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Sunday Aug 23, 2009 #
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EX2 Adventures Race Timing: CM Quantico
Monday Aug 17, 2009 #
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Log is updated.
The Scottish 6 Days turned out to be an excellent choice for my first experience orienteering overseas. I was a bit nervous about competing at an event with more then 650 people in attendance, but this was perfect for me.
Everything went so smoothly, or at least appeared to be going smoothly, and that is all that counts sometimes.
The variety of maps was great with no chance to get bored at tackling the same terrain every day.
I loved the waterproof map paper with no map case.
Even though Roger doesn't orienteer, he enjoyed the opportunity to interact and observe the competitors and other spectators. He cooked at home three nights, and Sandy had leftovers two other evenings. His driving improved as the week went on, though he never did master getting into the car on the right side.
Many thanks to Sandy for her excellent navigational skills (both in direction and presentation). I am pretty sure that Roger and I would have had many tense moments if I had been in charge of getting him places. Sandy also tried to impart some important parts of the meet notes into my brain each day. It didn't always work, but I did stay out of the explosives area at least.
Having a selection of vendors with a large selection of apparel was a bit problematic since I bought, um, five pairs of new pants.
It was great to meet Nermin Fenmen (Turkey) in person. Nermin was also running W50L, and she had contacted me with questions about the USOF rankings program. I talked to her quite a bit before the start one day, and saw her out in the woods a few times. Unfortunately, the times I saw her in the woods are the days I was going in the wrong direction.
I enjoyed staying at the Logierait Pine Lodges despite the lack of internet. I talked to several of the other orienteering families, and I saw some of the women at the meet on other days.
The Scottish 6 Days turned out to be an excellent choice for my first experience orienteering overseas. I was a bit nervous about competing at an event with more then 650 people in attendance, but this was perfect for me.
Everything went so smoothly, or at least appeared to be going smoothly, and that is all that counts sometimes.
The variety of maps was great with no chance to get bored at tackling the same terrain every day.
I loved the waterproof map paper with no map case.
Even though Roger doesn't orienteer, he enjoyed the opportunity to interact and observe the competitors and other spectators. He cooked at home three nights, and Sandy had leftovers two other evenings. His driving improved as the week went on, though he never did master getting into the car on the right side.
Many thanks to Sandy for her excellent navigational skills (both in direction and presentation). I am pretty sure that Roger and I would have had many tense moments if I had been in charge of getting him places. Sandy also tried to impart some important parts of the meet notes into my brain each day. It didn't always work, but I did stay out of the explosives area at least.
Having a selection of vendors with a large selection of apparel was a bit problematic since I bought, um, five pairs of new pants.
It was great to meet Nermin Fenmen (Turkey) in person. Nermin was also running W50L, and she had contacted me with questions about the USOF rankings program. I talked to her quite a bit before the start one day, and saw her out in the woods a few times. Unfortunately, the times I saw her in the woods are the days I was going in the wrong direction.
I enjoyed staying at the Logierait Pine Lodges despite the lack of internet. I talked to several of the other orienteering families, and I saw some of the women at the meet on other days.