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Sunday Sep 20, 2009 #
Orienteering race 2:46:43 [3] *** 14.6 km (11:25 / km)
13c shoes: 200908 Inov8 X-Talon 212
The ROC A-meet Ultralong Championships - Red X course. I dislike the prospect of running down, but it was a good decision both before the course and in hindsight. I don't think I ran this course as aggressively as I would have a race with my class (which may have prevented catestrophic errors). I did find the map dubious in many places, which encouraged a general tentativeness and hesitation throughout the race.
I felt better than I expected Sunday morning after a particularly intense sprint and moderately intense middle distance race. In general I struggled reading reentrants on the map; many that are mapped as watercourses were dry, and the size variation on the map seemed greater than what I actually observed in the woods.
I made a major error on my way to 10 when I unintentionally plunged through a difficult rough open section en route to a gravel road and lost 5:00. I never had to relocate, though the course was also technically straightforward (apart from reading the map difficulty) and had many linear features. I was hesitant or sluggish on controls 3, 4, 7, 8, and 11. My most satisfying legs were 5 and 6.
In general, I need to work on endurance and wood speed (emphasis on hills). I have difficulty moving large distances through essentially featureless regions, and perhaps via pacecounting need a method of approximating how far I have traveled in the absence of catching features. I need more practice following my compass.
I felt better than I expected Sunday morning after a particularly intense sprint and moderately intense middle distance race. In general I struggled reading reentrants on the map; many that are mapped as watercourses were dry, and the size variation on the map seemed greater than what I actually observed in the woods.
I made a major error on my way to 10 when I unintentionally plunged through a difficult rough open section en route to a gravel road and lost 5:00. I never had to relocate, though the course was also technically straightforward (apart from reading the map difficulty) and had many linear features. I was hesitant or sluggish on controls 3, 4, 7, 8, and 11. My most satisfying legs were 5 and 6.
In general, I need to work on endurance and wood speed (emphasis on hills). I have difficulty moving large distances through essentially featureless regions, and perhaps via pacecounting need a method of approximating how far I have traveled in the absence of catching features. I need more practice following my compass.