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Saturday Apr 4, 2009 #
Running warm up/down (Street & Trail) 7:00 [2] 1.0 km (7:00 / km)
slept:10.0
McFarlan Woods, Cincinnati, OH. OCIN. Warm-up for the Flying Pig US Relay Champs. I jogged around the start area watching other runners. I ran the fourth leg.
Orienteering race (Foot) 44:02 [4] *** 5.4 km (8:09 / km) +395m 5:58 / km
spiked:18/18c
McFarlan Woods, Cincinnati, OH. OCIN: Flying Pig US Relay Championships - Red Variation 3 (BB). Most of QOC seems to have been in a need of a break after having hosted the Ran-it Granite last weekend. We didn't have enough to run a legal team. Luckily our team, led off by Ted Good and third leg runner David Onkst, was supported by steady and very capable Sharon Crawford. I anchored. We were in the lead for other 8 point teams with Ted Good running Orange. Stiff competition from OK (Peggy's team mate John Rogers) had us in second after the the second leg Yellow course. Dave faced even more stiff competition but we were still near the front when it was my turn.
I was passed pretty quickly by Sergei Szech on a 4 point DVOA team. The initial hills winded me a bunch but I was able to take more gradual routes on most legs. Eric Bone passed and was probably on a 4 point team too. Unbeknownst to me, Michael Lyons had started pretty close behind me. With the forking I didn't see him until around the 8th control. We ran near each other the rest of the way. He got ahead briefly going to #13 but made a slight error enabling me to pass again. I took about 3 steps in the wrong direction leaving #15--I hadn't oriented my map correctly but was headed in the right direction soon after that. I was expecting Michael to be able to pass me near the end. At #17, I was using the vegetation to try to attack from and ended up a bit too low. Michael made up some ground by being higher. I got out fast and got to #18 where his son was waiting. The rest of his family was cheering too (Peggy had to take Max for a toilet break at the time) so I felt a bit bad running hard to the end. Perhaps he was taking it easy on me. I stayed ahead but think my official time put me a few seconds behind him.
It was a much more fun day for me. With more rest I felt stronger. I enjoyed running in the warmer and sunnier wheather. The hills felt easier than they did on the day before too.
I was passed pretty quickly by Sergei Szech on a 4 point DVOA team. The initial hills winded me a bunch but I was able to take more gradual routes on most legs. Eric Bone passed and was probably on a 4 point team too. Unbeknownst to me, Michael Lyons had started pretty close behind me. With the forking I didn't see him until around the 8th control. We ran near each other the rest of the way. He got ahead briefly going to #13 but made a slight error enabling me to pass again. I took about 3 steps in the wrong direction leaving #15--I hadn't oriented my map correctly but was headed in the right direction soon after that. I was expecting Michael to be able to pass me near the end. At #17, I was using the vegetation to try to attack from and ended up a bit too low. Michael made up some ground by being higher. I got out fast and got to #18 where his son was waiting. The rest of his family was cheering too (Peggy had to take Max for a toilet break at the time) so I felt a bit bad running hard to the end. Perhaps he was taking it easy on me. I stayed ahead but think my official time put me a few seconds behind him.
It was a much more fun day for me. With more rest I felt stronger. I enjoyed running in the warmer and sunnier wheather. The hills felt easier than they did on the day before too.