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Monday May 31, 2010 #
Walking in the woods 30:00 [1]
Along a beautiful trail to the hot springs and back. Met a couple who had hit something as they drove the night before, stopped their car to get out and find it, and found what they are pretty sure is a spotted owl. Injured. They took it into their van and tried to make it comfortable, hoping that it would recover and they could release it back where they hit it the next day.
Hot springs were crowded, unlike last time I was there -- the difference between Memorial Day and a regular work Monday.
Hot springs were crowded, unlike last time I was there -- the difference between Memorial Day and a regular work Monday.
Sunday May 30, 2010 #
Rogaining 23:45:00 [3]
(Time is approximate)
With Peter, Big Muddy in Oregon. The scenery is breath-taking. I brought the Flip but forgot to bring it out for key moments. I'll post the video at some point.
Always a pleasure rogaining with Peter. I suppose one narrative might be that we've gotten past the first flush of pleasure at finding a good partner, and then the stage of bickering and hashing it out, and now have settled into a fairly drama-free and effective team. OK, that's totally not true. But at least this time I was the one who had the little tantrum, which bothers me a lot less than when Peter is upset. I got upset when Peter "made" me go down a slope that was steeper than was comfortable for me. I cried. I was actually kind of mad about not navigating very well the previous leg, I think, and allowing myself to fall prey to my "Peter is a better navigator than me, so I will turn off my ability to do it at all" syndrome. Anyway, what a big baby! But don't let all this fool you; I think we actually get along perfectly well. In general.
We moved quite slowly; I'm not in proper shape. I think the slow speed might be one reason I felt pretty good the last 8 hours. I didn't feel sick as I have in a couple recent rogaines. Other things that might have contributed included taking Tums every few hours, not wearing the fanny pack most of the time (Peter carried it!) and therefore not having anything constrictive around my waist, and eating a little food regularly throughout the race. (I learned from Barb that Tums are also a good source of electrolytes.)
Mal and his crew did a fantastic job of organizing another excellent rogaine! The course was challenging and fun.
I met and spoke with Neil Phillips about IRF / USOF Rogaine Committee business.
I enjoyed talking with Bill & Heidi Cusworth. They had a number of good ideas for rogaining in the US. (Bill is on the USOF Rogaine Committee.)
I was pleased to see Vladimir's team had done so well -- all but one control, I believe.
With Peter, Big Muddy in Oregon. The scenery is breath-taking. I brought the Flip but forgot to bring it out for key moments. I'll post the video at some point.
Always a pleasure rogaining with Peter. I suppose one narrative might be that we've gotten past the first flush of pleasure at finding a good partner, and then the stage of bickering and hashing it out, and now have settled into a fairly drama-free and effective team. OK, that's totally not true. But at least this time I was the one who had the little tantrum, which bothers me a lot less than when Peter is upset. I got upset when Peter "made" me go down a slope that was steeper than was comfortable for me. I cried. I was actually kind of mad about not navigating very well the previous leg, I think, and allowing myself to fall prey to my "Peter is a better navigator than me, so I will turn off my ability to do it at all" syndrome. Anyway, what a big baby! But don't let all this fool you; I think we actually get along perfectly well. In general.
We moved quite slowly; I'm not in proper shape. I think the slow speed might be one reason I felt pretty good the last 8 hours. I didn't feel sick as I have in a couple recent rogaines. Other things that might have contributed included taking Tums every few hours, not wearing the fanny pack most of the time (Peter carried it!) and therefore not having anything constrictive around my waist, and eating a little food regularly throughout the race. (I learned from Barb that Tums are also a good source of electrolytes.)
Mal and his crew did a fantastic job of organizing another excellent rogaine! The course was challenging and fun.
I met and spoke with Neil Phillips about IRF / USOF Rogaine Committee business.
I enjoyed talking with Bill & Heidi Cusworth. They had a number of good ideas for rogaining in the US. (Bill is on the USOF Rogaine Committee.)
I was pleased to see Vladimir's team had done so well -- all but one control, I believe.
