Discussion: What became of Nadim?
in: Orienteering; General
Dec 13, 2004 12:57 AM
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Kind of wondering where Nadim's splits and comments are from the Possum Trot. Not that anyone is in a position to challenge his attackpoint comments lead.
Dec 13, 2004 5:23 AM
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Wow--I didn't know I'd been missed that much... I guess it is a wonderful life... It's just been a really busy time. Since you asked, here's the story. Sunday afternoon, after hanging out w/the Carr's, Spike and Mary then dropping Peggy off at the airport, eating and making it back to hotel, I crashed. My Monday and Tuesday at work were in KC. The days were very busy long full days with about +20 individual meetings and other work--leaving I just made it to my plane and made it home at around 11pm. Wed.-Fri. I was wrapped-up each night late at work too--one night returning after midnight. All the work is due to a reorganization. I'm heading-up a new position with a lot of new staff across the country so there's been a lot to do getting things going. Saturday I was in an all day adoption class and was somewhat pooped after all that. It being Sunday, I slept-in for once, woke to catch-up on e-mail and made it to QOC's Chopawomsic meet (nice place and my first time there). From there it was straight to my old running club's Holiday Party. Finally home and done w/some chores I'm catching-up on my entries now. My only problem is that my Possum Trot map w/my splits is in my laptop bag at work. I cancelled my planned Monday off so I'll try to retrieve it tommorow and then enter the splits.
At the Possum Trot, I felt the terrain was going to be similar enough to Quantico maps and that I was in shape enough that I could run more confidently. In reality, it was a little greener and w/another 3m (not 5m) contour map so perhaps this wasn't really true. Remembering last year's race, I didn't just want to follow Mike. I though I might be able to pull ahead enough to not be distracted by others and then staying in contact with the map, I could run my pace instead. Starting leg 3, I hesitated crossing the creek and watched Mike who had just passed me at #2, lead ahead to the right; headed toward the trail. I thought I would go a straighter line climbing to the top of the ridge. Mike says I was going too far left. With everyone following him, I felt like I was settling in to reading the map like I wanted. Mike and everyone else seemed to me to be somewhat contouring around. If Mike was right about me, I corrected coming down the ridge dropping into the reentrant. I didn't expect to see him and the others coming around so soon on my right. Seeing everyone distracted me at a bad time. Being a step or two ahead I felt I should try to stay ahead. I've made this error many times before. Running away, I forgot where I was and didn't read my map carefully enough. Going on memory I thought I should be going down the reentrant and passsing a reentrant on my left before climbing up to the left. There was a reentrant like this at the edge of the map before the control so I must have been remembering seeing that. I ran quick down the reentrant as everyone else crossed it up to the control. Passing the next reentrant on my left, I cut up and saw houses to my left but no control; I was about +200m past the control. Coming back quickly enough upon realizing what happened, I punched #3 a little behind Jan. I'd lost somewhere around 3:30 minutes and was discouraged/winded.
It was not a big error for me in the scheme of things but it broke my contact with the +M40 crowd (Jan got injured behind me somewhere after #6) which I wanted to finish in or ahead of. Behind, I felt more rushed to make-up distance and in the process I compounded my problem by making more errors. With a race as long as this, 3:30 minutes is nothing that couldn't be bourne out by one's endurance if good and a cleaner run. I knew this and should have remained calmer. I had several small errors of the 30 second nature. My larger errors were on #8 (which I thought to skip w/#9 but unwisely chose to do so I could skip something else later), #15 and #17.
At the Possum Trot, I felt the terrain was going to be similar enough to Quantico maps and that I was in shape enough that I could run more confidently. In reality, it was a little greener and w/another 3m (not 5m) contour map so perhaps this wasn't really true. Remembering last year's race, I didn't just want to follow Mike. I though I might be able to pull ahead enough to not be distracted by others and then staying in contact with the map, I could run my pace instead. Starting leg 3, I hesitated crossing the creek and watched Mike who had just passed me at #2, lead ahead to the right; headed toward the trail. I thought I would go a straighter line climbing to the top of the ridge. Mike says I was going too far left. With everyone following him, I felt like I was settling in to reading the map like I wanted. Mike and everyone else seemed to me to be somewhat contouring around. If Mike was right about me, I corrected coming down the ridge dropping into the reentrant. I didn't expect to see him and the others coming around so soon on my right. Seeing everyone distracted me at a bad time. Being a step or two ahead I felt I should try to stay ahead. I've made this error many times before. Running away, I forgot where I was and didn't read my map carefully enough. Going on memory I thought I should be going down the reentrant and passsing a reentrant on my left before climbing up to the left. There was a reentrant like this at the edge of the map before the control so I must have been remembering seeing that. I ran quick down the reentrant as everyone else crossed it up to the control. Passing the next reentrant on my left, I cut up and saw houses to my left but no control; I was about +200m past the control. Coming back quickly enough upon realizing what happened, I punched #3 a little behind Jan. I'd lost somewhere around 3:30 minutes and was discouraged/winded.
It was not a big error for me in the scheme of things but it broke my contact with the +M40 crowd (Jan got injured behind me somewhere after #6) which I wanted to finish in or ahead of. Behind, I felt more rushed to make-up distance and in the process I compounded my problem by making more errors. With a race as long as this, 3:30 minutes is nothing that couldn't be bourne out by one's endurance if good and a cleaner run. I knew this and should have remained calmer. I had several small errors of the 30 second nature. My larger errors were on #8 (which I thought to skip w/#9 but unwisely chose to do so I could skip something else later), #15 and #17.
Dec 13, 2004 2:50 PM
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Congrats on the "adoption class" Nadim & Peggy! But Nadim, I think you're priorities are getting a bit skewed and you are putting way to much emphasis on work... and not enought on posting splits. :-)
Dec 13, 2004 2:52 PM
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Ok, we'll indulge you this time, and it is quite a nice story. I remember having the problem you had of being in front and running too fast and out of control. It happened to me (for the last time) at the 1000 day in about 1997, and cost me first place on the chase start day. Now I'm rarely in front of anyone, so the problems are different.
Dec 13, 2004 2:53 PM
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Also, what about the Mrs? Is Peggy going to put up splits and comments?
Dec 17, 2004 7:37 PM
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We've had problems with our Internet access. It's out more than not lately. I've put my splits and comments in finally. Peggy will probably do the same eventually.
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