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Friday Sep 6, 2019 #
Event: BAOC: U.S. Nationals
1 PM
Walking warm up/down 16:53 1.35 km (12:31 / km) +47m 10:39 / km
ahr:99 max:114 shoes: 2017 Inov8 ArcticClaw 300
Walk from arena to starts of the Middle at Big Basin Redwoods. Temps already warming up into the upper 70s or low 80s, sunny and DRY. I had a Vitalyte mix in my water bottle, too, but didn't want to drink it all before I started. They had some water at the start, too.
Orienteering race 1:01:00 *** 2.85 km (21:26 / km) +94m 18:23 / km
ahr:132 max:173 spiked:9/10c shoes: 2017 Inov8 ArcticClaw 300
Middle F65 brown course at Big Basin Redwoods west of Boulder Creek, CA. 1:7500 map, 5m contours. 2.0 km "beige" course 5, 125m climb stated.
Bit of a mixup with start times (so I heard) about 40 minutes before I started messed up official times (I think) for some people (no start boxes except for Open and late starters) because my splits printout has me at two minutes longer than my watch. One possibility is they fell behind checking people in and then adjusted the big start clock to catch up.
I think the orienteering was pretty straightforward, just slow in the terrain which had deep creek valleys to be crossed with not much opportunity to avoid the big climbs back out.
Only mess up was going to 5 when I hit the trail to its east and didn't positively identify where along it I was but just plunged into the woods. i was a bit too far north and corrected off the stream farther along. (D'oh!)
Third behind Janet F and Sandy for 2019 Middle Champs in F65.
Bit of a mixup with start times (so I heard) about 40 minutes before I started messed up official times (I think) for some people (no start boxes except for Open and late starters) because my splits printout has me at two minutes longer than my watch. One possibility is they fell behind checking people in and then adjusted the big start clock to catch up.
I think the orienteering was pretty straightforward, just slow in the terrain which had deep creek valleys to be crossed with not much opportunity to avoid the big climbs back out.
Only mess up was going to 5 when I hit the trail to its east and didn't positively identify where along it I was but just plunged into the woods. i was a bit too far north and corrected off the stream farther along. (D'oh!)
Third behind Janet F and Sandy for 2019 Middle Champs in F65.
Thursday Sep 5, 2019 #
4 PM
Orienteering (Model) 49:14 *** 2.11 km (23:23 / km) +73m 19:56 / km
ahr:98 max:147 spiked:7/7c shoes: 2019 Altra LP4.0 9 rspb
Walked to the model controls that were along trails, to get an idea of the mapping style and control locations.
White woods have some very large diameter trees in them! Darkest green is to be avoided (the thickly branched scratchy shrubs look vicious).
White woods have some very large diameter trees in them! Darkest green is to be avoided (the thickly branched scratchy shrubs look vicious).
Wednesday Sep 4, 2019 #
12 PM
Hiking 45:53 1.59 km (28:47 / km) +157m 19:16 / km
ahr:89 max:116
Paulina Peak in Newberry Volcanic NM, overlooking the top of the Big Obsidian Flow which is a mile long!
Climb assumes we jumped down the cliff face a bit; probably more like 80m.
Climb assumes we jumped down the cliff face a bit; probably more like 80m.
Tuesday Sep 3, 2019 #
Note
Brewpubs tried this trip:
Deschutes on Bond and Boneyard Pub on N Division (both from within a mile of the house we rented for five days/VRBO). Interesting menus and decent beers.
We did not taste anything at Monkless brewery (sadly, not a brewpub...now, at any rate) but I might insist next time we're in Bend as they do a variety of Belgians. Every other place in Bend and Oregon seems IPA-focused.
Deschutes on Bond and Boneyard Pub on N Division (both from within a mile of the house we rented for five days/VRBO). Interesting menus and decent beers.
We did not taste anything at Monkless brewery (sadly, not a brewpub...now, at any rate) but I might insist next time we're in Bend as they do a variety of Belgians. Every other place in Bend and Oregon seems IPA-focused.
10 AM
Orienteering race 27:20 *** 2.6 km (10:31 / km) +30m 9:56 / km
ahr:132 max:158 spiked:11/12c shoes: 2019 Altra LP4.0 9 rspb
Short sprint on COCC (Central OR Community College) campus, approx 2.4 km straight line (skipped controls 5-6 and went straight from 4-7 on the longer course. 1:5000, 5m
70s at start with mostly sunny skies. It was warm but not as hot as it could have been. We wondered about some of the mapping of cliffs and earth banks as they seemed to be passable in places not marked as such. Also, there was at least one underpass not mapped as such.
