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Saturday Aug 18, 2018 #
11 AM
Orienteering race (7.11 km run, 9.6 min/km) 1:08:04 [4] 6.2 km (10:59 / km) +168m 9:40 / km
North American Orienteering Championships in Whitehorse, Yukon!!!
Gorgeous day, cool in the morning (6 degrees) then warmed up, good running conditions.
Long race in M55, close to Whitehorse (Croucher Creek). I was expecting lots of negative terrain and technical challenges, but actually found the course fairly easy and had an almost clean run. Finished 8th out of about 57, 12 minutes after Greg Balter but most of the others were around 63 to 64 minutes, not bad considering all the pasta and wine I ate in Italy in the last 10 days, and lack of proper exercise for 2+ months for various reasons.
Terrain was heavy, lots of moss up to 1 foot in places, plus a moderate number of fallen trees and branches in the wilderness terrain. My legs are not conditioned enough, and I ended up with some cramp in the right leg towards the very end.
#1: Slight mistake on way to powerline, I came to a depression with a control in it and thought I was at the one 100m NE of where I actually was, and therefore ran to the left on the path under the powerline to compensate. Figured it out quickly (lost 20-30s), then caught the saddle and straight up to the control.
#2: Went straight, hugged the marsh.
#3: Decided to go straight, though some people I spoke to said going north on the path and road and then cutting through (or staying on road/paths and running slightly off the map) was 1 minute faster. Ended up a little north of where I intended but came straight at the road cross.
#4 and #5: no issues.
#6: Decided to use the crooked path to the north and cutting through in places. Ended up a little more south than I thought and therefore failed to cut through one of the sharp bends. Lost at most 10s. Some others went straight through but I don't think that's faster.
#7: straight through, hit the path right by the intersection and just compass in. Steeper slope than expected, no issues but a few others said there were more re-entrants than mapped. I didn't notice.
#8: Staight on the small ridge and straight down.
#9: Hugged the negative terrain to the W and then straight on.
#10: Tried to follow the path but it was too indistinct, aimed straight for the control but veered a little north. 30s.
Total 1 minute in a few small mistakes.
Good run, good map, hugely enjoyable. Looking forward to a much more technical and challenging middle race tomorrow!
Map and GPS:
http://www.oxenstierna.com/davidoxenstierna/orient...
Gorgeous day, cool in the morning (6 degrees) then warmed up, good running conditions.
Long race in M55, close to Whitehorse (Croucher Creek). I was expecting lots of negative terrain and technical challenges, but actually found the course fairly easy and had an almost clean run. Finished 8th out of about 57, 12 minutes after Greg Balter but most of the others were around 63 to 64 minutes, not bad considering all the pasta and wine I ate in Italy in the last 10 days, and lack of proper exercise for 2+ months for various reasons.
Terrain was heavy, lots of moss up to 1 foot in places, plus a moderate number of fallen trees and branches in the wilderness terrain. My legs are not conditioned enough, and I ended up with some cramp in the right leg towards the very end.
#1: Slight mistake on way to powerline, I came to a depression with a control in it and thought I was at the one 100m NE of where I actually was, and therefore ran to the left on the path under the powerline to compensate. Figured it out quickly (lost 20-30s), then caught the saddle and straight up to the control.
#2: Went straight, hugged the marsh.
#3: Decided to go straight, though some people I spoke to said going north on the path and road and then cutting through (or staying on road/paths and running slightly off the map) was 1 minute faster. Ended up a little north of where I intended but came straight at the road cross.
#4 and #5: no issues.
#6: Decided to use the crooked path to the north and cutting through in places. Ended up a little more south than I thought and therefore failed to cut through one of the sharp bends. Lost at most 10s. Some others went straight through but I don't think that's faster.
#7: straight through, hit the path right by the intersection and just compass in. Steeper slope than expected, no issues but a few others said there were more re-entrants than mapped. I didn't notice.
#8: Staight on the small ridge and straight down.
#9: Hugged the negative terrain to the W and then straight on.
#10: Tried to follow the path but it was too indistinct, aimed straight for the control but veered a little north. 30s.
Total 1 minute in a few small mistakes.
Good run, good map, hugely enjoyable. Looking forward to a much more technical and challenging middle race tomorrow!
Map and GPS:
http://www.oxenstierna.com/davidoxenstierna/orient...
5 PM
Hiking 1:17:40 [3] 5.58 km (13:55 / km) +283m 11:06 / km
Climbed up Grey Mountain, 1495m at summit. Glorious weather and views. On drive down I picked up a group of hikers from the Czech Republic, they have been canoing and hiking for 20 days!!
Friday Aug 17, 2018 #
Event: NAOC 2018