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Saturday Aug 25, 2018 #
Rowing 11:51 [3] 3.0 km (3:57 / km)
Friday Aug 24, 2018 #
6 PM
Rowing 12:45 [3] 3.0 km (4:15 / km)
Felt good on the legs. Took it easy to make sure back is ok, 24-25 strokes/min mostly, up to 29 at final sprint.
Sunday Aug 19, 2018 #
11 AM
Orienteering race (3.85 km run, 12.9 min/km) 49:39 [4] 2.7 km (18:23 / km) +149m 14:25 / km
NAOC Middle at Lewes Lake, about 50km south of Whitehorse. We were warned it would be technically very challenging, and it was. Finishing times were in general extremely long, since most people made costly mistakes. I heard several of the US best elite runners saying this was one of the most technically difficult races they have experienced.
Day was gorgeous, blue skies and pleasant, good running conditions. The hills were a lot steeper than expected, I had 149 meters of climb on a 2.7km course!
I placed 15th out of about 60 registered, with probably 13 minutes of mistakes. Would have won without the mistakes...but Greg who placed second about 10 minutes ahead of me said he at at least 10 minutes of mistakes.
Funny thing is, my mistakes were actually not because of the technical challenges. On all the tough legs (9 out of 12) my navigation and compass work was great. But on two controls (2 and 8) I came within 10 to 15 meters of the control but failed to see it, bizarrely, and then went trying to relocate which isn't easy to say the least in this terrain. And then I made the most elementary mistake possible on the easy #11, total brain freeze...
Really angry with myself, I could have placed really well as my navigation was (with one great exception) spot on...
#1: took it easy and no issues, strange the course setter would have such a short first leg.
#2: Navigated very well on the contours, and came to the right place. But no control! What?! I felt very sure, looked around, but decided I had to relocate back on the little hill before the control. Did so successfully, down to the control, and there it was, very close to where I am sure I navigated to initially. How I didn't see it is a complete mystery. 3 minutes.
#3: physically very demanding, the hills were very steep indeed. Navigated straight in.
#4: learnt yesterday that staying on the ridges is wise, to avoid deadfall and other slow areas. Navigating on top of the ridges cost a bit of altitude but was much faster, and easy. An area of clearing right before the control made the approach pretty easy.
#5: I suspect many lost time here. I navigated carefully on the various depressions and used the compass very carefully, came straight to it.
#6: As #5, very easy to lose contact. I used the deadfall areas as attackpoints, no issues.
#7: Catching the saddle NE of the control was critical. The clearing behind the control should have prevented too much relocation time, but I think quite a few people lost of little bit of time here. I navigated straight in.
#8: navigationally the most challenging on the course. In hindsight probably the best choice would have been to follow the very roundabout path and then use the very obvious clearing SW of the control. I didn't, I decided to go from clearing to clearing until about two thirds of the way, since I had by now found the map to be very accurate. This worked perfectly, and was fast. From the last tiny clearing I compassed in and followed the contours and....nothing. What?! I searched around. Nothing. I saw a fairly big clearing just north of me. Decided that somehow I must have veered 100 meters south, as unlikely as it seemed, as the only major clearing I could find on the map was the one 100m south of the control. I was certain of my step count. Only solution! So north I went, searching furtively for a while. Looked again at the map. And - dammit - the control circle hid a small clearing just north of the control. That's the one I had seen. Back I went, across the clearing, 30 meters into the green, and there was the control, right on schedule. What?! This was exactly where I had first navigated in. How could I not have seen the control? Incomprehensible, just like #2. 5 to 6 minutes.
#9 was easy, just off the path down the reentrant.
#10: easy again, just aim for the path
#11: as I went down the steep clearing W of #10, I said to myself, well at least now there is no more navigation to worry about. Right. Came to the railroad tracks, went just north of the solid green, and climbed up a very steep hill. I think that is what threw my brain into reverse. Whatever that very steep hill was (still don't really see it on the map), my poor brain decided I was now in the gravel pit near the control. But then I saw a road below me. What?! Couldn't make sense of it, started going NW hoping for the best (never a good plan). It never dawned upon me that I had one more road to cross, so sure was I that I was already in the gravel pit. After a few minutes of aimlessly moping around, it clicked. Jeez. 5 minutes, completely stupid.
#12: fast run.
