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Saturday Jul 26, 2008 #
Running w/ Map race 2:00:00 [5] 10.0 mi (12:00 / mi) +60m 11:47 / mi
slept:6.0 weight:195lbs shoes: New Balance RC1001 Flats
"Waterfall Glen Extreme" 10 mile trail race. Great race on trails encircling the Argonne National Lab in Darien, IL. This is an old orienteering area, and I ran with our O map in my hand, just for fun. Many hills. Not used to heat and humidity, after 2 weeks in Baltic area.
Weight after race with normal hydration, was a new low for the last 3 years; in 6 months I've lost 20 lbs. I think this is partially the poor food in Europe (Soupbone and I were cooking for ourselves at O-Ringen, with predictable results). But also, I think I'm getting used to the prescribed hormonal manipulations, and although still carrying considerable fat around midsection, body mass is coming down.
Weight after race with normal hydration, was a new low for the last 3 years; in 6 months I've lost 20 lbs. I think this is partially the poor food in Europe (Soupbone and I were cooking for ourselves at O-Ringen, with predictable results). But also, I think I'm getting used to the prescribed hormonal manipulations, and although still carrying considerable fat around midsection, body mass is coming down.
Wednesday Jul 23, 2008 #
Orienteering race 51:17 [5] *** 3.6 km (14:15 / km) +80m 12:49 / km
spiked:8/8c shoes: Black & Red Jalas Integrators
O-Ringen, Day 3. Hundfjället. My best day of the two weeks. Spiked each control. But leg speed was down as I favored my sprained left ankle..a souvenier from Day 1 on the slippery rocks around the Vasaloppet trail.
But I finished 194th of 236 in H65Kort (short). Much of the O was on XC trails I'd skied with Sari 8 years ago. But I finally seemed to be able to read the subtle Swedish terrain, and find controls.
Some of the motivation may have come from walk, who abruptly got up from our outdoors coffee table and ran away that morning. We'd been discussing the previous day, and he claimed my navigating was so poor that he didn't want to "catch" it.
Afterwards Soupbone and I went over to a VåffleStugan (little old Swedish cabin) on the way to the Start, and drank beer (more "lat öl"..2.3% "beer"), ate gulasch and cloudberry waffles, while we sat on the porch and cheered on the people still walking to the start.
Later, basking in the sun at our "Chez-Ringen" we were invited by the Danish couple next door (Richard Nøiers and Liselotte Pedersen) to come over for some "real" beer they'd brought up from Germany, and discuss various cultures, and what a fine legacy Bush was leaving to the World. They were teachers, as is Soupie, so there was a lot in common. It was a very animated conversation, and lasted through many beers and "sundowners" until midnight (sunset lasts for 4+ hours here), when Soupie and I begged for mercy and crept off for a couple hours' sleep.
I'm glad to report that all the booze must have put Soupie back on track: he ran a phenomenal 36:47 on Thursday, to finish 36th of 143 in H55-2. He even ran one of the final legs faster than the class winner!
Unfortunately this nice day was my last in Dalarna: the next morning orienteeringmom took me to the bus stop at Högfjället, and I spent the day getting back to Stockholm where I took Sari and her two friends (Jaana and Lisbeth) out for an exotic (for Sweden) Indian dinner in Södermalm.
But I finished 194th of 236 in H65Kort (short). Much of the O was on XC trails I'd skied with Sari 8 years ago. But I finally seemed to be able to read the subtle Swedish terrain, and find controls.
Some of the motivation may have come from walk, who abruptly got up from our outdoors coffee table and ran away that morning. We'd been discussing the previous day, and he claimed my navigating was so poor that he didn't want to "catch" it.
Afterwards Soupbone and I went over to a VåffleStugan (little old Swedish cabin) on the way to the Start, and drank beer (more "lat öl"..2.3% "beer"), ate gulasch and cloudberry waffles, while we sat on the porch and cheered on the people still walking to the start.
Later, basking in the sun at our "Chez-Ringen" we were invited by the Danish couple next door (Richard Nøiers and Liselotte Pedersen) to come over for some "real" beer they'd brought up from Germany, and discuss various cultures, and what a fine legacy Bush was leaving to the World. They were teachers, as is Soupie, so there was a lot in common. It was a very animated conversation, and lasted through many beers and "sundowners" until midnight (sunset lasts for 4+ hours here), when Soupie and I begged for mercy and crept off for a couple hours' sleep.
