run/walk (warm up) 20:00 [3]
getting from the parking lot to the start of O-tervals. Faster than I wanted, but I had to keep up.
orienteer intervals 25:00 [4]
O-tervals in downtown Vancouver. Excellent "terrain" with lots of underpasses, stairs and uncrossable walls. The idea was to run a few short legs, but faster than your normal pace. We were in groups of four. I did run faster than normal, not because I was trying to beat the other three, but because I didn't want to keep them waiting. Made lots of little mistakes too, because I wasn't thinking clearly. Very fun exercise.
orienteer race 27:19 [4] 3.2 km (8:32 / km)
ahr:167
The slow folks (our group of four) didn't have much time to wait between exercises. We made it back to the parking lot, relaxed a few minutes, and got ready for the mass start at Lost Lagoon. I did a fairly decent job of running my own pace, and using others as appropriate (following/going in the same direction when I felt it was the right direction, ignoring them other wise). Made one bone head mistake when I thought I was going from 20 to 22, but caught myself just in time. Lost about one minute. I pushed myself, and still finished nearly last.
Note
My body needed a rest, so I just watched everyone run the "start triangle" exercise.
walk warm up/down 30:00 [1]
Between the parking lot and the event.
orienteer race 28:53 [4] 2.9 km (9:58 / km)
ahr:167
After lunch, we raced at False Creek, a map of an island that is a restaurant/park area. The sunny day brought out lots of tourists and locals, which made it interesting to run around and watch their reactions. By the end of this course, my legs were...getting....very...tired and my brain was...getting...very...slow. Made a stupid route choice to 10 (changed my mind in the middle of the leg) and ignored the fact that the middle of the circle was a tree in white "woods". Instead, I ended up on the overpass, looking down at the tree (as did many others). Again, I jogged the whole way, pushed my personal pace, had a high HR and finished at the back of the pack.
orienteer 20:00 [3]
ahr:143
Last exercise of the day was a "dog bone" exercise. As kupackman described it, its a score course with linked pairs of controls. If you went to C1, then you had to go to C2 next, before you chose another random control. My feet were starting to hurt, but I was interested in trying this exercise, so I did part of it. I walked/jogged a few "bones".