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Tuesday Aug 2, 2011 #
3 PM
Orienteering (Sprint) 22:39 [4] 1.8 mi (12:35 / mi) +264ft 11:03 / mi
spiked:10/11c shoes: New Balance MT461GO
Sprint at Durand. No major bobbles; speed mostly limited by lack of good endurance. Finished 19th out of 58 (wish I could have done remotely that well at the US championships at Happy Valley this past weekend .... Guess the difference is that I do OK at relatively easy orienteering but I kind of fall apart when it becomes technical!).
My one non-spiked control was, of all things, the finish control. For some reason, I was expecting it to be on the east side of the shelter, since that's the direction that we were approaching the shelter from. In spite of the map showing clearly that it was on the north side of the shelter. Probably lost 10 seconds in my confusion.
My one non-spiked control was, of all things, the finish control. For some reason, I was expecting it to be on the east side of the shelter, since that's the direction that we were approaching the shelter from. In spite of the map showing clearly that it was on the north side of the shelter. Probably lost 10 seconds in my confusion.
Orienteering (Speed string-O) 2:03 [5] * 0.11 mi (18:38 / mi) +1ft 18:29 / mi
spiked:30/30c shoes: New Balance MT461GO
String-O. 30 controls in about 180 meters.
The GPS track is one I did while walking the course at the end. The distance is from Stina's GPS, as she had hers reading every second and is presumably more accurate than mine (on smart read or something like that). See Stina's log http://attackpoint.org/sessiondata.jsp?sessionid=2... for a much better track (done while we were both walking the course at the same time); she hit "lap" at each control, so you can better see where the controls were placed.
This was my first run was 2:03, which was pretty poor (bottom third of the standings; way behind the leader who did it in 1:22).
Despite the short time and distance, it was actually a very intense workout.
The GPS track is one I did while walking the course at the end. The distance is from Stina's GPS, as she had hers reading every second and is presumably more accurate than mine (on smart read or something like that). See Stina's log http://attackpoint.org/sessiondata.jsp?sessionid=2... for a much better track (done while we were both walking the course at the same time); she hit "lap" at each control, so you can better see where the controls were placed.
This was my first run was 2:03, which was pretty poor (bottom third of the standings; way behind the leader who did it in 1:22).
Despite the short time and distance, it was actually a very intense workout.
4 PM
Orienteering (Speed string-O) 1:49 [5] * 0.11 mi (16:31 / mi)
spiked:30/30c shoes: New Balance MT461GO
My second run of the string-O. I took 14 seconds off of my time, nearly a half a second per control. I was still pretty far down in the standings, but slightly more respectable (maybe almost to the middle of the pack).
My biggest improvements were on the following controls:
2: 4 seconds vs 6 seconds (33% improvement!)
3: 1 second vs 2 seconds (50% improvement!)
12: 3 seconds vs 5 seconds (40% improvement)
16: 2 seconds vs 3 seconds
21: 4 seconds vs 6 seconds
On the other hand, there were a couple of controls where I was a second slower on the second run -- not sure what the excuse is for those.
I was a bit disappointed that I wasn't able to shave any time off of the long leg of the course, control 25 (7 seconds each run). I guess I need to work more on my endurance.
My biggest improvements were on the following controls:
2: 4 seconds vs 6 seconds (33% improvement!)
3: 1 second vs 2 seconds (50% improvement!)
12: 3 seconds vs 5 seconds (40% improvement)
16: 2 seconds vs 3 seconds
21: 4 seconds vs 6 seconds
On the other hand, there were a couple of controls where I was a second slower on the second run -- not sure what the excuse is for those.
I was a bit disappointed that I wasn't able to shave any time off of the long leg of the course, control 25 (7 seconds each run). I guess I need to work more on my endurance.