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Saturday Oct 8, 2011 #
Cycling (Offroad) warm up/down 45:00 [2] 17.0 km (2:39 / km)
shoes: Panasonic
To/ from Great Embankment
Soccer 1:30:00 [4]
9 v 9
60F & sunny
60F & sunny
Hiking 1:00:00 [1]
Canal W to lock 32
Friday Oct 7, 2011 #
Cycling 1:50:00 [4] 50.35 km (2:11 / km)
shoes: Paramount (fixed)
HF to West Bloomfield, back through Ionia on 64
67F, clear & sunny
67F, clear & sunny
Hiking 1:00:00 [2]
Fall Meadow - Arbor Creek
Thursday Oct 6, 2011 #
Cycling (Commute) 1:15:00 [3] 32.0 km (2:21 / km)
shoes: Univega Gran Turismo (fixed)
In: Village & East (15)
Home: Marsh - Mitchell - Mi Sq (17)
Cold this AM (37F)
Home: Marsh - Mitchell - Mi Sq (17)
Cold this AM (37F)
Hiking 1:00:00 [1]
Arrowhead - Park
Wednesday Oct 5, 2011 #
Cycling (Commute) 1:20:00 [3] 33.0 km (2:25 / km)
shoes: Univega Gran Turismo (fixed)
In: Village & East (15)
Home: Marsh & 96 (18)
Big accident on 441 & Linden. Probably faster on a bike today with the backup
Home: Marsh & 96 (18)
Big accident on 441 & Linden. Probably faster on a bike today with the backup
Tuesday Oct 4, 2011 #
Hiking 50:00 [1]
nghd loop
Sunday Oct 2, 2011 #
Orienteering 20:00 [3]
Warmup while Riesa was running the white course
Orienteering race 1:01:21 [4] 5.2 km (11:48 / km) +175m 10:06 / km
Green course at Mendon Ponds. Not very impressed with course layout, even the flags that were placed correctly.
Start to C1 fine, C2 ended too far E at the fence, had to relocate, probably lost a minute or so on that one. Vegetation is a bit heavier than mapped which was confusing. C3 was a straight in-and-out dogleg, not particularly interesting. C4 and C5 were Ok but very close to the trails and not difficult. C6 was easy with swamp as a catching feature, C7 was an interesting run following contours. Went to C8 around the edge of the swamp, but it may have been a bit quicker to go back to the trail on the W, although the climb would have offset the effort. I think either way was about the same. C9 was a pretty clean follow the contour run.
C10 was a badly misplaced control, cost me about 7 minutes (based on the splits), and threw me off the rhythm. Didn't find what should have been an easy and obvious placement, so I relocated twice and (incorrectly) guessed the placement was somewhere along the open area as mapped. The flag was actually 50 yards into the woods at the bottom of a valley, not even close to the mapped location. I finally did a circle around where the flag should have been, fought through some dark green and stumbled on the flag. [Pete D. ended up beating me by 5 minutes, he guessed correctly and checked the woods first.] C11 had a pretty obvious attackpoint, C12 was a little more challenging but not difficult.
I saw little point in C13 and C14 - no challenge in C13, with an obvious attackpoint from the top trail junction, C14 served only to add distance.
Yeah, no course is perfect, I know how these things work. I've been ripped publicly over flag placements, and it's not much fun to hear, but boy it takes a lot of air out of the balloon.
Start to C1 fine, C2 ended too far E at the fence, had to relocate, probably lost a minute or so on that one. Vegetation is a bit heavier than mapped which was confusing. C3 was a straight in-and-out dogleg, not particularly interesting. C4 and C5 were Ok but very close to the trails and not difficult. C6 was easy with swamp as a catching feature, C7 was an interesting run following contours. Went to C8 around the edge of the swamp, but it may have been a bit quicker to go back to the trail on the W, although the climb would have offset the effort. I think either way was about the same. C9 was a pretty clean follow the contour run.
C10 was a badly misplaced control, cost me about 7 minutes (based on the splits), and threw me off the rhythm. Didn't find what should have been an easy and obvious placement, so I relocated twice and (incorrectly) guessed the placement was somewhere along the open area as mapped. The flag was actually 50 yards into the woods at the bottom of a valley, not even close to the mapped location. I finally did a circle around where the flag should have been, fought through some dark green and stumbled on the flag. [Pete D. ended up beating me by 5 minutes, he guessed correctly and checked the woods first.] C11 had a pretty obvious attackpoint, C12 was a little more challenging but not difficult.
I saw little point in C13 and C14 - no challenge in C13, with an obvious attackpoint from the top trail junction, C14 served only to add distance.
Yeah, no course is perfect, I know how these things work. I've been ripped publicly over flag placements, and it's not much fun to hear, but boy it takes a lot of air out of the balloon.