Total about 14 minutes. All of which completely avoidable, combination of dumb bad luck of not seeing a control from 10 to 15 meters away (9 minutes), and brain in reverse (5 minutes).
Map and GPS to follow...
http://www.oxenstierna.com/davidoxenstierna/orient...
Day was gorgeous, blue skies and pleasant, good running conditions. The hills were a lot steeper than expected, I had 149 meters of climb on a 2.7km course!
I placed 15th out of about 60 registered, with probably 13 minutes of mistakes. Would have won without the mistakes...but Greg who placed second about 10 minutes ahead of me said he at at least 10 minutes of mistakes.
Funny thing is, my mistakes were actually not because of the technical challenges. On all the tough legs (9 out of 12) my navigation and compass work was great. But on two controls (2 and 8) I came within 10 to 15 meters of the control but failed to see it, bizarrely, and then went trying to relocate which isn't easy to say the least in this terrain. And then I made the most elementary mistake possible on the easy #11, total brain freeze...
Really angry with myself, I could have placed really well as my navigation was (with one great exception) spot on...
#1: took it easy and no issues, strange the course setter would have such a short first leg.
#2: Navigated very well on the contours, and came to the right place. But no control! What?! I felt very sure, looked around, but decided I had to relocate back on the little hill before the control. Did so successfully, down to the control, and there it was, very close to where I am sure I navigated to initially. How I didn't see it is a complete mystery. 3 minutes.
#3: physically very demanding, the hills were very steep indeed. Navigated straight in.
#4: learnt yesterday that staying on the ridges is wise, to avoid deadfall and other slow areas. Navigating on top of the ridges cost a bit of altitude but was much faster, and easy. An area of clearing right before the control made the approach pretty easy.
#5: I suspect many lost time here. I navigated carefully on the various depressions and used the compass very carefully, came straight to it.
#6: As #5, very easy to lose contact. I used the deadfall areas as attackpoints, no issues.
#7: Catching the saddle NE of the control was critical. The clearing behind the control should have prevented too much relocation time, but I think quite a few people lost of little bit of time here. I navigated straight in.
#8: navigationally the most challenging on the course. In hindsight probably the best choice would have been to follow the very roundabout path and then use the very obvious clearing SW of the control. I didn't, I decided to go from clearing to clearing until about two thirds of the way, since I had by now found the map to be very accurate. This worked perfectly, and was fast. From the last tiny clearing I compassed in and followed the contours and....nothing. What?! I searched around. Nothing. I saw a fairly big clearing just north of me. Decided that somehow I must have veered 100 meters south, as unlikely as it seemed, as the only major clearing I could find on the map was the one 100m south of the control. I was certain of my step count. Only solution! So north I went, searching furtively for a while. Looked again at the map. And - dammit - the control circle hid a small clearing just north of the control. That's the one I had seen. Back I went, across the clearing, 30 meters into the green, and there was the control, right on schedule. What?! This was exactly where I had first navigated in. How could I not have seen the control? Incomprehensible, just like #2. 5 to 6 minutes.
#9 was easy, just off the path down the reentrant.
#10: easy again, just aim for the path
#11: as I went down the steep clearing W of #10, I said to myself, well at least now there is no more navigation to worry about. Right. Came to the railroad tracks, went just north of the solid green, and climbed up a very steep hill. I think that is what threw my brain into reverse. Whatever that very steep hill was (still don't really see it on the map), my poor brain decided I was now in the gravel pit near the control. But then I saw a road below me. What?! Couldn't make sense of it, started going NW hoping for the best (never a good plan). It never dawned upon me that I had one more road to cross, so sure was I that I was already in the gravel pit. After a few minutes of aimlessly moping around, it clicked. Jeez. 5 minutes, completely stupid.
#12: fast run.
Total about 14 minutes. All of which completely avoidable, combination of dumb bad luck of not seeing a control from 10 to 15 meters away (9 minutes), and brain in reverse (5 minutes).
Map and GPS to follow...
http://www.oxenstierna.com/davidoxenstierna/orient...
Saturday Aug 18, 2018 #
11 AM
Orienteering race (7.11 km run, 9.6 min/km) 1:08:04 [4] 6.2 km (10:59 / km) +168m 9:40 / km
North American Orienteering Championships in Whitehorse, Yukon!!!
Gorgeous day, cool in the morning (6 degrees) then warmed up, good running conditions.
