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Saturday Nov 11, 2017 #
Running 15:00 [2]
Warmup.
Orienteering 1:15:39 [4] *** 11.0 km (6:53 / km)
24c shoes: Old VJ Falcons From Online Auc
US Classic Champs, MCB Quantico, Blue-M21, Day 1
RG: http://qocweb.org/routes/cgi-bin/reitti.pl?act=map...
WinSplits: http://obasen.orientering.se/winsplits/online/en/d...
I came into this weekend of races feeling like I had worked hard over the last several months to get back into some semblance of shape and be competitive for the medals in M21. The week leading up to the Classic Champs, however, featured very little sleep, culminating with Inara spending a couple of hours throwing up in the middle of the night on Friday, portending the Things to Come.
As a result, Alli and Inara stayed home, and I made the drive down to race and then head straight back to the family. I tried to get focused for the race and had a pretty good warmup, but could tell pretty early on that I didn't have everything clicking today.
Despite the fast, open terrain, I was drifting on my bearings quite a bit, never had a good flow, and had to remind myself to run faster a number of times. According to winsplits, I had about 2 minutes of mistakes across 7 controls, in addition to the 3-minute meltdown on 14. On that leg, I attacked from a dot knoll, crossed some fallen trees, didn't see the flag, made a huge loop only to come back to the same spot as before but see the flag this time. Grrr.
I was not satisfied with my performance and was impressed with the runs by Will and Sergei, who put large gaps on me after Day 1. However, I felt some optimism, as I was confident in my fitness for a two-day event and was excited for some tricky course setting from Riley.
RG: http://qocweb.org/routes/cgi-bin/reitti.pl?act=map...
WinSplits: http://obasen.orientering.se/winsplits/online/en/d...
I came into this weekend of races feeling like I had worked hard over the last several months to get back into some semblance of shape and be competitive for the medals in M21. The week leading up to the Classic Champs, however, featured very little sleep, culminating with Inara spending a couple of hours throwing up in the middle of the night on Friday, portending the Things to Come.
As a result, Alli and Inara stayed home, and I made the drive down to race and then head straight back to the family. I tried to get focused for the race and had a pretty good warmup, but could tell pretty early on that I didn't have everything clicking today.
Despite the fast, open terrain, I was drifting on my bearings quite a bit, never had a good flow, and had to remind myself to run faster a number of times. According to winsplits, I had about 2 minutes of mistakes across 7 controls, in addition to the 3-minute meltdown on 14. On that leg, I attacked from a dot knoll, crossed some fallen trees, didn't see the flag, made a huge loop only to come back to the same spot as before but see the flag this time. Grrr.
I was not satisfied with my performance and was impressed with the runs by Will and Sergei, who put large gaps on me after Day 1. However, I felt some optimism, as I was confident in my fitness for a two-day event and was excited for some tricky course setting from Riley.
Friday Nov 10, 2017 #
Event: 2017 OUSA Convention
Running 35:00 [2] 7.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Asics Blue-Green 2017
A very enjoyable morning jog with Greg and Luis around the closest part of Rock Creek to us: Valley Trail to Riley Spring Bridge, then up Western Ridge past Boundary Bridge and home.
PT 10:00 [1]
Some stretching after the morning jog, focusing on hip flexors, glutes, and hamstrings.
Wednesday Nov 8, 2017 #
Note
The U.S. Classic Champs are this weekend!
It should be a fun event on new maps on the Quantico Marine Corps Base, with courses by Riley Culberg and Tom Strat.
M21 has a pretty strong field assembled, though a couple of notable names are missing (Jordan, Giacomo, Michael Laraia, Riley and Kevin Culberg). Here are my thoughts on the favorites:
Greg Ahslwede - defending champion, clearly best U.S. male orienteer this season. His achilles heel has been Jordan, who has beaten him three times this fall. But Jordan won't be there, so the title is Greg's to lose.
Eric Bone - the evergreen veteran from the West coast is looking to win only his second Classic Champs title (though he has won 5 of the 8 contested Long championships). He is likely to be Greg's chief challenger.
Will Enger - another West coaster making a trip to the runnable woods of the East. Will is the current U.S. Middle and Long distance champion and was in excellent form this summer. Has he sustained this form through bike commuting? Or is there secret training he hasn't been logging? We'll find out this weekend.
Sergei Zhyk - king of the two-day classic format, Sergei has won the Classic Champs four times, most recently in 2015. Earlier this spring, it appeared that southern life in Charlotte has made him top-heavy and muscle-bound, but he is aiming for a comeback and won the Bubba Goat last weekend. Never count him out.
Dark Horses:
Wyatt Riley - the wily veteran medaled the last time the Classic Champs were in these parts in 2007 and only seems to be getting better with age.
