Orienteering 37:35 [2] 3.76 mi (10:00 / mi)
Zach and I drove down to Mendon Ponds, after Luke's "Champion Sundae" - "free" ice cream for sitting thru a couple of hours of Penfield Little League awards. Luke got a plaque for making all-stars and a medal for the "Coaches' Choice" award.
We saw feet crossing the small field by Hopkins Point as we drove in.
Zach ran the old Orange course from our A-Meet a couple of years ago, while I tried to run the Green course from May 2010. I say tried, since it was after 8pm when we started and the darkness settled in quickly, so I got about 5-6 controls in. I was trying out my new glasses that nate brought back from Finland. They are like bi-focals without the top half. They were great for reading the map on the run (until it got darkish), but no so great for running on the run. I didn't realize how much I used my bottom "peripheral" vision to avoid stuff on the forest floor and with the glasses on, that all becomes a blur, so I stumble if I don't look almost straight down.
It will be a difficult choice on whether to wear them this weekend - I am worried that if there is heavy fern coverage, as advertised, I may have trouble avoiding stuff hidden in the ferns. Actually, I guess it's not difficult: I just went and checked and the Red/Blue maps are 1:15, so I will absolutely need the glasses!
Running 15:00 [2] 1.67 mi (9:00 / mi)
This is the remainder of the run that was mostly trail running in the dark coming back from near the sanctuary or whatever.