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Sunday Feb 26, 2023 #
5 PM
Trail Running 42:16 3.36 mi (12:35 / mi) +131m 11:13 / mi
ahr:144 max:165 shoes: Speedcross 5 - Brown
This is the first of two trail run options FROM HOME!!! 3/4 miles on road and then a 2 mile loop through Lisha Kill nature preserve. Trail was well traveled and about an inch of crunchy snow on top of a bed of ice from the freezing rain a few days ago. Very pleasant running conditions. A few decent moderate hills and one stream crossing on a log. This will be a great standard 40 min run :)
Thursday Feb 23, 2023 #
7 AM
Orienteering 59:34 *** 5.19 mi (11:29 / mi) +87m 10:55 / mi
ahr:148 max:178 26c shoes: Salomon speedcross 5 - red1
SWSW Lincoln Park Motola 6.1km
With the weather rearranging the schedule we asked for this map early and got it printed at UPS to do as a streamer training. Took some of the fun out of it, being the only people in the woods, but still fun.
I chose to go in the order that looked like hardest to easiest. I had a rough start adjusting to the scale and way overshot 1. The whole first loop (c) I had trouble getting into it, and even the second loop (a) I was making dumb mistakes. Legs felt so heavy. By the third loop (b) I was finally mentally in it but just slow feeling. I found a vast majority of the streamers but 3 or 4 I didn’t, and 1 or 2 I might have been in the wrong place.
Glad to fit in one more O in the desert! Thanks to all the SWSW folks!
With the weather rearranging the schedule we asked for this map early and got it printed at UPS to do as a streamer training. Took some of the fun out of it, being the only people in the woods, but still fun.
I chose to go in the order that looked like hardest to easiest. I had a rough start adjusting to the scale and way overshot 1. The whole first loop (c) I had trouble getting into it, and even the second loop (a) I was making dumb mistakes. Legs felt so heavy. By the third loop (b) I was finally mentally in it but just slow feeling. I found a vast majority of the streamers but 3 or 4 I didn’t, and 1 or 2 I might have been in the wrong place.
Glad to fit in one more O in the desert! Thanks to all the SWSW folks!
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023 #
3 PM
Orienteering 27:45 ** 2.66 mi (10:26 / mi) +17m 10:14 / mi
ahr:154 max:174 24c shoes: Salomon speedcross 5 - red1
SWSW campus sprint
The rogaine got cancelled due to blizzard like conditions with high winds! No complaints about that. Weather in town was a little less bad (windy and rainy and cold, but nothing severe). Went to the local UPS store to print some make up maps provided by the organizers. Much appreciated! I did a crude georeference and recreated sprint courses on the UA campus. Met up with Steve and angle and did about a 30 second start stagger with Syd then Steve then me then Angel.
I passed Steve at 4, but he was having o-range issues. I passed Syd at 7-8 by figuring out the canopy/tunnel a little more efficiently. I had some recollection of that area from the 2016 sprint. Overall it went well, but legs were shot and I had my normal struggles figuring out exactly where to expect the flag. Not 100% sure I always went to where the flag would have been. Still fun though! And appreciated there being an option for the cancelled event!
The rogaine got cancelled due to blizzard like conditions with high winds! No complaints about that. Weather in town was a little less bad (windy and rainy and cold, but nothing severe). Went to the local UPS store to print some make up maps provided by the organizers. Much appreciated! I did a crude georeference and recreated sprint courses on the UA campus. Met up with Steve and angle and did about a 30 second start stagger with Syd then Steve then me then Angel.
I passed Steve at 4, but he was having o-range issues. I passed Syd at 7-8 by figuring out the canopy/tunnel a little more efficiently. I had some recollection of that area from the 2016 sprint. Overall it went well, but legs were shot and I had my normal struggles figuring out exactly where to expect the flag. Not 100% sure I always went to where the flag would have been. Still fun though! And appreciated there being an option for the cancelled event!
