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Sunday Nov 2, 2014 #
Event: QOC Great Falls MD
1 PM
Running warm up/down (Trail) 30 [2] 0.06 mi (8:18 / mi)
slept:7.0 weight:179.5lbs (injured)
QOC: Great Falls, MD. I had been thinking of dropping this QOC race toward the end of last week since my back had been hurting so much. Chasing the neighbor's dog yesterday loosened me up somewhat and so I set out on doing it. Since it was nearby, and a cold/windy day, Peggy had gone earlier while I stayed home and warm w/the kids. When it was time to go, the car wouldn't start. Eventually I got a jump start from a neighbor but by the time I got to the park, and ready to run, it was already past 1pm when the start window closes. I just jogged from the registration area to the start.
Orienteering (Foot) 1:21:09 [4] **** 9.4 km (8:38 / km) +350m 7:17 / km
spiked:20/22c
QOC: Great Falls, MD. I have the advantage of having re-mapped much of the park and done course setting here on multiple occasions. Since the park management limits the control locations to mostly those which I'd set when I did the course setting, it is that much more easier for me in this very nice park. I did however, enjoy Sam Listwak's use of the control locations and the way he got around other limitations in setting for this park.
S-1 - I misread the first leg in a couple of ways, first looking to go toward #18 which was further and nearly on the same line as #1. I started to head down the towpath but turned back just past the trailhead as I realized that #1 was closer. I ran up the trail surprised at how well I was climbing. I think the decent night of sleep really played out in my running, despite the lack of doing nearly anything the week before. After the initial climb, I continued up the reentrant past where the trail runs out. I ran on hillsides getting higher than intending to do. I crossed a trail near a control at an intersection and then went almost due south. As I neared the control, I veered away, mistaking some deadfall for some green on the map. I cut left around it, then did a clockwise circle into the control (lost 0:45). I had incorrectly interpreted the contours so that I had thought the control was on a spur (breaking the circle might have made it easier to interpret).
1-2 - I ran straight, to the trail crossing and angled around the knoll on the other side. I next went around the next ridge but climbed as I did. I could see the control 200m away and somewhat contoured over.
2-3 Going fairly straight, I just counted the reentrants. I kept a pretty good track of my location all the way.
3-4 - I crossed but ran NE toward the trail while climbing. I was only on the trail until it got me past the next major bend. I skirted reentrants getting to the next trail but going straight across that too, into a reentrant. I dropped down that to the trail below, hitting it near the trail that goes toward #5. I angled across the hillside rather than stay on the trail and moved up toward the reentrant. As others indicated, I believe that the control was not in the right reentrant. I found it instead in the reentrant with a ditch further NE from the mapped location.
4-5 - I ran straight but perhaps should have used the road. I got slowed in the green a little bit. I tip-toed my way through an area of broken glass bottles, and pulled-up a little short at what appeared to be an unmapped man-made object (a derelict car). Closer examination of the map shows that the object was mapped but the course line obscured it.
5-6 - I thought that I could save some time by going straight but being in poor shape, I figured it better to conserve energy and use the trails (it goes up and down less). Once leaving the trail and attacking, I passed the higher pits and used them as attack points. I spiked the control though it was admittedly difficult to read all of the pits. I could see it far enough away and knew it'd be on the far side.
6-7 - I rounded the pit at #6 by going northward, and got further pushed north by more green. I corrected and saw the control soon after crossing the trail. Sam had set it outside of the pit as the park service criticized my placement inside this pit in a previous year.
7-8 - I ran straight, passing the reentrants and some of the pits along the way. The vegetation had changed but I had enough memory of the area to go through the right gap and spike the control.
8-9 - I ran straight initially until crossing the trail. I angled-up not getting to the hilltop, to save some climb. This meant that I'd have to be more careful rounding the hill. I did pass one of the pits and used it as an attack point but the reentrant further south was the better give-away.
9-10 - I ran left of straight, using the trail intersection, and going further down before getting off-trail again. I passed 2 boulders, only seeing one of both mapped ones on the map (the leg line obscured one). I got below the ridge with a cliff, so I knew to go further before cutting upward. I misread the contours enough that I had expected the control to be higher but I saw it none-the less.
