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Sunday Jun 28, 2009 #
Orienteering race 1:43:16 [4] *** 4.6 km (22:27 / km) +245m 17:44 / km
spiked:11/14c shoes: VJ Falcons 3 (yellow)
Long Distance at Salmon la Sac. Very ugly.
Compounding errors on Leg 4 led to a 43 minute error - Yikes. First misread the map (the course printing and particularly control numbers were hard to see) and made a great route choice to the wrong control. Realized the error about half way and started navigating to the correct control, with additional climb and through some gnarly stuff (vegetation, downed logs and a bit of scree). As I attacked the control I was drawn off by others on my course and started looking too far NW. For some reason, I failed to relocate on a known feature and continued to bumble around. Finally stumbled onto my 2nd control and navigated from there to the point I was looking for. In the process of wandering around I twisted my ankle enough to cause some hobbling.
The rest of the course was OK with a couple of 2 minute errors until I was running on a trail going to control 13, fell and smashed my compass. I spent a couple of minutes looking for the capsule (i.e. the expensive part) and found it. It was still functional although I probably could've finished the course just fine without it. And at some point on the way in I twisted the same ankle again.
A monster error, a sprained ankle and a broken compass - not a good day. And the last orienteering for a while, so I have plenty of time to think about it. :-(
Compounding errors on Leg 4 led to a 43 minute error - Yikes. First misread the map (the course printing and particularly control numbers were hard to see) and made a great route choice to the wrong control. Realized the error about half way and started navigating to the correct control, with additional climb and through some gnarly stuff (vegetation, downed logs and a bit of scree). As I attacked the control I was drawn off by others on my course and started looking too far NW. For some reason, I failed to relocate on a known feature and continued to bumble around. Finally stumbled onto my 2nd control and navigated from there to the point I was looking for. In the process of wandering around I twisted my ankle enough to cause some hobbling.
The rest of the course was OK with a couple of 2 minute errors until I was running on a trail going to control 13, fell and smashed my compass. I spent a couple of minutes looking for the capsule (i.e. the expensive part) and found it. It was still functional although I probably could've finished the course just fine without it. And at some point on the way in I twisted the same ankle again.
A monster error, a sprained ankle and a broken compass - not a good day. And the last orienteering for a while, so I have plenty of time to think about it. :-(
Saturday Jun 27, 2009 #
Orienteering race 55:39 [4] **** 3.1 km (17:57 / km) +205m 13:29 / km
spiked:13/17c shoes: VJ Falcons 3 (yellow)
Middle Distance (US Champs) and Salmon la Sac. Green course. 2nd M55 (by 24 sec), 3rd overall on Green. About 10 minutes of errors. Sunny and quite warm (upper 70's). Technical and physical terrain.
Hiking 20:00 [1] 1.1 km (18:11 / km) +140m 11:07 / km
shoes: VJ Falcons 3 (yellow)
Walk to start for Middle Distance. No need to jog to warm up!
Friday Jun 26, 2009 #
Orienteering race 31:00 [5] *** 2.8 km (11:04 / km) +90m 9:32 / km
spiked:13/16c shoes: VJ Falcons 3 (yellow)
Sprint at Salmon la Sac. Course 3 (M21). A woods sprint, with about 6 legs where trails weren't really an option. Lost 3 minutes on one leg and had several other losses just trying to go too fast. Probably could've been 5 minutes faster. Took a nasty fall towards the end which tore a big hole in my newer o-pants and a few (smaller) holes in my leg.