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Sunday Jun 28, 2015 #
Orienteering race 1:04:31 [4]
Middle at Western Champs, Idaho City, ID
This was much more to my liking. Very intricate gold mining terrain, with a lot of controls. I was doing so great, pretty much hitting every control dead on, until #14. Even looking at the map now, I'm not sure how I spaced out so much, but I did. I way overshot the control, which would have been bad enough, but I added so much more climb with the mistake. Grrr! It would have been such a great run without that one error. Oh well. That's the name of the game.
This was much more to my liking. Very intricate gold mining terrain, with a lot of controls. I was doing so great, pretty much hitting every control dead on, until #14. Even looking at the map now, I'm not sure how I spaced out so much, but I did. I way overshot the control, which would have been bad enough, but I added so much more climb with the mistake. Grrr! It would have been such a great run without that one error. Oh well. That's the name of the game.
Note
On the way home, we stopped by Craters of the Moon NM...perhaps not the best idea in 100+ degree weather. Luckily, it was a little cloudy with some slight rain drizzles to keep the worst of the heat at bay.
A lonely Swampfox climbing a cinder cone:
On top of the cone, looking out over the lava flows:
Popping out of a lava tube:
A lonely Swampfox climbing a cinder cone:
On top of the cone, looking out over the lava flows:
Popping out of a lava tube:
Saturday Jun 27, 2015 #
Orienteering race (31034) 3:10:34 [3]
Ultralong at Western Champs, Idaho City, ID
I can now honestly say that ultra-longs are not my thing. This was a long, physically demanding course, and I made some very stupid navigational errors, which just compounded the misery. And, once I heard what the temperature was going to be, my goal became just to finish the course, which I did.
It was hot...not so bad in the beginning, but by the end, it was kind of brutal. I probably should have stopped by around control 12, but I just wanted to finish. Donna Fluegel said I looked like hell when I finished, the worst she's ever seen me. It took me a good while to recover, even having to stop and sit down on the way back to the car. I was very glad when it was over.
I can now honestly say that ultra-longs are not my thing. This was a long, physically demanding course, and I made some very stupid navigational errors, which just compounded the misery. And, once I heard what the temperature was going to be, my goal became just to finish the course, which I did.
It was hot...not so bad in the beginning, but by the end, it was kind of brutal. I probably should have stopped by around control 12, but I just wanted to finish. Donna Fluegel said I looked like hell when I finished, the worst she's ever seen me. It took me a good while to recover, even having to stop and sit down on the way back to the car. I was very glad when it was over.
Friday Jun 26, 2015 #
Orienteering race 22:32 [4] 2.31 km (9:45 / km)
Sprint at Western States Champs.
It was quite hot. I was okay for the first 2/3 of the course, but then it was out in the open for the final few controls, and I could definitely feel the heat. I hit all of the controls fairly cleanly, so my lack of speed was the main factor in my time. (It wasn't a particularly navigationally-challenging course.) I think I ended up second woman on the course, though, behind Eileen Breseman, so I'm happy with that.
It was quite hot. I was okay for the first 2/3 of the course, but then it was out in the open for the final few controls, and I could definitely feel the heat. I hit all of the controls fairly cleanly, so my lack of speed was the main factor in my time. (It wasn't a particularly navigationally-challenging course.) I think I ended up second woman on the course, though, behind Eileen Breseman, so I'm happy with that.
Note
We met Sam for dinner in downtown Boise, at a pizza place that Brooke recommended. It was full inside, so we sat outside. It was still pretty hot, but bearable with a nice cold beer.
Then we went walking around the capitol, where Mikell and Sam got into some kind of argument with some trappers.
Then we went walking around the capitol, where Mikell and Sam got into some kind of argument with some trappers.