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Saturday May 20, 2017 #
Event: QOC Fountainhead
12 PM
Orienteering (Foot) 1:04:35 [4] 9.5 mi (6:48 / mi) +330m 6:08 / mi
weight:190lbs
QOC: Fountainhead West. I enjoy this area with its challenging terrain and increased technical requirement for navigating. I'd been worried about being tired a lot, going into this. However when I got started, my feet felt relatively light. I moved well, but not strongly, for a good while.
S-1 - The first control was a very short leg in the same area that I'd started the US Ultralong Championships from in 2015. I got sucked into the reentrant that I'd started people from in 2015, rather than the larger one, further down the larger reentrant. The map didn't show the upper one (close to the road) very distinctly. I think a few others did the same as I did.
1-2 - This was very close to a leg I'd set in 2015 so I had no problem with it. I stayed on the road side of the stream until crossing the power line ride. Reading contours as I jogged and walked up the steep ridge, I hit the diagonal ride a little past where it intersected the trail on the ridge, so I was sure about coming down to the control on the correct spur.
2-3 - I started well crossing the bridge and sticking to the trail until it bent back east with the creek. I hopped over to the main trail again to get me up the hillside. From there I got on the ride. It was messier than I remembered it. Deadfall kept forcing me left or right. I'd come back only to find more. As I hit a good speed on an open stretch, I should have read my map and compass. I was under the memory impression that the ride too me to an inlet but it bent left as I followed it. Nearly getting to the water before realizing it, I had to cut right sharply. This cost me about 90 seconds or more. From the inlet, I ran up straight and spiked the control--it came up a little sooner than expected so I'm glad I saw it.
3-4 - I ran straight at it and recognized the correct spur. It seemed hung in a flatter place than expected but I was happy I found it.
4-5 - I thought for a second to go around, having remembered the reentrant before but then I thought that'd be silly. Some deadfall did get in my way though.
5-6 - I ran to the trail and only stayed on that for a brief moment. Going further, I lost contact with how high and low I was, but now which reentrant I was crossing. I could see the reservoir too close on my right so I cut up a little. Recognizing the light green helped me zero-in on it.
6-7 - I got a little too far right but corrected without much lost, if any.
7-8 - I ran straight and eventually planned and executed well, coming up the reentrant south of the control. I wasn't sure getting into that reentrant, since I had to climb before seeing it--the formline helped.
8 - 9 - Straight, and it was visible from a good distance. Some trash was distracting me but I kept going where I needed.
9-10 - I went straight but used a gully and ditch while climbing to keep me on track. With the slope change after crossing the trail, my tendency was to be off-line but a compass check and visual inspection of the reentrants ahead kept me true.
10-11 - I backtracked to the main trails, then turned left. I turned left again and eventually left the trail to be on the ridge all the way to the control.
11-12 - I dog-legged rather than cross the reentrant--I was already tired. As I got near the top, I kept to reentrant tops but came over too far left. I got close to one reentrant I hadn't expected to see so my count was off. I hadn't seen the ride to my left but in the next reentrant I stopped short and started searching. I realized that I hadn't crossed the main trail yet, so I went on and hit it well. The time lost, looking early was probably 2:20.
12-13 - Straight but I paused at the trail intersection where there were several other orienteers. I followed more a short distance to the control.
13-14 - As I was running, I read the map poorly. I expected the control to be lower and was familiar with this reentrant from setting a control in it earlier myself. I lost time climbing back up.
14-15 - crossing the hill, I went right over the dot knoll so I thought my line was going very straight. However I ended up having to cut left at the end.
15-16 - I got to the trail and followed it from intersection to intersection. I left it at a bend but ended up much more to the right of the ditch. Fortunately I'd stopped at the right distance and didn't have to climb back. I just had to cut over and did so.
16-17 - People were ahead of me and I was catching them. Seeing the big reentrant, I paused when it seemed like others hadn't found it. I looked a bit more to the right and saw the ditch.
17-map exchange - I had a good line on getting to the trail at the reentrant before the map exchange "control". I was getting excited about finishing the main course, and getting sloppy, partly because I was too tired. I got right to the control but I was a little unsure it was the right one since I hardly used the trail at all. I also didn't understand why there was no epunch box at the control I found. I concluded that it was a White or Yellow course control or something else. Just about any other map exchange I can remember had a control that one had to punch. I t concluded this wasn't the map exchange when it really was. I went on looking for a control with a punch but got confused as I ran off the fold of my map. I turned back and as Peggy came through, she confirmed that there was no punch at the control I'd just been to. My question was bad and she wasn't sure what my course was doing anyway. I went further back where Craig Sheldon and companion were, and had caught up. Eventually, with them I understood that there was no punching needed at the map exchange and I went on sheepishly. With the "Connector" map looking so different (vegetation on the regular map was not shown on the Connector map) I got more confused. I did go directly to the control but did so very slowly, trying to match contours with the formline hill. At the end, I expected the control to be on top of the knoll instead of the side as indicated in the clue. However with the numbering being off, that only further confused me.
Getting to the Go control, I went on and off trail. I felt really slow on the steep parts but did manage to be going faster than others who stayed on the trail. I came to the control going across the hill rather than attacking from where the trail is nearest. I spiked it.
I used the trail and took the second right turn. There was un-mapped deadfall so I thought I'd be slower than going left, but it worked out well. Somehow I'd passed Peggy.
