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Monday Oct 26, 2009 #
Note
Not to whip a dead horse, but what's the deal for JWOC (Criterion for getting invited to try-outs, etc.) and how deadlocked are the teams? I feel as though I am not accepted in the US team circle of O'ers. I know I've only existed in the world of O for about 14 months, and only 12 have been in my Age-category; but I've only heard one person ask Kevin if he could introduce people eligible for WUOC to someone, and I cant remember who she was or what she looked like.
Regardless, this was the last meet of the year and now it's time to shift focus to Hunting, and after T-giving, shift to Academics so I can do decent on my TEE's.
Regardless, this was the last meet of the year and now it's time to shift focus to Hunting, and after T-giving, shift to Academics so I can do decent on my TEE's.
C • JWOC 16
Sunday Oct 25, 2009 #
Orienteering race 1:02:00 [4] *** 7.4 km (8:23 / km)
shoes: VJ Falcons
Fumbled #1, 3, 4, 10.
Sunday Analysis:
Got the map and was ready to rock to point 1. I looked at the control, saw linear catching features, and ran to the corner of the trail till I took a bearing, contouring around the depression. Contoured it too far, didnt know it yet, pulled out of contouring mode to go over the hill, and then met up with plenty of sapplings. I figured this was the "dark" green on my map and went downhill. Becuase I had countoured too far, I ended up escaping the vortex to the north, instead of northwest, and hit the brakes when I saw a feild but no trail. I then decided not to kill the course right then and sprint off like I sometimes do when I get flustered, and instead started walking where I thought was the right direction while I gave my mind to catch up. Finally made sense of it that the trails mapped werent prominent because they were seasonal, and then cut west and found it until I saw my re-entrant and ran to the depression for point 1. time lost: about 1 minute.
Leg 2: I decided that I was going to try something new, inspired by Mr. Klaben (Gary, not John). Take an asmuth, find your pacecount, and run. I figured this would be a great method since there was a half way point to check my progress and then I'd end up stopping where I needed to. I did just that, took a bearing, ran with pace, saw the control, sprinted it in. No error on this leg. If I got beat, its because I am not a fast runner.
Leg 3: I debated the trail for a second, but by the time I decided against it, I was already committed to going straight for it since I took another bearing and was hiking up the depression. Figured I could ridgeline this one, and was wrong. I saw my waypoint 1 and then was forced from my precious ridge by the trees. Contoured a bit low of the ridge and then pulled out and was west of my waypoint 2, but had finally gotten back to my ridge. I didnt want to hike any more hills so I contoured the hill between my waypoint and the control, and ended up getting pushed west/downhill again. I didnt realize how serious this was and took another south bearing and saw a hill that looked perfect for a control. Ran up it, whoops, there went my one hunch and then bounced right to the correct hill. Time lost about two minutes up and down the hill, otherwise the rest was acceptable.
Leg 4: No sweat, just contour the big hill, take a bearing, and run for it. Wrong. I took my bearing, went on it even up near the top of the hill, got caught up in the vegetation and tried to contour, and ended up drifting and countoured half the hill instead of just the side I intended. Broke out from the woods and started running hard while reading. Thinking I was south in the light green (I thought it was strangely mapped...!!) I looked for the re-entrant and then realized, whoops, I'm in the feild and had to cut back. Time wasted on that leg was about 3 minutes, but I lost more than 3 minutes of energy so really it cost me the rest of the course. My heart rate was way up and I blame it for the moment of delusion.
Leg 5: Compass and Pace. drifted a tad north but my eagle eyes saved me. could have been 5 seconds faster if I had followed a perfect bearing, and 20 seconds faster if I wasnt tired.
Leg 6: Run the ridge, run the feild (I had practice by this point), run the ridge. time lost about 45 seconds due to walking after the feild run.
Leg 7: stay high, hit waypoint 1, found waypoint 2, compass and pace, couldnt see the control on approach, slowwed up, looked in the depressions and saw it north of me. Time lost: 15 seconds
Leg 8: Really tired by this point, so trail run was slow, but I did get to read , think, and recover. Shot off the trail at the bend, paced and hit the next trail, didnt want to gain and lose elevation so i jogged aroudn the knolls that were laughing at me, hit my next trail on pace but slowed up a bit since the bends made me want to say on the trail, but I took another compass bearing and walked off. Hit the next trail a bit off pace but I figured out where I was and made a concious effort to see 12 while running by it. hit the final trail and saw the point. time lost: 15 seconds of map stops.
Leg 9: lost time to tie my shoes and bathroom break, but it was an easy leg, got to the trail and could see it.
