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Sunday May 9, 2021 #
Event: QOC Fountainhead West
Running 15:00 [2]
Warmup
9 AM
Orienteering race 1:35:34 [4] 13.02 km (7:20 / km) +393m 6:23 / km
ahr:152 max:187
Team Trials long.
My back was quite sore in the morning, and I really wasn't sure I was going to be able to start the race, not to mention get around the course. So I was really, really happy to do the whole race and really feel like I was racing it.
Vido did a really nice job with the course setting, and Fountainhead was lovely as always. I had a pretty good run for the first hour or so, and then ran out of fitness for the last half hour. I was ten minutes behind Joe after an hour, and then lost another 8 minutes over the last half hour.
I was encouraged by glimpses of Will H on the way out of #5 and again on the way out of #7. and then discouraged by the ease with which Eric blew by me on the downhill towards #12.
Overall, it was a lot of fun to race again and to see everybody. I was happy with my decision to skip the sprint in order to be able to run the forest races without further hurting myself.
Also, it was really fun to see the young guys, especially AJ and Joe, have some seriously good races this weekend. Very encouraging and exciting! The trials were very competitive on the men's side, and there are at least three-four guys who did not automatically qualify, who could very plausibly snag a WOC spot, depending on what race slots need to be filled. It's a nice problem for the selectors to have.
A huge thank you to Peggy, Linda, Dave L, Vido, and the QOC crew for making this happen. What a fun weekend!
My back was quite sore in the morning, and I really wasn't sure I was going to be able to start the race, not to mention get around the course. So I was really, really happy to do the whole race and really feel like I was racing it.
Vido did a really nice job with the course setting, and Fountainhead was lovely as always. I had a pretty good run for the first hour or so, and then ran out of fitness for the last half hour. I was ten minutes behind Joe after an hour, and then lost another 8 minutes over the last half hour.
I was encouraged by glimpses of Will H on the way out of #5 and again on the way out of #7. and then discouraged by the ease with which Eric blew by me on the downhill towards #12.
Overall, it was a lot of fun to race again and to see everybody. I was happy with my decision to skip the sprint in order to be able to run the forest races without further hurting myself.
Also, it was really fun to see the young guys, especially AJ and Joe, have some seriously good races this weekend. Very encouraging and exciting! The trials were very competitive on the men's side, and there are at least three-four guys who did not automatically qualify, who could very plausibly snag a WOC spot, depending on what race slots need to be filled. It's a nice problem for the selectors to have.
A huge thank you to Peggy, Linda, Dave L, Vido, and the QOC crew for making this happen. What a fun weekend!
Saturday May 8, 2021 #
Running 15:00 [2]
Warmup
10 AM
Orienteering 47:53 [4] 6.94 km (6:54 / km) +39m 6:43 / km
ahr:156 max:183
Team Trials middle distance at Hoyles Mill. I was the first starter and hoped to hold off Will, AJ, and company for as long as possible. This was a challenging, but fun, place to orienteer. The visibility was somewhat low, and there were very few distinct contour features to use for navigation.
I spiked #1 but drifted wide on 2. I relocated successfully, but lost about a minute. I lost another minute on 4, 30 seconds on 6, and another 30 seconds on 9. Still, I felt like this was going decently well until I fell apart on 11, made a parallel error, missed the control a second time, and ended up losing 3 minutes.
Eric's run was very impressive. Well done, old man! My result ended up ok - 5th US runner, and ahead of a number of very good orienteers. Fun to be racing again!
I spiked #1 but drifted wide on 2. I relocated successfully, but lost about a minute. I lost another minute on 4, 30 seconds on 6, and another 30 seconds on 9. Still, I felt like this was going decently well until I fell apart on 11, made a parallel error, missed the control a second time, and ended up losing 3 minutes.
Eric's run was very impressive. Well done, old man! My result ended up ok - 5th US runner, and ahead of a number of very good orienteers. Fun to be racing again!
Thursday May 6, 2021 #
5 PM
Orienteering 38:07 [2] 4.41 km (8:39 / km) +114m 7:39 / km
ahr:143 max:165
Training at GFVA with Kenny, Will E, and Eric. Really nice to be out in the woods with great company. This is a nice area. It was a lot of fun to run around. My back was feeling sore, however.
Wednesday May 5, 2021 #
1 PM
Orienteering 1:19:10 [2] 8.45 km (9:22 / km) +152m 8:36 / km
ahr:115 max:141
Exploring Lubrecht with Balter at a jogging pace. We ran off the map almost immediately, so that wasn't a great sign. It should be in much better shape for our events, though. The terrain is lovely.
Tuesday May 4, 2021 #
2 PM
Running 46:42 [3] 4.24 mi (11:01 / mi) +109m 10:12 / mi
ahr:142 max:180
A run on the Larch Camp trails with Balter, Persik, and Gizmo. I did a few pickups on the trail after warming up, and the dogs kept trying to get in my way. Nice run, good to show Greg our trails.