S-1 - The first control was a very short leg in the same area that I'd started the US Ultralong Championships from in 2015. I got sucked into the reentrant that I'd started people from in 2015, rather than the larger one, further down the larger reentrant. The map didn't show the upper one (close to the road) very distinctly. I think a few others did the same as I did.
1-2 - This was very close to a leg I'd set in 2015 so I had no problem with it. I stayed on the road side of the stream until crossing the power line ride. Reading contours as I jogged and walked up the steep ridge, I hit the diagonal ride a little past where it intersected the trail on the ridge, so I was sure about coming down to the control on the correct spur.
2-3 - I started well crossing the bridge and sticking to the trail until it bent back east with the creek. I hopped over to the main trail again to get me up the hillside. From there I got on the ride. It was messier than I remembered it. Deadfall kept forcing me left or right. I'd come back only to find more. As I hit a good speed on an open stretch, I should have read my map and compass. I was under the memory impression that the ride too me to an inlet but it bent left as I followed it. Nearly getting to the water before realizing it, I had to cut right sharply. This cost me about 90 seconds or more. From the inlet, I ran up straight and spiked the control--it came up a little sooner than expected so I'm glad I saw it.
3-4 - I ran straight at it and recognized the correct spur. It seemed hung in a flatter place than expected but I was happy I found it.
4-5 - I thought for a second to go around, having remembered the reentrant before but then I thought that'd be silly. Some deadfall did get in my way though.
5-6 - I ran to the trail and only stayed on that for a brief moment. Going further, I lost contact with how high and low I was, but now which reentrant I was crossing. I could see the reservoir too close on my right so I cut up a little. Recognizing the light green helped me zero-in on it.
6-7 - I got a little too far right but corrected without much lost, if any.
7-8 - I ran straight and eventually planned and executed well, coming up the reentrant south of the control. I wasn't sure getting into that reentrant, since I had to climb before seeing it--the formline helped.
8 - 9 - Straight, and it was visible from a good distance. Some trash was distracting me but I kept going where I needed.
9-10 - I went straight but used a gully and ditch while climbing to keep me on track. With the slope change after crossing the trail, my tendency was to be off-line but a compass check and visual inspection of the reentrants ahead kept me true.
10-11 - I backtracked to the main trails, then turned left. I turned left again and eventually left the trail to be on the ridge all the way to the control.
11-12 - I dog-legged rather than cross the reentrant--I was already tired. As I got near the top, I kept to reentrant tops but came over too far left. I got close to one reentrant I hadn't expected to see so my count was off. I hadn't seen the ride to my left but in the next reentrant I stopped short and started searching. I realized that I hadn't crossed the main trail yet, so I went on and hit it well. The time lost, looking early was probably 2:20.
12-13 - Straight but I paused at the trail intersection where there were several other orienteers. I followed more a short distance to the control.
13-14 - As I was running, I read the map poorly. I expected the control to be lower and was familiar with this reentrant from setting a control in it earlier myself. I lost time climbing back up.
14-15 - crossing the hill, I went right over the dot knoll so I thought my line was going very straight. However I ended up having to cut left at the end.
15-16 - I got to the trail and followed it from intersection to intersection. I left it at a bend but ended up much more to the right of the ditch. Fortunately I'd stopped at the right distance and didn't have to climb back. I just had to cut over and did so.
16-17 - People were ahead of me and I was catching them. Seeing the big reentrant, I paused when it seemed like others hadn't found it. I looked a bit more to the right and saw the ditch.
17-map exchange - I had a good line on getting to the trail at the reentrant before the map exchange "control". I was getting excited about finishing the main course, and getting sloppy, partly because I was too tired. I got right to the control but I was a little unsure it was the right one since I hardly used the trail at all. I also didn't understand why there was no epunch box at the control I found. I concluded that it was a White or Yellow course control or something else. Just about any other map exchange I can remember had a control that one had to punch. I t concluded this wasn't the map exchange when it really was. I went on looking for a control with a punch but got confused as I ran off the fold of my map. I turned back and as Peggy came through, she confirmed that there was no punch at the control I'd just been to. My question was bad and she wasn't sure what my course was doing anyway. I went further back where Craig Sheldon and companion were, and had caught up. Eventually, with them I understood that there was no punching needed at the map exchange and I went on sheepishly. With the "Connector" map looking so different (vegetation on the regular map was not shown on the Connector map) I got more confused. I did go directly to the control but did so very slowly, trying to match contours with the formline hill. At the end, I expected the control to be on top of the knoll instead of the side as indicated in the clue. However with the numbering being off, that only further confused me.
Getting to the Go control, I went on and off trail. I felt really slow on the steep parts but did manage to be going faster than others who stayed on the trail. I came to the control going across the hill rather than attacking from where the trail is nearest. I spiked it.
I used the trail and took the second right turn. There was un-mapped deadfall so I thought I'd be slower than going left, but it worked out well. Somehow I'd passed Peggy.
2 PM
Orienteering (Foot) 46:42 [1] 1.38 mi (33:57 / mi) +27m 32:00 / mi
QOC: Fountainhead West. After my run, Samantha was game to go out so I walked part of the White course with her. She was having some trouble with orienting the map but did seem to get the direction right most of the time when I helped her.