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Sunday Mar 22, 2015 #
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Best quote, from arthurd's log:
Funny moment of the day: the call-up lines for the start went through an impressively large gate in the impressively high deer fence around the planted areas of the arboretum, and someone had posted a sign that said "Welcome to Jurassic orienteering!" It was perfect. :) Fortunately, no velociraptors were spotted on the course.
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10 AM
Orienteering race (classic) 59:27 [4] *** 4.62 km (12:51 / km) +122m 11:22 / km
spiked:14/14c slept:6.5 shoes: Inov8 ORoc280-A 2013-08
Fox Chaser II day 2 at Tyler Arboretum, Brown X F60+
Nominal stats: 3.9 km, 125 m climb
The snow had done a lot of melting/compacting, but there was still a good 2" on the ground in the woods (and in the field where we parked). Temps were in the 30s for the most part, sunny with a breeze. The download/awards area was behind a large stone barn which mostly blocked the breeze and was in the sun so that was very nice. Finish display screens were even indoors (though the room was not heated).
Fewer distinct herd paths to follow made the navigation a bit more fun today, though there were a LOT of trails in the Arboretum. A number of controls were very trivial (I don't understand why they bothered with #4 which was at a trail junction! 3-5 might have made an interesting leg because of the out-of-bounds area to be skirted/avoided) but then there were some good advanced controls to make you think again.
I went as fast as I could for my current fitness level. Janet F. again won, so yay for her...she's really come a long way after starting orienteering just a few years ago. EMPO sweep in F60, as Sue H-T placed 3rd. :-) (EMPO was also 1-2 in M65 as Janet's husband and Sue's husband took top honors there.)
Used Glen's backup Forerunner (a 205 with a crack in the screen which makes some fields hard to read, but the watch works just fine) since I didn't trust mine to hold a charge long enough to record the entire race. I'm glad he brought it along. I'll have to figure out what to get now (and maybe send the old one in for a battery swap?)--any suggestions from the peanut gallery?
Nominal stats: 3.9 km, 125 m climb
The snow had done a lot of melting/compacting, but there was still a good 2" on the ground in the woods (and in the field where we parked). Temps were in the 30s for the most part, sunny with a breeze. The download/awards area was behind a large stone barn which mostly blocked the breeze and was in the sun so that was very nice. Finish display screens were even indoors (though the room was not heated).
Fewer distinct herd paths to follow made the navigation a bit more fun today, though there were a LOT of trails in the Arboretum. A number of controls were very trivial (I don't understand why they bothered with #4 which was at a trail junction! 3-5 might have made an interesting leg because of the out-of-bounds area to be skirted/avoided) but then there were some good advanced controls to make you think again.
I went as fast as I could for my current fitness level. Janet F. again won, so yay for her...she's really come a long way after starting orienteering just a few years ago. EMPO sweep in F60, as Sue H-T placed 3rd. :-) (EMPO was also 1-2 in M65 as Janet's husband and Sue's husband took top honors there.)
Used Glen's backup Forerunner (a 205 with a crack in the screen which makes some fields hard to read, but the watch works just fine) since I didn't trust mine to hold a charge long enough to record the entire race. I'm glad he brought it along. I'll have to figure out what to get now (and maybe send the old one in for a battery swap?)--any suggestions from the peanut gallery?