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Monday May 17, 2010 #
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My routes from the Trials:
Middle
Sprint
Long Part 1
Long Part 2
Results:
Middle
Sprint
Long
TT Scoring List: http://www.petergagarin.org/misc/teamtrials-men.jp...
Made the team.
Just for amusement, here are my trials scores from the last four times I ran the trials (made the team each time). Could not find anything prior to 2005.
2010 - 291.76
2009 - 293.29
2006 - 300.48
2005 - 277.31
Not getting any better... Overall, this was a mediocre set of Team Trials races for me, with the middle and sprint races below expectations and long race at expectations for my current form. Still, I think I am running better this spring than I have since spring 2008, so that's encouraging. If I can keep training without huge setbacks for the next twelve months (a big if!), then a return to the WOC team for a middle distance race in France is not unthinkable.
On a more general note, it was great to see how competitive women's trials were. It's definitely the most competitive that I can recall. The men's is another story entirely. The 80's seem to be a lost decade for US men's orienteering, as only three people born in the 80's have run WOC for the US. We did not add any this year, with rookies Nikolay and Matt being 32 and 36, respectively. We currently have a great generation of talented and enthusiastic juniors (Andrew C, Carl U, Ethan C, Nate L, John HW, John G, Gabe S, Keith A, Jaxon R, Greg A) and young(ish) seniors (Jordan L, Erin S, Brendan S, Leif A, Ian S). While everyone around is talking about USOF (OUSA, whatever, i don't give a damn what we call it or what the logo is) recruiting new people and growing participation, what I want to know is, how do we keep these guys (who we already have) in orienteering and help them get better? We have the talent, we have the enthusiasm to have a great new generation of orienteers. How do we take the next step and not have another lost generation once they go off to college or real life?
Middle
Sprint
Long Part 1
Long Part 2
Results:
Middle
Sprint
Long
TT Scoring List: http://www.petergagarin.org/misc/teamtrials-men.jp...
Made the team.
Just for amusement, here are my trials scores from the last four times I ran the trials (made the team each time). Could not find anything prior to 2005.
2010 - 291.76
2009 - 293.29
2006 - 300.48
2005 - 277.31
Not getting any better... Overall, this was a mediocre set of Team Trials races for me, with the middle and sprint races below expectations and long race at expectations for my current form. Still, I think I am running better this spring than I have since spring 2008, so that's encouraging. If I can keep training without huge setbacks for the next twelve months (a big if!), then a return to the WOC team for a middle distance race in France is not unthinkable.
On a more general note, it was great to see how competitive women's trials were. It's definitely the most competitive that I can recall. The men's is another story entirely. The 80's seem to be a lost decade for US men's orienteering, as only three people born in the 80's have run WOC for the US. We did not add any this year, with rookies Nikolay and Matt being 32 and 36, respectively. We currently have a great generation of talented and enthusiastic juniors (Andrew C, Carl U, Ethan C, Nate L, John HW, John G, Gabe S, Keith A, Jaxon R, Greg A) and young(ish) seniors (Jordan L, Erin S, Brendan S, Leif A, Ian S). While everyone around is talking about USOF (OUSA, whatever, i don't give a damn what we call it or what the logo is) recruiting new people and growing participation, what I want to know is, how do we keep these guys (who we already have) in orienteering and help them get better? We have the talent, we have the enthusiasm to have a great new generation of orienteers. How do we take the next step and not have another lost generation once they go off to college or real life?