Orienteering4:11:30 12.91 mi (19:29 / mi) +439m17:37 / mi ahr:135 max:172
Extreme o my....
Started smoothly enough...then the arial to 12 I completely and utterly screwed up which had me unnerved until 18, which I was supposed to plot but lost that map somehow. Saw the cheat tiny map and remember the general area from the race the day before. Got there, thought we had a time limit of 3 hours according to the meeting. Booked it back to the finish. Turned out we had 4, I went back out to finish and probably would have been ok if I hadn’t run back and forth. Gah. Learned a lot about this and plan to go back next year better prepared,at least mentally!
Orienteering (model map walk) 45:00 [1] *** 2.0 mi (22:30 / mi) spiked:7/10c shoes: Brooks Adrenaline ASR M8.5
Was going over and over dry ditches and gully differences. In short, not all are mapped.
11 AM
Orienteering1:57:58 5.2 mi (22:41 / mi) +260m19:38 / mi ahr:139 max:166 spiked:9/14c shoes: Brooks Adrenaline ASR M8.5
Green Y at GNC.
Had some good lines, and was the worst when I allowed myself to be distracted or wasn't confident I was in the circle. On #1, I was right in the circle, 2x, and lost about 6-7 min right there. OK execution to 2, spiked 3, wobbled to 4 and 5, 6 went well and the wheels fell off at 7. Kid fell and screamed, and I turned, dropped my map and talked to him...he was OK and then I was totally unaware of where I was.
Got back on for 8 then 9, and foot was throbbing. Got to the vicinity of 10 and drifted W which caused needing to go to the road and attack from a powerline pylon. Then, pretty clean, albeit very slow because I really had to walk.
Orienteering10:29 0.57 mi (18:24 / mi) +19m16:38 / mi ahr:129 max:146 spiked:3/3c
Model map.
Orienteering1:05:36 3.02 mi (21:43 / mi) +159m18:40 / mi ahr:137 max:160 spiked:8/10c
Bumped watch, short track. Had a very rough start. Then got a little into the groove--and kept it safe every step of the way.. The gullies and dry ditches really got me! Anyway, stayed pretty clean, only concern was L foot was not happy.
Went back to the doc for follow up. Said the foot looks really good, and I can resume normal activity.
He suggested a stationary bike and a couch to 5k program.
I shared that I have been doing a little bit of this and a little bit of that. He said that I need to come back in 3 months to "check on this project."