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Saturday Oct 22, 2011 #
7 PM
Night O' race 1:54:30 [4] *** 10.23 km (11:12 / km) +129m 10:32 / km
spiked:10/16c shoes: Nike Trail (Blue)
Annual ICO Eagle Creek Night-O in Indianapolis.
Score-style. A lot of fun.
I planned a route to clear the course, but I was really skeptical that I could clear it. I expected to be forced to drop about 4 or 6 controls, but I was going a lot slower than I expected, and I ended up dropping 10.
I was really happy with my tactical planning during the event---I probably could have gotten one more control, but I chose not to, and ended up with 5.5 minutes to spare.
This was kinda easy orienteering, but I did a few really aggressive routes.
Most controls were worth 1 pt, about 7 were worth 2, and 1 was worth 3. So I made it a point to get that 3-pointer. I did okay, but it was nearly a disaster. The map was pretty bad---one large area of open yellow was no better than rough open with prairie grass over my head, and I never found a huge area of ROST I was using as an attackpoint. I said to myself---"You've gone far enough", and I went straight west trying to find a shallow reentrant system on a vague hill. It wasn't pretty, but directly in front of me I saw three light sticks. I had seen competitors with light sticks, so I figured it was a group standing there. I just kept going at them, and then I realized the light sticks were actually hanging there marking the flag. Then I totally screwed up---I intended to go straight east toward the interstate, but I failed to notice that I was boxing myself in with the impassable fences. And I also ended up going NE rather than E, which is a major mistake on my part. Wasted at least 5 minutes. Probably more.
Anyway, it was another amazingly fun Night-O.
Score-style. A lot of fun.
I planned a route to clear the course, but I was really skeptical that I could clear it. I expected to be forced to drop about 4 or 6 controls, but I was going a lot slower than I expected, and I ended up dropping 10.
I was really happy with my tactical planning during the event---I probably could have gotten one more control, but I chose not to, and ended up with 5.5 minutes to spare.
This was kinda easy orienteering, but I did a few really aggressive routes.
Most controls were worth 1 pt, about 7 were worth 2, and 1 was worth 3. So I made it a point to get that 3-pointer. I did okay, but it was nearly a disaster. The map was pretty bad---one large area of open yellow was no better than rough open with prairie grass over my head, and I never found a huge area of ROST I was using as an attackpoint. I said to myself---"You've gone far enough", and I went straight west trying to find a shallow reentrant system on a vague hill. It wasn't pretty, but directly in front of me I saw three light sticks. I had seen competitors with light sticks, so I figured it was a group standing there. I just kept going at them, and then I realized the light sticks were actually hanging there marking the flag. Then I totally screwed up---I intended to go straight east toward the interstate, but I failed to notice that I was boxing myself in with the impassable fences. And I also ended up going NE rather than E, which is a major mistake on my part. Wasted at least 5 minutes. Probably more.
Anyway, it was another amazingly fun Night-O.
Monday Oct 17, 2011 #
9 PM
Cycling 25:00 [3]
At the gym.
AMT or Elliptical Trainer 10:00 [4]
A different machine than normal---Heart rate 150 to 160 the whole time. Felt pretty good, even though I had a cold.
Walking 10:00 [1]
Treadmill cool down.
The Big Year (1) A movie about birding. I really enjoyed it---It was a bit geeky, as you would expect, but it had a good story and apparently a non-trivial budget---The cast is well-known and there are a lot of cameos. It's about the social and personal emotional cost of having a big goal that your family, friends, and coworkers don't necessarily share, and about balancing that goal with the rest of your life. I saw it with two birders who said they didn't notice any bird-related errors, which is pretty remarkable, and it's obvious they really enjoyed the birds and they inside jokes about birding. It was a lot of fun.
The Big Year (1) A movie about birding. I really enjoyed it---It was a bit geeky, as you would expect, but it had a good story and apparently a non-trivial budget---The cast is well-known and there are a lot of cameos. It's about the social and personal emotional cost of having a big goal that your family, friends, and coworkers don't necessarily share, and about balancing that goal with the rest of your life. I saw it with two birders who said they didn't notice any bird-related errors, which is pretty remarkable, and it's obvious they really enjoyed the birds and they inside jokes about birding. It was a lot of fun.