Orienteer race (Middle) 1:04:57 [3] 4.7 km (13:49 / km)
shoes: Inov8 Roclite 305
This event happened just a few days ago... but I already have forgotten many of the details of it! Had to look up the distance, don't quite remember my time and the times aren't posted yet. Who knows where my split times even went? I never can seem to hold onto those things. So some details will have to wait.
Moses Lake Sand Dunes:
But I really enjoyed the course, stuck to my plan of starting slow and deliberate on the first control, and then keeping up that attitude as I went along.
I never got my back misoriented, my map and compass map always agreed on which way was North, and I stayed on the map for all but one of the controls.
Sadly, I lost map contact just about near the observation area; it's quite disturbing to be stumbling around, with the feeling that people are watching you stumble around..... but I got that thought OUT of my head (who cares, anyway?) and found a few big sand dunes, figured out where I was again, and was on my sweet way.
The terrain was GREAT and reminded me of the times, as a child, that I would run down the sand dunes, jump off little hills. Fast easy running, and on this course it was easy to look WAAAAAYYYY ahead (in sections) and just aim for something because there were absolutely no trees at all.
I was very pleasantly surprised that this deliberate, careful run got me a 2nd place in F50+ GreenY. yay
Run warm up/down 30:00 [3] 2.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
Mostly a slow warm-up, warm-down, but a little of a panic run when I realized I left my SI stick in the car, 1/4 mile away, and I was 7 minutes from my start time. Better than standing around nervous at the start, I guess.
And I love my new SI stick. It is FAST (maybe like Pete W's, saving 1/2 second per control) and I beat 2nd place by 9 seconds (19 controls) and so it may have actually made the difference between 2nd and 3rd place. Pretty Sweet!!!
Run warm up/down 15:00 [3] 2.0 km (7:30 / km)
shoes: Inov8 Roclite 305
to and around start
Another panic while standing with my map and waiting for the go and realizing i didn't know where my compass was. Ran frantically to where I had been tying my laces, then found it in my pouch. ahh.