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Saturday Oct 11, 2014 #
Note
I am currently in the Comfort Inn in Port Hope. It's about a 3 hour drive tomorrow (today) to the meet site, with an 11:46 start. I should be fine... famous last words.
Orienteering race 42:09 [4] 2.9 km (14:32 / km) +40m 13:36 / km
NAOC 2014, F45+ Middle, Carp Ridge North.
I drove up from Port Hope in the morning, and it took longer than I thought it would, so had to rush when I finally got there. Picked up my registration packet, got my info swapped out for Peggy's, quickly changed and ran to the start. Made it with a few minutes to spare. So, no time to check out the Finish set up, which would have made a difference.
Having not been on the model or even had a chance to look at the maps, I was definitely plunging into terra incognito. Maybe that helped in that I wasn't scared of what might happen. And, I actually could read the map and features just fine. Pretty much everything clicked as I ran along. I did have noticeable problems at #9 -- I was right on top of it, misread the feature and headed to the left for a bit. I saw Jeff Saeger there, too, and knew he was on my course. We both stopped at the end of the hill, looked at our maps, realized what we had done, and turned and sprinted back to the control. It was kind of funny.
I found #10 just fine, but managed to get caught up in the crown of branches of a fallen tree and fell a total of 3 times without making any progress towards the control. Jeff noticed and commented on my clumsiness. Finally extricated myself and moved on.
I was doing so well, that after I punched in at #11, I thought to myself, "Hey, this is a really good run!" And that was the kiss of death. I managed to lose at least a minute on #12 (had to check out every other control in the area, even the one in the pit and the one in the reentrant because, you know, they *could* have been hilltops) and a minute on #13, the final control...on a trail at the beginning of the finish chute!! I ran right past it, didn't check the code, thinking my control was further down the trail. It was not. So, I stopped, looked again at my map, turned around and saw the control way back there, cursed, and then ran back. Drats! Those two controls for sure dropped me off the podium.
After I had a chance to study my course and routes afterwards though, I realized it wasn't as clean a run as I had thought, and I lucked out in a few spots. I knew I had to be cleaner for the Long and redeem myself.
I drove up from Port Hope in the morning, and it took longer than I thought it would, so had to rush when I finally got there. Picked up my registration packet, got my info swapped out for Peggy's, quickly changed and ran to the start. Made it with a few minutes to spare. So, no time to check out the Finish set up, which would have made a difference.
Having not been on the model or even had a chance to look at the maps, I was definitely plunging into terra incognito. Maybe that helped in that I wasn't scared of what might happen. And, I actually could read the map and features just fine. Pretty much everything clicked as I ran along. I did have noticeable problems at #9 -- I was right on top of it, misread the feature and headed to the left for a bit. I saw Jeff Saeger there, too, and knew he was on my course. We both stopped at the end of the hill, looked at our maps, realized what we had done, and turned and sprinted back to the control. It was kind of funny.
I found #10 just fine, but managed to get caught up in the crown of branches of a fallen tree and fell a total of 3 times without making any progress towards the control. Jeff noticed and commented on my clumsiness. Finally extricated myself and moved on.
I was doing so well, that after I punched in at #11, I thought to myself, "Hey, this is a really good run!" And that was the kiss of death. I managed to lose at least a minute on #12 (had to check out every other control in the area, even the one in the pit and the one in the reentrant because, you know, they *could* have been hilltops) and a minute on #13, the final control...on a trail at the beginning of the finish chute!! I ran right past it, didn't check the code, thinking my control was further down the trail. It was not. So, I stopped, looked again at my map, turned around and saw the control way back there, cursed, and then ran back. Drats! Those two controls for sure dropped me off the podium.
After I had a chance to study my course and routes afterwards though, I realized it wasn't as clean a run as I had thought, and I lucked out in a few spots. I knew I had to be cleaner for the Long and redeem myself.
