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Sunday May 15, 2016 #
11 AM
orienteering race (oranage) 1:08:00 [3] 4.9 km (13:53 / km) +100m 12:36 / km
(injured) (sick) shoes: Icebugs
Ran orange, on a fairly easy course that largely followed very visible handrails. That didn't keep me from messing up, however, especially on my way to control 9. Though I noted control 10 at the intersection of the road I was on with the one control 9 was off of, I ran right past it and turned onto the main road. Dutifully counting paces (yeah, me -- it was a focus for me on Sunday and I did it pretty consistently), there was also a knoll where I expected the control to be. Of course, being on the wrong road, it was not there, but I went back and forth several times looking for it before realizing my mistake. (Then went cross-country to 9, reading my bearing and route to an almost-spike, even though I wasn't too sure where I started.) Also problems: the several orange o'ers I talked to all had problems with 7, though it was easily placed. I and at least one other just psyched ourselves out into thinking we were not where we thought we were, and ran off to check our "errors" before realizing we had been correct.
The path that was my attack point for 8 was not visible from the road, which all of us noted. Someone said it was blocked by two fallen trees with foliage on them. If I had been using another check, I would have stopped looking sooner and used the road bend more quickly as my attack point. Once I did, I found the control easily.
What I could do better: (1) push myself physically a little harder, though I'm still coughing from the flu, and tired. (2) work on keeping a straight bearing rather than just running blindly on a rough bearing. (3) READ THE MAP CAREFULLY!!! (4) develop better skills in reading mildly undulating terrain. Too bad Combat Village in on the restricted base -- it would be good for going back and practicing following line-o on those subtle contours.
What I did well: (1) I counted my paces consistently and found most of the time that they were pretty accurate. (2) planned my next leg on my way to the current control -- though at walking pace. (3) had fun. (4) talked to people after the event. (5) learned tips from Diana about choosing a path to the reentrant on the line feature from which I could have counted paces to 9, (Thank you Diana!) (6) Did some forest running without falling.
The path that was my attack point for 8 was not visible from the road, which all of us noted. Someone said it was blocked by two fallen trees with foliage on them. If I had been using another check, I would have stopped looking sooner and used the road bend more quickly as my attack point. Once I did, I found the control easily.
What I could do better: (1) push myself physically a little harder, though I'm still coughing from the flu, and tired. (2) work on keeping a straight bearing rather than just running blindly on a rough bearing. (3) READ THE MAP CAREFULLY!!! (4) develop better skills in reading mildly undulating terrain. Too bad Combat Village in on the restricted base -- it would be good for going back and practicing following line-o on those subtle contours.
What I did well: (1) I counted my paces consistently and found most of the time that they were pretty accurate. (2) planned my next leg on my way to the current control -- though at walking pace. (3) had fun. (4) talked to people after the event. (5) learned tips from Diana about choosing a path to the reentrant on the line feature from which I could have counted paces to 9, (Thank you Diana!) (6) Did some forest running without falling.
C • Yay! 1