Lost a bit of time at the last control by taking the right fork of the trail and then heading right instead of left, but not more than 30 sec or so (tho that's a lot in a sprint). Had to walk the hills.
70s at start with mostly sunny skies. It was warm but not as hot as it could have been. We wondered about some of the mapping of cliffs and earth banks as they seemed to be passable in places not marked as such. Also, there was at least one underpass not mapped as such.
Lost a bit of time at the last control by taking the right fork of the trail and then heading right instead of left, but not more than 30 sec or so (tho that's a lot in a sprint). Had to walk the hills.
2 PM
Orienteering race 37:07 ** 3.28 km (11:18 / km) +80m 10:05 / km
ahr:146 max:173 spiked:13/13c shoes: 2019 Altra LP4.0 9 rspb
Sprint at Shevlin Park, just a couple miles west of COCC in Bend (one course), 2.8 km. Same scale as the morning's sprint.
Started 30 sec ahead of Nancy and was confused by trail right out of the start because there were other unmapped use trails, so she caught up just as I found the part that headed up the hill.
Saw folks ahead of me going into all the controls, so no difficulty finding anything.
Nice way to end Deschutes Daze 2019, though I think I got more sun today than others (despite using sunscreen).
Started 30 sec ahead of Nancy and was confused by trail right out of the start because there were other unmapped use trails, so she caught up just as I found the part that headed up the hill.
Saw folks ahead of me going into all the controls, so no difficulty finding anything.
Nice way to end Deschutes Daze 2019, though I think I got more sun today than others (despite using sunscreen).
Monday Sep 2, 2019 #
8 AM
Orienteering warm up/down 47:46 3.21 km (14:53 / km) +84m 13:10 / km
ahr:100 max:130 shoes: 2017 Inov8 ArcticClaw 300
Hike to start using an orienteering map (had to bushwhack between trails at one point), with Glen, Nancy, and Ed. Forgot to turn watch on until partway to the road but only missed the first few minutes of it.
Cool in the shade but we just kept chugging. I used a hiking pole (which I left at the assembly/download area).
Cool in the shade but we just kept chugging. I used a hiking pole (which I left at the assembly/download area).
Orienteering race 1:04:15 *** 4.62 km (13:54 / km) +113m 12:23 / km
ahr:126 max:174 spiked:7/8c shoes: 2017 Inov8 ArcticClaw 300
Dechutes Daze 3, Upper Dutchman Short, 4km, set by AliC and Theo Dreher. Temps mostly in 60s during the run.
Fun course with one long leg, gently up and over a hill to flat and mostly open terrain. Fun terrain to play in with not as many scary legs as I expected. ;-)
Short's controls were 1-3 and 8-12 of the Medium course; we just skipped the northern loop and went straight from their 3-8.
I was pushed a bit right to 5 but looked over at the right time. Then was pushed right around the green and started heading for the wrong hill but it didn't look right so corrected. Turned as I went up the clearing and reentrant past the cliff, to see if my sister who started a minute back was behind me, and instead saw my brother (who had started earlier). He said he kept me in sight for 6-7 (and heard the beep at 6) but I went a bit faster down the hill to 8 and in. They were both about 10 minutes back...well done!
Fun course on another beautiful day.
Fun course with one long leg, gently up and over a hill to flat and mostly open terrain. Fun terrain to play in with not as many scary legs as I expected. ;-)
Short's controls were 1-3 and 8-12 of the Medium course; we just skipped the northern loop and went straight from their 3-8.
I was pushed a bit right to 5 but looked over at the right time. Then was pushed right around the green and started heading for the wrong hill but it didn't look right so corrected. Turned as I went up the clearing and reentrant past the cliff, to see if my sister who started a minute back was behind me, and instead saw my brother (who had started earlier). He said he kept me in sight for 6-7 (and heard the beep at 6) but I went a bit faster down the hill to 8 and in. They were both about 10 minutes back...well done!
Fun course on another beautiful day.
12 PM
Orienteering warm up/down 49:19 3.09 km (15:57 / km) +21m 15:26 / km
ahr:107 max:153 shoes: 2017 Inov8 ArcticClaw 300
Missed turning my watch on until about 300m down the trail....