Tuesday May 25, 2010 #
Bicycling 1:20:00 [1]
A nice ride to Sam & Ross's for NEOC Board meeting. I enjoyed being with all those folks - what a nice group of people! I thought it was awesome of Phil to come all that way for the meeting. I talked to Jim P a little about the new website for NEOC; he put in a BUNCH of time to make it happen, and I like it a lot - and he says there are lots of things we can do with it now. Ian Smith was another non-board person there; he's declared candidacy for the Board for the June election.
The map posting issue is resolved at least for now in a way that works: NEOC will not be going after people posting maps. Ian is going to research what other clubs do. I agree that the two key concerns are important: protecting our maps and ensuring land access.
For the first item, intellectual property, or getting a return on the huge investment that maps represent, I have these thoughts. We get most of our financial return in the form of meet fees. If other people use the maps to make money, we want to make sure it is an appropriate use (e.g., not pissing off landowners), and that we get a fair cut of the income. And there is another kind of return, which is not as immediately lucrative financial (it is definitely a long-term investment and in that sense perhaps the most important return), and that is growing the sport of orienteering. Contributing to the orienteering community. That's how I see the map posting question.
Then there is the relationship with landowners. You definitely don't want people using one of our maps to go out in the woods, and trampling ecologically sensitive areas, or traversing private property, or otherwise doing things that the land managers will be unhappy about.
I don't think the solution is to try to restrict access to maps; that is both hard to do (people get maps at meets; NEOC posts on routegadget; policing all this is hard and unpleasant to say the least) and counter-productive (it goes against other goals of ours, like education, training and growing the sport). Rather, I'd like to see us do these things:
* Encourage posting of maps with routes. Have NEOC post maps too (as we already are with routegadget - yay - and maybe also do doma).
* Make maps available for purchase (definitely for download and possibly printed)
* Mark prominently on each map not only the usual statement (possession of this map does not imply permission to be on the land), but more specific information about particular issues with that area (ecologically sensitive marshes; private property; how to contact the landowner for permission).
* Outreach to landowners: know who they are; use every meet as an opportunity to invite them to participate and check in with them about issues of concern to them.
Afterward, Ross showed me some things about using RouteGadget for score-O's (I'm thinking it would be real nice to have it available for rogaines). I didn't realize it was possible, but it is. I do have a wish that I don't think is implemented yet: To be able to select one competitor, and then be able to view the animation for their particular route. For each leg, you'd see the routes of all the teams who did that leg. (In a score-O/rogaine, not everyone does every leg, of course.) So the viewing would be relative to a particular team's route.
whoops gotta go - late for meeting with teacher. Lots of O stuff these days. Two days ago it was rogaine post-mortem with Dakota organizer; yesterday board meeting; today school-O.......
The map posting issue is resolved at least for now in a way that works: NEOC will not be going after people posting maps. Ian is going to research what other clubs do. I agree that the two key concerns are important: protecting our maps and ensuring land access.
For the first item, intellectual property, or getting a return on the huge investment that maps represent, I have these thoughts. We get most of our financial return in the form of meet fees. If other people use the maps to make money, we want to make sure it is an appropriate use (e.g., not pissing off landowners), and that we get a fair cut of the income. And there is another kind of return, which is not as immediately lucrative financial (it is definitely a long-term investment and in that sense perhaps the most important return), and that is growing the sport of orienteering. Contributing to the orienteering community. That's how I see the map posting question.
Then there is the relationship with landowners. You definitely don't want people using one of our maps to go out in the woods, and trampling ecologically sensitive areas, or traversing private property, or otherwise doing things that the land managers will be unhappy about.
I don't think the solution is to try to restrict access to maps; that is both hard to do (people get maps at meets; NEOC posts on routegadget; policing all this is hard and unpleasant to say the least) and counter-productive (it goes against other goals of ours, like education, training and growing the sport). Rather, I'd like to see us do these things:
* Encourage posting of maps with routes. Have NEOC post maps too (as we already are with routegadget - yay - and maybe also do doma).
* Make maps available for purchase (definitely for download and possibly printed)
* Mark prominently on each map not only the usual statement (possession of this map does not imply permission to be on the land), but more specific information about particular issues with that area (ecologically sensitive marshes; private property; how to contact the landowner for permission).
