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Saturday Jan 19, 2008 #
Orienteering (Night Orienteering) 1:01:00 [3] *** 3.8 km (16:03 / km)
8c
A course set up by Alexei; my first night-O. Lori and I were unable to run the course on the training night, but the controls were left out, so we rendezvoused with Brendan (and Barb) and ran it three days later.
My navigation was generally clean, but cautious - I reasoned errors would have higher penalties in the dark. I navigated with my 3 D cell LED Maglite, which was more than adequate; a smaller light would suffice and probably have less of a blinding effect while looking at the map. I mainly used the light to scan for ice on trails, read the map, and illuminate controls. Conditions were bright enough that topography was visible without the light.
I need much more practice reading the map while moving.
My navigation was generally clean, but cautious - I reasoned errors would have higher penalties in the dark. I navigated with my 3 D cell LED Maglite, which was more than adequate; a smaller light would suffice and probably have less of a blinding effect while looking at the map. I mainly used the light to scan for ice on trails, read the map, and illuminate controls. Conditions were bright enough that topography was visible without the light.
I need much more practice reading the map while moving.
Running 24:00 [3] 4.8 km (5:00 / km)
Ran 2.4 km from my apartment to Star Market to take the bus to the night-O; ran from Lori's apartment back to my apartment after escorting her home from the return from the Night-O. The total time is estimated; I timed my run from Lori's to my apartment at 11-12 minutes and had a similar pace traveling to Star Market.
I really want to go orienteering. I'm eager for the season to resume. My nemesis (who has no idea I'm using him as a competition benchmark), Ben Parson, motivates my training. I hope to be able to compete on a similar level to Brendan this year, even if I don't actually beat him. My orienteering experience in Fall 2007 consisted of six Orange courses (two of them twice), one brown course, two green courses, and the Blue Hills Traverse. I mean to start running blue courses as soon as the NEOC season resumes, and design to train appropriately both physically and mentally.
I really want to go orienteering. I'm eager for the season to resume. My nemesis (who has no idea I'm using him as a competition benchmark), Ben Parson, motivates my training. I hope to be able to compete on a similar level to Brendan this year, even if I don't actually beat him. My orienteering experience in Fall 2007 consisted of six Orange courses (two of them twice), one brown course, two green courses, and the Blue Hills Traverse. I mean to start running blue courses as soon as the NEOC season resumes, and design to train appropriately both physically and mentally.