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Sunday May 1, 2011 #
Event: Kingsmere B-meet
9 AM
Running warm up/down 9:44 1.07 km (9:07 / km) +78m 6:41 / km
ahr:152 max:171 shoes: Inov-8 Orocs
Warm up for the West Point long. Did this warm up to the start with Ian Smith. Had a good chat about various things and was in the mood to just relax on this course, take it slow, and see how clean a race I could get.
Orienteering race (Long) 1:59:04 **** 13.46 km (8:51 / km) +545m 7:21 / km
ahr:162 max:182 shoes: Inov-8 Orocs
Finally! Not a great result but respectable orienteering that I'm happy with.
Took the first three controls slow and careful and then picked things up and started running a little more aggressively. Opted for the direct route up the hill to 4 and sidehilled to 5. 6 and 7 were fine but then I was low on 8. A little bit more focus on the compass could have helped with that. Straight to 9 which popped up sooner than I expected. Fast running to 10 and then through major patches of mountain laurel to 11.
I stopped at 11, took a gel (I also took one before the start) and planned my route to 12. I came out to that first path further left than I was expecting to and so crossed it without noticing it because it was lower down the hill than I was ready for. I was aiming for the indistinct trails that I crossed but I followed the hill side and the compass to end up on the right trail anyway. The rest of the route went as planned and the saddle was a super obvious attack point! Coming out of 12 I thought to myself that this was the point at which I would make mistakes since I was getting tired. I saw Becky and someone else going in to 13 which made that easy. Then I let them lead me to the wrong control - there's that mistake I saw coming. I thought I was paying attention to my compass but obviously not enough.
I got stuck in the swamp and lost a couple of minutes there on my way to 15. Had I gone around the tip of that swamp just a few meters further everything would have been ok. Ran right past control 16 and dropped a contour by a cliff but corrected fairly well. 17 was fine and as I came out I saw Hans going in to it. He started 16 minutes behind me and I pushed a bit to see how long I could keep away from him. He had pretty much caught up to my at the drink station below 19 when I stopped for water and to grab another gel. I was somewhat surprised he hadn't caught me sooner but pleased and thought that maybe I could keep him off to the finish. Hooked around to 20 while Hans went a little more direct we punch at almost the exact same time. I got to the trail to 21 sooner and got 21 ahead of Hans. I went around the side to 22 and Hans showed up at the top of the cliff as I started looking for the control. Then we raced down to the GO control and I punched both the go control and the finish first!
Thanks for the extra push Hans!
Took the first three controls slow and careful and then picked things up and started running a little more aggressively. Opted for the direct route up the hill to 4 and sidehilled to 5. 6 and 7 were fine but then I was low on 8. A little bit more focus on the compass could have helped with that. Straight to 9 which popped up sooner than I expected. Fast running to 10 and then through major patches of mountain laurel to 11.
I stopped at 11, took a gel (I also took one before the start) and planned my route to 12. I came out to that first path further left than I was expecting to and so crossed it without noticing it because it was lower down the hill than I was ready for. I was aiming for the indistinct trails that I crossed but I followed the hill side and the compass to end up on the right trail anyway. The rest of the route went as planned and the saddle was a super obvious attack point! Coming out of 12 I thought to myself that this was the point at which I would make mistakes since I was getting tired. I saw Becky and someone else going in to 13 which made that easy. Then I let them lead me to the wrong control - there's that mistake I saw coming. I thought I was paying attention to my compass but obviously not enough.
I got stuck in the swamp and lost a couple of minutes there on my way to 15. Had I gone around the tip of that swamp just a few meters further everything would have been ok. Ran right past control 16 and dropped a contour by a cliff but corrected fairly well. 17 was fine and as I came out I saw Hans going in to it. He started 16 minutes behind me and I pushed a bit to see how long I could keep away from him. He had pretty much caught up to my at the drink station below 19 when I stopped for water and to grab another gel. I was somewhat surprised he hadn't caught me sooner but pleased and thought that maybe I could keep him off to the finish. Hooked around to 20 while Hans went a little more direct we punch at almost the exact same time. I got to the trail to 21 sooner and got 21 ahead of Hans. I went around the side to 22 and Hans showed up at the top of the cliff as I started looking for the control. Then we raced down to the GO control and I punched both the go control and the finish first!
Thanks for the extra push Hans!