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Saturday Oct 17, 2009 #
Event: WCOC Paugussett
Orienteering 1:14:54 [4] 7.8 km (9:36 / km) +250m 8:17 / km
WCOC Paugussetts - Red Course.
Nice woods, nice course, and another good run by Ross. As Greg said, "Clem managed to use all the nasty (interesting) parts that required a lot of concentration and some of those parts he even used twice." Long leg to #10 had three route choices and all three of us K, Greg, and I took different routes.
Right off the start, It took me some time to get into the map, boomed #1 by 1.5min and #3 by another 1.5-2min. Then settled down and was having a good race until #10 where I lost anther 2min because I missed the flag twice attacking from the trail bent even when I took the bearing. #11 was just slow trying to not lose control of the situation. Then somehow messed #17 attacking from the trail, still puzzled by that one. Right before #19 I smacked my foot on a rock that was covered with leaves, rolled in pain on the ground and slowly made it to the finish and then parking lot. A part of my foot appears to be swollen, hopefully it won't take long to heal up.
Nice woods, nice course, and another good run by Ross. As Greg said, "Clem managed to use all the nasty (interesting) parts that required a lot of concentration and some of those parts he even used twice." Long leg to #10 had three route choices and all three of us K, Greg, and I took different routes.
Right off the start, It took me some time to get into the map, boomed #1 by 1.5min and #3 by another 1.5-2min. Then settled down and was having a good race until #10 where I lost anther 2min because I missed the flag twice attacking from the trail bent even when I took the bearing. #11 was just slow trying to not lose control of the situation. Then somehow messed #17 attacking from the trail, still puzzled by that one. Right before #19 I smacked my foot on a rock that was covered with leaves, rolled in pain on the ground and slowly made it to the finish and then parking lot. A part of my foot appears to be swollen, hopefully it won't take long to heal up.
Tuesday Oct 13, 2009 #
Running 28:00 [3] 5.0 km (5:36 / km) +20m 5:29 / km
Easy run to the Verona park and back late at night. Felt really tired towards the end.
Sunday Oct 11, 2009 #
Event: Hudson Highlander
Orienteering race 1:30:30 [4] 12.4 km (7:18 / km)
HH Lowlander - Felt somewhat rusty after yesterdays' effort, my calves felt tight all night and the entire morning too, so the plan was to just hang in there and see how it would go. Off the start we had "our" king of the mnt. leg as it was the largest climb on the course. We all went straight up with Andrew whether next to me or in front of me, while Greg and Sergey stayed a bit to the right. No one was really pushing and I even alternated between running and fast walking until we hit the trail that went over the top of the Fingerboard Mnt? where Andrew and I stayed on until we cut down to the control. Greg and Sergey contoured around and were right there with us. Andrew then took off to the second (#9) bag along the side of the hill, while I climbed a few contours just to get myself comfortable with the attack point from above. I punched behind Andrew and we ran towards the (#10) when after seeing all the blueberry bushes I decided to run up the trail and attack from above. Andrew hit the bag first as I checked the rock that was just to the north of it. Greg showed up right after I punched. I then took off and began to climb right away as I wanted to get to the ridge of cliffs before (#11) as my attack point, as others stayed below and were contouring along the hill. This is the last time I saw them as I punched the bag alone with no one in sight.
Things were going pretty smoothly for me until I made ~1min error at #16 where I hit a cluster of large rocks just to the left of the one I needed. Went over the top of the hill to #17 as I once again I felt that over-the-top approach was the safest for me.
By the time I got the map exchange, I got somewhat hot, so I took my underarmor shirt off and headed to the Silver Mine map. Had a pretty clean run over that section. I climbed along the green section on the way to #20 and then cut down along the spur. Took a leftish all-around route to the #21 and ran up the trail to the #25 going around the big marshy and rocky re-entrant. Then Paul met me at the #26 and said that I was done, so we walked back to the parking lot.
Felt pretty good at the end, despite not drinking and eating my GU. Looking at splits it seems that I was moving pretty good too, but it is not totally fair to be comparing to the guys who ran twice as much as I did.
Things were going pretty smoothly for me until I made ~1min error at #16 where I hit a cluster of large rocks just to the left of the one I needed. Went over the top of the hill to #17 as I once again I felt that over-the-top approach was the safest for me.