Ken Walker Jr. - will home court advantage propel Kenny, Mr.AttackPoint, to the podium?
Boris Granovskiy - on the comeback trail post back surgery, but is there enough fitness to get through two days?
Ian Smith - often in the mix, but slowed down by a steady diet of late-night Canadian burritos.
Even darker horses:
Will Hubsch - speedy former JWOC runner, now turned to cycling. Looked strong at the Highlander.
Pete Nelson - ran WOC for the US way back in 1999(?). Can he contend?
My predictions:
1. Greg
2. Eric
3. Sergei
The F21 field is significantly smaller and is missing most of the recent U.S. WOC team members, who are either living abroad, raising tiny humans, or otherwise occupied.
The likely favorites are:
Alex Jospe - retired from the National team, but still strong. Time for a first U.S. Classic title?
Pavlina Brautigam - 5-time winner, most recently in 2006. Ran impressively well at the Boulder Dash - could take the title if others implode - but is this terrain technical enough for her?
Tori Borish - Speedy West Coaster and reigning U.S. Sprint Champion. Can she challenge for the win in a forest discipline?
Evalin Brautigam - the only 2017 U.S. WOC team member in the F21 field.
My predictions:
1. Alex
2. Pavlina
3. Tori
It should be a fun event on new maps on the Quantico Marine Corps Base, with courses by Riley Culberg and Tom Strat.
M21 has a pretty strong field assembled, though a couple of notable names are missing (Jordan, Giacomo, Michael Laraia, Riley and Kevin Culberg). Here are my thoughts on the favorites:
Greg Ahslwede - defending champion, clearly best U.S. male orienteer this season. His achilles heel has been Jordan, who has beaten him three times this fall. But Jordan won't be there, so the title is Greg's to lose.
Eric Bone - the evergreen veteran from the West coast is looking to win only his second Classic Champs title (though he has won 5 of the 8 contested Long championships). He is likely to be Greg's chief challenger.
Will Enger - another West coaster making a trip to the runnable woods of the East. Will is the current U.S. Middle and Long distance champion and was in excellent form this summer. Has he sustained this form through bike commuting? Or is there secret training he hasn't been logging? We'll find out this weekend.
Sergei Zhyk - king of the two-day classic format, Sergei has won the Classic Champs four times, most recently in 2015. Earlier this spring, it appeared that southern life in Charlotte has made him top-heavy and muscle-bound, but he is aiming for a comeback and won the Bubba Goat last weekend. Never count him out.
Dark Horses:
Wyatt Riley - the wily veteran medaled the last time the Classic Champs were in these parts in 2007 and only seems to be getting better with age.
Ken Walker Jr. - will home court advantage propel Kenny, Mr.AttackPoint, to the podium?
Boris Granovskiy - on the comeback trail post back surgery, but is there enough fitness to get through two days?
Ian Smith - often in the mix, but slowed down by a steady diet of late-night Canadian burritos.
Even darker horses:
Will Hubsch - speedy former JWOC runner, now turned to cycling. Looked strong at the Highlander.
Pete Nelson - ran WOC for the US way back in 1999(?). Can he contend?
My predictions:
1. Greg
2. Eric
3. Sergei
The F21 field is significantly smaller and is missing most of the recent U.S. WOC team members, who are either living abroad, raising tiny humans, or otherwise occupied.
The likely favorites are:
Alex Jospe - retired from the National team, but still strong. Time for a first U.S. Classic title?
Pavlina Brautigam - 5-time winner, most recently in 2006. Ran impressively well at the Boulder Dash - could take the title if others implode - but is this terrain technical enough for her?
Tori Borish - Speedy West Coaster and reigning U.S. Sprint Champion. Can she challenge for the win in a forest discipline?
Evalin Brautigam - the only 2017 U.S. WOC team member in the F21 field.
My predictions:
1. Alex
2. Pavlina
3. Tori
Cross-Training 45:00
Last interval session before the classic champs this weekend. I did 4x3 minutes with 2 minutes rest, mimicking Linne's pre-Tiomila interval workout. Worked hard, felt good.
Monday Nov 6, 2017 #
Cross-Training 30:00 [1]
Recovery elliptical
PT 15:00 [1]
Stretching.
Sunday Nov 5, 2017 #
Orienteering race 1:44:59 [4] *** 12.4 km (8:28 / km) +415m 7:15 / km
26c shoes: Old VJ Falcons From Online Auc
Woke up a 4:30 and was at the event parking lot (which I found on the second try) by 7:30. Got ready and took the bus up to the top of the mountain. I was given a warmup map, but could not match up anything on that map with where we were. I guess we were supposed to run along the road for a bit to get to it. I ended up having to cut my warmup short to make the start on time, and I felt somewhat stressed at the start line.