* Outreach to landowners: know who they are; use every meet as an opportunity to invite them to participate and check in with them about issues of concern to them.
Afterward, Ross showed me some things about using RouteGadget for score-O's (I'm thinking it would be real nice to have it available for rogaines). I didn't realize it was possible, but it is. I do have a wish that I don't think is implemented yet: To be able to select one competitor, and then be able to view the animation for their particular route. For each leg, you'd see the routes of all the teams who did that leg. (In a score-O/rogaine, not everyone does every leg, of course.) So the viewing would be relative to a particular team's route.
whoops gotta go - late for meeting with teacher. Lots of O stuff these days. Two days ago it was rogaine post-mortem with Dakota organizer; yesterday board meeting; today school-O.......
C • Maps 1
Sunday May 23, 2010 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 3:27:00 [3]
I knew going into it that this was going to be one of the toughest events of my life. Not because of the climb, or the weather, or the navigation, but because I was planning to do it with David. David was able to complete a Blue Hills Traverse - but that was when he'd been in shape from cross-country in the fall. He hasn't been doing any running lately. I knew he was likely to have a bad attitude and find the going difficult.
I thought it would be neat if he could win the shirt, since he had designed it. And I think he should get out and exercise more. So in a moment of weakness he indicated that he might be willing to go, and I signed him up.
I was out of town the two days previously, and the first he saw of me when I got back was at 6:50 am Sunday, waking him up. He was not in a good mood. I gathered the lovely Chelsea L from MIT, and then Brendan in Central Square, and a breakfast sandwich and a donut treat for David, and we headed back to the house for the first big challenge: getting David in the car. He was resisting and upset about not having good socks, and about wasting the entire day, and about this and that, but he did end up in the car. He had his computer with him and played computer games the whole way: Mario Brothers, and some Asteroids variant, and a game where you shoot zombies and they die in a puddle of blood. He was upset that I hadn't gotten him anything to drink. When I asked Dave to pull over at a service area for a Pepsi, David perked up long enough that I could introduce him to Chelsea, and he apologized for his mood, explaining he was expressing his reluctance to be there.
I brought the video camera but forgot to use it, which is probably just as well.
Just as we were leaving #1, David started talking about the summer schedule, in the usual complaining, accusing way. He wanted two weeks in Cambridge, accused me of not listening to what he wanted etc. I was slightly discombobulated because I was trying to get back to the trail, but once we were on the trail we talked about it, and I proposed a solution that he liked well enough. He perked up again as a result, and thanked me for talking about it, and was in a reasonable mood for 5 minutes. But other than that, he was mostly complaining and criticizing and a couple times I said that it would be nicer for both of us if he changed his attitude.
I decided to skip #2, because I figured the long side-hilling off-trail might discourage David early on. David hates dealing with vegetation, and he doesn't have good shoes for traversing slopes. Instead we got to take the high ridge trail with views, moving at a steady pace. That was pleasant. And then we could check on where #4 was on the way to #3. And just follow the stream of people down to #3. I also figured that by skipping early we might catch up with the main mass of people, and that might help David psychologically.
I was surprised to see Dave coming out of #3; he had trouble going to #2.
On the big climb back from #3 to #4, David got real fussy. The climb to #6 also put him off. Then on the way to #7, he fell and hurt his butt, and swore long and loud (as opposed to the more muttery constant swearing the rest of the time). I got him moving again, but he was in a pretty foul mood. I told him he could quit if he wanted, and he said he wanted to quit but then I'd be upset. I said he could keep on going with me, and he argued that if he did he would continue ruining my day with his bad mood. I said the bad mood didn't bother me, and he said that I was lying and it obviously bothered me, and he decided to quit. I left him at the trail midway between #7 and #8. He was teary, and I said it was perfectly fine to quit, and thanks for coming with me that far. "I'm not an orienteer, Mom," he said. I hugged him and went on.
At this point I was about 20 minutes behind the pace I had calculated we would need to maintain to make it to the finish in time. So I had to hustle. I really wanted that shirt. I caught up to Valerie & Janet at the manned halfway control. I had trouble getting to #13; I went too high and was caught by the trail. I think the problem there was being slightly distracted by some people on the steep trail heading up to it.