By the time I got the map exchange, I got somewhat hot, so I took my underarmor shirt off and headed to the Silver Mine map. Had a pretty clean run over that section. I climbed along the green section on the way to #20 and then cut down along the spur. Took a leftish all-around route to the #21 and ran up the trail to the #25 going around the big marshy and rocky re-entrant. Then Paul met me at the #26 and said that I was done, so we walked back to the parking lot.
Felt pretty good at the end, despite not drinking and eating my GU. Looking at splits it seems that I was moving pretty good too, but it is not totally fair to be comparing to the guys who ran twice as much as I did.
Saturday Oct 10, 2009 #
Orienteering 32:56 [5] 4.7 km (7:00 / km) +110m 6:16 / km
WOC'93 Re-run. I really wanted to have a decent run and given the settings and atmosphere I got really pumped up while waiting for Peter's countdown at the start triangle. Got off to a fast start nailed the first three controls but slowed down around #4 before the rock just to the north of the bag where I caught up to Sam and saw Clem cutting towards the control. Stayed behind him to #5 and then pushed really hard to #6 and #7. Lost my head after crossing the stream on the way to #8 (didn't check my compass) and was surprised to see stone walls that I did not expect. Took me a while to figure out where I was and ended up losing ~3.5 min there. At this point I got really mad at myself and started pushing again. Lost another 20 sec on #10 as I stayed too high. Kind of missed the road crossing somewhat as I ran on top of the cliff as opposed to running at its food, but crossed the road in correct spot after jumping off the cliff. Caught up to Clem once again at #13 and we finished together (slightly behind) after a little hesitation at the last control.
Figured that I lost ~4.5min out there with one really huge mistake at #8. Cracking 29min would've been really sweet, as I am not sure I will ever get another chance at this course, plus it wouldn't be as fair anymore since I have a very good memory of places that I've ran at already.
Figured that I lost ~4.5min out there with one really huge mistake at #8. Cracking 29min would've been really sweet, as I am not sure I will ever get another chance at this course, plus it wouldn't be as fair anymore since I have a very good memory of places that I've ran at already.
Tuesday Oct 6, 2009 #
Running 25:00 [3] 4.5 km (5:33 / km)
An easy run to Verona park late at night + a few pull ups while in there.
Sunday Oct 4, 2009 #
Orienteering 1:03:50 [3] 8.7 km (7:20 / km) +110m 6:54 / km
BD-Blue-Day2. This was a long day for me as I didn't feel very fresh off the start + couldn't get my mind into the race for the first couple of bags. Did a little U-turn on the way to #2, then totally boomed #6 (4.5min or so). Searched all the spurs below and finally decided to relocate using stone walls. Stumbled upon the bag on my way up. Then met Joe at #7 who started 4min behind me, this was somewhat discouraging for a minute or so, but decided that I had to try to pull away and get those 4 min back. This didn't take too long as he jumped into the woods too early on the way to #8. Though I saw him later on at #9 and then at #11, as I kept making little silly errors, I finally put it together and had a very clean run from then on. Was especially happy with my run in the flats and then to see Joe coming in just a bit over 4min back :).
Time to regroup and begin training in one form or another. Just looking towards this winter to see if I still have it (physically).
Time to regroup and begin training in one form or another. Just looking towards this winter to see if I still have it (physically).
Saturday Oct 3, 2009 #
Orienteering 1:18:30 [3] 10.5 km (7:29 / km) +380m 6:20 / km
BD-Blue-Day 1. Wore two layers for this one, and my hands still managed to get so cold that I barely could punch with my left hand. Not a bad run for me, though If I could take away a 1.5min bubble at #14, where I misread the map, I would even call it a fairly decent race for me. Felt ok physically, and even managed to run up all the way to the top on #12 (~110m climb). Otherwise, I did a lot of trail/road running whenever possible and enjoyed being out in the woods.
I think it is becoming easy to say that Ross has become last year version of feet, though there weren't a lot of meets this year where these two squared off, so it is hard to say for sure. It is getting somewhat embarrassing to be beaten by 5+min on a decently ran course. Yes, we got served!!!
I think it is becoming easy to say that Ross has become last year version of feet, though there weren't a lot of meets this year where these two squared off, so it is hard to say for sure. It is getting somewhat embarrassing to be beaten by 5+min on a decently ran course. Yes, we got served!!!