Leg 10: Didnt want to surrender ground so i went high and was reading ahead. When I hit my first trail I was right on, shot to my second trail and somehow my mind was stuck on the idea that I had reached my third, so I took my attackpoint bearing and got confused when I didnt see it and hit another trail. did the same process again off this new trail, except I wasnt at my attackpoint and ended up south of the point, but saw it below me and fixed my error. the confusion made me hesitate. Lost about a minute and a half.
Leg 11: was ready to contour the entire way but realized that was silly when I could use the trail as an attackpoint, rather than just compassing and pacing. I did straightline my route and hit the trail where I needed to and saw the point from the trail.
Leg 12: bearing straight at the point took me to the trail, which I used but realized I drifted south. Went up and over the hill, then saw the control. 10 seconds lost to map checks.
Leg 13: walked to the top of the depression, took an asmuth and paced. Got to my trail intersection and ran the trail untill I saw the point
Leg 14: contoured the depression to the trail, then compass and paced, but bailed on the straight line route when i reached the cairen (sp?) and got glued to the trail until the intersection. Took a bearing, hit the trail again and then ran the mini ridge north to the next trail, followed it to a decent cut in spot and took a bearing to the intersection. Found it and ran the north trail to the top of the ridge, bearing and pace until I saw the control. Route choice could have been faster, I spent a bit walking to figure it out and still didnt pick the best route. Would like to check route gadget for the fast ones.
Leg 15: rough bearing was crap; I met an orienteer at 14 and raced him to the point, then had to flee since he was on my course, and as I ran away I was not being precise. Hit the trail and followed the reentrant down. He went straight but I was more motivated than he.
Leg 16: Bearing and countoured the depressions. Got tired from the mini sprint leg I had just done and walked out. Hit the trail and ran again to the go Control.
Go Control: I pushed myself despite being exhausted. Time lost: 1 second due to tiredness. Didnt win the leg. No excuses.
Sunday Analysis:
Got the map and was ready to rock to point 1. I looked at the control, saw linear catching features, and ran to the corner of the trail till I took a bearing, contouring around the depression. Contoured it too far, didnt know it yet, pulled out of contouring mode to go over the hill, and then met up with plenty of sapplings. I figured this was the "dark" green on my map and went downhill. Becuase I had countoured too far, I ended up escaping the vortex to the north, instead of northwest, and hit the brakes when I saw a feild but no trail. I then decided not to kill the course right then and sprint off like I sometimes do when I get flustered, and instead started walking where I thought was the right direction while I gave my mind to catch up. Finally made sense of it that the trails mapped werent prominent because they were seasonal, and then cut west and found it until I saw my re-entrant and ran to the depression for point 1. time lost: about 1 minute.
Leg 2: I decided that I was going to try something new, inspired by Mr. Klaben (Gary, not John). Take an asmuth, find your pacecount, and run. I figured this would be a great method since there was a half way point to check my progress and then I'd end up stopping where I needed to. I did just that, took a bearing, ran with pace, saw the control, sprinted it in. No error on this leg. If I got beat, its because I am not a fast runner.
Leg 3: I debated the trail for a second, but by the time I decided against it, I was already committed to going straight for it since I took another bearing and was hiking up the depression. Figured I could ridgeline this one, and was wrong. I saw my waypoint 1 and then was forced from my precious ridge by the trees. Contoured a bit low of the ridge and then pulled out and was west of my waypoint 2, but had finally gotten back to my ridge. I didnt want to hike any more hills so I contoured the hill between my waypoint and the control, and ended up getting pushed west/downhill again. I didnt realize how serious this was and took another south bearing and saw a hill that looked perfect for a control. Ran up it, whoops, there went my one hunch and then bounced right to the correct hill. Time lost about two minutes up and down the hill, otherwise the rest was acceptable.
Leg 4: No sweat, just contour the big hill, take a bearing, and run for it. Wrong. I took my bearing, went on it even up near the top of the hill, got caught up in the vegetation and tried to contour, and ended up drifting and countoured half the hill instead of just the side I intended. Broke out from the woods and started running hard while reading. Thinking I was south in the light green (I thought it was strangely mapped...!!) I looked for the re-entrant and then realized, whoops, I'm in the feild and had to cut back. Time wasted on that leg was about 3 minutes, but I lost more than 3 minutes of energy so really it cost me the rest of the course. My heart rate was way up and I blame it for the moment of delusion.
Leg 5: Compass and Pace. drifted a tad north but my eagle eyes saved me. could have been 5 seconds faster if I had followed a perfect bearing, and 20 seconds faster if I wasnt tired.
