Orienteering race 2:38:52**** 9.72 km (16:21 / km) +344m13:53 / km ahr:130 max:152 spiked:8/13c shoes: 2017 Inov8 ArcticClaw 300
Susquehanna Stumble XX at Pine Grove Furnace. Temp about 46-48F with rare sun and rare sprinkles.
I did the Short version, nominally 7.1 km, 185m climb, on a 1:10000/5m map. We had a different first control, and then the second half of the full Stumble (whose controls 15-26 were our 2-13).
On the first leg, across the parking lot and up a trail, I was one of the last people climbing the hill so didn't have much advantage from seeing people head into the woods; in fact I checked the other platform first (it was on the Long Stumble) even though I knew I hadn't gone far enough yet...d'oh! In fact I overran it and had to run back. Time lost.
2) 32- Headed straight down the hill through the logged area which wasn't too bad to get through, just slow, through the edge of the clearing and kept on going until I hit the road. Was going to cut in after logged area ended but found the trail and attacked from there.
3) 33- Considered dropping to the trail below and running it 2/3 of the way to 3, but woods didn't look too bad and there were features half way that I thought I could use. I *thought* I identified the partial trail but evidently didn't, as I wandered quite a bit with not much definite to relocate off of. When I hit the top of a reentrant I thought it was the one E of the control but it was most likely the extension of it, almost due north of the boulder! When I attempted a bearing from the reentrant, my distance didn't get me anywhere close, so I turned uphill to check out a big boulder (not it), and climbed a bit more to be sure it was the one near the top of the ridge...which it was. Then I took a bearing and headed downhill, and finally spotted the flag. There was a QOC fellow with me through most of this (I don't know if it's the one who finished just before or just after me), who wasn't navigating any better than I was. Lots of time lost.
4) 34- Contoured above the worst of the rocky ground along the stream, and hit the trails and boulder clusters. Bearing from there and hit it.
Down to the window / control pick area. ;-)
5) Platform 36 in the window... Due south to the trail which I hit near the subtle bend. More wetness than mapped so wasn't sure exactly where I was but corrected off another platform that didn't have a flag. Time lost.
6) Boulder 35 in the window... Back to trail and attacked from junk pile and trail bend.
7) Platform 38... S along wetness and around green, then west; spotted the flag from a distance
8) Spur 37... point and shoot
9) 39- point and shoot
10) 40- L o n g leg to reentrant. Headed west, hit stream, then another, then another...guess I was a bit farther north than I thought though I tried to head SW. Eventually made it to the N-S trail which I crossed, and climbed a bit to the one headed NW. Ken Jr passed me crossing the first stream, the first Long Stumble-r I'd seen. On the trail Sam Kolins passed me, and then a minute or so later, Jon Torrance, just before the trail turnoff I wanted. Made it down to the stream and crossed it---farther SE than I intended, but I figured it out.
11) 41- For some reason I thought staying near the line above the steep hillside would be a good idea, but I lost track of where I was near the end because there were more streams than mapped. If the hunter's blind I found was on the map I would have found it faster. Time lost.
12) 42- Another tricky leg, but my bearing got me to the S end of the trickle before the control, and I attacked from the charcoal platform. Punched just behind a QOC fellow, and Florence and Mary who were navigating together. Set my bearing to the last control.
13) 43- Hit the twisty bike trail where I wanted, and headed up the steep hillside on the line...I thought. But when the hill leveled out some, I didn't see a flag, and kept looking around until suddenly I was at the trail to the west. Darn! Another hunter's stand/blind in the vicinity might have helped if it had been on the map. By the time I got back to 13, the other three were headed to the finish...I dropped three places. Time lost.
Finish. No problems there. I was 14 of 15 in the last results posted, with 4 mp...Lena finished just before we left but she never found 12 (and may have punched the wrong #1).
Done, and no falls! Got a towel (in fact, everyone got a towel because they had plenty). Thanks, Mike B, Brad, Julie, Amy, and anyone else who volunteered!
Walking32:27 [2] 2.72 km (11:56 / km) +11m11:41 / km
Around the community, checking out preparations to replace high tension pylons that have a right of way through here ... they're changing the supports from the multi-piece frame structure to single heavy duty poles.
PT earlier today. Not a good night's sleep because of pain, and some showed up during this session too. Tried the TENS plus heat afterwards. Interesting sensation, but relief didn't really last too long.
Walk/Jog55:25* 5.44 km (10:11 / km) +76m9:31 / km ahr:123 max:140 shoes: 2015 Altra LP2.0-9 lime
Running with a trail map at Jacobsburg. Some walking, usually up any kind of hill/upslope.
Right knee, for whatever reason, has acted up occasionally since the weekend, when I'm taking normal steps. Felt okay during this run when I curled my toes and ran on the forefoot (as the Lone Peak/zero-drop shoe encourages anyway) but not when I slowed to a walk. What's with that?? Once it warmed up (1/2 hour in) I wasn't noticing it.
4 PM
Note
Lost my Timex Ironman triathlon watch at Jacobsburg...likely when I was changing my clothes in the restroom.... Time to shop again. First time I've had to replace one *before* the band broke.