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Sunday Sep 12, 2010 #
12 PM
Orienteering race 1:45:57 [3] *** 7.0 km (15:08 / km) +200m 13:15 / km
spiked:10/10c shoes: Solomon XT wings
This was my second orienteering race in the last 20 years. ROC club meet at Rattlesnake Hill. I chose the red course against the advice some of the people in the starting tent. For the most part it was very easy. I finished 8 out of 12. My down fall was vegetation boundaries and one little knoll. The map had mature spruce forests as light green, while that was were I could run the fastest. My splits were either within a few seconds of the two fastest on the day or dead last.
By control: 1(5th) I took the road away from the starters tent mainly because I didn't know the terrain or vegetation. Turned right on the second trail and turned off just before the hard bend to the left. Was feeling great until I flipped over a hidden fence. Never saw it, but it didn't hurt just slowed me down. I hesitated as I neared the control, afraid that I flew past it. Thinking back now, I should have realized that the mature spruce forests real weren't light green to me. Treat them like a slalom and you can sprint through them.
2(4th) I let the terrain pull me to far to the East. I knew it was happening and corrected before I lost too much time.
3(11th) Vegetation boundaries must of confused me. I shredded my legs and lost over 6 minutes looking in the wrong location.
4(3rd) Very easy control. Lost more time(18s) here because I jumped off the road before the little creek and not after. Little did I know the creek had shale banks that dropped 20 feet on each side making it close to uncrossable.
5(4th) Easy control up a creek.
6(10th) Now vegetation boundaries started to effect me. I let it push me too far North. I figured that out when I hit the trail.
7(11th){lost 18:05 here} Total disaster. I could have gone back to my car, got water and a gel, ran back down the trail and got this control in half the time.
8(6th took a long stop at the water station) I picked a route farther west to ensure I got water. This control was silly easy.
9(4th) Short, steep but easy hill. I felt like I past 3 people on it, and tried to avoid them but took a longer route.
10(4th). Again I stayed away from another person leaving control 9. It cost me time. Now it felt like a track race to the finish.
Finish(2nd) Silly fast down hill.
Oh, I was also bleeding for my head. Ran down the side of my face, impressive.
By control: 1(5th) I took the road away from the starters tent mainly because I didn't know the terrain or vegetation. Turned right on the second trail and turned off just before the hard bend to the left. Was feeling great until I flipped over a hidden fence. Never saw it, but it didn't hurt just slowed me down. I hesitated as I neared the control, afraid that I flew past it. Thinking back now, I should have realized that the mature spruce forests real weren't light green to me. Treat them like a slalom and you can sprint through them.
2(4th) I let the terrain pull me to far to the East. I knew it was happening and corrected before I lost too much time.
3(11th) Vegetation boundaries must of confused me. I shredded my legs and lost over 6 minutes looking in the wrong location.
4(3rd) Very easy control. Lost more time(18s) here because I jumped off the road before the little creek and not after. Little did I know the creek had shale banks that dropped 20 feet on each side making it close to uncrossable.
5(4th) Easy control up a creek.
6(10th) Now vegetation boundaries started to effect me. I let it push me too far North. I figured that out when I hit the trail.
7(11th){lost 18:05 here} Total disaster. I could have gone back to my car, got water and a gel, ran back down the trail and got this control in half the time.
8(6th took a long stop at the water station) I picked a route farther west to ensure I got water. This control was silly easy.
9(4th) Short, steep but easy hill. I felt like I past 3 people on it, and tried to avoid them but took a longer route.
10(4th). Again I stayed away from another person leaving control 9. It cost me time. Now it felt like a track race to the finish.
Finish(2nd) Silly fast down hill.
Oh, I was also bleeding for my head. Ran down the side of my face, impressive.