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Saturday Apr 5, 2014 #
11 AM
orienteering 2:16:48 [4] *** 7.4 km (18:29 / km) +300m 15:22 / km
14c shoes: Green VJ Integrators
Flying Pig XVIII - Mounds & Garr Hill Long - Green (F-Green)
This course just shredded me, in more ways than one. The length alone would have been okay, but the 300 meters of climb did me in. Add to that the thorns and you have a bloody mess.
I didn't have major navigation problems (with one exception to be noted below), just moving slow. When I crossed through the finish area between 7 and 8, I was ready to be done then. But there still remained another loop. By the end I was making route choices based only on eliminating as much climb as possible. At second to last control, 13, I finally lost all mental ability and floundered about in the woods for a while before coming out to attack a different way. I could identify features on the map but not make sense of them. On finding the control, I must have been very near it the first time. Doh.
This course just shredded me, in more ways than one. The length alone would have been okay, but the 300 meters of climb did me in. Add to that the thorns and you have a bloody mess.
I didn't have major navigation problems (with one exception to be noted below), just moving slow. When I crossed through the finish area between 7 and 8, I was ready to be done then. But there still remained another loop. By the end I was making route choices based only on eliminating as much climb as possible. At second to last control, 13, I finally lost all mental ability and floundered about in the woods for a while before coming out to attack a different way. I could identify features on the map but not make sense of them. On finding the control, I must have been very near it the first time. Doh.
Friday Apr 4, 2014 #
3 PM
orienteering race 1:22:16 [4] *** 4.4 km (18:42 / km) +240m 14:41 / km
18c shoes: Green VJ Integrators
Flying Pig XVIII - Bear Creek Scout Reservation Middle - Green (F-Green)
Pretty much all-around pathetic performance this weekend, but these things happen.
We arrived and walked up the hill to packet pickup, only to find out packets weren't ready. Sorry, but this should not be something tossed together at the last minute. Had to wait at least a good 45 minutes, which totally threw off all other preparation. For me, eating lunch within the hour before running is not ideal. (But not eating for several hours before is also not an option.) Then had to hustle and dress.
I thought these courses would be too long as soon as I saw the published lengths, and I was right. I didn't totally get the middle feel here, either.
Crossed hugely swollen creek three times, up to above knees, unable to see bottom in muddy water.
Braindead error on 3, climbed wrong ditch on 5 and encountered the wire fence (easily remedied, but still...) Approaching 9, the saturated soil slid right away beneath my feet and I ended up on my butt in the mud. Entering field to 12, fell and turned my entire left hand into a mud blob. Another braindead error headed to 16, in which I misjudged which side of a building I was on and turned down the wrong trail. (Which I should have realized since I was headed to a place I had already been.)
Pretty much all-around pathetic performance this weekend, but these things happen.
We arrived and walked up the hill to packet pickup, only to find out packets weren't ready. Sorry, but this should not be something tossed together at the last minute. Had to wait at least a good 45 minutes, which totally threw off all other preparation. For me, eating lunch within the hour before running is not ideal. (But not eating for several hours before is also not an option.) Then had to hustle and dress.
I thought these courses would be too long as soon as I saw the published lengths, and I was right. I didn't totally get the middle feel here, either.
Crossed hugely swollen creek three times, up to above knees, unable to see bottom in muddy water.
Braindead error on 3, climbed wrong ditch on 5 and encountered the wire fence (easily remedied, but still...) Approaching 9, the saturated soil slid right away beneath my feet and I ended up on my butt in the mud. Entering field to 12, fell and turned my entire left hand into a mud blob. Another braindead error headed to 16, in which I misjudged which side of a building I was on and turned down the wrong trail. (Which I should have realized since I was headed to a place I had already been.)
Sunday Mar 30, 2014 #
Note
Sounds like I made a good decision when I stayed home this morning. I don't usually mind orienteering in the rain, but I took one look at this cold yuck and rolled back over in bed.