Leg 6: Run the ridge, run the feild (I had practice by this point), run the ridge. time lost about 45 seconds due to walking after the feild run.
Leg 7: stay high, hit waypoint 1, found waypoint 2, compass and pace, couldnt see the control on approach, slowwed up, looked in the depressions and saw it north of me. Time lost: 15 seconds
Leg 8: Really tired by this point, so trail run was slow, but I did get to read , think, and recover. Shot off the trail at the bend, paced and hit the next trail, didnt want to gain and lose elevation so i jogged aroudn the knolls that were laughing at me, hit my next trail on pace but slowed up a bit since the bends made me want to say on the trail, but I took another compass bearing and walked off. Hit the next trail a bit off pace but I figured out where I was and made a concious effort to see 12 while running by it. hit the final trail and saw the point. time lost: 15 seconds of map stops.
Leg 9: lost time to tie my shoes and bathroom break, but it was an easy leg, got to the trail and could see it.
Leg 10: Didnt want to surrender ground so i went high and was reading ahead. When I hit my first trail I was right on, shot to my second trail and somehow my mind was stuck on the idea that I had reached my third, so I took my attackpoint bearing and got confused when I didnt see it and hit another trail. did the same process again off this new trail, except I wasnt at my attackpoint and ended up south of the point, but saw it below me and fixed my error. the confusion made me hesitate. Lost about a minute and a half.
Leg 11: was ready to contour the entire way but realized that was silly when I could use the trail as an attackpoint, rather than just compassing and pacing. I did straightline my route and hit the trail where I needed to and saw the point from the trail.
Leg 12: bearing straight at the point took me to the trail, which I used but realized I drifted south. Went up and over the hill, then saw the control. 10 seconds lost to map checks.
Leg 13: walked to the top of the depression, took an asmuth and paced. Got to my trail intersection and ran the trail untill I saw the point
Leg 14: contoured the depression to the trail, then compass and paced, but bailed on the straight line route when i reached the cairen (sp?) and got glued to the trail until the intersection. Took a bearing, hit the trail again and then ran the mini ridge north to the next trail, followed it to a decent cut in spot and took a bearing to the intersection. Found it and ran the north trail to the top of the ridge, bearing and pace until I saw the control. Route choice could have been faster, I spent a bit walking to figure it out and still didnt pick the best route. Would like to check route gadget for the fast ones.
Leg 15: rough bearing was crap; I met an orienteer at 14 and raced him to the point, then had to flee since he was on my course, and as I ran away I was not being precise. Hit the trail and followed the reentrant down. He went straight but I was more motivated than he.
Leg 16: Bearing and countoured the depressions. Got tired from the mini sprint leg I had just done and walked out. Hit the trail and ran again to the go Control.
Go Control: I pushed myself despite being exhausted. Time lost: 1 second due to tiredness. Didnt win the leg. No excuses.
Saturday Oct 24, 2009 #
Orienteering race 1:12:00 [4] *** 7.6 km (9:28 / km)
shoes: VJ Falcons
Fumbled #5, 9 and 14.
Getting used to the map at going to point 1. Contoured the ridge and shot south to the point.
Leg 2: ran south to trail, saw another O'er cross the trail where there wasnt clutter in the way so ran to that from the trail, then skirted the depressions until I saw my route would be best if I followed the ridge to the two massive depressions, run between them and snag the point. Did just that. Could ahve been better if I had committed to the ridge immediately.
Leg 3: ran to the ridge east of me, it pushed me north once I walked to the top because of deadfall and I didnt want to surrender highground. At this point my hands were warming up and I saw a WOC'er and I said "I LOVE WISCONSIN" like That 70's Show while we ran to my 3rd control, I assume he was on blue.
Leg 4 shocked me untill I realized that I could run ridges much faster than ringing around depressions. I vowed not to surrender highground. once my ridge turned east, i ran north and past the hunters fort, then followed the natural flow of the terrain to the next hunters fort, and then to the big hill/ridge that was my 3rd waypoint, ran that to the hunters fort as my attackpoint and then followed the flow of the terrain in to point 4. Very fast apparently, and I did this by running with the woods and not against it. Lucky thing too.
Leg 5: I had beaten another O'er to the point and was motivated to get out before they did, so I took a bearing and ran to the attackpoint hill, but because I had gotten goofy in the head, I thought i should have seen it on the south east side of the hill in a re-entrant. didnt see it, but got suckered into hunching on one more depression west. Once I wasted that I was ready to bail out but then re-located as I pulled a 180 and walked back on track. Lost a good 2 mintues.
