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Monday Jan 16, 2017 #
9 AM
Orienteering race 2:08:27 [3] 7.09 mi (18:07 / mi) +318m 15:54 / mi
shoes: Solomon Speedcross - Green
GNC Extreme-O Long
Fun race to wrap up our weekend of orienteering. All kinds of navigation: different scale o-maps, usgs maps, corridor-o, maps with blanks/missing trails, aerial photographs, bearings, plotting. Switched every few controls, so it kept it interesting.
Mr. W started 2 min ahead and BF 5 min behind, so the race was on. My legs were feeling the past few days, so I started out at a nice leisurely pace. BF caught up faster than I was hoping, so then I had to start moving. Stayed within sight of him for quite a while, we both caught Mr. W at 16. I then made a 90 degree error exiting the next control - weird - and lost both of them. Didn't see them again until the finish.
Had to carry an egg for about 2/3 of the race. I was doing great, carried it in my hand for most of the time and then placed it in my plastic baggie to swim/cross back from the island. I was within sight of the finish, slipped on my way down into a creek bed....and broke the egg. Nooooo. That was a 5 min penalty and secured the win for Mr. W (although I'm pretty sure he had me anyway). Enjoyable race, fun format, and not nearly as bad as it was hyped up to be.
Fun race to wrap up our weekend of orienteering. All kinds of navigation: different scale o-maps, usgs maps, corridor-o, maps with blanks/missing trails, aerial photographs, bearings, plotting. Switched every few controls, so it kept it interesting.
Mr. W started 2 min ahead and BF 5 min behind, so the race was on. My legs were feeling the past few days, so I started out at a nice leisurely pace. BF caught up faster than I was hoping, so then I had to start moving. Stayed within sight of him for quite a while, we both caught Mr. W at 16. I then made a 90 degree error exiting the next control - weird - and lost both of them. Didn't see them again until the finish.
Had to carry an egg for about 2/3 of the race. I was doing great, carried it in my hand for most of the time and then placed it in my plastic baggie to swim/cross back from the island. I was within sight of the finish, slipped on my way down into a creek bed....and broke the egg. Nooooo. That was a 5 min penalty and secured the win for Mr. W (although I'm pretty sure he had me anyway). Enjoyable race, fun format, and not nearly as bad as it was hyped up to be.
3 PM
Hiking 2:00:19 [2] 4.39 mi (27:24 / mi) +299m 22:37 / mi
shoes: Nike FS Lite 3
Rounded out the weekend with a hike up Stone Mountain. Fun hike with a nice view of Atlanta from the top. And then checked out the stone carving from the bottom.
Sunday Jan 15, 2017 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 1:25:40 [4] 5.7 mi (15:02 / mi)
shoes: Solomon Speedcross - Green
Sunday Red F-21+
BF started an hour before Mr. W and I, so we walked with him up to the start area to scope it out. It was a ~600 m walk up a decent sized hill. Good warmup. BF headed off and we went back to the car to get ready and then trudged back up to the start.
Really happy with my navigation today. My legs felt pretty good and I was able to keep up a decent pace while staying in contact with the map. Hit the first couple controls right on. Chose a questionable route to 3 and had to climb a lot higher in the reentrant than I was expecting, no errors just slow. A small error on the way to 6, I didn't see the ride I was looking for so ran a little too far before I realized it and turned around. Probably a suboptimal route to 7, but it worked. Largest mistake was on 8, I got distracted by a group of people at a control (not mine...) and took a few minutes to relocate. Everything went smoothly after that. Pretty happy with the results of my first national meet!
BF started an hour before Mr. W and I, so we walked with him up to the start area to scope it out. It was a ~600 m walk up a decent sized hill. Good warmup. BF headed off and we went back to the car to get ready and then trudged back up to the start.
Really happy with my navigation today. My legs felt pretty good and I was able to keep up a decent pace while staying in contact with the map. Hit the first couple controls right on. Chose a questionable route to 3 and had to climb a lot higher in the reentrant than I was expecting, no errors just slow. A small error on the way to 6, I didn't see the ride I was looking for so ran a little too far before I realized it and turned around. Probably a suboptimal route to 7, but it worked. Largest mistake was on 8, I got distracted by a group of people at a control (not mine...) and took a few minutes to relocate. Everything went smoothly after that. Pretty happy with the results of my first national meet!
Saturday Jan 14, 2017 #
8 AM
Orienteering 47:08 [2] 1.65 mi (28:34 / mi)
shoes: Solomon Speedcross - Green
Practice course at the weekend venue. A little long, but useful.
10 AM
Orienteering race 1:29:48 [4] 5.3 mi (16:57 / mi)
shoes: Solomon Speedcross - Green
Saturday Red F21+
Started 5 min behind Mr. W so I was hoping I'd see him at some point. Started off ok - small error to 3, I never hit the trail I was expecting so I went in one reentrant too early (had a flag...but not mine). Spent some time searching for 4, it was tucked in a pit and I didn't know quite where I was on the spur. Pretty smooth after that, although my route choice was suboptimal. Caught Mr. W at 7 and saw him at the next couple flags. Then a big error to 10, I drifted too far N and wandered around for a while before finding the right reentrant. Then smooth sailing to the end. The finish chute was fun!
Started 5 min behind Mr. W so I was hoping I'd see him at some point. Started off ok - small error to 3, I never hit the trail I was expecting so I went in one reentrant too early (had a flag...but not mine). Spent some time searching for 4, it was tucked in a pit and I didn't know quite where I was on the spur. Pretty smooth after that, although my route choice was suboptimal. Caught Mr. W at 7 and saw him at the next couple flags. Then a big error to 10, I drifted too far N and wandered around for a while before finding the right reentrant. Then smooth sailing to the end. The finish chute was fun!
Friday Jan 13, 2017 #
12 PM
Orienteering 21:59 [2] 0.7 mi (31:24 / mi)
shoes: Solomon Speedcross - Green
Practice course at the sprint venue.
3 PM
Orienteering race 20:29 [5] 1.98 mi (10:21 / mi)
shoes: Solomon Speedcross - Green
GNC Sprint F21+
Mr. W showed us the ropes and we checked out the start procedure, finish area and spectator controls after we finished the practice course.
Took it easy to 1 to avoid an early mistake and picked up speed as I went along. Pretty much just went straight to all the controls, I couldn't make route choices while maintaining a high speed so I just went. Route to 3 wasn't ideal, and one mistake on 10. I drifted too far E and overshot the flag, corrected pretty quickly.
Very fun sprint! Finished 2/5.
Mr. W showed us the ropes and we checked out the start procedure, finish area and spectator controls after we finished the practice course.
Took it easy to 1 to avoid an early mistake and picked up speed as I went along. Pretty much just went straight to all the controls, I couldn't make route choices while maintaining a high speed so I just went. Route to 3 wasn't ideal, and one mistake on 10. I drifted too far E and overshot the flag, corrected pretty quickly.
Very fun sprint! Finished 2/5.
Wednesday Jan 11, 2017 #
6 PM
Run 19:37 2.01 mi (9:45 / mi) +15m 9:32 / mi
ahr:145 max:161
Pretty sad run. In the rain, cut it short due to thunder/lightening...in January!?
7 PM
Bike - Stationary 16:37 [3] 4.27 mi (15.4 mph)
To make up for the shortened run. I love having a nice bike trainer.