Long race in M55, close to Whitehorse (Croucher Creek). I was expecting lots of negative terrain and technical challenges, but actually found the course fairly easy and had an almost clean run. Finished 8th out of about 57, 12 minutes after Greg Balter but most of the others were around 63 to 64 minutes, not bad considering all the pasta and wine I ate in Italy in the last 10 days, and lack of proper exercise for 2+ months for various reasons.
Terrain was heavy, lots of moss up to 1 foot in places, plus a moderate number of fallen trees and branches in the wilderness terrain. My legs are not conditioned enough, and I ended up with some cramp in the right leg towards the very end.
#1: Slight mistake on way to powerline, I came to a depression with a control in it and thought I was at the one 100m NE of where I actually was, and therefore ran to the left on the path under the powerline to compensate. Figured it out quickly (lost 20-30s), then caught the saddle and straight up to the control.
#2: Went straight, hugged the marsh.
#3: Decided to go straight, though some people I spoke to said going north on the path and road and then cutting through (or staying on road/paths and running slightly off the map) was 1 minute faster. Ended up a little north of where I intended but came straight at the road cross.
#4 and #5: no issues.
#6: Decided to use the crooked path to the north and cutting through in places. Ended up a little more south than I thought and therefore failed to cut through one of the sharp bends. Lost at most 10s. Some others went straight through but I don't think that's faster.
#7: straight through, hit the path right by the intersection and just compass in. Steeper slope than expected, no issues but a few others said there were more re-entrants than mapped. I didn't notice.
#8: Staight on the small ridge and straight down.
#9: Hugged the negative terrain to the W and then straight on.
#10: Tried to follow the path but it was too indistinct, aimed straight for the control but veered a little north. 30s.
Total 1 minute in a few small mistakes.
Good run, good map, hugely enjoyable. Looking forward to a much more technical and challenging middle race tomorrow!
Map and GPS:
http://www.oxenstierna.com/davidoxenstierna/orient...
Gorgeous day, cool in the morning (6 degrees) then warmed up, good running conditions.
Long race in M55, close to Whitehorse (Croucher Creek). I was expecting lots of negative terrain and technical challenges, but actually found the course fairly easy and had an almost clean run. Finished 8th out of about 57, 12 minutes after Greg Balter but most of the others were around 63 to 64 minutes, not bad considering all the pasta and wine I ate in Italy in the last 10 days, and lack of proper exercise for 2+ months for various reasons.
Terrain was heavy, lots of moss up to 1 foot in places, plus a moderate number of fallen trees and branches in the wilderness terrain. My legs are not conditioned enough, and I ended up with some cramp in the right leg towards the very end.
#1: Slight mistake on way to powerline, I came to a depression with a control in it and thought I was at the one 100m NE of where I actually was, and therefore ran to the left on the path under the powerline to compensate. Figured it out quickly (lost 20-30s), then caught the saddle and straight up to the control.
#2: Went straight, hugged the marsh.
#3: Decided to go straight, though some people I spoke to said going north on the path and road and then cutting through (or staying on road/paths and running slightly off the map) was 1 minute faster. Ended up a little north of where I intended but came straight at the road cross.
#4 and #5: no issues.
#6: Decided to use the crooked path to the north and cutting through in places. Ended up a little more south than I thought and therefore failed to cut through one of the sharp bends. Lost at most 10s. Some others went straight through but I don't think that's faster.
#7: straight through, hit the path right by the intersection and just compass in. Steeper slope than expected, no issues but a few others said there were more re-entrants than mapped. I didn't notice.
#8: Staight on the small ridge and straight down.
#9: Hugged the negative terrain to the W and then straight on.
#10: Tried to follow the path but it was too indistinct, aimed straight for the control but veered a little north. 30s.
Total 1 minute in a few small mistakes.
Good run, good map, hugely enjoyable. Looking forward to a much more technical and challenging middle race tomorrow!
Map and GPS:
http://www.oxenstierna.com/davidoxenstierna/orient...
5 PM
Hiking 1:17:40 [3] 5.58 km (13:55 / km) +283m 11:06 / km
Climbed up Grey Mountain, 1495m at summit. Glorious weather and views. On drive down I picked up a group of hikers from the Czech Republic, they have been canoing and hiking for 20 days!!
Friday Aug 17, 2018 #
Event: NAOC 2018