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Saturday Apr 30, 2011 #
Event: West Point A-meet
8 AM
orienteer race 1:00:20 3.5 km (17:14 / km) +132m 14:30 / km
ahr:167 max:170
Middle Green Y. Lost a bit of time on 2, 12 and 14, but clean otherwise. Walked the course, which helped with navigation. Concentrated fairly well until the end, when I was tired and sloppy.
PT 1 [0]
12 PM
orienteer race 26:34 2.1 km (12:39 / km) +51m 11:17 / km
ahr:161 max:176
Sprint. Goal was to be clean and not skip a control. Took a less than ideal route to 1, as I was getting used to the map. Rest of course was clean. Moved slowly through the woods. Legs are really tired now.
C • DQ 10
Note
More about the middle course:
Wanted no mistakes and good concentration. Walked the whole course (with one exception noted below)
Slow to get into the map to 1, as were many other folks. Hesitated a lot and was not confident of where I was going. Poor route choice to 2. Thought I knew where I came over the hill, but I was wrong. Got down into some green, and realized that I should go back up. Lost the most time here.
After that, my concentration was pretty good. I was also doing a decent job of reading ahead and knowing where I was going.
Hesitated a little bit going to 11, because the contours didn't make sense, and there was someone else in the area who distracted me.
Funny mistake at 12. First, I didn't keep a straight line towards the control, and was quite surprised when I came out onto a ride. Never saw it on the map, among all the rock features! Still took a moment to figure out that I didn't have to climb back up, but could reach the marker from the ride.
The most ridiculous mistake was 14. I decided to run into the finish, went too fast, and ran out of oxygen. I got to the buildings, didn't see the control (which was around the corner) and stopped. I walked back to the trail junction, hesitated, started again, stopped again, etc. When some oxygen finally returned to my brain, I ran the 10 meters to the control and into the finish. I had been hoping to break one hour, and that last silly mistake put me over :(
I did not like all the blueberry bushes and downed trees, but conditions were the same for all. The course was very good, with a good mix of leg lengths and technical/physical difficulty. I was pleased that I only had one brain dead moment, which cost me only a minute or so, instead of my recent habit of "15 minutes-of-wandering" adventures. I was also pleased to have a decent run on day one; I seemed to have problems with that recently.
Consistency: 16.2
time lost: 3.4
middle route
Wanted no mistakes and good concentration. Walked the whole course (with one exception noted below)
Slow to get into the map to 1, as were many other folks. Hesitated a lot and was not confident of where I was going. Poor route choice to 2. Thought I knew where I came over the hill, but I was wrong. Got down into some green, and realized that I should go back up. Lost the most time here.
After that, my concentration was pretty good. I was also doing a decent job of reading ahead and knowing where I was going.
Hesitated a little bit going to 11, because the contours didn't make sense, and there was someone else in the area who distracted me.
Funny mistake at 12. First, I didn't keep a straight line towards the control, and was quite surprised when I came out onto a ride. Never saw it on the map, among all the rock features! Still took a moment to figure out that I didn't have to climb back up, but could reach the marker from the ride.
The most ridiculous mistake was 14. I decided to run into the finish, went too fast, and ran out of oxygen. I got to the buildings, didn't see the control (which was around the corner) and stopped. I walked back to the trail junction, hesitated, started again, stopped again, etc. When some oxygen finally returned to my brain, I ran the 10 meters to the control and into the finish. I had been hoping to break one hour, and that last silly mistake put me over :(
I did not like all the blueberry bushes and downed trees, but conditions were the same for all. The course was very good, with a good mix of leg lengths and technical/physical difficulty. I was pleased that I only had one brain dead moment, which cost me only a minute or so, instead of my recent habit of "15 minutes-of-wandering" adventures. I was also pleased to have a decent run on day one; I seemed to have problems with that recently.
Consistency: 16.2
time lost: 3.4
middle route
2 PM
Note
A comment about the meet organization, which was great. They had a nice event location, which made it fun to hang out with everyone between races. I had a wonderful time visiting with all my friends, and I enjoyed meeting Tracy and Marketa. It was also fun to hang with Anna and watch her trade bets with Mike. It was a fun atmosphere, but it did not have a lot of bells and whistles. The cadets spent all their energy on the courses and getting all the controls in the right place, which was the right idea, in my opinion.
Sprint notes:
Again, I wanted no mistakes and no mispunches (since all three races were combined to determine results). Started to go straight to 1, through the light green, but was pulled off by the nice open trail, but then had to climb through the green (uphill) any way. Ugh! Kept a very good pace and excellent concentration after that. I jogged on the trails and roads, and walked in the woods. I like sprints. As Peggy said, they go by so fast. I had no time to think. It also helped that several markers were visible from far away.
I felt good coming into the finish, and knew I wanted to make a good effort in the finish chute. So I stopped before punching the last control, took two breaths, punched and then took off! That was fun :)
It was NOT fun when I downloaded my track and noticed I had run through an OOB area. I was really mad at myself.
consistency: 12.6
time lost: 5.1
sprint route
Sprint notes:
Again, I wanted no mistakes and no mispunches (since all three races were combined to determine results). Started to go straight to 1, through the light green, but was pulled off by the nice open trail, but then had to climb through the green (uphill) any way. Ugh! Kept a very good pace and excellent concentration after that. I jogged on the trails and roads, and walked in the woods. I like sprints. As Peggy said, they go by so fast. I had no time to think. It also helped that several markers were visible from far away.
I felt good coming into the finish, and knew I wanted to make a good effort in the finish chute. So I stopped before punching the last control, took two breaths, punched and then took off! That was fun :)
It was NOT fun when I downloaded my track and noticed I had run through an OOB area. I was really mad at myself.
consistency: 12.6
time lost: 5.1
sprint route