In the last 7 days:
| activity | # | time | miles | km | +m | | | |
| orienteering | 2 | 3:20:29 | 5.53 | (36:15) | 8.9 | (22:32) | 300 | | 29c | | |
| horseback riding (english) | 1 | 1:00:00 | | | | | | | | | |
| walking | 1 | 30:00 | 1.55 | (19:19) | 2.5 | (12:00) | | | | | |
| Total | 3 | 4:50:29 | 7.08 | | 11.4 | | 300 | | 29c | | |
9 AM
orienteering race 1:45:15 [4] 4.9 km (21:29 / km) +150m 18:38 / km
15c shoes: Inov8 O-roc 280 Red Threedux
West Point Lake Frederick - GreenY (F40+)
Moderately better today, and the weather was much nicer. It took me a control or two to get into the map (revised and with much more information than yesterday's map) but after that things were pretty smooth and I was actually finding controls where I expected them and not wandering in the circle like Saturday. I fell several times mostly due to the mud (right next to #1, scraping up my knee and palm on a rock, in a huge puddle on the trail between 3&4, at least one other time near a control and possibly more that I can't remember.) In the super muddy last control/finish chute I was trying really hard to just stay upright and not lose a shoe in front of all the people.
Overall a decent weekend. Not the best ever but I didn't have any major errors or huge periods of wandering and that's enough to make it a good time at WP.
9 AM
walking 30:00 [1] 2.5 km (12:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 O-roc 280 Red Threedux
To start
The weather was cold and on and off drizzly, so I went to start wearing my jacket with some stuff in the pockets (winter hat, gloves, buff). But then the clothing drop was wayyyyy before the start, like a full km before, and I didn't want to drop my stuff yet so I ended up going out with the jacket, then putting it around my waist between 1 and 2 and leaving it there.
orienteering race 1:35:14 [4] *** 4.0 km (23:49 / km) +150m 20:03 / km
14c shoes: Inov8 O-roc 280 Red Threedux
West Point Camp Shea - GreenY (F40+)
Immediately not off to a good start as I pulled a 180 (intended to go down the trail and then climb and didn't except to be going backwards through the start, I guess). I wondered why the start flag seemed to be on the wrong part of the curve, then nothing was making sense, and luckily figured it out quickly. But then I went up through the woods because I didn't want to pass back through all the people and lines.
Basically it was the day of small errors and slow movement. I had a hard time getting into the map and figuring out what was what, as is often the case on these older WP maps. (This particular map and I have a pretty bad history, with at least 2 DNFs and one year when I got sick and didn't start at all. So I was happy to break the curse and finish a course here, and in not totally terrible time.) Usually I would get into the circle and then flounder around a bit until I found the control or got pulled into it by other runners.
7 PM
horseback riding (english) 1:00:00 [1]
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