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Sunday Oct 9, 2022 #
9 AM
orienteer 1:26:13 3.9 km (22:06 / km) +158m 18:23 / km
ahr:145 max:166
US Masters, day 2, Bigelow State Park, CT. Brown X
I was determined to do better in the beginning of today's course and focus on my navigation. But then, I didn't take the safe route to 1, and missed it again, and wandered too long. Not a good start.
Managed OK to 2 and 3 but then wandered a bit around 4. Then by 5 I was getting mentally and physically tired. I was looking at similar large boulders near "5", but totally ignored the contours. So I was really way too low and mucked around way too long. I thought I had only lost a minute or two here, but AP says I lost nearly 5. Time flies when you're wandering slowly over rocks.
I had a good plan to 7, to avoid the dark green, but then I didn't execute it. I should have gone higher up the hill to the south. Instead I got stuck in the dark green and lost a lot of time.
I had glanced at my map and thought 8 was the last control. But then I looked at the clue description for 8, and noticed 4 more controls. Yikes, I was definitely getting tired.
I wandered into the dark green around 9, then stopped and looked around until I spotted the flag. A wasted control, if you ask me.
Then I saw the easy final controls and felt I had to try to run, nothing left to lose. My foot was feeling pretty good, so I jogged a bit. But not much, was too tired really.
Not as much fun today in the woods today, between my brain, my tired legs and the thick vegetation. But another beautiful day and any time you're orienteering, it's a good day.
I was determined to do better in the beginning of today's course and focus on my navigation. But then, I didn't take the safe route to 1, and missed it again, and wandered too long. Not a good start.
Managed OK to 2 and 3 but then wandered a bit around 4. Then by 5 I was getting mentally and physically tired. I was looking at similar large boulders near "5", but totally ignored the contours. So I was really way too low and mucked around way too long. I thought I had only lost a minute or two here, but AP says I lost nearly 5. Time flies when you're wandering slowly over rocks.
I had a good plan to 7, to avoid the dark green, but then I didn't execute it. I should have gone higher up the hill to the south. Instead I got stuck in the dark green and lost a lot of time.
I had glanced at my map and thought 8 was the last control. But then I looked at the clue description for 8, and noticed 4 more controls. Yikes, I was definitely getting tired.
I wandered into the dark green around 9, then stopped and looked around until I spotted the flag. A wasted control, if you ask me.
Then I saw the easy final controls and felt I had to try to run, nothing left to lose. My foot was feeling pretty good, so I jogged a bit. But not much, was too tired really.
Not as much fun today in the woods today, between my brain, my tired legs and the thick vegetation. But another beautiful day and any time you're orienteering, it's a good day.