Training Log Archive: PaulT

Some orienteering at last. Great to be back and no issues with clavicle or shoulder.
At the brilliantly named Badger Gulch in Colorado. A mix of Portuguese cork oak, alpine meadow and Finnish knolls and all at about 2700m elevation. This made it very hard work as had just arrived last night.
US Long Champs. Ran 'up' to M50 thinking it would be slightly longer .....but turned out to be same course....

Gave up attempt at bike ride afterwards as gear cable snapped. Did find helpful bike shop and then drive up to 14000 feet on Pikes Peak though :-)

Felt very clunky orienteering and both compass and distance were very sloppy.

Potentially very fast area and much of huge course was technically easy. But 3 potentially tricky controls in rocky area proved to be so but not in the way expected.
Very vague approach to the lone boulder at #4, thinking I had a reasonable plan. But the boulder was far from 'lone' and honestly the map made little sense to me. Took #5 very deliberately because of this. Got on wrong small spur for #6, so lost loads of time in these three. Edit seven minutes.
Not sure what I will do differently tomorrow without being able to walk the terrain with a map to sort out the mapping style. Honestly can't see why #4 was used or allowed as a control site when there are other strong ones nearby. Be interesting to see how others got on.

Brilliant location for an event in every way - well organized and presented.

Green Y - Splits

Commute

Intervals on way home

Gran fondo, boone, nc