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023 #
10 AM
Orienteering 49:54 *** 4.28 mi (11:40 / mi) +49m 11:15 / mi
ahr:158 max:189 13c shoes: Salomon speedcross 5 - red1
SWSW ironwood picnic area “training” - red middle/classic ish
This was some fun technical orienteering. The map was dead flat and basically just an endless series of very subtle gullies. Cactus was not very dense so it was much more runable than the last few days. I survived by careful compass work and counting gullies, and it actually went very well. Let 5 will register as a mistake, but it was actually a significant pause while I pulled out 5-6 pieces of jumping cholla out of my shoulder/back/side- that’s going to leave a mark. Syd caught up near the end and we went back and fourth through the last 3 controls, fun to push each other. Great training day!
This was some fun technical orienteering. The map was dead flat and basically just an endless series of very subtle gullies. Cactus was not very dense so it was much more runable than the last few days. I survived by careful compass work and counting gullies, and it actually went very well. Let 5 will register as a mistake, but it was actually a significant pause while I pulled out 5-6 pieces of jumping cholla out of my shoulder/back/side- that’s going to leave a mark. Syd caught up near the end and we went back and fourth through the last 3 controls, fun to push each other. Great training day!
Monday Feb 20, 2023 #
10 AM
Orienteering 55:11 *** 4.45 mi (12:24 / mi) +138m 11:19 / mi
ahr:169 max:203 14c shoes: Salomon speedcross 5 - red1
SWSW - cholla chaser
Handicapped event that starts with a “box” and you needed to find 1-7 controls depending on your age category, followed by a standard 6 control course everyone does the same.
Of course, being M21, I got to do the whole shebang. Started out with a large group that did the first 3 pretty much the same. Lots of trail options, and dry stream beds that were also pretty open. But the off trail throughout the map was a large variety of dense cacti. For the second half of the box I saw lots of people, but at this point they were coming and going in different directions. It was fun to see so many people though!
I finished the box and headed on to the rest of the course in a small train of people going similar speed that I would go back and forth with. 8-10 went well but 11 and 12 we were all bumbling around through thick stuff in stupid directions, I think group think was at play more than navigation, but it was also just tough traveling in this section. Couldn’t quite catch the two people in front of me on the last trail leg, but I did close th gap.
Despite the numerous cactus spikes I just pulled out of my legs, I had a lot of fun. Nav went well and I thought the course did a great job of keeping a lot of people close to each other.
Handicapped event that starts with a “box” and you needed to find 1-7 controls depending on your age category, followed by a standard 6 control course everyone does the same.
Of course, being M21, I got to do the whole shebang. Started out with a large group that did the first 3 pretty much the same. Lots of trail options, and dry stream beds that were also pretty open. But the off trail throughout the map was a large variety of dense cacti. For the second half of the box I saw lots of people, but at this point they were coming and going in different directions. It was fun to see so many people though!
I finished the box and headed on to the rest of the course in a small train of people going similar speed that I would go back and forth with. 8-10 went well but 11 and 12 we were all bumbling around through thick stuff in stupid directions, I think group think was at play more than navigation, but it was also just tough traveling in this section. Couldn’t quite catch the two people in front of me on the last trail leg, but I did close th gap.
Despite the numerous cactus spikes I just pulled out of my legs, I had a lot of fun. Nav went well and I thought the course did a great job of keeping a lot of people close to each other.
5 PM
Orienteering 21:36 ** 2.63 mi (8:13 / mi) +7m 8:09 / mi
ahr:153 max:170 16c shoes: Salomon speedcross 5 - red1
Reid park sprint, map and course provided by Cristina
I roughly georeferenced the map and made the course into an O-range file for watch punching- worked fantastic! Intended to go out for an easy recovery run, but that never works so I went pretty much sprint pace. Park was busy this evening but no one paid any attention to me. Grear course with a few good route choice legs, some of which I’m not sure I made the right choice.
Thank you for the bonus O!!
