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Saturday Sep 22, 2007 #
Run warm up/down (grass) 20:00 [2] 2.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
shoes: Montrail Vitesse 610
Warmup/downs around sprints.
Orienteer race 17:46 [5] *** 2.22 km (8:00 / km) +51m 7:11 / km
shoes: Montrail Vitesse 610
2007 WCOC Sprint Meet - Course A
First sprint of the day. Relaxed and ready at pre-start but that changed when I got my map and could not easily find the start triangle, had difficulty adjusting to the 1:4000 scale and determining where I'd jogged to by the time I had my bearings. I was still flustered after stumbling to the easy first control and I took a few steps in the wrong direction to 2, stopped, got my wits about me and spiked the next few running parallel with Kristin H (who had already made up the 30 sec gap). I think she made an error at 5 because I never saw her after that. My last mistake took me to control 1 before 6 for the loss of at least another half minute. The rest of the contols went smoothly as I caught up and pulled a number of folks along. Not a good way to start the weekend's races but still great to be racing on a map.
First sprint of the day. Relaxed and ready at pre-start but that changed when I got my map and could not easily find the start triangle, had difficulty adjusting to the 1:4000 scale and determining where I'd jogged to by the time I had my bearings. I was still flustered after stumbling to the easy first control and I took a few steps in the wrong direction to 2, stopped, got my wits about me and spiked the next few running parallel with Kristin H (who had already made up the 30 sec gap). I think she made an error at 5 because I never saw her after that. My last mistake took me to control 1 before 6 for the loss of at least another half minute. The rest of the contols went smoothly as I caught up and pulled a number of folks along. Not a good way to start the weekend's races but still great to be racing on a map.
Orienteer race 15:12 [5] 2.33 km (6:31 / km) +52m 5:52 / km
shoes: Montrail Vitesse 610
2007 WCOC Sprint Meet - Course B
Much better race than this morning. Decent nav to 1 but poor route choice to 2; I should have taken the trail but just didn't see it (glasses?). Picked up with a fast group and helped them as much as I was assisted. Of course, a good train of orienteers is much faster and my time shows this. Another all-around great courses that was a lot of fun.
Much better race than this morning. Decent nav to 1 but poor route choice to 2; I should have taken the trail but just didn't see it (glasses?). Picked up with a fast group and helped them as much as I was assisted. Of course, a good train of orienteers is much faster and my time shows this. Another all-around great courses that was a lot of fun.
Orienteer race 16:40 [5] *** 3.15 km (5:17 / km) +33m 5:02 / km
shoes: Montrail Vitesse 610
WCOC Sprint Series Finals
Now this was a ton of fun. We all stood in the pavilion and watched the top six women (then men) run in a head-to-head race around a forked sprint course. Chicago's Kathy B. was a surprise entry in the women's final as her local sprint points and morning points were enough to get her in where she had a great race (4th). The first three loops were all about the same distance so they kept circling back at the same time and heading off on a different fork. Peter's commentary rounded out the exciting atmosphere. The real surprise came in the men's race when John F. lost a lead to John T. on the fourth common loop. I guess it came down to route choice.
After these exciting races we all got a shot at the same course in a mass start of over 30 people. It was fast and immediately formed trains for the first three loops. The fourth loop had two long route choice legs which separated my group and then we coalesced for the final sprint around the pavilion. This ended a great day of sprint racing which is a format that I am beginning to appreciate.
Now this was a ton of fun. We all stood in the pavilion and watched the top six women (then men) run in a head-to-head race around a forked sprint course. Chicago's Kathy B. was a surprise entry in the women's final as her local sprint points and morning points were enough to get her in where she had a great race (4th). The first three loops were all about the same distance so they kept circling back at the same time and heading off on a different fork. Peter's commentary rounded out the exciting atmosphere. The real surprise came in the men's race when John F. lost a lead to John T. on the fourth common loop. I guess it came down to route choice.
After these exciting races we all got a shot at the same course in a mass start of over 30 people. It was fast and immediately formed trains for the first three loops. The fourth loop had two long route choice legs which separated my group and then we coalesced for the final sprint around the pavilion. This ended a great day of sprint racing which is a format that I am beginning to appreciate.
Note
Nati, Kathy, Maricel & I got cleaned up and headed to a great Italian restaurant for dinner and then early night's sleep with our full bellies.