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Friday Oct 23, 2015 #
6 AM
Core Training 38:00
Thursday Oct 22, 2015 #
5 PM
Weights 23:00 [3]
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015 #
6 AM
Core Training (Total Training) 46:00
Very painful and the walk afterwards was slow. Still not recovered from Sunday.
Tuesday Oct 20, 2015 #
12 PM
Walking/Hiking 35:00 [1] 2.0 mi (17:30 / mi)
On campus, enjoying the day, but mostly trying to move the legs...
Sunday Oct 18, 2015 #
Event: Hudson Highlander XVIII
9 AM
Orienteering race 7:14:34 [3] 26.8 km (16:13 / km) +1085m 13:29 / km
Hudson Highlander
Started out chasing the pack up the hill; felt like I did okay and there was a long line leaving #1. Got dropped like last week's fish heading to #2 and was completely alone when I turned off the marked trail above it and went in.
#3/#4 Solo, though I saw some folks near - none of them helped me in any way, though. They all seemed to be on parallel but different courses.
#5 Up the hill, past #2 and in. Got confused on the open hill top N of the control, but headed right to it, missed it by a bit (must have even been in sight, but looking wrong). Found facing cliffs NW of control and made a parallel error and headed back to top of hill. Now completely lost, I wandered and found the cliffs again, but relocated properly this time. As I approach, Sharon Crawford came in from the S. I thought it was a fifteen minute error, but WinSplits says 13.
#6/#7/#8/#9 Headed out with Sharon towards marked trail, turning in for six and then back for seven. Saw Peggy D., Nadim A., Sam L., Phil B, Charlie D, Bernie B. and another one or two on the trail run as we headed in to seven. Eight and nine were straightforward.
#10 Long, but somewhere along the trail run, it became clear that Sharon and I were together for the duration.
#11/#12 I read the map backwards and started down the road to #19, but got corrected; Sharon spotted the control from a distance. I returned the favor at twelve.
#13 We went straight to the rocky reentrant and then decided to attack the green to get to the top of the hill. That was gorgeous and we eventually spiked the control with me using the cliffs and marsh to the E as a "handrail from a distance".
#14 I fell behind on the way to #14 when my Camelback's bite valve popped off in some laurel and was unretrievable. After draining the Camelback - by a combination of drinking and spilling - I caught up with Sharon and we made parallel attacks with her spiking it.
#15 A less than optimal attack got us confused, but eventually Sharon found it.
#16 Long trail attack and then past #12 and in. The control was visible from quite a distance.
#17/#18 Slow attacks and I was able to return the favor to Sharon as I spiked each of them.
#19 I fell behind again at the map exchange as I shed the Camelback, but kept some of the food and the whistle.
#20-#24 Not much to say. I caught up with Sharon and we pushed through these easy ones.
#25 Passed Phil B. in the open field and then Peggy/Bernie/Nadim a few minutes later. Not sure where Charlie and Sam were. Took the trail to the far power lines and then went up the spur towards the control, "collecting" Sam as we (and he) approached it.
#26-#30 The three of us marched (not ran) with a small degree of urgency as we navigated Spook Swamp competently, but not speedily.
#31 Convinced Sharon to take the trail the whole way and really did not regret it when looking at the hillside (covered with deadfall) after spotting the control from the trail.
#32 Meant to take the trail from the power line junction, but missed it and went down to the road; took the road to the reentrant and then in. Control was a bit tricky as it was not only hidden by a tree, but also on the ground as the stick holding it up had broken.
Finish: Sam "retired" to allow us to run in, but we still blew the timing at the finish and Sharon "beat me" by one second.
Just happy to have finished; it was a good course and a good experience and I'll keep my bib number low for next year!
Started out chasing the pack up the hill; felt like I did okay and there was a long line leaving #1. Got dropped like last week's fish heading to #2 and was completely alone when I turned off the marked trail above it and went in.
#3/#4 Solo, though I saw some folks near - none of them helped me in any way, though. They all seemed to be on parallel but different courses.
#5 Up the hill, past #2 and in. Got confused on the open hill top N of the control, but headed right to it, missed it by a bit (must have even been in sight, but looking wrong). Found facing cliffs NW of control and made a parallel error and headed back to top of hill. Now completely lost, I wandered and found the cliffs again, but relocated properly this time. As I approach, Sharon Crawford came in from the S. I thought it was a fifteen minute error, but WinSplits says 13.
#6/#7/#8/#9 Headed out with Sharon towards marked trail, turning in for six and then back for seven. Saw Peggy D., Nadim A., Sam L., Phil B, Charlie D, Bernie B. and another one or two on the trail run as we headed in to seven. Eight and nine were straightforward.
#10 Long, but somewhere along the trail run, it became clear that Sharon and I were together for the duration.
#11/#12 I read the map backwards and started down the road to #19, but got corrected; Sharon spotted the control from a distance. I returned the favor at twelve.
#13 We went straight to the rocky reentrant and then decided to attack the green to get to the top of the hill. That was gorgeous and we eventually spiked the control with me using the cliffs and marsh to the E as a "handrail from a distance".
#14 I fell behind on the way to #14 when my Camelback's bite valve popped off in some laurel and was unretrievable. After draining the Camelback - by a combination of drinking and spilling - I caught up with Sharon and we made parallel attacks with her spiking it.
#15 A less than optimal attack got us confused, but eventually Sharon found it.
#16 Long trail attack and then past #12 and in. The control was visible from quite a distance.
#17/#18 Slow attacks and I was able to return the favor to Sharon as I spiked each of them.
#19 I fell behind again at the map exchange as I shed the Camelback, but kept some of the food and the whistle.
#20-#24 Not much to say. I caught up with Sharon and we pushed through these easy ones.
#25 Passed Phil B. in the open field and then Peggy/Bernie/Nadim a few minutes later. Not sure where Charlie and Sam were. Took the trail to the far power lines and then went up the spur towards the control, "collecting" Sam as we (and he) approached it.
#26-#30 The three of us marched (not ran) with a small degree of urgency as we navigated Spook Swamp competently, but not speedily.
#31 Convinced Sharon to take the trail the whole way and really did not regret it when looking at the hillside (covered with deadfall) after spotting the control from the trail.
#32 Meant to take the trail from the power line junction, but missed it and went down to the road; took the road to the reentrant and then in. Control was a bit tricky as it was not only hidden by a tree, but also on the ground as the stick holding it up had broken.
Finish: Sam "retired" to allow us to run in, but we still blew the timing at the finish and Sharon "beat me" by one second.
Just happy to have finished; it was a good course and a good experience and I'll keep my bib number low for next year!