Training Log Archive: SandyIn the 7 days ending Sep 8, 2019:
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Sunday Sep 8, 2019 #
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Was originally assigned to a relay team but it fell apart and wasn't going to be a DVOA team anyway so found someone (Vadim's brother!) to take my place and went and did the trailO instead. It was fun, but they were completely disorganized. Not sure how I did - not sure when results might be available.
11 AM
orienteering 29:00 1.49 mi (19:28 / mi) +36m 18:06 / mi
ahr:126 max:163
I am not a sprint person by any means but this was so much fun!! It was just a great venue and you had to think on every leg pretty much so very little dead running. I made a handful of mistakes by not paying attention to contour lines and just not reading ahead well enough but I was jogging most of the course so happy with that.
Saturday Sep 7, 2019 #
12 PM
orienteering 1:24:42 2.54 mi (33:21 / mi) +155m 28:02 / mi
ahr:129 max:184
Long course. Every one of is F65+ had a faster time on the long than we did on the middle. While there were steep hills to get across or up or down, there were no ravines or stream beds to cross so I think everyone moved faster. One stupid route choice (I told myself before starting to take trails/roads around if available and then didn't follow that advice) and no motivation to run so not a very good result. But a fun course.
Friday Sep 6, 2019 #
Event: BAOC: U.S. Nationals
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Slid down a steep bank to get across a creek and must have gone over a bees nest because the next thing I know I'm being stung and there are bees in my shirt and in my hair and I keep getting new stings for several minutes.
Really hard to focus for a bit!
About a dozen total, half of which are big welts and half of which are smaller. Today - Saturday - they still hurt and itch like crazy.
Really hard to focus for a bit!
About a dozen total, half of which are big welts and half of which are smaller. Today - Saturday - they still hurt and itch like crazy.
1 PM
map hiking 41:53 1.15 mi (36:25 / mi) +123m 27:21 / mi
ahr:110 max:142
Model event. Learned that it was hard to keep a bearing because there was so much stuff to push you around and learned what clearings looked like - grass on the ground was the surest indicator with clear sky above. There were some gorgeous rings of redwoods with beautiful "clearings" inside but these were in total shade and so just mapped as white woods.
4 PM
orienteering 1:03:04 2.28 mi (27:40 / mi) +142m 23:11 / mi
ahr:142 max:181
Middle. Lots of sections of really steep ravines that had to be crossed and one section where I wasn't careful enough about finding a good route and fought through some nasty stuff for a bit but I always knew where I was. Can't say it was a great race, but it was fine with no major errors, just lots of fumbling, hesitation, and fighting through junk. And of course the bees.
Tuesday Sep 3, 2019 #
10 AM
orienteering 27:14 1.65 mi (16:30 / mi) +27m 15:43 / mi
ahr:136 max:175
Sprint - actual time was 25:57. Happy with how much of it I was able to jog. Not much route choice although it would have been faster to stay to the left of the wall at 12 since the flag wasn't really at the end of the wall. I went left on #1 which might not have been correct but it looked more straightforward.
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2 PM
orienteering 40:53 2.03 mi (20:08 / mi) +77m 18:01 / mi
ahr:139 max:183
Short course in the afternoon. I had no oomph left at all and decided to admire the fabulous views of the Three Sisters and Mt. Bachelor instead of trying to jog. Went around on trails everywhere in the beginning. Had to sit down to get out of one control.
Monday Sep 2, 2019 #
8 AM
hiking 47:09 2.2 mi (21:26 / mi) +92m 18:58 / mi
ahr:116 max:163
To the start.
orienteering 1:12:28 3.11 mi (23:18 / mi) +109m 21:01 / mi
ahr:129 max:167
Really fun course - worth the hike up and back down.
Finally remembered how to orienteer with only a few hesitations or small corrections. Just walked but kept up a good pace.
Beautiful terrain and some spectacular views.
Finally remembered how to orienteer with only a few hesitations or small corrections. Just walked but kept up a good pace.
Beautiful terrain and some spectacular views.
hiking 52:17 2.18 mi (23:59 / mi) +39m 22:44 / mi
ahr:114 max:151
Back to parking. Really, really beat by the time I got back to my car. All I could do to keep moving.