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Thursday Jun 18, 2009 #
Watercize 50:00 [1]
Tuesday Jun 16, 2009 #
Watercize 47:00 [1]
Sunday Jun 14, 2009 #
Orienteering race 1:48:00 [3]
Nav-Stock DUO with Malcolm Goddard
Pairs score-O with a twist. Each competitor gets one map and must punch whatever (s)he likes. Then, after each downloads, the team swaps maps and repeats. The catch is that you only get credit for those controls that you BOTH punch.
We decided to try for the exchange in 55 minutes, figuring that we'd be slower on the second half. I got off to a good start, staying with the pack to #100, but veering off and blowing #102. I looped back in, but lost time. I compounded the error by making a "90" out of the control and ending up on the escarpment near 101. I missed 101 AND 105, but heard some folks near 106 and crashed in there. From then on, I was pretty good, spiking 107 and 110. I momentarily forgot the map was 1:5000 and went too far up the path and then too far in to 111 and ended up in sight of 117. Saw another guy and we commented that it's not often that you get rewarded for your mistakes (117 was worth more). Small error heading to 116, but got it and upon leaving finally "clicked" vis-a-vis the mapping strategy. Got 109, 105, and 101 on the way in for a disappointing, but not disasterous run. Came in at about 52 minutes. The northern half was easier and I did fine until I went for 126(?), the fence corner NOT near Appleby Line. I was going fine, but was looking at the circle for 131(?) the fence corner by Appleby. Things didn't look good to my right, but the field was a dead giveaway to my left. Just as the control should have been there, there was a big (by map standards) hill. It took me about two minutes to sort out my error, then I charged up the hill, punched and took off, spraining my ankle. The rest of the clean up was straightforward although it took two tries to get in to 132 because I went to the wrong side of the uncrossable fence. Walked/jogged the last bit in with Bash who had cleaned up a good bit more. Malcolm had duplicated my run (albeit much more efficiently) with the exception of 101. Not sure how we did, but the partnership worked well and it was a fun event. Ankle is a bit swollen today, but should be fine by the end of the week...
Pairs score-O with a twist. Each competitor gets one map and must punch whatever (s)he likes. Then, after each downloads, the team swaps maps and repeats. The catch is that you only get credit for those controls that you BOTH punch.
We decided to try for the exchange in 55 minutes, figuring that we'd be slower on the second half. I got off to a good start, staying with the pack to #100, but veering off and blowing #102. I looped back in, but lost time. I compounded the error by making a "90" out of the control and ending up on the escarpment near 101. I missed 101 AND 105, but heard some folks near 106 and crashed in there. From then on, I was pretty good, spiking 107 and 110. I momentarily forgot the map was 1:5000 and went too far up the path and then too far in to 111 and ended up in sight of 117. Saw another guy and we commented that it's not often that you get rewarded for your mistakes (117 was worth more). Small error heading to 116, but got it and upon leaving finally "clicked" vis-a-vis the mapping strategy. Got 109, 105, and 101 on the way in for a disappointing, but not disasterous run. Came in at about 52 minutes. The northern half was easier and I did fine until I went for 126(?), the fence corner NOT near Appleby Line. I was going fine, but was looking at the circle for 131(?) the fence corner by Appleby. Things didn't look good to my right, but the field was a dead giveaway to my left. Just as the control should have been there, there was a big (by map standards) hill. It took me about two minutes to sort out my error, then I charged up the hill, punched and took off, spraining my ankle. The rest of the clean up was straightforward although it took two tries to get in to 132 because I went to the wrong side of the uncrossable fence. Walked/jogged the last bit in with Bash who had cleaned up a good bit more. Malcolm had duplicated my run (albeit much more efficiently) with the exception of 101. Not sure how we did, but the partnership worked well and it was a fun event. Ankle is a bit swollen today, but should be fine by the end of the week...