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Sunday Jun 8, 2014 #
Orienteering race 1:00:40 [4] 4.3 km (14:07 / km)
shoes: New Balance 479 - V4
Green at Dryar, first of two.
I don't think I adjusted to the conditions as well as needed. I do think I "made due" reasonably well. I'm often taking one feature and relying on it too heavily, but here there were lots of inconsistencies to work with.
For example the first control - I'm not sure how I ended up there, but I did. I came out of the "some trails mapped" section and could make no sense of the map - it didn't look like that at all to me. So I said "I'm by the vegetation border and homes, so it's got to be a bit further, and it was.
10 to 11 was one of my best legs, and I thought I did well to climb over the top of the plateau - 2nd fastest leg on a longer leg. Also did well 5 to 6.
I don't think I adjusted to the conditions as well as needed. I do think I "made due" reasonably well. I'm often taking one feature and relying on it too heavily, but here there were lots of inconsistencies to work with.
For example the first control - I'm not sure how I ended up there, but I did. I came out of the "some trails mapped" section and could make no sense of the map - it didn't look like that at all to me. So I said "I'm by the vegetation border and homes, so it's got to be a bit further, and it was.
10 to 11 was one of my best legs, and I thought I did well to climb over the top of the plateau - 2nd fastest leg on a longer leg. Also did well 5 to 6.
Orienteering race 41:13 [5] 3.2 km (12:53 / km)
shoes: New Balance 479 - V4
The fatigue took its toll here, that climb to 1 was a bit brutal, but we all faced it; you can tell who has climbing legs.
Seem to have generally reasonable efforts here.
I was not a fan of #8 - finding a dot knoll on a hillside with many unmapped knolls and a generally unmapped contour was hard. I liked my strategy of covering the lower part of the hill and realizing that since I must have passed it, it must have been above me - and it was.
10 got me worse though as I relied on the mapping of trails in that area to determine that the trail crossing I could see from 30m away was not the trail crossing I wanted - it went across the trail and the map showed the one with the controls as intersecting from one side only. I climbed a significant portion of the hill before realizing it wasn't above me.
I recognize there's only so much that can be done with a course on that map, and will second any suggestion to get real contours onto that map.
Seem to have generally reasonable efforts here.
I was not a fan of #8 - finding a dot knoll on a hillside with many unmapped knolls and a generally unmapped contour was hard. I liked my strategy of covering the lower part of the hill and realizing that since I must have passed it, it must have been above me - and it was.
10 got me worse though as I relied on the mapping of trails in that area to determine that the trail crossing I could see from 30m away was not the trail crossing I wanted - it went across the trail and the map showed the one with the controls as intersecting from one side only. I climbed a significant portion of the hill before realizing it wasn't above me.
I recognize there's only so much that can be done with a course on that map, and will second any suggestion to get real contours onto that map.
Friday Jun 6, 2014 #
Morning Run (pavement) 33:49 [3] 4.0 mi (8:27 / mi) +40m 8:12 / mi
shoes: Vibram Treksport
Kept breathing rate to 3 out, 3 in. 8:38, 8:27, 8:39, 8:05.
Walking (Mowing) 1:30:00 [1]
Thursday Jun 5, 2014 #
Morning Run (pavement) 32:07 [4] 4.0 mi (8:02 / mi) +40m 7:47 / mi
shoes: Vibram Treksport
Nice morning for a run. 8:29, 8:10, 8:05, 7:24.
Tuesday Jun 3, 2014 #
Morning Run (pavement) 34:12 [3] 4.0 mi (8:33 / mi) +40m 8:18 / mi
shoes: New Balance 479 - V4
A little run in the light rain. Warm enough to be overly warm at the beginning until I was rather wet. 9:03, 17:24 (2), 7:45.