Leg 6: Got magnetized to the hunters fort, so I ended up contouring the east side of this ridge for a while till I fell down and realized how silly I was being. got to the top and then ran the ridge for real, until I rolled my ankle a bit and hobbled for awhile till I got to the trail. ran the trail till the knoll and shot north, using the hill as my attackpoint, and seeing the point easily.
Leg 7 I took a bearing and followed my progress well by thumpassing.
Leg 8. Same deal as 7; thumpassed the whole way
Leg 9. Took a south reading and ran away from the point. Not good. I should have been more observant because I drifted west. Decided I was going to make my waypoint control 4, but when I hit the trail I couldnt perfectly relocate and my body just kept running the trail, entirely glued to it. I couldnt shoot south off of it even though i tried to force myself to. I was ready to run my leg 4 backwards to 9. Dont know exactly what happened, but once I got on the trail I didnt worry about relocating untill I got between point 13 and 14, where the rocky side of the trail clued me in.
Shot a bearing SouthEast and just ran. didnt pace, didnt thumpass, just followed the terrain. Crossed the next trail and didnt relocate even then, and just ran to the next high ground. Looked at my compass and kept runnning, staying as high as possible. Finally saw massive depression and figured out where I was, and then ran to the ridge I ran and used 3 as my attackpoint to 9. decided to hop off the ridge one depression too early and had to go up and over to get to it. 17:15 leg; could have easily been a 47:15 leg if I didnt get to highground and have a bit of luck. Should have done that leg in about 12 minutes, judging how I ran leg 4. terrible route choice
Leg 10 was easy, jsut run the ridge and drop down on it.
Leg 11 was easy, just run the ridge and skirt over to it.
Leg 12 was easy, just run the ridge and hop to it.
Leg 13 was my money maker. I took a bearing and was ready to run straight for it, but then realized that I vowwed not to surrender highground. Went north of the depression and by the time I got to there, the yellowbrick road appeared and I went to waypoint 1 and 2, both hunters forts easily and quickly by thumpassing.
Leg 14 I took a bearing and walked. I didnt pace though and I should have. I got to a depression that I misread, and then thinking it was my attackpoint wnet south to find out I wasnt where I thought I was. Hit the trail and ran back with a bearing untill I saw it. Lost a good minute and a half.
Leg 15 used a bearing and my eagle eyes.
Leg 16 scared me beacuse I didnt see the trail intersection with the road, it only helped that i saw someone run right across in front of me, otherwise I would have panicked longer and would have hesitated, probably sprinting south down the road. Got lucky on that one.
Go Control: Ran this one out, punch wasnt smooth and lost a second because of it.
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My AAR pointed out that ridge running was working for me, that I needed to force myself to get off trails, and that I wasnt using pace enough. I also learned that I could take an asmuth and run on that, instead of trails.
Getting used to the map at going to point 1. Contoured the ridge and shot south to the point.
Leg 2: ran south to trail, saw another O'er cross the trail where there wasnt clutter in the way so ran to that from the trail, then skirted the depressions until I saw my route would be best if I followed the ridge to the two massive depressions, run between them and snag the point. Did just that. Could ahve been better if I had committed to the ridge immediately.
Leg 3: ran to the ridge east of me, it pushed me north once I walked to the top because of deadfall and I didnt want to surrender highground. At this point my hands were warming up and I saw a WOC'er and I said "I LOVE WISCONSIN" like That 70's Show while we ran to my 3rd control, I assume he was on blue.
Leg 4 shocked me untill I realized that I could run ridges much faster than ringing around depressions. I vowed not to surrender highground. once my ridge turned east, i ran north and past the hunters fort, then followed the natural flow of the terrain to the next hunters fort, and then to the big hill/ridge that was my 3rd waypoint, ran that to the hunters fort as my attackpoint and then followed the flow of the terrain in to point 4. Very fast apparently, and I did this by running with the woods and not against it. Lucky thing too.
Leg 5: I had beaten another O'er to the point and was motivated to get out before they did, so I took a bearing and ran to the attackpoint hill, but because I had gotten goofy in the head, I thought i should have seen it on the south east side of the hill in a re-entrant. didnt see it, but got suckered into hunching on one more depression west. Once I wasted that I was ready to bail out but then re-located as I pulled a 180 and walked back on track. Lost a good 2 mintues.
Leg 6: Got magnetized to the hunters fort, so I ended up contouring the east side of this ridge for a while till I fell down and realized how silly I was being. got to the top and then ran the ridge for real, until I rolled my ankle a bit and hobbled for awhile till I got to the trail. ran the trail till the knoll and shot north, using the hill as my attackpoint, and seeing the point easily.
Leg 7 I took a bearing and followed my progress well by thumpassing.
