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Sunday Oct 5, 2014 #
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All of my good karma from the trip out is gone. Stuck on a plane on the Ohare tarmac. Not sure when I'll get home. Luckily I heard from my new job and I won't actually start for a few days. At this rate, I wonder if I'll ever start.
Orienteering race 41:20 [4] 3.3 km (12:32 / km) +105m 10:48 / km
Letchworth State Park. Middle Champs. Green X
This was my worst race of the weekend, navigationally speaking. I was not precise enough in the circle and lost time on almost every control, hesitating or not going directly to the control. I think I was feeling some pressure to continue to do well, and it made me feel a bit too frantic. Luckily, I was still pushing hard enough to take another win...just 19 seconds over Mary Jones...phew!
On my way to #1, I saw 3 other women on my course looking for the control in an area that was just halfway along the route. That made me slow down and question where I was...I mean 3 other people had stopped here. But since I was pace counting, I knew I was no where near the control yet, so I kept running, never 100% sure that I was correct until I hit the big stream right before the control.
Hesitated after I saw #2 since the description said "foot of hill" but the control was definitely on the top. Passed too high on #3, but looked back and saw someone punching into the control, so went back. Good route choice along the pond/marsh to #4, but then thought the control was in the big marshy reentrant. Stopped at the base, looked up the reentrant, but didn't see anything. Trying to figure it out when I saw a crowd of folks punch in at the control in the tiny reentrant. Ugh!
Bad route choice to #5 had me clawing my way out of the gully. Decided to stay low on the spur to #6, but was too low. Hit the big reentrant and had to climb to the control. #7 was good...finally! Had a 1 second hesitation at #8 when I saw another control on the power line tower, but looked right and saw my control. Had a slight hesitation at #9 when I read the description as "vegetation boundary" (as did Sharon), and could only see a wide open low area and a small knoll. Checked the control code, saw it was mine, and thought "alrighty then".
Luckily, the final small loop went great, so I didn't lose anymore time there. And, once again, I lost 2(!) places in the finish chute. I really need to work on my sprinting speed.
This was my worst race of the weekend, navigationally speaking. I was not precise enough in the circle and lost time on almost every control, hesitating or not going directly to the control. I think I was feeling some pressure to continue to do well, and it made me feel a bit too frantic. Luckily, I was still pushing hard enough to take another win...just 19 seconds over Mary Jones...phew!
On my way to #1, I saw 3 other women on my course looking for the control in an area that was just halfway along the route. That made me slow down and question where I was...I mean 3 other people had stopped here. But since I was pace counting, I knew I was no where near the control yet, so I kept running, never 100% sure that I was correct until I hit the big stream right before the control.
Hesitated after I saw #2 since the description said "foot of hill" but the control was definitely on the top. Passed too high on #3, but looked back and saw someone punching into the control, so went back. Good route choice along the pond/marsh to #4, but then thought the control was in the big marshy reentrant. Stopped at the base, looked up the reentrant, but didn't see anything. Trying to figure it out when I saw a crowd of folks punch in at the control in the tiny reentrant. Ugh!
Bad route choice to #5 had me clawing my way out of the gully. Decided to stay low on the spur to #6, but was too low. Hit the big reentrant and had to climb to the control. #7 was good...finally! Had a 1 second hesitation at #8 when I saw another control on the power line tower, but looked right and saw my control. Had a slight hesitation at #9 when I read the description as "vegetation boundary" (as did Sharon), and could only see a wide open low area and a small knoll. Checked the control code, saw it was mine, and thought "alrighty then".
Luckily, the final small loop went great, so I didn't lose anymore time there. And, once again, I lost 2(!) places in the finish chute. I really need to work on my sprinting speed.
Saturday Oct 4, 2014 #
Orienteering race 1:22:57 [4] 6.1 km (13:36 / km) +230m 11:26 / km
Letchworth State Park. US Long Champs. Green X
Another good run. I felt good out in the woods, and only made a few mistakes. The first was on the way to #1 when I plunged into some green stuff and got nervous. I talked myself out of panicking and got back on track. The other mistake was on #5. I didn't execute my route choice very well. I should have headed straight up the hill and then run along the top of the ridge. Instead, I contoured along a very steep hill and then hit the top in a vague area. It took me a little bit to figure it out. Probably about 3 minutes.
This was a fun course, especially the last few controls when you could run pretty fast on the flat terrain. Like yesterday, I dropped a placing right at the end. Need to get faster in the finish chute.
Another good run. I felt good out in the woods, and only made a few mistakes. The first was on the way to #1 when I plunged into some green stuff and got nervous. I talked myself out of panicking and got back on track. The other mistake was on #5. I didn't execute my route choice very well. I should have headed straight up the hill and then run along the top of the ridge. Instead, I contoured along a very steep hill and then hit the top in a vague area. It took me a little bit to figure it out. Probably about 3 minutes.
This was a fun course, especially the last few controls when you could run pretty fast on the flat terrain. Like yesterday, I dropped a placing right at the end. Need to get faster in the finish chute.
Friday Oct 3, 2014 #
Event: 2014 US Nationals
Orienteering race 22:57 [4] 2.4 km (9:34 / km) +50m 8:40 / km
US Sprint Champs, Genesee Valley Park
So, this was a lot of fun. I really didn't know what to expect since I am really not a sprinter, but I knew I wanted a much better race than my last sprint at NAOC in DVOA, which was a complete disaster. So, I spent some time in the weeks leading up to today studying the old map and studying Google Earth. I think that really helped because I felt like I knew the park before I even set foot in it.
I also wanted to pace myself so I wouldn't be dying at the end. It looks like I followed that plan, according to my splits, but I still felt like I was dying. I guess other people were just dying a little more.
I didn't have any big mistakes, just a few hesitations, especially at 16, which I almost ran right past, and a less than optimal route to 15 through some of the green stuff. Pretty happy with this race, though. :-)
So, this was a lot of fun. I really didn't know what to expect since I am really not a sprinter, but I knew I wanted a much better race than my last sprint at NAOC in DVOA, which was a complete disaster. So, I spent some time in the weeks leading up to today studying the old map and studying Google Earth. I think that really helped because I felt like I knew the park before I even set foot in it.
I also wanted to pace myself so I wouldn't be dying at the end. It looks like I followed that plan, according to my splits, but I still felt like I was dying. I guess other people were just dying a little more.
I didn't have any big mistakes, just a few hesitations, especially at 16, which I almost ran right past, and a less than optimal route to 15 through some of the green stuff. Pretty happy with this race, though. :-)
Wednesday Oct 1, 2014 #
Core Conditioning 1:00:00 [3]
Barre class