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Sunday May 12, 2013 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 2:04:51 [4] *** 4.1 km (30:27 / km) +120m 26:34 / km
spiked:7/13c shoes: INOV8 Bare Grips
The long race today at Camp Wakpominee started with a 500 m walk to the registration area, then a 1200 m walk to the start.
Today was not as technical, but it was a physical challenge. I messed up on 2, and had to search, then tripped on a rock and broke my magnifier off. I spent several minutes looking for the broken part and found it, but will need to order a new one when I get home on Monday.
No. 3 was my biggest problem. I was following the map well, but came to a trail short of where the control should be. It even had trail markers on it, but I couldn't find it on the map, so I wasted a bunch of time going back and forth on it, to see what I was missing. Finally, I decided to disregard it and go back to finding my control. I also messed up on the 4-5 leg--not because of not finding it, but making a very bad route choice and ending up in a marsh which almost sucked my shoes off. I got pretty tired trying to get out of there.
The good news is that I was strong physically, and I learned a lot about making better route choices.
Super fun weekend, and the opportunity to have much different terrain than we get in the midwest.
Today was not as technical, but it was a physical challenge. I messed up on 2, and had to search, then tripped on a rock and broke my magnifier off. I spent several minutes looking for the broken part and found it, but will need to order a new one when I get home on Monday.
No. 3 was my biggest problem. I was following the map well, but came to a trail short of where the control should be. It even had trail markers on it, but I couldn't find it on the map, so I wasted a bunch of time going back and forth on it, to see what I was missing. Finally, I decided to disregard it and go back to finding my control. I also messed up on the 4-5 leg--not because of not finding it, but making a very bad route choice and ending up in a marsh which almost sucked my shoes off. I got pretty tired trying to get out of there.
The good news is that I was strong physically, and I learned a lot about making better route choices.
Super fun weekend, and the opportunity to have much different terrain than we get in the midwest.