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Friday Oct 19, 2012 #
12 PM
Running 15:00 [1] 3.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: 201110 Inov-8 Oroc 280
Warmup before the Middle Distance race. I didn't leave quite enough time to prepare to my satisfaction; I arrived at the about ten minutes before the first call up. While running along the trail to warm up and reading the map, I tried to get into a race mindset.
1 PM
Orienteering 41:37 [4] *** 4.9 km (8:30 / km) +165m 7:16 / km
20c shoes: 201110 Inov-8 Oroc 280
NAOCs Middle Distance race at Adam's Creek in Dingham's Ferry, PA.
In summary, my race was unremarkable. I knew the terrain was technical - in particular, the vegetation was intricate. I haven't run much recently on maps with complex vegetation, or with maps with vegetation sufficiently well mapped to really pay attention to it, so that was a novelty. I would say that I struggled to race, but it's hard to define that: while I was concentrating and running, I lacked the urgency, imperative, and impervious focus that characterizes "race mode." Perhaps I'm indulging meaningless psychological speculation, but it seemed a problem to me.
Apart from not being fully engaged, I made a few costly bobbles - notably on 3, 4, 7, 11, and 12.
Finish chute is too loooong.
In summary, my race was unremarkable. I knew the terrain was technical - in particular, the vegetation was intricate. I haven't run much recently on maps with complex vegetation, or with maps with vegetation sufficiently well mapped to really pay attention to it, so that was a novelty. I would say that I struggled to race, but it's hard to define that: while I was concentrating and running, I lacked the urgency, imperative, and impervious focus that characterizes "race mode." Perhaps I'm indulging meaningless psychological speculation, but it seemed a problem to me.
Apart from not being fully engaged, I made a few costly bobbles - notably on 3, 4, 7, 11, and 12.
Finish chute is too loooong.