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Monday Jul 30, 2007 #
Orienteering race 46:33 [4] *** 4.68 km (9:57 / km) +200m 8:12 / km
spiked:15/20c shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006, black
A steeper and shorter course than yesterday, at Antenna Hill. Lots of controls placed along the moderately steep rocky slopes north of Happy Jack Rd. I was slow and walked quite a bit, but read the map well and made no major mistakes. Came in too high or too low on a few controls. The second half was more along the top of the ridge, faster and more open.
Orienteering 1:28:00 [3] *** 8.0 km (11:00 / km) +200m 9:47 / km
spiked:12/19c shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006, black
A not-so-stellar time on the Happy Jack training map.
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When I woke up this morning, my left eye was really bothering me - very scratchy and somewhat painful, and watering profusely. This has happened infrequently ever since I scratched my cornea last year, and it didn't settle down until I took some ibuprofen. I wonder if it's just more sensitive now because of the injury, and it's getting irritated by the stronger UV at altitude (by the rule of thumb, it should be 30% more than at home.) I'll have to pay more attention to using the sunglasses, especially if I get into any snow in the higher mountains I intend to visit. I'm going to try sleeping in a more upright position tonight to see if it makes a difference.
Today's course was at Antenna Hill, which is very appropriately named as we parked right next a major cell phone tower. The course was shorter and more technical than yesterday's, with a lot of orienteering on rocky side slopes which gave me an ankle workout. I ran quite well. I stayed on the map the whole time and passed several people, and finished a close second to a fellow from the Bay Area club. The last leg was a couple hundred meters uphill to the finish (and Swampfox had set the course so he could see three of the last four? controls), and I had to walk most of it. Had I been able to run, it might have been a much closer finish! - but I don't mind since I was quite happy with the run.
Like yesterday, I spent the early afternoon down in Laramie getting coffee (surprise!) and then headed back to Happy Jack for the training course.
I didn't do so well.
Well, it's better to get the bad run out of the way in practice. Three factors conspired on this course: less visibility, more undergrowth, and my sense of direction kept spinning around so I had to use my compass a lot (for the first time this week.) And maddeningly, there were at least five controls where I navigated correctly to the feature, but didn't see the flagging tape, even though I looked carefully. On every single one, I circled around and attacked the feature again, arriving at the same place and seeing the flagging tape this time. And it wasn't just a matter of approaching from the wrong direction, since I was reading the clues describing which side of say, the boulder pile - most of the ones I missed were simple - like hung on a tree on a hilltop.
I also surprised more cattle in two different places. They seem to be pretty docile, but I don't want to take any chances. Although given the choice, I'd prefer cows to attack badgers.
I stayed at Yellow Pine again tonight. I had gotten groceries in Laramie and made dinner (my special hamburger hash) at camp just before sunset. Right after I finished eating a young couple driving a Jeep rolled in and picked the site just across the road and down one from me. Normally I wouldn't remark on them, but they were loud and kept the music going until bedtime. None of the other campers were as inconsiderate, and come on, you can go without your tunes for at least one night, and you probably were listening to them all day anyway!
When I woke up this morning, my left eye was really bothering me - very scratchy and somewhat painful, and watering profusely. This has happened infrequently ever since I scratched my cornea last year, and it didn't settle down until I took some ibuprofen. I wonder if it's just more sensitive now because of the injury, and it's getting irritated by the stronger UV at altitude (by the rule of thumb, it should be 30% more than at home.) I'll have to pay more attention to using the sunglasses, especially if I get into any snow in the higher mountains I intend to visit. I'm going to try sleeping in a more upright position tonight to see if it makes a difference.
Today's course was at Antenna Hill, which is very appropriately named as we parked right next a major cell phone tower. The course was shorter and more technical than yesterday's, with a lot of orienteering on rocky side slopes which gave me an ankle workout. I ran quite well. I stayed on the map the whole time and passed several people, and finished a close second to a fellow from the Bay Area club. The last leg was a couple hundred meters uphill to the finish (and Swampfox had set the course so he could see three of the last four? controls), and I had to walk most of it. Had I been able to run, it might have been a much closer finish! - but I don't mind since I was quite happy with the run.
Like yesterday, I spent the early afternoon down in Laramie getting coffee (surprise!) and then headed back to Happy Jack for the training course.
I didn't do so well.
Well, it's better to get the bad run out of the way in practice. Three factors conspired on this course: less visibility, more undergrowth, and my sense of direction kept spinning around so I had to use my compass a lot (for the first time this week.) And maddeningly, there were at least five controls where I navigated correctly to the feature, but didn't see the flagging tape, even though I looked carefully. On every single one, I circled around and attacked the feature again, arriving at the same place and seeing the flagging tape this time. And it wasn't just a matter of approaching from the wrong direction, since I was reading the clues describing which side of say, the boulder pile - most of the ones I missed were simple - like hung on a tree on a hilltop.
I also surprised more cattle in two different places. They seem to be pretty docile, but I don't want to take any chances. Although given the choice, I'd prefer cows to attack badgers.
I stayed at Yellow Pine again tonight. I had gotten groceries in Laramie and made dinner (my special hamburger hash) at camp just before sunset. Right after I finished eating a young couple driving a Jeep rolled in and picked the site just across the road and down one from me. Normally I wouldn't remark on them, but they were loud and kept the music going until bedtime. None of the other campers were as inconsiderate, and come on, you can go without your tunes for at least one night, and you probably were listening to them all day anyway!