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Saturday Apr 8, 2017 #
11 AM
orienteering race 2:31:52 [4] *** 6.2 km (24:30 / km) +400m 18:31 / km
14c shoes: Inov8 O-roc 280 Redux
Flying Pig XXI Long - Yellowwood State Forest - Green (F35+)
I've been here before and knew this would be physically difficult. My strategy was to stay high or stay low as much as possible and avoid climb when I could. This meant more distance going on trails or following streams around the steep hillsides.
The first 3 controls went fine with this strategy, but something I'm still unsure of went wrong on the way to 4. I think it was probably a parallel error. Everything seemed okay until I came upon a trail junction with a control where there shouldn't be one. Continued West on that trail trying to relocate, but ended up going all the way out to the road. Then I was so far South that I still had trouble placing myself. Eventually figured it out, but had to walk a decent way on the road.
After this I really felt tired and wanted to stop, but saw that things got flatter ahead and there were a few easy controls next plus a few more easy ones at the end. So I slogged through the rest of it somehow. Definitely not an inspired effort.
I've been here before and knew this would be physically difficult. My strategy was to stay high or stay low as much as possible and avoid climb when I could. This meant more distance going on trails or following streams around the steep hillsides.
The first 3 controls went fine with this strategy, but something I'm still unsure of went wrong on the way to 4. I think it was probably a parallel error. Everything seemed okay until I came upon a trail junction with a control where there shouldn't be one. Continued West on that trail trying to relocate, but ended up going all the way out to the road. Then I was so far South that I still had trouble placing myself. Eventually figured it out, but had to walk a decent way on the road.
After this I really felt tired and wanted to stop, but saw that things got flatter ahead and there were a few easy controls next plus a few more easy ones at the end. So I slogged through the rest of it somehow. Definitely not an inspired effort.
Friday Apr 7, 2017 #
Event: OCIN Flying Pig XXI
4 PM
orienteering race 1:05:33 [4] *** 4.0 km (16:23 / km) +80m 14:54 / km
17c shoes: Inov8 O-roc 280 Redux
Flying Pig XXI Middle - Eagle Creek Park - Green (F35+)
Not a spectacular outing but not total crap either. Lots of smallish mistakes, plus my shoe getting sucked off of my foot once (despite still being attached to my gaiter somehow) and my pants didn't want to stay up. Interesting park with varied terrain and pretty flat (unlike tomorrow's suffer fest)
Not a spectacular outing but not total crap either. Lots of smallish mistakes, plus my shoe getting sucked off of my foot once (despite still being attached to my gaiter somehow) and my pants didn't want to stay up. Interesting park with varied terrain and pretty flat (unlike tomorrow's suffer fest)
9 PM
orienteering race 32:21 [4] *** 2.9 km (11:09 / km) +35m 10:31 / km
13c shoes: Inov8 O-roc 280 Redux
Flying Pig XXI Night-O - Eagle Creek Park - Yellow (Rec)
Just for fun. At control 6 I picked up a kid I couldn't outrun and wasn't able to shake her for the rest of the course, which was a little annoying.
Just for fun. At control 6 I picked up a kid I couldn't outrun and wasn't able to shake her for the rest of the course, which was a little annoying.
Tuesday Apr 4, 2017 #
6 PM
road run 30:00 [3] 2.58 mi (11:38 / mi)
shoes: Asics Gel-Excite 3
C25K - Week 1, Day 1 (again)
And that's all you get this week because Pig.
And that's all you get this week because Pig.
walking 24:27 [1] 1.53 mi (15:59 / mi)
shoes: Asics Gel-Excite 3
Sunday Apr 2, 2017 #
Event: DVOA Warwick County Park
11 AM
orienteering race 1:12:04 [4] *** 5.2 km (13:52 / km) +155m 12:04 / km
15c shoes: Inov8 O-roc 280 Redux
DVOA Warwick - Green
Typical Warwick stuff - rocks, rocks, rocks and platforms and up and down the hill a couple times. No huge bumbles, but some hesitation and occasionally just off to one side or the other. Distances felt weird today and things came up well before or after I expected.
After, to the bakery again, squeaking in just before lunch service ended. Able to sit outside on the balcony this week.
Typical Warwick stuff - rocks, rocks, rocks and platforms and up and down the hill a couple times. No huge bumbles, but some hesitation and occasionally just off to one side or the other. Distances felt weird today and things came up well before or after I expected.
After, to the bakery again, squeaking in just before lunch service ended. Able to sit outside on the balcony this week.