I had skipped already, so I had to hit all the remaining controls. Too bad, because I wouldn't have minded skipping #15.
At home in the evening, David said, "I was an asshole to you all day." That's OK, I said; I can handle it.
And you know what? I *can* handle it. What a great opportunity to practice letting a person have their own emotions, and staying centered and calm. Yay for teenagers! Now, if I can just bring that into more of our daily interactions...
I thought it would be neat if he could win the shirt, since he had designed it. And I think he should get out and exercise more. So in a moment of weakness he indicated that he might be willing to go, and I signed him up.
I was out of town the two days previously, and the first he saw of me when I got back was at 6:50 am Sunday, waking him up. He was not in a good mood. I gathered the lovely Chelsea L from MIT, and then Brendan in Central Square, and a breakfast sandwich and a donut treat for David, and we headed back to the house for the first big challenge: getting David in the car. He was resisting and upset about not having good socks, and about wasting the entire day, and about this and that, but he did end up in the car. He had his computer with him and played computer games the whole way: Mario Brothers, and some Asteroids variant, and a game where you shoot zombies and they die in a puddle of blood. He was upset that I hadn't gotten him anything to drink. When I asked Dave to pull over at a service area for a Pepsi, David perked up long enough that I could introduce him to Chelsea, and he apologized for his mood, explaining he was expressing his reluctance to be there.
I brought the video camera but forgot to use it, which is probably just as well.
Just as we were leaving #1, David started talking about the summer schedule, in the usual complaining, accusing way. He wanted two weeks in Cambridge, accused me of not listening to what he wanted etc. I was slightly discombobulated because I was trying to get back to the trail, but once we were on the trail we talked about it, and I proposed a solution that he liked well enough. He perked up again as a result, and thanked me for talking about it, and was in a reasonable mood for 5 minutes. But other than that, he was mostly complaining and criticizing and a couple times I said that it would be nicer for both of us if he changed his attitude.
I decided to skip #2, because I figured the long side-hilling off-trail might discourage David early on. David hates dealing with vegetation, and he doesn't have good shoes for traversing slopes. Instead we got to take the high ridge trail with views, moving at a steady pace. That was pleasant. And then we could check on where #4 was on the way to #3. And just follow the stream of people down to #3. I also figured that by skipping early we might catch up with the main mass of people, and that might help David psychologically.
I was surprised to see Dave coming out of #3; he had trouble going to #2.
On the big climb back from #3 to #4, David got real fussy. The climb to #6 also put him off. Then on the way to #7, he fell and hurt his butt, and swore long and loud (as opposed to the more muttery constant swearing the rest of the time). I got him moving again, but he was in a pretty foul mood. I told him he could quit if he wanted, and he said he wanted to quit but then I'd be upset. I said he could keep on going with me, and he argued that if he did he would continue ruining my day with his bad mood. I said the bad mood didn't bother me, and he said that I was lying and it obviously bothered me, and he decided to quit. I left him at the trail midway between #7 and #8. He was teary, and I said it was perfectly fine to quit, and thanks for coming with me that far. "I'm not an orienteer, Mom," he said. I hugged him and went on.
At this point I was about 20 minutes behind the pace I had calculated we would need to maintain to make it to the finish in time. So I had to hustle. I really wanted that shirt. I caught up to Valerie & Janet at the manned halfway control. I had trouble getting to #13; I went too high and was caught by the trail. I think the problem there was being slightly distracted by some people on the steep trail heading up to it.
I had skipped already, so I had to hit all the remaining controls. Too bad, because I wouldn't have minded skipping #15.
At home in the evening, David said, "I was an asshole to you all day." That's OK, I said; I can handle it.
And you know what? I *can* handle it. What a great opportunity to practice letting a person have their own emotions, and staying centered and calm. Yay for teenagers! Now, if I can just bring that into more of our daily interactions...
Tuesday May 18, 2010 #
Note
I have learned some things in this time of not logging but still being under contract for training.
Focused on making family more of a priority.
