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Friday Sep 22, 2017 #
Event: USARA Nationals
9 AM
canoe paddle 2:01:00 [3] 14.5 km (7.2 kph)
slept:6.5
Natls with Mindy Fernando and Kevin Poirier.
Solid Lemans-style start into the boat then on to CP6 but it went downhill from there as we travelled towards our next point, CP5. By the time we hit CP3 we were 3 minutes behind DML's squad.
Solid Lemans-style start into the boat then on to CP6 but it went downhill from there as we travelled towards our next point, CP5. By the time we hit CP3 we were 3 minutes behind DML's squad.
11 AM
Orienteering 48:00 [3] 5.0 km (9:36 / km)
shoes: Salomon Pro Wings 2- grey/gree
We had made plans to split the teams for this section between the two navigators so we could pick up the points in half the time which worked well except we failed to verify the rendezvous point so one team waited at CP3 and the other waited at CP4 wasting about 10 minutes.
canoe paddle 1:41:00 [3] 10.0 km (5.9 kph)
DML's squad quickly pulled away from us on the return to the take-out and we came up with the idea of dropping the boat at the take-out and running to the last point, CP7. It started out well as we found a trail but it soon deteriorated to weeds over my head and then green briar which forced us into the water a few times to get around. We finally punched it and took the road back but the damage had been done.
1 PM
Mtn Bike 10:30:00 [3] 60.0 mi (5.7 mph)
Irritated by my bad decision we ran the entire way up the hill to the bikes, quickly transitioned and took off catching numerous teams as we made our way to CP9. Things went well through CP17 and I think we were back in the top 10 when we hit where I thought CP18 should have been. We doubled back looking for it but couldn't find it so gave up and took off only to find it 400m later. I still think it was misplaced too far down the trail at the wrong junction. Sorry about the wrong intel Silkychrome.
More time wasted at CP20 where we decided to go up the highway and then cut across to the diagonal trail only to find it wasn't there. Spent too much time looking for the correct hunting cabin at CP24. Hit the correct trail on the bikewhack that followed but turned left instead of right so wasted more time there. I was happy to get to TA2.
More time wasted at CP20 where we decided to go up the highway and then cut across to the diagonal trail only to find it wasn't there. Spent too much time looking for the correct hunting cabin at CP24. Hit the correct trail on the bikewhack that followed but turned left instead of right so wasted more time there. I was happy to get to TA2.