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Sunday Jun 12, 2011 #
10 AM
Running warm up/down 7:00 [2] 0.78 mi (9:00 / mi)
Running race 25:39 [5] 5.0 km (5:08 / km)
BFLO 5K Trail Race at Hunter's Creek Park. Light turnout, but I think it was not on the list of local races until the last minute, so the others should attract more. Finished 3rd - winner was just over 23 and I was 13 seconds out of second - he had built a lead of over 30 seconds by the power line, but I caught some glimpses of him up ahead on the way back and that kept me trying. Slippery footing late, while wearing regular trainers stopped me from making a good run at him. Next runner was about 3 minutes back.
11 AM
Orienteering race 1:11:00 [4] 4.1 km (17:19 / km)
BFLO Meet at Hunter's Creek Park - Green course
Quite the disaster. It turns out that this was the same course as the A-Meet Red course from 2009. I had no idea that was the case, despite having run that course. I ran 35 minutes back then, just about twice that today.
Most of the difference can be attributed to my declining eyesight. I was not able to really read the trails on the map, and there were several legs where that was critical. C2 was bad - distracted by another runner and a control that was clearly too early. C12 was quite bad as I tried to will myself to be in the right location on the map, instead of using the general landscape to show me where I had gone wrong. Then C14 was just a complete disaster, when I tried to navigate off of the green slash area on the map, but got headed in the wrong direction while trying to follow it.
Quite the disaster. It turns out that this was the same course as the A-Meet Red course from 2009. I had no idea that was the case, despite having run that course. I ran 35 minutes back then, just about twice that today.
Most of the difference can be attributed to my declining eyesight. I was not able to really read the trails on the map, and there were several legs where that was critical. C2 was bad - distracted by another runner and a control that was clearly too early. C12 was quite bad as I tried to will myself to be in the right location on the map, instead of using the general landscape to show me where I had gone wrong. Then C14 was just a complete disaster, when I tried to navigate off of the green slash area on the map, but got headed in the wrong direction while trying to follow it.