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Saturday Apr 5, 2014 #
Orienteering race 2:15:26 [4] **** 8.28 km (16:21 / km) +300m 13:51 / km
spiked:9/15c shoes: X-Talon 212
Straightline distance given for Mounds Red Long, my real distance might have been 12-13 km.
This was a bruiser. I was still wiped out from yesterday (intensity = a cross between the course and my state). I fell for the missed trail split that many others were bitten by, but my brain had fully shut down by this point so the error was the most massive. It was a long climb to the split, I missed it, was incapable of understanding my surroundings, knew that the only solution was to backtrack, got back to the split and then strangely ran pell-mell into the medium green. I can't explain why, in a normal world it makes no sense. I realized the error of my ways several minutes later only to turn and see a wall of greenbriar that seemed to climb endlessly into the sky :( My race ended there and I just tried to limp home.
The course by D. Waller was very good; I liked the challenges, the long legs and some of the frilly drainage tops. The stream crossing was soooo nice, I almost stopped to sit on the ledge. Some day in the future, I should pull out this map and redo the course.
This was a bruiser. I was still wiped out from yesterday (intensity = a cross between the course and my state). I fell for the missed trail split that many others were bitten by, but my brain had fully shut down by this point so the error was the most massive. It was a long climb to the split, I missed it, was incapable of understanding my surroundings, knew that the only solution was to backtrack, got back to the split and then strangely ran pell-mell into the medium green. I can't explain why, in a normal world it makes no sense. I realized the error of my ways several minutes later only to turn and see a wall of greenbriar that seemed to climb endlessly into the sky :( My race ended there and I just tried to limp home.
The course by D. Waller was very good; I liked the challenges, the long legs and some of the frilly drainage tops. The stream crossing was soooo nice, I almost stopped to sit on the ledge. Some day in the future, I should pull out this map and redo the course.
Control clearing/setup 1:00:00 [2] 2.5 mi (24:00 / mi)
shoes: X-Talon 212
Pulling controls from the long.
Friday Apr 4, 2014 #
Control clearing/setup 3:00:00 [2] 6.0 mi (30:00 / mi)
Putting out boxes and stands for alternate courses at BC
Control clearing/setup 1:15:00 [2]
Pulling controls from BC
Control clearing/setup 30:00 [2]
shoes: X-Talon 212
Looking for a missing runner.
Hiking 45:00 [1]
shoes: X-Talon 212
Lots of time acting as a lifeguard, and doing odds and ends during the meet. Time estimated and divided by 3
Thursday Apr 3, 2014 #
Note
I found a chocolate chip peanut crunch Clif bar in my desk drawer. Two years old, open, dessicated, and half eaten. Given that I was pretty hungry, I decided to test it out. Verdict: edible, tastes just like it would have new but hard enough that haste would result in a trip to the dentist.
Tuesday Apr 1, 2014 #
Control clearing/setup 4:30:00 [3] 7.4 mi (36:29 / mi) +250m 33:01 / mi
shoes: Inov 340 Pair #2
Finished by placing about 40 more stands at Bear Creek. It definitely felt warm! At the end of the day, I found a spot that actually had a foot of water in it to cool my feet and rinse my shoes. Marveled at the dribble of water and the 12' earthbank lining the creek. Strange, how did they get so big?
Saw a vulture on the way into the park and a red-bellied woodpecker. Some spring flowers are starting to pop up. The other evening we startled (from a distance) a porcupine that took cover in a tree.
Saw a vulture on the way into the park and a red-bellied woodpecker. Some spring flowers are starting to pop up. The other evening we startled (from a distance) a porcupine that took cover in a tree.