Paddling (canoe) 1:59:17 [2] 8.01 mi (14:54 / mi) +1m14:53 / mi
3 person canoe with W4J and ccmarie5, I took the front. Synced up really quick. Whenver I looked over my shoulder i thought I was going to get whacked in the face, but I didnt. Also got pretty wet, so in race situation maybe plan for that. Great weather and had a lot of fun.
Orienteering1:22:24*** 3.96 mi (20:48 / mi) +152m18:35 / mi ahr:134 max:181 15c shoes: Salomon Speed Cross 3 Black
Thanks to Jens for another streamer course!
This one didn't go quite as well for me though. Had trouble getting the scale right in my head, and also had trouble moving quickly in the wet woods.
1 - good 2 - way overshot, got really confused, and backtracked all the way to 1. ouch.. 3 -OK 4 - Good until the end, went over to teh wrong spur 5 - good 6 - good 7 - drifted too far east and overshot. Found the clearing and corrected from that 8 - good 9 - went by way of 12 and 13 to scout for later. not sure how much it helped though. 10 - drifted slightly E and found some trails, probably on the private property? walked directly W and stumbled on it 11 - good 12 - OK, hestitated at the end 13 - hestitated, got confused, but was able to correct 14 - good 15 - hestitated
Not terrible besides #2, but not great either. good practice though, maybe i can work these kinks out before SMOC starts up
Orienteering1:12:13 [3] *** 4.6 mi (15:42 / mi) +85m14:51 / mi 14c rhr:55 slept:6.5 shoes: Salomon Speedcross 3
Chenango Streamers
Thanks Igor! I really liked this course, maybe i should always do green.
1 - swamp was squishy, chickened out 2- good 3 - good 4 - good 5 - ended up one bend to early, got stuck in the mud, and had a brief panic that I was going to have to turn back shoeless 6 - good 7 - good 8 - good 9 - good, very happy with that 10 - almost got sucked out on the W spur 11 - good. usually i struggle with the longer legs 12 - fell apart. Turned it off the wrong swamp and really struggled to figure out where I was. Had to relocate all the way back, then I found it fine. 12 minutes lost, ouch. 13 - a little trouble near the end 14 - good
Overally really happy, just 1 big blunder which was a stupid loss of focus.
Notes on apparel: Wore tights to test them out when no one would see me. I'm sold as far as moisture wicking and thorn repelling, but the BURRS. Gahh
Shoe insoles bunch up after getting wet. I think its time to retire these ones.