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Sunday Apr 6, 2014 #
orienteering (race) 46:46 [3]
flying pig at mounds, green m50
actually felt a bit better, still no pop on the hills though, just feel weak, lack of strength.
got all tangled up in prickers on way to 2, think i was slow there.
caught bob on way to 7 i think he was 20 min before me.
to 8 angled up to trail, to avoid green, then angle down, saw 4 or 5 people wandering around, the tree seemed lower than mapped. when i was near circle saw isabel slashing through green off to left, seemed odd because she started 12 min before me. (turns out she changed to red) saw a smattering of other people throughout, but ignored them, usually its a big distraction and messes me up.
to 11 went straight,then into corner of north cornfield, once in woods the ditches didn't make sense, then saw a bridge on the trail i was really slow because it was confusing, checked map for bridge, then recognized the 2 ditches forming the spur, so that route was a bit slow.
13 was mistake, wanted to run on trail to junction with the other trail or ride, but missed it, sensing the error, stopped and just went down the hill and ended up past the control at the 3 ditches, but luckily quickly relocated, but still lost 30 or so seconds because of not going straight.
really pleased with routes to 3 thru 10, they were spot on, and then 14 thru finish, really pushed hard on the final stretch.
pleased with weekend of torture, very relieved that the aches and pains, of calf cramping, knee pain, and hamstring dings didn't rear their ugly head at all.
actually felt a bit better, still no pop on the hills though, just feel weak, lack of strength.
got all tangled up in prickers on way to 2, think i was slow there.
caught bob on way to 7 i think he was 20 min before me.
to 8 angled up to trail, to avoid green, then angle down, saw 4 or 5 people wandering around, the tree seemed lower than mapped. when i was near circle saw isabel slashing through green off to left, seemed odd because she started 12 min before me. (turns out she changed to red) saw a smattering of other people throughout, but ignored them, usually its a big distraction and messes me up.
to 11 went straight,then into corner of north cornfield, once in woods the ditches didn't make sense, then saw a bridge on the trail i was really slow because it was confusing, checked map for bridge, then recognized the 2 ditches forming the spur, so that route was a bit slow.
13 was mistake, wanted to run on trail to junction with the other trail or ride, but missed it, sensing the error, stopped and just went down the hill and ended up past the control at the 3 ditches, but luckily quickly relocated, but still lost 30 or so seconds because of not going straight.
really pleased with routes to 3 thru 10, they were spot on, and then 14 thru finish, really pushed hard on the final stretch.
pleased with weekend of torture, very relieved that the aches and pains, of calf cramping, knee pain, and hamstring dings didn't rear their ugly head at all.
Saturday Apr 5, 2014 #
orienteering (race) 1:15:58 [3]
flying pig, garr hill long, green m50
got off bus 2 min late and went straight to second call up line, no warmup or potty break
like yesterday, walk uphills, grunt the rest out.
most routes straight, which is about all i can comprehend ! with some slight deviations here and there
notable stuff
because of panic start, almost made 180 degree error at start, so very cautious, sort of sloppy
to 2 went up too high because i think theres an unmapped rootstock, but looked down the slope and saw control. Bill Pullman made same error.
on 3, close to control the large depression was a pond and it freaked me out, stopped to see if i was off track, nasty prickers to the control.
after punching 4 UGH, had something in bottom of rt foot, stopped sat down, took off shoe, took out insole, messed around with compression sock, cleaned out, relaced both shoes, i'm sure i lost a minute, maybe a bit more, didn't think it'd cost me, oopsie.
straight to 10
gasping for air climbing to 11 there were 4 or 5 people wandering about, seemed low, luckily saw the hunters stand, and knew it was further up, i think they all saw it after me and another person near it punched.
12 was the problem, went a bit right of straight and down the small spur between to 2 larger ones, slowed up somewhat to make sure where i was, was really suffering. never even saw the fast route down the road past the control and back to it, ugh.
reviewed w/ bp and isabel again.
got off bus 2 min late and went straight to second call up line, no warmup or potty break
like yesterday, walk uphills, grunt the rest out.
most routes straight, which is about all i can comprehend ! with some slight deviations here and there
notable stuff
because of panic start, almost made 180 degree error at start, so very cautious, sort of sloppy
to 2 went up too high because i think theres an unmapped rootstock, but looked down the slope and saw control. Bill Pullman made same error.
on 3, close to control the large depression was a pond and it freaked me out, stopped to see if i was off track, nasty prickers to the control.
after punching 4 UGH, had something in bottom of rt foot, stopped sat down, took off shoe, took out insole, messed around with compression sock, cleaned out, relaced both shoes, i'm sure i lost a minute, maybe a bit more, didn't think it'd cost me, oopsie.
straight to 10
gasping for air climbing to 11 there were 4 or 5 people wandering about, seemed low, luckily saw the hunters stand, and knew it was further up, i think they all saw it after me and another person near it punched.
12 was the problem, went a bit right of straight and down the small spur between to 2 larger ones, slowed up somewhat to make sure where i was, was really suffering. never even saw the fast route down the road past the control and back to it, ugh.
reviewed w/ bp and isabel again.
Friday Apr 4, 2014 #
orienteering (race) 45:18 [3]
flying pig, bear creek scout camp, green m50
notable stuff:
after talking in past with nadim, dave onkst, and today with the guy parked next to us, bought a pair of the old fart half reading/magnifier glasses, instead of looking at a slightly blurry map and using magnifier. they're great, a bit getting used to but it helped, looking down at footing below is odd.
i know this is going sound like a real weenie, but i haven't been doing hardly any training, so there was mucho suffering, but i like it. walked up nearly every hill or run several steps/walk, repeat. running felt dreadfully slow, and i was gasping for air the whole time, but the good thing was navigating was clean, maybe a few dicey route choices,but i avoided any dreadful mistakes that usually haunt me. the open runnable grueling terrain is what i like best.
on 1,hated crossing the river within the first 2 min, i cant stand getting wet like that.
to 4; actually had a thought that taking trail all the way down then contouring across to the rootstock, it'd be hidden behind, so i attacked off top of hill and could see it below, a happy moment !
to 16 went straight to river then along stream looking for place to cross and ended up crossing between the shooting range symbol (which i thought was a sailboat) and control, went in water up to waist and had to crawl up the cut bank, ugh.
reviewed splits/routes with BP and isabel after.
notable stuff:
after talking in past with nadim, dave onkst, and today with the guy parked next to us, bought a pair of the old fart half reading/magnifier glasses, instead of looking at a slightly blurry map and using magnifier. they're great, a bit getting used to but it helped, looking down at footing below is odd.
i know this is going sound like a real weenie, but i haven't been doing hardly any training, so there was mucho suffering, but i like it. walked up nearly every hill or run several steps/walk, repeat. running felt dreadfully slow, and i was gasping for air the whole time, but the good thing was navigating was clean, maybe a few dicey route choices,but i avoided any dreadful mistakes that usually haunt me. the open runnable grueling terrain is what i like best.
on 1,hated crossing the river within the first 2 min, i cant stand getting wet like that.
to 4; actually had a thought that taking trail all the way down then contouring across to the rootstock, it'd be hidden behind, so i attacked off top of hill and could see it below, a happy moment !
to 16 went straight to river then along stream looking for place to cross and ended up crossing between the shooting range symbol (which i thought was a sailboat) and control, went in water up to waist and had to crawl up the cut bank, ugh.
reviewed splits/routes with BP and isabel after.