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Saturday Apr 12, 2014 #
Event: West Point A-meet
9 AM
Running 1:05:00 [2]
This was the shadowing of Mia (who probably forced me past Z2 but also went slowly at times), plus trips up to the start twice - forgot an extra SI so that Sofia could punch controls too. Boo to the course setter, who put the second half of the course through thorns and brambles and mud, after a lovely first half of typical West Point rocky but open terrain. Had to carry Sofia for a good chunk as she was unable to keep up with Mia through the brambles.
10 AM
Orienteering race 59:30 *** 9.15 km (6:30 / km) +200m 5:52 / km
ahr:157 max:170 spiked:4/21c
West Point Day 1 Blue. Very frustrating race. At a certain level, I should probably dial back my expectations a bit. Orienteering is a sport that I only do 2-3 times a year now. It's been over 5 months since I even looked at an orienteering map, and I can't even recall the last time I ran in terrain. However, it's a real struggle to find much satisfaction with a run like today.
It was not a brutal race, by any means, but I wouldn't call it good either. Somewhere just south of acceptable I suppose. I never ever had flow going at all, and essentially was forced to come to a complete stop at every control just to determine what I was about to punch, and again to decide how I was going to complete the next leg. Missed between 10-45 seconds on virtually every control. The AP error calculator has me as the only error-free Blue runner! I guess that's what happens when you make mistakes on nearly every leg. I did manage to spike controls 3 (accidentally ran through it en route to 2), 19, 20, and 21. The debacle on the remaining 17 controls was not very encouraging.
Physically, felt fine on the bigger trails and roads, with the exception of steep climbs (haven't worked on that yet). But felt quite clumsy and awkward in the terrain and on small paths, which comprised the large majority of today's run. I probably wasn't too far off the rest of the field's speed even in the forest, but it did feel very odd to be stumbling about out there.
Based on my training, the above result is probably only to be expected. But it's a bitter pill to swallow. Simply put, training for triathlons does not an orienteer make.
It was not a brutal race, by any means, but I wouldn't call it good either. Somewhere just south of acceptable I suppose. I never ever had flow going at all, and essentially was forced to come to a complete stop at every control just to determine what I was about to punch, and again to decide how I was going to complete the next leg. Missed between 10-45 seconds on virtually every control. The AP error calculator has me as the only error-free Blue runner! I guess that's what happens when you make mistakes on nearly every leg. I did manage to spike controls 3 (accidentally ran through it en route to 2), 19, 20, and 21. The debacle on the remaining 17 controls was not very encouraging.
Physically, felt fine on the bigger trails and roads, with the exception of steep climbs (haven't worked on that yet). But felt quite clumsy and awkward in the terrain and on small paths, which comprised the large majority of today's run. I probably wasn't too far off the rest of the field's speed even in the forest, but it did feel very odd to be stumbling about out there.
Based on my training, the above result is probably only to be expected. But it's a bitter pill to swallow. Simply put, training for triathlons does not an orienteer make.
11 AM
Running 35:00 [3]
Warmup and (frustrated) cool down for the above.