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Saturday May 25, 2013 #
2 PM
orienteering race 21:29 [5] *** 2.2 km (9:46 / km) +40m 8:57 / km
12c shoes: Green VJ Integrators
Went over to the picnic not intending to run the relay. (Not a big relay fan and truthfully, the format with three long-ish courses did not excite me. If I have to do them I prefer short, quick, and fun.) I also wanted to save my bruised ankle for Sunday. However, the parking lot was full of people looking for free agents. So, I declared that any team could have me as long as I could run the Yellow leg. And so it was done.
Decided to just tear it up. It could have been even faster. I had trouble seeing the left trail out of 2 and went down the right trail briefly, thinking the junction was further back in the woods. On the somewhat non-Yellowish middle section of the course, drawn to the side by seeing a flag near 7 (the reentrant not even halfway far enough, duh) and lost some time on 8 by getting into the depressions too close to the parking lot.
Decided to just tear it up. It could have been even faster. I had trouble seeing the left trail out of 2 and went down the right trail briefly, thinking the junction was further back in the woods. On the somewhat non-Yellowish middle section of the course, drawn to the side by seeing a flag near 7 (the reentrant not even halfway far enough, duh) and lost some time on 8 by getting into the depressions too close to the parking lot.
9 PM
orienteering race 42:58 [4] *** 3.1 km (13:52 / km) +75m 12:22 / km
11c shoes: Green VJ Integrators
Hickory Run Sand Spring Lake - Intermediate Night-O
Briefly entertained an invitation from Steve and Sharon to walk the Advanced with them - decided against it as I didn't want to do that much distance. Later when I saw what the Advanced map looked like, I was glad I stuck with my original plan.
#2 was the only dumb-brained control, really. Should have just attacked it from the field to the East, but was still getting into night mode. Instead I went around on trails to the West side of it, expecting to see the reflector from the trail. Missed it and saw the road. Went back up and cut in too early. Kept seeing a reflection which turned out to be a road sign through the trees. Oops. Went more North and there it was. Also didn't really have a plan from 3 to 4. Went straight and happened to drift left, but saw and heard people on the road and realized I was too close. Looked right and saw the reflector.
Briefly entertained an invitation from Steve and Sharon to walk the Advanced with them - decided against it as I didn't want to do that much distance. Later when I saw what the Advanced map looked like, I was glad I stuck with my original plan.
#2 was the only dumb-brained control, really. Should have just attacked it from the field to the East, but was still getting into night mode. Instead I went around on trails to the West side of it, expecting to see the reflector from the trail. Missed it and saw the road. Went back up and cut in too early. Kept seeing a reflection which turned out to be a road sign through the trees. Oops. Went more North and there it was. Also didn't really have a plan from 3 to 4. Went straight and happened to drift left, but saw and heard people on the road and realized I was too close. Looked right and saw the reflector.