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Sunday Sep 28, 2008 #
Orienteering race 1:57:00 [5] 12.7 km (9:13 / km) +230m 8:27 / km
shoes: NB MT 840 (sep 08)
my worst race of the weekend, 10min lost to 6, really stupid... then like 3min to 11, 5min to 13 etc. etc. With the 8 road runs, the race went by really slowly, and at points i was discouraged / my ankle was sore from caving over on my left leg (from all the sidehill running probably), and i wanted to just jog back to the finish. Was suprised to be under 2hrs in the end.
Saturday Sep 27, 2008 #
Orienteering race 52:10 [5] 6.2 km (8:25 / km) +160m 7:27 / km
shoes: NB MT 840 (sep 08)
an ok race but definetly should have been faster. 1min miss to 6/13, and apparently slow on the long leg to 5. A funny/scary story to 10, which i will tell later, where i lost another min.
******STORY TIME ********
ya, so on the way to 9 i looked at control 10 and my first thought was to take the route through the woods to the trail and then cut into the ctrl.
However after spiking 9 and starting in the direction of 10 i started to think that my plan wasn't a very safe one, and after hitting the small trail west of the ctrl that i hadnt noticed before i changed my route decision. I decided that i would take the small trail out to the road and take the long safe route around but run it really fast. As i started running down the trail i noticed that i would have to cross what looked like someones property(not hatched out or marked as out of bounds) on the edge of the road. At first i contemplated going back to my original route, but I had already started down the trail, and seeing as the property or whatever was not marked as out of bounds i started to think that maybe it wasnt a house but something else, or that there was simply no problem running there.
So i get to the end of the trail/edge of property and now im a bit worried, cause it turns out its a sketchy trailer home with an old barn and as i sprinted across it to get to the road as quick as possible, i could picture some crazed dog running around the corner of the house barking and trying to maul me or whatever...
Well that didnt happen, i managed to safely get to the road, sweet... So i run down the road a few paces and then all i hear behind me is:
@#$^%@#$ you little @!#$%@#$% get back here @#$%@#$%@#$% let me talk to you!!!!, you little !#$%!@#$!@#$....!!!!
So i look back and its some crazy guy screaming his head off at me, the following things go through my head:
1. Im in some sketchy part of upstate New York, He probably has a shot gun on him, I'm going to get shot!!!!
2. He wants me to stop, can i out run this crazy man (potentially with a gun) for a few hundred meters ??(im halfway through a race, tired), will he get in his truck and hunt me down??
Anyways, i decided to stop, i turned around, put my arms up, hehe.( I dont think he had a gun but im really not sure), in a panicked voice i yelled that i was in a race, and that my map said i could go on the property.
At this point he sort of calmed down (maybe the organizers had spoken to him?), and explained back to me that his house had just been broken into. (...?what...!!???)
Anyways, i turned and kept running down the road to control 10...fast, full of adrenaline.
I guess it is somewhat my fault. In retrospect the route i took was probably ~30s slower to begin with and i should have assumed it was someones property. But still i wonder why it wasnt marked as being out of bounds??
THE END
ill try to post a picture of my map later so you can see the leg
******STORY TIME ********
ya, so on the way to 9 i looked at control 10 and my first thought was to take the route through the woods to the trail and then cut into the ctrl.
However after spiking 9 and starting in the direction of 10 i started to think that my plan wasn't a very safe one, and after hitting the small trail west of the ctrl that i hadnt noticed before i changed my route decision. I decided that i would take the small trail out to the road and take the long safe route around but run it really fast. As i started running down the trail i noticed that i would have to cross what looked like someones property(not hatched out or marked as out of bounds) on the edge of the road. At first i contemplated going back to my original route, but I had already started down the trail, and seeing as the property or whatever was not marked as out of bounds i started to think that maybe it wasnt a house but something else, or that there was simply no problem running there.
So i get to the end of the trail/edge of property and now im a bit worried, cause it turns out its a sketchy trailer home with an old barn and as i sprinted across it to get to the road as quick as possible, i could picture some crazed dog running around the corner of the house barking and trying to maul me or whatever...
Well that didnt happen, i managed to safely get to the road, sweet... So i run down the road a few paces and then all i hear behind me is:
@#$^%@#$ you little @!#$%@#$% get back here @#$%@#$%@#$% let me talk to you!!!!, you little !#$%!@#$!@#$....!!!!
So i look back and its some crazy guy screaming his head off at me, the following things go through my head:
1. Im in some sketchy part of upstate New York, He probably has a shot gun on him, I'm going to get shot!!!!
2. He wants me to stop, can i out run this crazy man (potentially with a gun) for a few hundred meters ??(im halfway through a race, tired), will he get in his truck and hunt me down??
Anyways, i decided to stop, i turned around, put my arms up, hehe.( I dont think he had a gun but im really not sure), in a panicked voice i yelled that i was in a race, and that my map said i could go on the property.
At this point he sort of calmed down (maybe the organizers had spoken to him?), and explained back to me that his house had just been broken into. (...?what...!!???)
Anyways, i turned and kept running down the road to control 10...fast, full of adrenaline.
I guess it is somewhat my fault. In retrospect the route i took was probably ~30s slower to begin with and i should have assumed it was someones property. But still i wonder why it wasnt marked as being out of bounds??
THE END
ill try to post a picture of my map later so you can see the leg
Running warm up/down 20:00 [1]
shoes: NB MT 840 (sep 08)
Friday Sep 26, 2008 #
Event: North American Championships
Orienteering race 11:53 [5] 2.1 km (5:40 / km)
shoes: NB MT 840 (sep 08)
good race, bad route/slight miss to 4 (-30s) and also a bad route to 10 i think.
Running warm up/down 30:00 [1]
shoes: NB MT 840 (sep 08)
at least 30min jogginf before/after sprints
Orienteering race 20:16 [5] 3.5 km (5:47 / km)
shoes: NB MT 840 (sep 08)
another solid race, havent really examined splits though to see if i lost any significant time. This one was probably easier but a lot more dead running.
Tuesday Sep 23, 2008 #
Running 2:20:00 [3]
shoes: Asics GT 2120 (apr08)
intervals were really good today even if im not feeling all that great. It was fun running in a pack with like 4other guys and trading the lead and all that.
Also it was a shhort session.
Got a free massage today as well. The massouse(sp?) found tons of knots in my back and couldnt get them all out :S So i think i'll go back some other time.
Also it was a shhort session.
Got a free massage today as well. The massouse(sp?) found tons of knots in my back and couldnt get them all out :S So i think i'll go back some other time.