Day 1 of the A-meet. My plan was to take the first few controls at a moderate pace, get a feel for the terrain and the map, and then speed up from there. That plan lasted for about two seconds after I turned my map over...
#1 was a short trail run, which I used to plan my approach to #2. I skirted to the left of the green through the clearing with the first boulder and took a compass heading due west, hitting the control straight on. On the way to #3, I attempted to cut through the thin strip of green and immediately regretted it; my route involved belly-crawling under manzanita, and I kind of frightened the wits out of a White course competitor when I emerged onto the trail. Lesson learned: bad things happen when I try to cross medium green. (-;
At this point, I was basically running at max speed, so I was somewhat surprised I didn't make any mistakes on the next few controls. I hit #4 with a compass heading, ran around the thick green to #5, took the northern trail to #6, and hit #7 from the northwest trail junction. The thicket south of #8 was a little bigger than mapped, but I quickly saw the control from the southeast.
To #9, I took the straight route through the spur/saddle and along the line of medium green thickets. I then bailed southwest to the trail and hit #10, which was visible from the trail. #11 was my only mistake of the day; I ran almost due south from #10 and attacked the rocks in the light green. It took me about 10-15 seconds to realize my mistake and correct it. I contoured to #12, fortunately coming up above it.
#13 was a painful uphill jog, and I again used the spur/saddle and line of thickets to "triangulate" the location of the control. I took the left route choice around the thicket to #14, which I found after looking behind a few rocks on the steep hillside. To #15, I took the lower trail, which was safe but sacrificed 2.5 contours of climb. #16 was visible from the ride, and I again took the more roundabout but safer route to #17, following the second ride down to the trail. I attacked #18 off of the medium green/white forest transition, and just about died on my pathetic excuse for a finish sprint (15 seconds)... (though I would improve in this regard on the subsequent days)
Overall I enjoyed this course; it presented a multitude of opportunities for sprint-type decision making. It was also somewhat technical in places, and a lot of the controls were stuck very close behind the features they were on; I almost ran past a few "correct" boulders before stopping myself.
A forest-sprint at Boggs Mountain, on Day 1 of the A-meet. My plan was to take the first few controls at a moderate pace, get a feel for the terrain and the map, and then speed up from there. That plan lasted for about two seconds after I turned my map over...
#1 was a short trail run, which I used to plan my approach to #2. I skirted to the left of the green through the clearing with the first boulder and took a compass heading due west, hitting the control straight on. On the way to #3, I attempted to cut through the thin strip of green and immediately regretted it; my route involved belly-crawling under manzanita, and I kind of frightened the wits out of a White course competitor when I emerged onto the trail. Lesson learned: bad things happen when I try to cross medium green. (-;
At this point, I was basically running at max speed, so I was somewhat surprised I didn't make any mistakes on the next few controls. I hit #4 with a compass heading, ran around the thick green to #5, took the northern trail to #6, and hit #7 from the northwest trail junction. The thicket south of #8 was a little bigger than mapped, but I quickly saw the control from the southeast.
To #9, I took the straight route through the spur/saddle and along the line of medium green thickets. I then bailed southwest to the trail and hit #10, which was visible from the trail. #11 was my only mistake of the day; I ran almost due south from #10 and attacked the rocks in the light green. It took me about 10-15 seconds to realize my mistake and correct it. I contoured to #12, fortunately coming up above it.
#13 was a painful uphill jog, and I again used the spur/saddle and line of thickets to "triangulate" the location of the control. I took the left route choice around the thicket to #14, which I found after looking behind a few rocks on the steep hillside. To #15, I took the lower trail, which was safe but sacrificed 2.5 contours of climb. #16 was visible from the ride, and I again took the more roundabout but safer route to #17, following the second ride down to the trail. I attacked #18 off of the medium green/white forest transition, and just about died on my pathetic excuse for a finish sprint (15 seconds)... (though I would improve in this regard on the subsequent days)
Overall I enjoyed this course; it presented a multitude of opportunities for sprint-type decision making. It was also somewhat technical in places, and a lot of the controls were stuck very close behind the features they were on; I almost ran past a few "correct" boulders before stopping myself.