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Saturday Sep 27, 2008 #
Orienteering race 1:08:02 [3]
NAOC Middle Distance 4.1 km. Constant light rain all AM.
Map (excellant quality) and terrain were very complex morraine. Good route choice and execution on #1 and #2 (but low right would have been faster). Missed #3: subtle double reentrant in the flats. Got close but my attack point was too vague ('turn right near top of reentrant'). Lost 2-3 minutes; but just can't remember how I did relocate - it wasn't blind luck.
Then rain messed with glasses - got very frustrating - baseball cap was not sufficient - needed the visor which is more awkward. I could either read map without glasses or see terrain (sort of) with. So instead of frequent glances at map, I tried to memorize stretches - just not my style. Ran last half of race without glasses - really had to focus on footing. No pace, no confidence.
Major error on #7. Got close; stood on noticeable 'popular' spur as runners flowed by, but I could NOT find it on my map. Fell right into depression; bailed back to trail; back to same spur (at least I'm accurate); thought I might be seeing it on map, fell left and found control.
BUT major orienterring error was persistent Sat and Sun - in the trickiest control areas, I did not 'read the control circle' - I got close very nicely, but had not determine best attack point in circle and did not visualize the circle. My CART had not C today. (Exact same errros at Telemark in WI at US champs a few years ago - I was better in MI last year.)
I'd love to be able to attack that course dry - but probably would still have struggled if I weren't focussed on terrain 'in the circle'.
Times were VERY spread out on Green Y. 68 minutes got me 10/20 on M55 only 2 minutes out of 7th.
Map (excellant quality) and terrain were very complex morraine. Good route choice and execution on #1 and #2 (but low right would have been faster). Missed #3: subtle double reentrant in the flats. Got close but my attack point was too vague ('turn right near top of reentrant'). Lost 2-3 minutes; but just can't remember how I did relocate - it wasn't blind luck.
Then rain messed with glasses - got very frustrating - baseball cap was not sufficient - needed the visor which is more awkward. I could either read map without glasses or see terrain (sort of) with. So instead of frequent glances at map, I tried to memorize stretches - just not my style. Ran last half of race without glasses - really had to focus on footing. No pace, no confidence.
Major error on #7. Got close; stood on noticeable 'popular' spur as runners flowed by, but I could NOT find it on my map. Fell right into depression; bailed back to trail; back to same spur (at least I'm accurate); thought I might be seeing it on map, fell left and found control.
BUT major orienterring error was persistent Sat and Sun - in the trickiest control areas, I did not 'read the control circle' - I got close very nicely, but had not determine best attack point in circle and did not visualize the circle. My CART had not C today. (Exact same errros at Telemark in WI at US champs a few years ago - I was better in MI last year.)
I'd love to be able to attack that course dry - but probably would still have struggled if I weren't focussed on terrain 'in the circle'.
Times were VERY spread out on Green Y. 68 minutes got me 10/20 on M55 only 2 minutes out of 7th.
Friday Sep 26, 2008 #
Event: North American Championships
Orienteering 50:00 [2]
Got to NY too late for sprints so went to train on Winona North map.
Veg has really thickened in many areas: extremely thick and expansive blackberries, even in pine sections; downfall from both logging and windfall.
Ran legs in the good terrain - forcussed on reading contours. Used old Orange 1:10000 map. then went to 1:15000 map to redo Leg #2 that I'd bombed 6-7 years ago. This time I found it - but contours were very subtle and I see how I blew it then.
Veg has really thickened in many areas: extremely thick and expansive blackberries, even in pine sections; downfall from both logging and windfall.
Ran legs in the good terrain - forcussed on reading contours. Used old Orange 1:10000 map. then went to 1:15000 map to redo Leg #2 that I'd bombed 6-7 years ago. This time I found it - but contours were very subtle and I see how I blew it then.
Orienteering 1:20:00 [1]
Map hike on Winona North map - partly to read contours; mostly due to areas of blackberries and deadfall.
Definitely a confidence and skill builder.
Definitely a confidence and skill builder.
Sunday Sep 21, 2008 #
Running 25:00 [2]
25minutes in TG. Felt pretty good - cool and cloudy. Left leg still weak, but felt good during run.