RG: http://www.dvoa.org/cgi/gadget/reitti.cgi?act=map&...
Often I am able to refocus at the last moment and start well, but not this time. The downhill start through the open woods sent me flying, and I blew well past the control. I found two other controls and eventually relocated at a trail junction about 250m to the northeast (the whole leg was about 250m!). I ran down the trail, attacked, and missed again. I turned back uphill and finally got to the control together with Jon T, who had started four minutes later. Ugh.
I punished myself on the way to 2, eating a lot of climb on the road in order to take a safer route. That work, and I didn't see Jon again. #3 went ok, but after that I bobbled each of 4,5,6, and 7 (total of 2:45 lost in this section according to WinSplits).
I finally settled down for the next section of the course and was fairly clean from 8 through 17, with an exception of a wrong turn I took on a trail right after passing Balter. It's something about his magical aura...
I then completely blew 18 after attacking without a plan and lost another 3 minutes there, most of that spent standing on a rocky hillside scratching my head.
On the way to 20 Jordan passed me like a freight train, and I had no chance to keep up. I promptly screwed up 21 by trying to contour and picking up the greenest, rockiest parts of the slopes. As a result, i was surprised to see Jordan pop up again at 23 just in front of me. He disappeared again, only to reappear in front of me right at the last control.
Overall, about 11 minutes lost according to WinSplits, which I think is a slight understimation, but close enough.
Some things to take away:
Positive:
1) I survived without hurting myself
2) I felt strong for most of the race despite running hard (race pace) the day before.
3) On the legs I didn't screw up, I was about 15% (or 1 min/km) behind Jordan and Greg. Given where I was earlier this summer, I am very pleased with that.
4) I seem to have run all the long legs (a traditional weakness for me) fairly well.
Negative:
1) I did not bring the right set of tools nor the proper respect for this terrain.
2) My ability to run on a precise bearing was abysmal.
3) I was too afraid to climb and took riskier routes as a result.
4) Multiple times (1,7,18) I attacked a control on a vague downhill slope without any real plan and paid for it each time.
I have a week to come up with a better approach for the Classic Champs next weekend.
Finally, I thought this was a very well-designed course with a range of techniques necessary for success. Kudos to Erik Eddy and Eric Weyman. I am glad I made the trip up and down for the day.
RG: http://www.dvoa.org/cgi/gadget/reitti.cgi?act=map&...
Often I am able to refocus at the last moment and start well, but not this time. The downhill start through the open woods sent me flying, and I blew well past the control. I found two other controls and eventually relocated at a trail junction about 250m to the northeast (the whole leg was about 250m!). I ran down the trail, attacked, and missed again. I turned back uphill and finally got to the control together with Jon T, who had started four minutes later. Ugh.
I punished myself on the way to 2, eating a lot of climb on the road in order to take a safer route. That work, and I didn't see Jon again. #3 went ok, but after that I bobbled each of 4,5,6, and 7 (total of 2:45 lost in this section according to WinSplits).
I finally settled down for the next section of the course and was fairly clean from 8 through 17, with an exception of a wrong turn I took on a trail right after passing Balter. It's something about his magical aura...
I then completely blew 18 after attacking without a plan and lost another 3 minutes there, most of that spent standing on a rocky hillside scratching my head.
On the way to 20 Jordan passed me like a freight train, and I had no chance to keep up. I promptly screwed up 21 by trying to contour and picking up the greenest, rockiest parts of the slopes. As a result, i was surprised to see Jordan pop up again at 23 just in front of me. He disappeared again, only to reappear in front of me right at the last control.
Overall, about 11 minutes lost according to WinSplits, which I think is a slight understimation, but close enough.
Some things to take away:
Positive:
1) I survived without hurting myself
2) I felt strong for most of the race despite running hard (race pace) the day before.
3) On the legs I didn't screw up, I was about 15% (or 1 min/km) behind Jordan and Greg. Given where I was earlier this summer, I am very pleased with that.
4) I seem to have run all the long legs (a traditional weakness for me) fairly well.
Negative:
1) I did not bring the right set of tools nor the proper respect for this terrain.
2) My ability to run on a precise bearing was abysmal.
3) I was too afraid to climb and took riskier routes as a result.
4) Multiple times (1,7,18) I attacked a control on a vague downhill slope without any real plan and paid for it each time.
I have a week to come up with a better approach for the Classic Champs next weekend.
Finally, I thought this was a very well-designed course with a range of techniques necessary for success. Kudos to Erik Eddy and Eric Weyman. I am glad I made the trip up and down for the day.
Running 20:00 [2]
A warmup plus a cooldown with DarthBalter, jogging parts of Saturday's campus sprint course.
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