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Saturday May 8, 2021 #
Event: NEOC Earls Trails BYOM
Note
We've had two excellent (takeout) dinners here in Rockville, from:
Fontina Grill (Italian) and Farmsook Thai. Brought food back to the room and ate here. Yum. Both highly recommended.
Fontina Grill (Italian) and Farmsook Thai. Brought food back to the room and ate here. Yum. Both highly recommended.
10 AM
Walking 8:27 0.63 km (13:20 / km)
ahr:101 max:110 shoes: 2019 VJ Falcon 6.5 scot
Parking to Event Center/Finish of TT Middle. Dropped off a bag with change of clothes/water, etc. for after race. Had a plastic bag to put it in in case of rain, which was a good thing as there was apparently a bit of hail (which I missed).
I forgot to wear my HR strap, so that data is likely bogus.
I forgot to wear my HR strap, so that data is likely bogus.
11 AM
Hiking 13:03 0.77 km (17:01 / km) +6m 16:22 / km
ahr:88 max:106 shoes: 2019 VJ Falcon 6.5 scot
From Event Center to Start, with a missed turn
12 PM
Orienteering race 1:47:48 **** 6.11 km (17:39 / km) +38m 17:07 / km
ahr:115 max:156 spiked:10/13c shoes: 2019 VJ Falcon 6.5 scot
TT Red Middle course, 5.3 km, 55m climb, on the Hoyle's Mill 1:10000 map in Germantown, MD. Temp in low to mid 50s with chance of showers still in the forecast.
Very, very challenging terrain with subtle contours required skills I don't use as often--pacing and bearings. I did fine through the first 9 controls (I forgot to take a split at #1) being close enough to the line to see a flag when I'd gone the proper distance. Glen started before me but had a bit of an error on #1 and passed me on the leg to #2. Rick Worner passed me on the way to #3, and I saw Linda K ahead of me leaving #9.
Then I managed to mess up the bearing and lose count on the pacing. I hit rock features about where they should have been (a bit more than halfway through the 600m leg), but I couldn't identify which rocks they were. Once #10 didn't show up where I hoped it might be, I had no idea where I was, and attempted to head for the stream to relocate but it took some time before I saw something I did recognize, the house/private land WSW of the last control. By that point I'd already been out over an hour and a half, and decided to head on in, getting the last control on the way. Anyone who navigates this stuff successfully deserves to be on the Team!
I wore both a long sleeve Techwick shirt and a short sleeve O shirt over it, which was almost too warm, but I was glad I had them on the leg from 8-9 when I heard thunder and felt some rain and a temperature drop. Apparently it hailed some at the finish, and enough at the parking (a couple miles north of where I was, or less) to cover the pavement...Wyatt said you could have skied across the lot, if you had skis.
Happy I managed well for the first 9 controls, anyway! Tomorrow's Brown course won't be quite as long but will have more climb.
Route Gadget shows I was at the rocks I wanted to hit on the way to #10; I just couldn't interpret that the rocks I was seeing matched the map there.
Very, very challenging terrain with subtle contours required skills I don't use as often--pacing and bearings. I did fine through the first 9 controls (I forgot to take a split at #1) being close enough to the line to see a flag when I'd gone the proper distance. Glen started before me but had a bit of an error on #1 and passed me on the leg to #2. Rick Worner passed me on the way to #3, and I saw Linda K ahead of me leaving #9.
Then I managed to mess up the bearing and lose count on the pacing. I hit rock features about where they should have been (a bit more than halfway through the 600m leg), but I couldn't identify which rocks they were. Once #10 didn't show up where I hoped it might be, I had no idea where I was, and attempted to head for the stream to relocate but it took some time before I saw something I did recognize, the house/private land WSW of the last control. By that point I'd already been out over an hour and a half, and decided to head on in, getting the last control on the way. Anyone who navigates this stuff successfully deserves to be on the Team!
I wore both a long sleeve Techwick shirt and a short sleeve O shirt over it, which was almost too warm, but I was glad I had them on the leg from 8-9 when I heard thunder and felt some rain and a temperature drop. Apparently it hailed some at the finish, and enough at the parking (a couple miles north of where I was, or less) to cover the pavement...Wyatt said you could have skied across the lot, if you had skis.
Happy I managed well for the first 9 controls, anyway! Tomorrow's Brown course won't be quite as long but will have more climb.
Route Gadget shows I was at the rocks I wanted to hit on the way to #10; I just couldn't interpret that the rocks I was seeing matched the map there.
Note
I picked up a fleece jacket(?) on my way to the road from 8-9, and dropped it by the side of the road, figuring someone might pick it up from there. No mylar balloons.
2 PM
Walking 9:00 0.7 km (12:50 / km) +18m 11:22 / km
ahr:106 max:123 shoes: 2019 VJ Falcon 6.5 scot
Finish to parking, where I forgot to stop my watch, so there's extra 0 time included in the track.