Leg 8. Same deal as 7; thumpassed the whole way
Leg 9. Took a south reading and ran away from the point. Not good. I should have been more observant because I drifted west. Decided I was going to make my waypoint control 4, but when I hit the trail I couldnt perfectly relocate and my body just kept running the trail, entirely glued to it. I couldnt shoot south off of it even though i tried to force myself to. I was ready to run my leg 4 backwards to 9. Dont know exactly what happened, but once I got on the trail I didnt worry about relocating untill I got between point 13 and 14, where the rocky side of the trail clued me in.
Shot a bearing SouthEast and just ran. didnt pace, didnt thumpass, just followed the terrain. Crossed the next trail and didnt relocate even then, and just ran to the next high ground. Looked at my compass and kept runnning, staying as high as possible. Finally saw massive depression and figured out where I was, and then ran to the ridge I ran and used 3 as my attackpoint to 9. decided to hop off the ridge one depression too early and had to go up and over to get to it. 17:15 leg; could have easily been a 47:15 leg if I didnt get to highground and have a bit of luck. Should have done that leg in about 12 minutes, judging how I ran leg 4. terrible route choice
Leg 10 was easy, jsut run the ridge and drop down on it.
Leg 11 was easy, just run the ridge and skirt over to it.
Leg 12 was easy, just run the ridge and hop to it.
Leg 13 was my money maker. I took a bearing and was ready to run straight for it, but then realized that I vowwed not to surrender highground. Went north of the depression and by the time I got to there, the yellowbrick road appeared and I went to waypoint 1 and 2, both hunters forts easily and quickly by thumpassing.
Leg 14 I took a bearing and walked. I didnt pace though and I should have. I got to a depression that I misread, and then thinking it was my attackpoint wnet south to find out I wasnt where I thought I was. Hit the trail and ran back with a bearing untill I saw it. Lost a good minute and a half.
Leg 15 used a bearing and my eagle eyes.
Leg 16 scared me beacuse I didnt see the trail intersection with the road, it only helped that i saw someone run right across in front of me, otherwise I would have panicked longer and would have hesitated, probably sprinting south down the road. Got lucky on that one.
Go Control: Ran this one out, punch wasnt smooth and lost a second because of it.
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My AAR pointed out that ridge running was working for me, that I needed to force myself to get off trails, and that I wasnt using pace enough. I also learned that I could take an asmuth and run on that, instead of trails.
Friday Oct 23, 2009 #
Event: US Individual Champs 2009
Note
Man it was good to get to WI...
Wednesday Oct 21, 2009 #
Orienteering 1:30:00 [3]
shoes: Hedgehog GTX XCR
I hate Luehrmann for this "course". And I'm not happy #3 was not set in the right spot.
Tuesday Oct 20, 2009 #
Orienteering intervals 45:00 [4] 4.9 mi (9:11 / mi)
shoes: Hedgehog GTX XCR
One interval on, one rest. Point 3 to 4 was a smoker.
Point 1-2 splits:
1:49
1:49
1:45
Point 3-4 splits:
3:48
3:29
3:15
Point 1-2 didnt get any faster because my first time I fell down but had plenty of energy, the second go around I chose a different route and was tired, the 3rd go-around I chose a middle route and again was pretty tired.
Point 3-4 I got progressively smarter dealing with the hill in my way and finding point 4.
Kevin followed me on the last one, which I regretfully walked up the contours. had this been an all downhill patch, I definately would have been cruising, because yes, I do run through light green vegetation/sapplings that easily. I do not, however, run fast uphill like I was forced to do. I usually jog and do all my reading and thinking while gaining elevation, since I do all my wreckless running going downhill.
Point 1-2 splits:
1:49
1:49
1:45
Point 3-4 splits:
3:48
3:29
3:15
Point 1-2 didnt get any faster because my first time I fell down but had plenty of energy, the second go around I chose a different route and was tired, the 3rd go-around I chose a middle route and again was pretty tired.
Point 3-4 I got progressively smarter dealing with the hill in my way and finding point 4.
Kevin followed me on the last one, which I regretfully walked up the contours. had this been an all downhill patch, I definately would have been cruising, because yes, I do run through light green vegetation/sapplings that easily. I do not, however, run fast uphill like I was forced to do. I usually jog and do all my reading and thinking while gaining elevation, since I do all my wreckless running going downhill.
Note
After a night (~3 hours) of wasting time on OCAD and listening to music, I have 2 Cadet Area City Sprints. I need critiques, and OCAD help to make them real courses, since I just put circles on the map, rather than making OCAD order them. I dont know how to make OCAD create a course...