Running intervals 2:00:02 12.04 mi (9:58 / mi) +681m8:29 / mi ahr:126 max:160 shoes: Altra Torin 7
5 x Up and Down Saddleback A good workout - perfect morning for it - in the 50's, light breeze. Had a nice chat with the owner of the very last house, just below the TV tower.
Running warm up/down 19:17 1.54 mi (12:31 / mi) +157m9:31 / mi ahr:125 max:140 shoes: VJ Falcon w spikes
Run to Start of WP Day 2.
Nice opp to get a bit of vertical. Most competitors took the bus to the junction.
11 AM
Orienteering47:06 [3] 3.04 mi (15:30 / mi) +83m14:17 / mi ahr:132 max:150 shoes: VJ Falcon w spikes
Westpoint Day 2
From control 5 to finish. (First mile not included in trace : forgot to start my watch at the Start). Nice course with challenging navigation. Lots of rock features and some rugged scrambling up and down to control locations. About 4 minutes of mistakes including not seeing an indistinct trail. Ended up 2nd combined (day 1 and 2) in the M70+ age class. Not bad since I have been neglecting to train navigation for O and have gone to very few events. Nice to have fierce competition on today's course with top 2 - 8(me) within 3 minutes.
Running warm up/down 16:46 1.35 mi (12:25 / mi) +49m11:10 / mi ahr:119 max:143
Warmup/ jog to start.
10 AM
Orienteering race 1:03:16*** 3.03 mi (20:53 / mi) +174m17:43 / mi ahr:131 max:149 spiked:8/10c shoes: VJ Falcon w spikes
West Point National Event
Running in M70+, Brown-X course with a nice (enlarged!) 1:7500 map! Like several others, could not find control #1, because of un-mapped cliffs behind the boulder where the flag was hidden. Only when a racer emerged from behind the rock did I realize: That is a boulder ?! Took it slowly for the rest trying to be "in control" at all times. No major mistakes until the finish. Nice to be back with the sport and the great community of orienteers.