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Sunday Nov 24, 2013 #
Orienteering race 1:09:20 [4] *** 6.4 km (10:50 / km) +240m 9:07 / km
15c shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280
QOC Great Falls Adv. Med. A really cold day, 20s and windy. Had to dig up all my cold weather gear. I took this course pretty slowly, wanting to concentrate on precise navigation. But I ran enough on the hills to warrant a 4. Right off the bat I got confused about reentrants. I left the big trail just after the loop and headed south. The second reentrant seemed deeper and more stream-like than the first, and suddenly I wasn't sure where I was. But assumed I was on course and came straight to the control, just a little slower than I might have been. Things went really well after that, with almost constant map contact. I thought #14 was a little farther north than mapped, using #1 as an attack point. (I had previously used #1 as a waypoint on the way to 7.) I slipped up on 16, having planned to go out to the trail, but I got persuaded to follow a ditch, and then didn't know which ditch it was, scrambled a bit before doing the actual map reading necessary to find the control, probably 2-3 minutes lost. Even so, this was about the best run I've ever had at this park.
Orienteering 30:00 [3] 2.0 km (15:00 / km)
shoes: Adrenaline 3
Shadowing Alex Merka on Orange. Jan came by after about 5 controls and took over, having bailed on his course because of the need to stay leashed to Benny. Alex is able to articulate a plan. It's not always a good plan. She's too willing to take a bearing long distance when there are better options. For one thing, she needs to start thinking about handrails other than trails. Some of that is related to map reading and familiarity with the linear symbols like ditches. And then just finding the best attack point.