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Sunday Sep 17, 2017 #
Event: QOC Hemlock Overlook
Running 10:00 [2]
Shorter warmup today, as I was running a bit late.Skipped the strides.
Orienteering 55:13 [4] *** 6.9 km (8:00 / km) +225m 6:53 / km
18c shoes: VJ Supra Fall 2015
Was rushed getting to the start this morning and had to abbreviate the warmup a bit, but felt good once I started.
RG: http://www.vmeyer.net/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi?ac...
S-1 (+0:12): Took it somewhat slow going down the hill, as I wanted to get off to a clean start. Was surprised to see the control on what looked like a stream when the description was "spur", but it was mine, and I punched.
1-2 (+0:03): I felt yesterday's course in my legs as I climbed up to the trail, but I figured this would be the case for everyone. Decided to take the upper trail, as the green blob on the lower one gave me pause. No problems attacking from above.
2-3 (+0:00): Fun leg through open forest, across a stream and then along the side of a hill. Spike.
3-4 (+0:01): Tried to avoid the green slash as much as possible, but still got stuck a little.
4-5 (+0:00): Fun downhill leg, just important to know where to cross the stream. Didn't see the flag at first, but the marsh was prominent, so kept going and finally saw it behind the rootstock.
5-6(+0:00): Straight to the trail, then between the two obvious hills to the control.
6-7 (+0:00): Went a bit high, past the bunker/building, then dropped a bit to hit the flag.
7-8 (+0:01): Slow on the climb to the trail and still slow on the trail, then down and up across the stream and to the flag. Hammer took a wider route to the right on this leg, but it doesn't look faster to me.
8-9 (+1:29): My big mistake for the day. Went straight and thought I knew where I crossed the trail. As I climbed, I saw a reentrant going up and followed it, expecting to be led to the control. Instead, I ended up on top of the ridge and then dropped down to the opposite side. Saw what turned out to be the women's control on the marsh, figured out where I was and ran back to the flag. About 1:30 lost.
9-10 (+0:12): I paused here to let myself calm down and avoid consecutive mistakes. Crossed the streams at the junction, then climbed.
10-11 (+0:04): Straight, nice running.
11-12 (+0:00): The long leg. The route that jumped out at me was taking trails through 17 and then cutting across to the next trail. I didn't see anything better and stuck with this route, executing well and feeling pretty strongly here. Still surprised to win the leg by almost 40 seconds - I don't typically do very well on longer legs. This seems like a good sign.
12-13 (+0:22): I probably spent 10-15 seconds just trying to open the water jug and pour some water. A side effect of starting first. When I got to the control circle, I didn't see the flag, which cost another 5 seconds or so.
13-14 (+0:00): Pushing hard here. Could see the flag from a long way away.
14-15 (+0:11): Climbed up to the trail loop, then through the gravel pit, down to the field and in. Lost a few seconds breaking trail through the bushes, but clean otherwise.
15-16 (+0:11): Considered going straight, but the thornbushes looked too thick, and so I took the trail around. That was definitely slower: Hammer was 11 seconds faster going straight.
16-17 (+0:00): Straight to the trail, then trails all the way around. Having passed this way on the way to 12, I knew the woods were junky, so I just rounded the last part on the trail.
17-18 (+0:00): Three-way tie for the win on this one, but the guys on Red Y (Sergey R, Turner) crushed us on this leg, just on pure running speed.
18-F (+0:01): Happy to hear and see Alli and Inara cheering at the finish. Sad to not return the favor when Alli finished her course. :(
A really fun day in the woods. I was enjoying this course most of the way and felt like I orienteered well for most of it. It's nice to put together a weekend of two good races without feeling constrained by my back for the first time in ages. I hope this is just one more step forward in the recovery process.
I was also really glad to see Alli go out on the Brown course and run well and have a good time. Hopefully the effects of Lyme will pass before too long... Thanks ROC for a great weekend of orienteering!
RG: http://www.vmeyer.net/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi?ac...
S-1 (+0:12): Took it somewhat slow going down the hill, as I wanted to get off to a clean start. Was surprised to see the control on what looked like a stream when the description was "spur", but it was mine, and I punched.
1-2 (+0:03): I felt yesterday's course in my legs as I climbed up to the trail, but I figured this would be the case for everyone. Decided to take the upper trail, as the green blob on the lower one gave me pause. No problems attacking from above.
2-3 (+0:00): Fun leg through open forest, across a stream and then along the side of a hill. Spike.
3-4 (+0:01): Tried to avoid the green slash as much as possible, but still got stuck a little.
4-5 (+0:00): Fun downhill leg, just important to know where to cross the stream. Didn't see the flag at first, but the marsh was prominent, so kept going and finally saw it behind the rootstock.
5-6(+0:00): Straight to the trail, then between the two obvious hills to the control.
6-7 (+0:00): Went a bit high, past the bunker/building, then dropped a bit to hit the flag.
7-8 (+0:01): Slow on the climb to the trail and still slow on the trail, then down and up across the stream and to the flag. Hammer took a wider route to the right on this leg, but it doesn't look faster to me.
8-9 (+1:29): My big mistake for the day. Went straight and thought I knew where I crossed the trail. As I climbed, I saw a reentrant going up and followed it, expecting to be led to the control. Instead, I ended up on top of the ridge and then dropped down to the opposite side. Saw what turned out to be the women's control on the marsh, figured out where I was and ran back to the flag. About 1:30 lost.
9-10 (+0:12): I paused here to let myself calm down and avoid consecutive mistakes. Crossed the streams at the junction, then climbed.
10-11 (+0:04): Straight, nice running.
11-12 (+0:00): The long leg. The route that jumped out at me was taking trails through 17 and then cutting across to the next trail. I didn't see anything better and stuck with this route, executing well and feeling pretty strongly here. Still surprised to win the leg by almost 40 seconds - I don't typically do very well on longer legs. This seems like a good sign.
12-13 (+0:22): I probably spent 10-15 seconds just trying to open the water jug and pour some water. A side effect of starting first. When I got to the control circle, I didn't see the flag, which cost another 5 seconds or so.
13-14 (+0:00): Pushing hard here. Could see the flag from a long way away.
14-15 (+0:11): Climbed up to the trail loop, then through the gravel pit, down to the field and in. Lost a few seconds breaking trail through the bushes, but clean otherwise.
15-16 (+0:11): Considered going straight, but the thornbushes looked too thick, and so I took the trail around. That was definitely slower: Hammer was 11 seconds faster going straight.
16-17 (+0:00): Straight to the trail, then trails all the way around. Having passed this way on the way to 12, I knew the woods were junky, so I just rounded the last part on the trail.
17-18 (+0:00): Three-way tie for the win on this one, but the guys on Red Y (Sergey R, Turner) crushed us on this leg, just on pure running speed.
18-F (+0:01): Happy to hear and see Alli and Inara cheering at the finish. Sad to not return the favor when Alli finished her course. :(
A really fun day in the woods. I was enjoying this course most of the way and felt like I orienteered well for most of it. It's nice to put together a weekend of two good races without feeling constrained by my back for the first time in ages. I hope this is just one more step forward in the recovery process.
I was also really glad to see Alli go out on the Brown course and run well and have a good time. Hopefully the effects of Lyme will pass before too long... Thanks ROC for a great weekend of orienteering!
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