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Sunday Sep 2, 2018 #
Event: 2018 CMOUSA Corn Maze Champs
4 PM
orienteering 10:54 0.7 mi (15:34 / mi) +3ft 15:30 / mi
ahr:129 max:153
Corn Maze Champs at Mike's Maze. Thought I'd give it a try. Last time I ran was a year ago, about 50 yards. So I should have been well rested (for running).
Butt still hurts. But I was motivated enough to try and finish at least the sprint. So I'd run a little, walk some, keep repeating.
Of course, that actually meshed pretty well with the orienteering demands. My brain and eyes can't really manage reading the map on the run any more, so lots of walking breaks are just fine.
Got around with no mistakes of significance. Could have planned better to arrive at the correct entrance to the mini-maze, but no big deal. Really quite pleased to have done it.
Maps are here.
Butt still hurts. But I was motivated enough to try and finish at least the sprint. So I'd run a little, walk some, keep repeating.
Of course, that actually meshed pretty well with the orienteering demands. My brain and eyes can't really manage reading the map on the run any more, so lots of walking breaks are just fine.
Got around with no mistakes of significance. Could have planned better to arrive at the correct entrance to the mini-maze, but no big deal. Really quite pleased to have done it.
Maps are here.
5 PM
orienteering 55:24 3.23 mi (17:09 / mi) +3ft 17:08 / mi
ahr:134 max:158
Corn Maze Champs Classic. Well, I hadn't killed myself in the sprint, nor were any body parts complaining other than my butt, so why not have a go at the classic. Though it seemed like it was going to be a long and rather painful outing.
But you know how it works in orienteering -- you find the first control, and then the next, and then the next, and pretty soon you notice you're just about done. And so it was. About 18:30, seemed like an outstanding time. :-)
No real mistakes again, helps to be going slowly and walking a lot. And between the sprint and the classic I'm sure I claimed a few scalps, though I'm not sure who qualifies as a scalp these days. I mean, I know Tori does (got her in the sprint), and I know Phil doesn't, the line is somewhere between them but who knows where.
(Seems I forgot to save my route, so it and the night course are all part of the same track. Whatever.)
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Corn Maze Night Champs. I was on a roll. A nice dinner with JJ and Nancy and Gail, and then there really was no excuse not to try the night. Well, except for the matter of skips, of which I was given only two by JJ, a travesty if there ever was one. Clearly should have been a number in the double digits, were there any justice. But it seems not.
This seemed more of a challenge for my aging brain, and in fact there were times my brain was not up to the challenge. I think twice I was rescued by arriving at a control that I was not looking for -- just had to check the code numbers in the clues to find out where I actually was. It was certainly not inspired orienteering.
But I got around, a little over 35 minutes. I suppose an advantage of only two skips is that it was easier to keep track of how many you had left. I made it even easier, skipped the first control and the last.
Most memorable was the last 100 yards, in a (losing) sprint with Kristin to the finish, the fastest I've run in several years. I kept expected some body part to suddenly seize up, but fortunately the finish came soon enough.
Afterwards, sitting around, Phil suggested that I clearly should get back into running and orienteering. I think I already have. Got the next outing planned, should be just bout a year from now, back at Mike's Maze.
But you know how it works in orienteering -- you find the first control, and then the next, and then the next, and pretty soon you notice you're just about done. And so it was. About 18:30, seemed like an outstanding time. :-)
No real mistakes again, helps to be going slowly and walking a lot. And between the sprint and the classic I'm sure I claimed a few scalps, though I'm not sure who qualifies as a scalp these days. I mean, I know Tori does (got her in the sprint), and I know Phil doesn't, the line is somewhere between them but who knows where.
(Seems I forgot to save my route, so it and the night course are all part of the same track. Whatever.)
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Corn Maze Night Champs. I was on a roll. A nice dinner with JJ and Nancy and Gail, and then there really was no excuse not to try the night. Well, except for the matter of skips, of which I was given only two by JJ, a travesty if there ever was one. Clearly should have been a number in the double digits, were there any justice. But it seems not.
This seemed more of a challenge for my aging brain, and in fact there were times my brain was not up to the challenge. I think twice I was rescued by arriving at a control that I was not looking for -- just had to check the code numbers in the clues to find out where I actually was. It was certainly not inspired orienteering.
But I got around, a little over 35 minutes. I suppose an advantage of only two skips is that it was easier to keep track of how many you had left. I made it even easier, skipped the first control and the last.
Most memorable was the last 100 yards, in a (losing) sprint with Kristin to the finish, the fastest I've run in several years. I kept expected some body part to suddenly seize up, but fortunately the finish came soon enough.
Afterwards, sitting around, Phil suggested that I clearly should get back into running and orienteering. I think I already have. Got the next outing planned, should be just bout a year from now, back at Mike's Maze.