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Sunday Feb 24, 2008 #
Event: QOC Prince William
Orienteering race 1:22:59 **** 11.3 km (7:21 / km) +300m 6:29 / km
shoes: Jalas
QOC Blue at Turkey Run (Prince William Forest.)
Finally, my first decent run at this place in the past year. Fourth try a charm. But, not a great race.
On the plus side I didn't get lost, and almost all the time I was in control and suprisingly, concentrating pretty well. I was moving pretty well and I thought pretty strong throughout. There were very few times when I thought I was running maximum speed, however. I just couldn't get the physical flow right through the terrain.
On the negative side: I definitely did not have technical flow. I stopped at virtually every control, stopped occasionally mid-leg (although that doesn't bother me too much) and stopped once to take out a contact (which was torn) and put it back in (apparently I had already lost the other contact so my vision was a definite aggravation. I was proud of myself that I buckled down and didn't let it get to me too much.
I did a better job, but not perfect, on the crude compass work. I didn't deviate too much from the line. The big problems I had were inefficiency: spending more time in easily avoided green/blowdown, up and down unncessarily, and too much orthogonal running along roads when afraid to dive into the forest.
I also noticed, for the first time accutely, that green and some other things on this map differ--not so much in the local area, but from area to area. That must be a product of the different mappers.
Anyway, the despite my decent run, Big Eddie still opened a can to the tune of 8+ minutes. I think his was a really good run.
Finally, my first decent run at this place in the past year. Fourth try a charm. But, not a great race.
On the plus side I didn't get lost, and almost all the time I was in control and suprisingly, concentrating pretty well. I was moving pretty well and I thought pretty strong throughout. There were very few times when I thought I was running maximum speed, however. I just couldn't get the physical flow right through the terrain.
On the negative side: I definitely did not have technical flow. I stopped at virtually every control, stopped occasionally mid-leg (although that doesn't bother me too much) and stopped once to take out a contact (which was torn) and put it back in (apparently I had already lost the other contact so my vision was a definite aggravation. I was proud of myself that I buckled down and didn't let it get to me too much.
I did a better job, but not perfect, on the crude compass work. I didn't deviate too much from the line. The big problems I had were inefficiency: spending more time in easily avoided green/blowdown, up and down unncessarily, and too much orthogonal running along roads when afraid to dive into the forest.
I also noticed, for the first time accutely, that green and some other things on this map differ--not so much in the local area, but from area to area. That must be a product of the different mappers.
Anyway, the despite my decent run, Big Eddie still opened a can to the tune of 8+ minutes. I think his was a really good run.