Thursday Oct 9, 2014 #
Strength Training 1:00:00 [3]
Body Pump class
Wednesday Oct 8, 2014 #
Core Conditioning 1:00:00 [3]
Barre class
Sunday Oct 5, 2014 #
Note
All of my good karma from the trip out is gone. Stuck on a plane on the Ohare tarmac. Not sure when I'll get home. Luckily I heard from my new job and I won't actually start for a few days. At this rate, I wonder if I'll ever start.
Orienteering race 41:20 [4] 3.3 km (12:32 / km) +105m 10:48 / km
Letchworth State Park. Middle Champs. Green X
This was my worst race of the weekend, navigationally speaking. I was not precise enough in the circle and lost time on almost every control, hesitating or not going directly to the control. I think I was feeling some pressure to continue to do well, and it made me feel a bit too frantic. Luckily, I was still pushing hard enough to take another win...just 19 seconds over Mary Jones...phew!
On my way to #1, I saw 3 other women on my course looking for the control in an area that was just halfway along the route. That made me slow down and question where I was...I mean 3 other people had stopped here. But since I was pace counting, I knew I was no where near the control yet, so I kept running, never 100% sure that I was correct until I hit the big stream right before the control.
Hesitated after I saw #2 since the description said "foot of hill" but the control was definitely on the top. Passed too high on #3, but looked back and saw someone punching into the control, so went back. Good route choice along the pond/marsh to #4, but then thought the control was in the big marshy reentrant. Stopped at the base, looked up the reentrant, but didn't see anything. Trying to figure it out when I saw a crowd of folks punch in at the control in the tiny reentrant. Ugh!
Bad route choice to #5 had me clawing my way out of the gully. Decided to stay low on the spur to #6, but was too low. Hit the big reentrant and had to climb to the control. #7 was good...finally! Had a 1 second hesitation at #8 when I saw another control on the power line tower, but looked right and saw my control. Had a slight hesitation at #9 when I read the description as "vegetation boundary" (as did Sharon), and could only see a wide open low area and a small knoll. Checked the control code, saw it was mine, and thought "alrighty then".
Luckily, the final small loop went great, so I didn't lose anymore time there. And, once again, I lost 2(!) places in the finish chute. I really need to work on my sprinting speed.
This was my worst race of the weekend, navigationally speaking. I was not precise enough in the circle and lost time on almost every control, hesitating or not going directly to the control. I think I was feeling some pressure to continue to do well, and it made me feel a bit too frantic. Luckily, I was still pushing hard enough to take another win...just 19 seconds over Mary Jones...phew!
On my way to #1, I saw 3 other women on my course looking for the control in an area that was just halfway along the route. That made me slow down and question where I was...I mean 3 other people had stopped here. But since I was pace counting, I knew I was no where near the control yet, so I kept running, never 100% sure that I was correct until I hit the big stream right before the control.
Hesitated after I saw #2 since the description said "foot of hill" but the control was definitely on the top. Passed too high on #3, but looked back and saw someone punching into the control, so went back. Good route choice along the pond/marsh to #4, but then thought the control was in the big marshy reentrant. Stopped at the base, looked up the reentrant, but didn't see anything. Trying to figure it out when I saw a crowd of folks punch in at the control in the tiny reentrant. Ugh!
Bad route choice to #5 had me clawing my way out of the gully. Decided to stay low on the spur to #6, but was too low. Hit the big reentrant and had to climb to the control. #7 was good...finally! Had a 1 second hesitation at #8 when I saw another control on the power line tower, but looked right and saw my control. Had a slight hesitation at #9 when I read the description as "vegetation boundary" (as did Sharon), and could only see a wide open low area and a small knoll. Checked the control code, saw it was mine, and thought "alrighty then".
Luckily, the final small loop went great, so I didn't lose anymore time there. And, once again, I lost 2(!) places in the finish chute. I really need to work on my sprinting speed.