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Sunday May 12, 2013 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 2:04:51 [4] *** 4.1 km (30:27 / km) +120m 26:34 / km
spiked:7/13c shoes: INOV8 Bare Grips
The long race today at Camp Wakpominee started with a 500 m walk to the registration area, then a 1200 m walk to the start.
Today was not as technical, but it was a physical challenge. I messed up on 2, and had to search, then tripped on a rock and broke my magnifier off. I spent several minutes looking for the broken part and found it, but will need to order a new one when I get home on Monday.
No. 3 was my biggest problem. I was following the map well, but came to a trail short of where the control should be. It even had trail markers on it, but I couldn't find it on the map, so I wasted a bunch of time going back and forth on it, to see what I was missing. Finally, I decided to disregard it and go back to finding my control. I also messed up on the 4-5 leg--not because of not finding it, but making a very bad route choice and ending up in a marsh which almost sucked my shoes off. I got pretty tired trying to get out of there.
The good news is that I was strong physically, and I learned a lot about making better route choices.
Super fun weekend, and the opportunity to have much different terrain than we get in the midwest.
Today was not as technical, but it was a physical challenge. I messed up on 2, and had to search, then tripped on a rock and broke my magnifier off. I spent several minutes looking for the broken part and found it, but will need to order a new one when I get home on Monday.
No. 3 was my biggest problem. I was following the map well, but came to a trail short of where the control should be. It even had trail markers on it, but I couldn't find it on the map, so I wasted a bunch of time going back and forth on it, to see what I was missing. Finally, I decided to disregard it and go back to finding my control. I also messed up on the 4-5 leg--not because of not finding it, but making a very bad route choice and ending up in a marsh which almost sucked my shoes off. I got pretty tired trying to get out of there.
The good news is that I was strong physically, and I learned a lot about making better route choices.
Super fun weekend, and the opportunity to have much different terrain than we get in the midwest.
Saturday May 11, 2013 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 2:00:47 [5] *** 2.1 km (57:31 / km) +95m 46:54 / km
spiked:2/9c shoes: INOV8 Bare Grips
We had a 1.6 uphill walk to the start, then after the finish, a 1.6 km walk downhill, in addition to the race.
The middle race at Moreau Lake. This was a disaster for me. I had not raced on this technical type of terrain, so I knew I would need to go slowly and read the map carefully. Unfortunately, the sprinkle at the start turned into a downpour, and I couldn't use my magnifier most of the time, so I couldn;t read the map.
On control 2, I looked and looked, finally ended up at no. 7, and went back to 2. I recognized the terrain, and knew I had been there before and missed the flag.
Carefully making my way to no. 3, I passed about 10 feet from a flag, but it was in a marsh and I was looking for a reentrant, so I didn't check the code. After about 10-12 minutes of searching, I decided to relocate, and again went by the flag, but this time I looked and it was mine!
I did spike nos. 1 and 5, then tried to get to 6, which I never found. In retrospect, I think I just didn't go quite far enough and stopped one small marsh early. I then found 8, was running out of time with the 2-hr limit, and hit 9 and came on in. Very disappointing.
The middle race at Moreau Lake. This was a disaster for me. I had not raced on this technical type of terrain, so I knew I would need to go slowly and read the map carefully. Unfortunately, the sprinkle at the start turned into a downpour, and I couldn't use my magnifier most of the time, so I couldn;t read the map.
On control 2, I looked and looked, finally ended up at no. 7, and went back to 2. I recognized the terrain, and knew I had been there before and missed the flag.
Carefully making my way to no. 3, I passed about 10 feet from a flag, but it was in a marsh and I was looking for a reentrant, so I didn't check the code. After about 10-12 minutes of searching, I decided to relocate, and again went by the flag, but this time I looked and it was mine!
I did spike nos. 1 and 5, then tried to get to 6, which I never found. In retrospect, I think I just didn't go quite far enough and stopped one small marsh early. I then found 8, was running out of time with the 2-hr limit, and hit 9 and came on in. Very disappointing.
Friday May 10, 2013 #
2 PM
Orienteering race 37:49 [4] *** 1.8 km (21:01 / km) +40m 18:55 / km
spiked:9/12c shoes: Skechers GoRunS
Sprint race at Camp Wakpominee. Probably should have worn my O shoes, but with my foot problems wore my running shoes. Great terrain, and a good map. I made two major errors: controls 3 and 8. At 3, I started one direction, then changed my mind. Better policy to make a good decision first and stay with it. On 8, I didn't know the clue symbol and again, made a poor route choice decision.
The good part was actually running some of it, and not having breathe problems. I should have done better.
The good part was actually running some of it, and not having breathe problems. I should have done better.