10-11 - I climbed the ridge as others ran along the hillside going straight. I ran straight but probably drifted east a little bit. Knowing this, I cut left. I'm not sure if the control was at the small bit of stony ground that I'd mapped earlier.
11-12 - I cut NE of straight but didn't ever get to the mapped trail intersection. I had wanted to avoid the cut for the old trolley line. I ran the ridge into the control.
12-13 - I ran left of straight to reduce climb and to avoid some deadfall. After crossing the first reentrant, this put me higher on the ridge than intended. I over corrected, and since I wasn't low enough to count reentrants, I ducked under and east of the control. I recognized the long straight ditch after trying to figure out my location for a while, then I climbed right to the control. (Time lost ~2:00).
13-14 - It was tricky getting to the trail crossing but I hit near the trail intersection NW of the trolley loop. I ran across the saddle expecting the control to be there. Re-examination pushed me further to the control.
14-15 - Knowing this area to be both tricky and hilly, I ran up to the trolley line trail and kept somewhat high before going due south to spike it.
15-16 - I ran straightish, even through the mapped green leaving the control. Some deadfall before the trail crossing pushed me further west. I ran straight from there. I recognized the ridge to the west, as I pushed further south but ultimately lost contact for about a minute. I kept to my bearing and picked-up on the location when due north of the control about 90m out.
16-17 - I ran straight, crossing the trail and getting to the ridgeline on the other side. I spiked it.
17-18 - I ran on a good bearing, passing the knoll on the north side, just before crossing the trail.
18-19 - I contoured straightish, then crossed the trails. Once in the area near #1, I just ran through the green as best as I could--it wasn't that hard but did slow me down a few times. I didn't want to climb to the ridge since I had been thinking the control was really on the eastern hillside. Realizing my mistake, I just pushed-on and got the control.
19-20 - I ran left of straight but spiked it.
20-21 - I ran across the ridge, then across the trolley trail. I was a little too far east but corrected as I rounded the hilltop.
21-22 - Having made an error on #13, I was more careful, so as not to make a big mistake again.
22-F - I ran a bit north of straight, getting to the trolley trail at the NE trail intersection. I came down the trail pretty confidently but not running all out.
S-1 - I misread the first leg in a couple of ways, first looking to go toward #18 which was further and nearly on the same line as #1. I started to head down the towpath but turned back just past the trailhead as I realized that #1 was closer. I ran up the trail surprised at how well I was climbing. I think the decent night of sleep really played out in my running, despite the lack of doing nearly anything the week before. After the initial climb, I continued up the reentrant past where the trail runs out. I ran on hillsides getting higher than intending to do. I crossed a trail near a control at an intersection and then went almost due south. As I neared the control, I veered away, mistaking some deadfall for some green on the map. I cut left around it, then did a clockwise circle into the control (lost 0:45). I had incorrectly interpreted the contours so that I had thought the control was on a spur (breaking the circle might have made it easier to interpret).
1-2 - I ran straight, to the trail crossing and angled around the knoll on the other side. I next went around the next ridge but climbed as I did. I could see the control 200m away and somewhat contoured over.
2-3 Going fairly straight, I just counted the reentrants. I kept a pretty good track of my location all the way.
3-4 - I crossed but ran NE toward the trail while climbing. I was only on the trail until it got me past the next major bend. I skirted reentrants getting to the next trail but going straight across that too, into a reentrant. I dropped down that to the trail below, hitting it near the trail that goes toward #5. I angled across the hillside rather than stay on the trail and moved up toward the reentrant. As others indicated, I believe that the control was not in the right reentrant. I found it instead in the reentrant with a ditch further NE from the mapped location.
4-5 - I ran straight but perhaps should have used the road. I got slowed in the green a little bit. I tip-toed my way through an area of broken glass bottles, and pulled-up a little short at what appeared to be an unmapped man-made object (a derelict car). Closer examination of the map shows that the object was mapped but the course line obscured it.
