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Tuesday Jul 19, 2011 #
3 PM
orienteering 30:43 2.54 mi (12:06 / mi) +167ft 11:23 / mi
ahr:131 max:143 shoes: x-talon 212 #2
Hanging streamers for sprint training at UMass for Ali and Jordan (and Cristina and Melissa and Phil and Gail, and I suppose, me). Quite hot.
Also was quite clever, stuck a few strips of duct tape on the back of my map case, made it easy to hang streamers where it would otherwise have been difficult (walls, big trees with smooth bark).
921/1000, in the home stretch.
Also was quite clever, stuck a few strips of duct tape on the back of my map case, made it easy to hang streamers where it would otherwise have been difficult (walls, big trees with smooth bark).
921/1000, in the home stretch.
trail running 2:46 0.3 mi (9:13 / mi) +3ft 9:07 / mi
ahr:122 max:137 shoes: x-talon 212 #2
Then decided I should run at least the shorter course, so jogged down to the start.
orienteering 12:05 1.49 mi (8:07 / mi) +20ft 8:01 / mi
ahr:151 max:162 shoes: x-talon 212 #2
Shorter sprint, 1.9 km beeline, no mistakes, but then I had just been to all the points. And you shouldn't make mistakes in sprints anyway.
Decent effort. And no way I was then going to run the longer sprint.
Decent effort. And no way I was then going to run the longer sprint.
trail running 2:27 0.27 mi (9:04 / mi) +13ft 8:40 / mi
ahr:131 max:138 shoes: x-talon 212 #2
And then back to #5 on the long course....
Well, just another case of losing my mind....
See, first I went and hung all the streamers, using a map of one course with the points for the other course hand-drawn on it. And then to run the shorter sprint, I'd changed maps, taking a clean one with just the short course on it. So far, so good.
And then just before I got to the start, I went by a place where I'd hung a streamer, and I looked at my map, and there was no circle there (naturally, it was on the course), and I had the following thoughts (I can't remember in which order):
-- Why did I hang a streamer there? Obviously I meant to hang it at the start triangle, which is just around the corner. I'm really dumb.
-- And, wow, how did I possibly remember to hang a streamer there, even though it's not marked on my map. I'm really smart.
And my mind processed all this and the next thing I knew I was taking this streamer down (it was taped to the side of a building, right next to an entrance door). Debated for a moment tucking the streamer in a pocket in my shorts, but happened to see a trash can just inside the door, so that's where it went. Quite pleased with myself for cleaning up.
Went and ran the short course.
Saw Ali and Jordan and Cristina, watch them start the long course. Saw Gail. She tells me about her trip around the long course, and a map issue with the 5th control, which I had just trashed. And it suddenly dawned on me what I had done.
Hustled down to #5, in the building, pulled the streamer out of the trash (no one was watching, luckily), hung it again, about a minute before A and J and C arrived.
I am such an idiot sometimes.
Well, just another case of losing my mind....
See, first I went and hung all the streamers, using a map of one course with the points for the other course hand-drawn on it. And then to run the shorter sprint, I'd changed maps, taking a clean one with just the short course on it. So far, so good.
And then just before I got to the start, I went by a place where I'd hung a streamer, and I looked at my map, and there was no circle there (naturally, it was on the course), and I had the following thoughts (I can't remember in which order):
-- Why did I hang a streamer there? Obviously I meant to hang it at the start triangle, which is just around the corner. I'm really dumb.
-- And, wow, how did I possibly remember to hang a streamer there, even though it's not marked on my map. I'm really smart.
And my mind processed all this and the next thing I knew I was taking this streamer down (it was taped to the side of a building, right next to an entrance door). Debated for a moment tucking the streamer in a pocket in my shorts, but happened to see a trash can just inside the door, so that's where it went. Quite pleased with myself for cleaning up.
Went and ran the short course.
Saw Ali and Jordan and Cristina, watch them start the long course. Saw Gail. She tells me about her trip around the long course, and a map issue with the 5th control, which I had just trashed. And it suddenly dawned on me what I had done.
Hustled down to #5, in the building, pulled the streamer out of the trash (no one was watching, luckily), hung it again, about a minute before A and J and C arrived.
I am such an idiot sometimes.
7 PM
Note
And then a visit to Bub's for BBQ and fixin's, and then Ali's for cherry cobbler and ice cream.
All just to make sure we had a proper O' event. :-)
All just to make sure we had a proper O' event. :-)