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Sunday Apr 28, 2013 #
orienteering race 1:19:56 [3] 4.0 km (19:59 / km) +165m 16:34 / km
Oh boy did I hose a couple of legs on this course!
1- fine
2 - was doing fine but not really understanding the map and stopped just a little short not really seeing how a reentrant could be where it needed to be for me to be where I thought I was. And yet it was there and all I needed to do was go a little further and I would have been fine. Instead I stopped decided I must be somewhere else and climbed. Got a slightly better read of the hillside and then went right to it. But lost several minutes.
3 - good; liked this leg - perfect middle leg
4 - total disaster; I must have gotten way left of the line out of #3 but had no clue I had done that. My plan was to skirt the swamp to the left and climb the hill to the saddle. I knew something was wrong since I wasn't seeing a big stony ride up the hill but then I found some rocks and thought okay. It didn't seem quite right but thought "ah, just climb the hill and the saddle will take you in". I was stunned when I got to the top of the hill and saw my #1 in front of me. Good thing I recognized it - I was about 300m to the NE of where I was expecting to be. Not sure how long it would have taken to relocate if I hadn't had that to tell me exactly where I was since I don't think I would have thought to consider that far away. Not a good leg.
5 - okay but slow and stopped to think about things one hill top too soon so lost a little time; using the magnifier (or wearing glasses) would have probably helped.
6 - a bunch of GreenX guys were at 5 with me and took off south and pulled me along for a bit until I forced myself to go where I needed to go so lost a bit more time there
7 - another not so good leg; I was really annoyed that the course was going down to the bottom of the hill and didn't hold a good line; drifted to the right and was having trouble understanding the roads since not all the buildings around the gate are on the map. But still, should not have taken me as long as it did to get over to my control.
8 - a long slog up the hill but apparently a good split
9 - went by #1 again but this time on purpose. Meant to stay high longer but sucked down into the rocks too early and crawled over to the control losing more time.
10 to F - fine
1- fine
2 - was doing fine but not really understanding the map and stopped just a little short not really seeing how a reentrant could be where it needed to be for me to be where I thought I was. And yet it was there and all I needed to do was go a little further and I would have been fine. Instead I stopped decided I must be somewhere else and climbed. Got a slightly better read of the hillside and then went right to it. But lost several minutes.
3 - good; liked this leg - perfect middle leg
4 - total disaster; I must have gotten way left of the line out of #3 but had no clue I had done that. My plan was to skirt the swamp to the left and climb the hill to the saddle. I knew something was wrong since I wasn't seeing a big stony ride up the hill but then I found some rocks and thought okay. It didn't seem quite right but thought "ah, just climb the hill and the saddle will take you in". I was stunned when I got to the top of the hill and saw my #1 in front of me. Good thing I recognized it - I was about 300m to the NE of where I was expecting to be. Not sure how long it would have taken to relocate if I hadn't had that to tell me exactly where I was since I don't think I would have thought to consider that far away. Not a good leg.
5 - okay but slow and stopped to think about things one hill top too soon so lost a little time; using the magnifier (or wearing glasses) would have probably helped.
6 - a bunch of GreenX guys were at 5 with me and took off south and pulled me along for a bit until I forced myself to go where I needed to go so lost a bit more time there
7 - another not so good leg; I was really annoyed that the course was going down to the bottom of the hill and didn't hold a good line; drifted to the right and was having trouble understanding the roads since not all the buildings around the gate are on the map. But still, should not have taken me as long as it did to get over to my control.
8 - a long slog up the hill but apparently a good split
9 - went by #1 again but this time on purpose. Meant to stay high longer but sucked down into the rocks too early and crawled over to the control losing more time.
10 to F - fine
orienteering race 25:58 [3] 2.0 km (12:59 / km) +85m 10:42 / km
Brown sprint. Finally - a relatively clean course!
Couldn't believe 1 was as soon as it was but checked the flag and it was mine. Same with 2 - could I really be there already? Yup, guess so. 3 was good. By then my eyes were watering and I really couldn't read the map very well and all I could see was that my circle for 4 was in between some big long cliff/rock things. Was surprised to see a flag just off the trail about the time I started thinking about what I might be looking for and didn't think it could be mine but again figured I'd better check it since it seemed like it could be mine and it was. Went back to the trail and continued on but now really couldn't see the trail on the map so had no idea where I was but it seemed like I had gone about the right distance and someone that looked like they could be on Brown went down into some rocks on my left and I figured hey, could be mine, let's check it out, this approach is working pretty well and sure enough mine again! Whew - done with the rocky stuff and no time lost.
Decided to just climb straight up the hill and bash my way through green if I needed to but found a little dirt track that led to some stairs that dumped me out on the road. Jogged along the road until the grassy area and was trying to figure out what to use to attack but saw a flag and ran for it. Good thing I was checking codes. Not mine! But knew where I was enough that I looked where I thought mine must be and saw another flag that made more sense. Mine. Wasn't sure if I was allowed to cut through the shrubs around the monument but it sure looked like everyone else was so I did. I see now there is some green mapped around the monument but it doesn't look like the olive green.
Took the road around to the left on 9 since I couldn't figure out whether I could get through lower down and I didn't feel like stopping to check. I ran on the grass which was nice and soft and it was a sort of rest for my mind and I actually planned ahead a bit. Through the area inside the buildings wondering if I was really allowed in there and across to 10. Went left around the building which I think was a bit faster even though you dropped a contour or two. I remembered that the stairs hadn't made sense to me the last time we were on this map but that there were stairs and so I just tried to go hard. Couldn't run up though - was really out of gas by this time. Read the walls right at the top of the stairs and went left and ducked in to 11 and then finish.
Couldn't believe 1 was as soon as it was but checked the flag and it was mine. Same with 2 - could I really be there already? Yup, guess so. 3 was good. By then my eyes were watering and I really couldn't read the map very well and all I could see was that my circle for 4 was in between some big long cliff/rock things. Was surprised to see a flag just off the trail about the time I started thinking about what I might be looking for and didn't think it could be mine but again figured I'd better check it since it seemed like it could be mine and it was. Went back to the trail and continued on but now really couldn't see the trail on the map so had no idea where I was but it seemed like I had gone about the right distance and someone that looked like they could be on Brown went down into some rocks on my left and I figured hey, could be mine, let's check it out, this approach is working pretty well and sure enough mine again! Whew - done with the rocky stuff and no time lost.
Decided to just climb straight up the hill and bash my way through green if I needed to but found a little dirt track that led to some stairs that dumped me out on the road. Jogged along the road until the grassy area and was trying to figure out what to use to attack but saw a flag and ran for it. Good thing I was checking codes. Not mine! But knew where I was enough that I looked where I thought mine must be and saw another flag that made more sense. Mine. Wasn't sure if I was allowed to cut through the shrubs around the monument but it sure looked like everyone else was so I did. I see now there is some green mapped around the monument but it doesn't look like the olive green.
Took the road around to the left on 9 since I couldn't figure out whether I could get through lower down and I didn't feel like stopping to check. I ran on the grass which was nice and soft and it was a sort of rest for my mind and I actually planned ahead a bit. Through the area inside the buildings wondering if I was really allowed in there and across to 10. Went left around the building which I think was a bit faster even though you dropped a contour or two. I remembered that the stairs hadn't made sense to me the last time we were on this map but that there were stairs and so I just tried to go hard. Couldn't run up though - was really out of gas by this time. Read the walls right at the top of the stairs and went left and ducked in to 11 and then finish.