5 PM
Walking 12:15 0.93 km (13:10 / km) +7m 12:40 / km
ahr:98 max:116
Walking 14:11 0.94 km (15:08 / km)
ahr:97 max:118
Sunday Sep 1, 2019 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 1:12:46 *** 5.34 km (13:37 / km) +49m 13:01 / km
ahr:129 max:149 spiked:13/14c shoes: 2019 VJ Falcon 6.5 scot
"Dog bones" Short (Border Collie, vs the Long Great Dane) exercise on Lava Butte map south of Bend, upper 60s to low 70s while we were running. 1:10000, 5m. Nominally (best estimate of shortest/best route) 4.9 km with 45m climb. Area was across the road from the actual Lava Butte and Newberry Volcanic National Monument, in flatter wooded terrain with more sandy footing than yesterday's lava areas.
This was a mass start event. There were 7 pairs of controls on the short course where you had to go to one of the numbered pair and then the other before continuing on to the next pair, so it rewarded looking ahead to look not only at the route in to but also out of each pair.
I went 1L-1R-2R-2L-3R-3L-4L-4R-5R-5L-6R-6L-7R-7L-finish (as you look at the dogbone pair from the approach). I overshot the #4 which was a rocky hilltop by circling south of the hill to the west and dropping too low...had to climb back up to it.
Because of the mass start there was a large stream of people to and between the first couple of pairs of controls, but then they started getting more spread out. By the time I was headed to the 5s from 4(tree) I was alone until I got close to 5.
Lucky on 5R because I reached about the right distance from where I left the trail but didn't see the rocky ground right away because of the vegetation in the area, but I noticed someone to my left approach a spot and then move away the way he had come...aha!!
This was a mass start event. There were 7 pairs of controls on the short course where you had to go to one of the numbered pair and then the other before continuing on to the next pair, so it rewarded looking ahead to look not only at the route in to but also out of each pair.
I went 1L-1R-2R-2L-3R-3L-4L-4R-5R-5L-6R-6L-7R-7L-finish (as you look at the dogbone pair from the approach). I overshot the #4 which was a rocky hilltop by circling south of the hill to the west and dropping too low...had to climb back up to it.
Because of the mass start there was a large stream of people to and between the first couple of pairs of controls, but then they started getting more spread out. By the time I was headed to the 5s from 4(tree) I was alone until I got close to 5.
Lucky on 5R because I reached about the right distance from where I left the trail but didn't see the rocky ground right away because of the vegetation in the area, but I noticed someone to my left approach a spot and then move away the way he had come...aha!!
1 PM
Walking 41:33 1.15 km (36:06 / km) +61m 28:34 / km
ahr:95 max:126
At Big Obsidian Flow of the Newberry Volcanic NM. Mid 70s and sunny. Rough trail to walk in my regular shoes (Saucony).
Saturday Aug 31, 2019 #
Event: Deschutes Daze 2019
9 AM
Walking 7:37 0.63 km (12:02 / km)
ahr:90 max:114 shoes: 2019 VJ Falcon 6.5 scot
To the almost-start location/finish (stopped my watch before reaching actual start). Double this distance for the walk back to parking.
Orienteering 1:36:49 *** 7.2 km (13:27 / km) +91m 12:39 / km
ahr:131 max:172 spiked:9/13c shoes: 2019 VJ Falcon 6.5 scot
Deschutes Daze 1-Short, advertised as 4.3 km, but we think they forgot to add back in the distances of the shortcuts-from-the-Long. We skipped 5-6-7 and 9.
Temp at start 65-70. It stayed cool at Mt Bachelor, certainly cooler than the 88 in Bend when we got back.
Trouble with 5 (didn't take a split; bag was hidden in trees), 11 (6th split) (relocated from the road beyond it and then still was one non-ridge over (but saw people) and 14 (not as bad an error. Knee pain coming down the hill out of 13, but I stopped to stretch when I reached the wide trail, and was okay from there.
10 through 14 (my splits 5-9) where in a detailed lava area. Map name? Witch of Many Boulders ;-)
Two falls, one a wooomph onto my belly; the other was softer.
Temp at start 65-70. It stayed cool at Mt Bachelor, certainly cooler than the 88 in Bend when we got back.
Trouble with 5 (didn't take a split; bag was hidden in trees), 11 (6th split) (relocated from the road beyond it and then still was one non-ridge over (but saw people) and 14 (not as bad an error. Knee pain coming down the hill out of 13, but I stopped to stretch when I reached the wide trail, and was okay from there.
10 through 14 (my splits 5-9) where in a detailed lava area. Map name? Witch of Many Boulders ;-)
Two falls, one a wooomph onto my belly; the other was softer.