I'm glad to report that all the booze must have put Soupie back on track: he ran a phenomenal 36:47 on Thursday, to finish 36th of 143 in H55-2. He even ran one of the final legs faster than the class winner!
Unfortunately this nice day was my last in Dalarna: the next morning orienteeringmom took me to the bus stop at Högfjället, and I spent the day getting back to Stockholm where I took Sari and her two friends (Jaana and Lisbeth) out for an exotic (for Sweden) Indian dinner in Södermalm.
Tuesday Jul 22, 2008 #
Orienteering race 1:44:19 [3] *** 2.7 km (38:38 / km)
spiked:6/9c shoes: Black & Red Jalas Integrators
O-Ringen, Day 2. Berga By map again, south part. Again controls in tough thick green gave me trouble. Couldn't read the stuff, no matter how careful I was. All the form lines and marshes couldn't be seen in the terrain...marshes look just like the rest of the green, until you step in them. Not like the US where vegetation in marshes is definitely different.
Also walked most of this, favoring my badly sprained left ankle from yesterday. Other US orienteers doing well, particularly the kids. Charlie and Lynette Walker both had trouble today also. But they corrected much faster than I was able to, for some reason. One wrong control today I punched 3 times, just to record my perambulations. George Walker was aghast.
Also walked most of this, favoring my badly sprained left ankle from yesterday. Other US orienteers doing well, particularly the kids. Charlie and Lynette Walker both had trouble today also. But they corrected much faster than I was able to, for some reason. One wrong control today I punched 3 times, just to record my perambulations. George Walker was aghast.
Monday Jul 21, 2008 #
Event: Oringen 2008
Orienteering race 1:58:35 [3] *** 3.4 km (34:53 / km) +80m 31:12 / km
spiked:2/6c shoes: Black & Red Jalas Integrators
O-Ringen, Day 1. Berga By map. Walked up Vasaloppet Trail from the Sälen valley...very tough climb for 2km, then it leveled off. Would be a grunt on skis, with thousands of Swedes behind you, ready to ski right over you if you fell.
Tried to be very conservative. Jogged/walked 750m first leg across logged hillside into beautiful pine forest with bright green moss on forest floor. When pace count ran out I turned uphill, knowing I'd fallen off. Saw people dropping out of sight, figured it may be a depression...and it was, mine! Spike. But 20 minutes/km. How do people cross this rough open at <10min/km?
Second 700m leg crossed a very rough open logged area to a control in a small reentrant. I picked out the tallest small hill to aim for, only 70m from my reentrant. But once in the circle, it took me 20 minutes to find that reentrant! Just cannot read this stuff.
Fourth leg really screwed me up: 4' boulder on the side of a small sharp spur in the middle of a thick green area of other small spurs. Couldn't find it, despite attacks from 3 different points. Finally found it by wading upstream through 4' deep muck.
Spiked #5 and #6...but sprained my left ankle on one of the small rocks that littered the terrain, paths and forests. How do these people run fast here and not break legs? There's a lot more to Scandinavian O than meets the eye.
Tried to be very conservative. Jogged/walked 750m first leg across logged hillside into beautiful pine forest with bright green moss on forest floor. When pace count ran out I turned uphill, knowing I'd fallen off. Saw people dropping out of sight, figured it may be a depression...and it was, mine! Spike. But 20 minutes/km. How do people cross this rough open at <10min/km?
Second 700m leg crossed a very rough open logged area to a control in a small reentrant. I picked out the tallest small hill to aim for, only 70m from my reentrant. But once in the circle, it took me 20 minutes to find that reentrant! Just cannot read this stuff.
Fourth leg really screwed me up: 4' boulder on the side of a small sharp spur in the middle of a thick green area of other small spurs. Couldn't find it, despite attacks from 3 different points. Finally found it by wading upstream through 4' deep muck.
Spiked #5 and #6...but sprained my left ankle on one of the small rocks that littered the terrain, paths and forests. How do these people run fast here and not break legs? There's a lot more to Scandinavian O than meets the eye.