Orienteering race 55:15 4.55 mi (12:09 / mi) +36ft12:03 / mi ahr:153 max:194 shoes: Altra Lone Peak 1.5
MNOC Veteran's Day Night O. could have been called frigid-O.
Mass start with two long courses, rendered the same with a split butterfly loop.
Ran OK, had some issues with headlight, map bounce.... slow down, read, then run...
Two big booms... One, I saw the control flash, then went to the hilltop and could not locate it. Had to relocate to a trail, saw the control flash again, and did not lose sight of it this time.
The 2nd was a bit of a bingo control. The bag was half compressed, on the ground, in a area of tall grass around a marsh. the marsh was dry, so not easy to locate the edge. I looped it once, used a trail to relocate, then went back, looped again and then punched.
In the middle, tripped and took a pretty good shot to the ribs. See how I feel tomorrow for the 5k.
Took 5th overall, but about 10 minutes behind 4th. Not pleased....
Running1:11:19 8.03 mi (8:53 / mi) +388ft8:30 / mi ahr:129 max:137 shoes: Altra Instinct
Down in St. Louis to visit family. Silky Chrome sent me a exercise invite, which I was able to fit in. Bonus, she come to my brothers bonfire and met some work colleagues whom she had only known by name.
The teams have become significantly younger.... Seagate embarked on a lower the average age initiative 18 months ago and it shows. The two players I interacted with during this game were 23 and 24..... We had a good start to the season with a 3-2 win. I notched one goal, and had two more good opportunities. Still rusty, and definitely sore after two games this week.