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Thursday Oct 11, 2012 #
Event: MNOC - Adventure Run #2
7 PM
Orienteering race (Adventure Run) 47:17 *** 3.57 mi (13:15 / mi) +155ft 12:43 / mi
ahr:182 max:253 shoes: Salomon Speedcross 3
Great adventure O course set by Mike and Julia.
Navigated the first 6 controls fine, but made some poor route choices. I took the trail to #3, which didn't seem too bad, but then dumped the foot trail on the way to #4. It looked to me like the trail was blocked, so I went for what I thought would be a short bushwhack, which it was... in distance, but not in hung up by brush time. Made a good approach to 5, where there were some leaders heading further north on their approach, and then made a poor decision leaving it where I traveled north a bit and then through the thickest brush.
7 was my downfall. Was following Bill and Ian and we approached it a bit to the west. Then..... Tom came running y on the trail and I grabbed his tail... on the way to 9... Didn't reorient well and ended up too far east and had to go through some really thick stuff on the way to 8.
The rest was decent nav through thick stuff (route choice) with a few slips trips and falls.
Good times.
Navigated the first 6 controls fine, but made some poor route choices. I took the trail to #3, which didn't seem too bad, but then dumped the foot trail on the way to #4. It looked to me like the trail was blocked, so I went for what I thought would be a short bushwhack, which it was... in distance, but not in hung up by brush time. Made a good approach to 5, where there were some leaders heading further north on their approach, and then made a poor decision leaving it where I traveled north a bit and then through the thickest brush.
7 was my downfall. Was following Bill and Ian and we approached it a bit to the west. Then..... Tom came running y on the trail and I grabbed his tail... on the way to 9... Didn't reorient well and ended up too far east and had to go through some really thick stuff on the way to 8.
The rest was decent nav through thick stuff (route choice) with a few slips trips and falls.
Good times.
Orienteering (Control retrieval) 27:26 1.25 mi (21:53 / mi) +40ft 21:15 / mi
ahr:130 max:180 shoes: Salomon Speedcross 3
Picked up 5, 7, and 8. In that order.
Came in to 5, to find two persons still looking for it. Helped them out, let them punch then pulled down the control as there was only 10 minutes left in the event. The two strugglers headed out to try and get 9 and 10.
Moved on to 7 to find a couple and their young boy with a friend giving up on that control. They headed in and I hiked with them a bit as their boy explained his awesome adventure. 7 was a nasty control. The only relatively pain free entrance was from the south, which would have been nasty if there wasn't a drought.
Found an easier way to 8, and a harder way out... :-)
Came in to 5, to find two persons still looking for it. Helped them out, let them punch then pulled down the control as there was only 10 minutes left in the event. The two strugglers headed out to try and get 9 and 10.
Moved on to 7 to find a couple and their young boy with a friend giving up on that control. They headed in and I hiked with them a bit as their boy explained his awesome adventure. 7 was a nasty control. The only relatively pain free entrance was from the south, which would have been nasty if there wasn't a drought.
Found an easier way to 8, and a harder way out... :-)
Tuesday Oct 9, 2012 #
5 PM
Running 45:00 [3] 5.0 mi (9:00 / mi)
shoes: Altra Instinct
Tread mill run after work. I need to start getting base miles in for the marathon.... easy does it... fortunately, the calves seemed to hold up just fine at this slooooow pace.
Woodway treadmills are the bomb.
Woodway treadmills are the bomb.