I roughly georeferenced the map and made the course into an O-range file for watch punching- worked fantastic! Intended to go out for an easy recovery run, but that never works so I went pretty much sprint pace. Park was busy this evening but no one paid any attention to me. Grear course with a few good route choice legs, some of which I’m not sure I made the right choice.
Thank you for the bonus O!!
Sunday Feb 19, 2023 #
10 AM
Orienteering 1:44:30 *** 7.57 mi (13:48 / mi) +419m 11:47 / mi
ahr:175 max:202 20c shoes: Salomon speedcross 5 - red1
SWSW - Javalina Hustle - Long (10.5k)
Goat style race split onto two maps, each about 5 km long. On each map you could skip 1 control.
Started out strong (aka too fast) keeping up with a group near the front through the first several controls, and even making up some time when I didnt get sucked into people following skippers. I decided to skip #8 as it was one of the best doglegs to save climb and distance. While this did put me out alone, it ended up hurting me as I overshot 10 costing me a lot of climb and confusion, and about an 8 minute mistake!
I slowed down after that and was able to execute my approaches with purpose. At the map exchange I took a little time to ponder options and decided to skip the first control, as it was a 1.5 km leg with a lot of up and down. This let me do a simialrly long leg, but execute almost all on trail with a lot less climb. It was a good mental break. The second map went really well, just some hesitation approaching 19 mostly because I could see people on spurs other than mine, and I couldnt understand why they would be there if they werent headed to the same control I was. Eventually convinced myself I was right (I was) and finished strong.
Fun goat. I should have skipped later on the first map to stay with the pack longer, and therefore avoid my big mistake.
Race was in the foothills at 5000 ft, so it was a lot cooler, and not sunny. Carrying water was still a good idea.
Goat style race split onto two maps, each about 5 km long. On each map you could skip 1 control.
Started out strong (aka too fast) keeping up with a group near the front through the first several controls, and even making up some time when I didnt get sucked into people following skippers. I decided to skip #8 as it was one of the best doglegs to save climb and distance. While this did put me out alone, it ended up hurting me as I overshot 10 costing me a lot of climb and confusion, and about an 8 minute mistake!
I slowed down after that and was able to execute my approaches with purpose. At the map exchange I took a little time to ponder options and decided to skip the first control, as it was a 1.5 km leg with a lot of up and down. This let me do a simialrly long leg, but execute almost all on trail with a lot less climb. It was a good mental break. The second map went really well, just some hesitation approaching 19 mostly because I could see people on spurs other than mine, and I couldnt understand why they would be there if they werent headed to the same control I was. Eventually convinced myself I was right (I was) and finished strong.
Fun goat. I should have skipped later on the first map to stay with the pack longer, and therefore avoid my big mistake.
Race was in the foothills at 5000 ft, so it was a lot cooler, and not sunny. Carrying water was still a good idea.
Saturday Feb 18, 2023 #
10 AM
Orienteering 1:33:08 *** 5.8 mi (16:03 / mi) +226m 14:19 / mi
ahr:173 max:198 14c shoes: Salomon speedcross 5 - red1
SWSW Catalina SP - Red
6.2 km, 155m climb
72 and Sunny - a beautiful day for orienteering!
And way too hot for this northerner.... 13 out of 14 legs went pretty well, but 10-11 I was gassed, hot, thirsty and totally lost all focus resulting in 25+ minute error, my worst such error in years! I finally figured out I had run off the map, and found my way there. Determined to not let it get to me, I finished the course strong.
Fun times, hopefully I got that out of hte way and can have a good clean 5 more days of orienteering in the desert :).
6.2 km, 155m climb
72 and Sunny - a beautiful day for orienteering!
And way too hot for this northerner.... 13 out of 14 legs went pretty well, but 10-11 I was gassed, hot, thirsty and totally lost all focus resulting in 25+ minute error, my worst such error in years! I finally figured out I had run off the map, and found my way there. Determined to not let it get to me, I finished the course strong.
Fun times, hopefully I got that out of hte way and can have a good clean 5 more days of orienteering in the desert :).