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Sunday Jun 27, 2010 #
11 AM
Walking warm up/down (/jog to start) 13:59 [1] 1.34 km (10:28 / km) +20m 9:44 / km
shoes: Jala Jukola Spider 6 #3
Pulled into the parking lot and got a place right in the center of the action. :-)
It was a tad cooler (upper 70s?) and there was more breeze than yesterday, and there were trees (well, not on the way to start, but visible along the walk). Jogged a little but mostly walked. Jogged a little more shortly before start to stretch out the legs. Knew Natalia D. was starting a few minutes behind me and watched her race prep...
It was a tad cooler (upper 70s?) and there was more breeze than yesterday, and there were trees (well, not on the way to start, but visible along the walk). Jogged a little but mostly walked. Jogged a little more shortly before start to stretch out the legs. Knew Natalia D. was starting a few minutes behind me and watched her race prep...
Orienteering race (Brown long) 1:13:37 [4] *** 5.3 km (13:53 / km) +160m 12:04 / km
spiked:11/11c shoes: Jala Jukola Spider 6 #3
Fishtrap Lake map. Temp upper 70s at start.
Nice run today, in a more open area than yesterday (95% of the map is yellow-rough open, with a few bits of marsh or pond/lake and small bits of white woods here and there). Lots of chunky basalt rock underfoot in a lot of places made for slow going even in the rough open as you had to keep watching where you put your feet. Had to cross barb wire fence twice before and after control 2 but then didn't have to worry about it.
After starting off a bit in an easterly direction (following a herd path from the triangle, but it wasn't the right one) I quickly corrected and headed more directly towards my first control. It was on the far side of a mini-butte (one contour or so up, with small cliffs on some sides and rocky underfoot). There were a LOT of these on the map, some up to 3 contours above surrounding areas. One part of the map was out of bounds because of an active eagle nest but I didn't see any eagles. Interesting course.
With only 11 controls over 5.3 km, I was expecting some dull dead running but there wasn't much except near the beginning because of all the ups and downs. Even the longest leg, ~1.7 km, had a lot of things to pay attention to so it was fun.
3rd US, 5th overall on the course, ~12 minutes behind the fastest on the course (Natalia D) and 3 min behind Patty Lyons.
FR=6.28 km
Nice run today, in a more open area than yesterday (95% of the map is yellow-rough open, with a few bits of marsh or pond/lake and small bits of white woods here and there). Lots of chunky basalt rock underfoot in a lot of places made for slow going even in the rough open as you had to keep watching where you put your feet. Had to cross barb wire fence twice before and after control 2 but then didn't have to worry about it.
After starting off a bit in an easterly direction (following a herd path from the triangle, but it wasn't the right one) I quickly corrected and headed more directly towards my first control. It was on the far side of a mini-butte (one contour or so up, with small cliffs on some sides and rocky underfoot). There were a LOT of these on the map, some up to 3 contours above surrounding areas. One part of the map was out of bounds because of an active eagle nest but I didn't see any eagles. Interesting course.
With only 11 controls over 5.3 km, I was expecting some dull dead running but there wasn't much except near the beginning because of all the ups and downs. Even the longest leg, ~1.7 km, had a lot of things to pay attention to so it was fun.
3rd US, 5th overall on the course, ~12 minutes behind the fastest on the course (Natalia D) and 3 min behind Patty Lyons.
FR=6.28 km
3 PM
Note
Since they had only given awards for W-Y-O yesterday at Moses Lake due to some difficulties, I learned today that I was the US Middle Champion (final results were posted at today's venue). Yay!