I've been bopping in and out of town for business and rogaining and family reunion of sorts, resulting in more time pressure.
And there's the garden, which I'm enjoying tending - it's the time of year to plant and transplant and water and shovel.
I'm selling a few seedlings out on the front porch.
I know I need to tally up the contributions to US junior team.
A number of things need doing.
Focused on making family more of a priority.
I've been bopping in and out of town for business and rogaining and family reunion of sorts, resulting in more time pressure.
And there's the garden, which I'm enjoying tending - it's the time of year to plant and transplant and water and shovel.
I'm selling a few seedlings out on the front porch.
I know I need to tally up the contributions to US junior team.
A number of things need doing.
Thursday May 13, 2010 #
Event: CSU Park-O: Franklin Park
Note
Movie Part 2, including the pre-race instructions, route planning and getting ready to go.
And here's Part 3, which is the actual running of the rogaine:
Part 4, a couple post-rogaine clips:
Funny that Youtube picked shots of hunky Canadian adventure racer for both vids' stills.
And here's Part 3, which is the actual running of the rogaine:
Part 4, a couple post-rogaine clips:
Funny that Youtube picked shots of hunky Canadian adventure racer for both vids' stills.
Tuesday May 11, 2010 #
Note
What does "Garmin transfer" on AP do? Does it draw a picture of your route? Can you enter coordinates any other way? I have a tab-delimited file, for instance. Oh, there's a "GPX track". What format is that? OK, surf surf surf...
Hm, upoading a gpx file isn't working for me. I think I have the format down.
Hm, upoading a gpx file isn't working for me. I think I have the format down.
C • GPX 6
6 AM
Bicycling 1:30:00 [2]
Sunday May 9, 2010 #
Rogaining 11:43:00 [3]
Not sure exactly to the minute, but this is roughly correct...
Saturday May 8, 2010 #
Rogaining 12:00:00 [3]
See Bash's log for some photos. I'm working on the movie.
This was a fantastic rogaine, and several people suggested it might make a good venue for a WRC.
Tentative date for next year's Dakota rogaine: 3rd weekend in June.
We came in 3rd overall.
Small field.
Not terribly in shape; Bash was much stronger than I. She towed me the last hour; I was feeling a bit sick from over-exertion or not enough water+electrolytes or something.
Very fun doing it with Bash!
Movie Part 1
Btu I guess I'll try doing it again lower res so it will "fit" here.
This was a fantastic rogaine, and several people suggested it might make a good venue for a WRC.
Tentative date for next year's Dakota rogaine: 3rd weekend in June.
We came in 3rd overall.
Small field.
Not terribly in shape; Bash was much stronger than I. She towed me the last hour; I was feeling a bit sick from over-exertion or not enough water+electrolytes or something.
Very fun doing it with Bash!
Movie Part 1
Btu I guess I'll try doing it again lower res so it will "fit" here.
Monday May 3, 2010 #
Note
Today at lunch I transplanted 3 Striped German and 2 Brandywine tomato plants into their final pots. Also planted some corn seeds in pots on the back porch that currently have peas. Let the chickens out briefly and gave the some young weeds as a treat.
Sunday May 2, 2010 #
Orienteering race 2:12:45 [3]
Long red. Heel blisters a major problem. I had them bandaged up, and wore my old grey light hiking shoes. The bandaging was not optimal. Stopped along the way to try and add more to one heel.
Now I need the heels to heal pronto. Now that I got home, washed them thoroughly and bandaged them better, they're starting to itch, instead of hurting, which I take as a good sign.
Now I need the heels to heal pronto. Now that I got home, washed them thoroughly and bandaged them better, they're starting to itch, instead of hurting, which I take as a good sign.
Saturday May 1, 2010 #
Event: USMA West Point A-Meet 2010
Orienteering race 1:14:02 [3]
Middle distance red West Point.
Very large error: wearing those red O shoes that give me blisters. Very very bad.
Very large error: wearing those red O shoes that give me blisters. Very very bad.
Orienteering race 36:56 [1]
Sprint. Did this in my flip-flop-like slipper sandal things so that I wouldn't have shoe touching my blistered heels. They don't stay on very well. It was very hot.