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Saturday Dec 3, 2011 #
Event: NEOC: Cemetery Hill
Orienteering race 35:05 [3] 3.1 mi (11:19 / mi)
Sprints at Cemetery Hill. Nice sprint map/courses. Thanks, Phil! Perfect weather! as long as not standing still too long. Inattentive at times, too little route contemplation.
Should have contemplated the history of NSH & the poor souls who existed & died there! Ran off, forgot to.
First sprint: missed #7 because I expected to see it easily - did not focus on what feature was. Had I known I was looking for a boulder cluster, I would have gone right to it. At least a minute.
15 - needed to stay high, did not & then had to climb - maybe 30" & then did not go directly - another 20"?
17 - too far right, not careful enough - maybe 45".
18 - right below me but did not see it/leading feature - 15"
That adds up to 3', so some more somewhere. Lost the 305 (looked at wrist after last cp - not there). Hindsight - should have gone right back & redone the entire course. Did not have any falls with which to help pinpoint where - & no split recording. A mystery.....
The discussion
Should have contemplated the history of NSH & the poor souls who existed & died there! Ran off, forgot to.
First sprint: missed #7 because I expected to see it easily - did not focus on what feature was. Had I known I was looking for a boulder cluster, I would have gone right to it. At least a minute.
15 - needed to stay high, did not & then had to climb - maybe 30" & then did not go directly - another 20"?
17 - too far right, not careful enough - maybe 45".
18 - right below me but did not see it/leading feature - 15"
That adds up to 3', so some more somewhere. Lost the 305 (looked at wrist after last cp - not there). Hindsight - should have gone right back & redone the entire course. Did not have any falls with which to help pinpoint where - & no split recording. A mystery.....
The discussion
C • 305 4
Orienteering race 31:15 [3] 3.1 km (10:05 / km)
Better - chase start. Dean S ahead. Caught him at 1 when he ran by it. But he was up the hill faster - in sight thru 4. Very wet feet south of 4. Caught Dean again at 7 when he & Steve & Mika all convened there. 4 of us to 8. Then Dean got in green so three of us. Mika got thru some green faster, got ahead of Steve & I 11 & we were bit to right at 12. I stupidly ran into a cul-de-sac to 13, effectively letting them go on their merry way. Lost 90". Had a face-to-face on the way to 15 with both! Joe B coming the other way & then he caught me on way to 16 - then I recognized it was Joe, hop on his coattails. - he got to 16, led to 17, waited for me in a tease-fashion & we "sprinted" in, Joe making sure he punched first:-). Not sure the cameras were whirring. Hamstring is not grumpy this morning which is most encouraging.
Nice time. Beth & dogs along, Beth got to shop in Northampton. She has ancient hx here as Peter, her ,deaf son, attended Clark school there 40 years ago. 202 W & route 2 east - bare, pretty countryside.
After, visited Colleen & Jim.
Would the real Mocha please pause for recognition?
Nice time. Beth & dogs along, Beth got to shop in Northampton. She has ancient hx here as Peter, her ,deaf son, attended Clark school there 40 years ago. 202 W & route 2 east - bare, pretty countryside.
After, visited Colleen & Jim.
Would the real Mocha please pause for recognition?