5-6 - I thought that I could save some time by going straight but being in poor shape, I figured it better to conserve energy and use the trails (it goes up and down less). Once leaving the trail and attacking, I passed the higher pits and used them as attack points. I spiked the control though it was admittedly difficult to read all of the pits. I could see it far enough away and knew it'd be on the far side.
6-7 - I rounded the pit at #6 by going northward, and got further pushed north by more green. I corrected and saw the control soon after crossing the trail. Sam had set it outside of the pit as the park service criticized my placement inside this pit in a previous year.
7-8 - I ran straight, passing the reentrants and some of the pits along the way. The vegetation had changed but I had enough memory of the area to go through the right gap and spike the control.
8-9 - I ran straight initially until crossing the trail. I angled-up not getting to the hilltop, to save some climb. This meant that I'd have to be more careful rounding the hill. I did pass one of the pits and used it as an attack point but the reentrant further south was the better give-away.
9-10 - I ran left of straight, using the trail intersection, and going further down before getting off-trail again. I passed 2 boulders, only seeing one of both mapped ones on the map (the leg line obscured one). I got below the ridge with a cliff, so I knew to go further before cutting upward. I misread the contours enough that I had expected the control to be higher but I saw it none-the less.
10-11 - I climbed the ridge as others ran along the hillside going straight. I ran straight but probably drifted east a little bit. Knowing this, I cut left. I'm not sure if the control was at the small bit of stony ground that I'd mapped earlier.
11-12 - I cut NE of straight but didn't ever get to the mapped trail intersection. I had wanted to avoid the cut for the old trolley line. I ran the ridge into the control.
12-13 - I ran left of straight to reduce climb and to avoid some deadfall. After crossing the first reentrant, this put me higher on the ridge than intended. I over corrected, and since I wasn't low enough to count reentrants, I ducked under and east of the control. I recognized the long straight ditch after trying to figure out my location for a while, then I climbed right to the control. (Time lost ~2:00).
13-14 - It was tricky getting to the trail crossing but I hit near the trail intersection NW of the trolley loop. I ran across the saddle expecting the control to be there. Re-examination pushed me further to the control.
14-15 - Knowing this area to be both tricky and hilly, I ran up to the trolley line trail and kept somewhat high before going due south to spike it.
15-16 - I ran straightish, even through the mapped green leaving the control. Some deadfall before the trail crossing pushed me further west. I ran straight from there. I recognized the ridge to the west, as I pushed further south but ultimately lost contact for about a minute. I kept to my bearing and picked-up on the location when due north of the control about 90m out.
16-17 - I ran straight, crossing the trail and getting to the ridgeline on the other side. I spiked it.
17-18 - I ran on a good bearing, passing the knoll on the north side, just before crossing the trail.
18-19 - I contoured straightish, then crossed the trails. Once in the area near #1, I just ran through the green as best as I could--it wasn't that hard but did slow me down a few times. I didn't want to climb to the ridge since I had been thinking the control was really on the eastern hillside. Realizing my mistake, I just pushed-on and got the control.
19-20 - I ran left of straight but spiked it.
20-21 - I ran across the ridge, then across the trolley trail. I was a little too far east but corrected as I rounded the hilltop.
21-22 - Having made an error on #13, I was more careful, so as not to make a big mistake again.
22-F - I ran a bit north of straight, getting to the trolley trail at the NE trail intersection. I came down the trail pretty confidently but not running all out.
Saturday Nov 1, 2014 #
4 PM
Running (Terrain) 5:00 [2] 0.5 mi (10:00 / mi)
(injured)
I didn't run all week mostly because my back was hurting so much after the QOC Patuxent meet last week, but partly from being busy. It did get better the last day or 2. I went out with Samantha this day so that she could play with the neighbor's dog. The dog, Kia, is a fairly intelligent and likeable lab mutt who likes to hold a partly deflated soccer ball in her mouth. She prefers us to chase her in this mode but mostly I hold out until she's willing to give it up. Since I had a little time and she runs on an electric leash, I decided to chase her until I caught her. It took me somewhere over 5 minutes with some lunging and climbing of hills to wear her down. Though she wasn't completely tired, I felt she thought it more fun to let me catch her than to have to run more. That was good exercise in that it tested my back, and warmed it up giving me confidence to run on Sunday.