Saturday Aug 27 |
 | Running - Trail / Grass warm up/down (trail) 8:00 [2]1.07 mi (7:29 / mi) +5m 4:35 / km | |
| shoes: VJ Panthers - 1 |
| Warm up for day 1 of the U.S. Individual Orienteering Championships. I felt pretty good. |
| Orienteering race (classic) 1:18:56 [3]*** 10.7 km (7:23 / km) +400m 6:13 / km | |
| shoes: VJ Panthers - 1 |
| Ran U.S. Champs, day 1. I had a good run going until about control 18, and I lost about 4 minutes from that point to the finish, mostly in the subtle, forested lava field terrain. Still, my run was decent. |
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Blue - Splits |
Friday Aug 26 |
| Running - Trail / Grass warm up/down (trail / terrain) 23:00 [2]4.76 km (4:50 / km) +50m 4:35 / km | |
| shoes: VJ Panthers - 1 |
| Ran to the U.S. Champs model event start and back. |
| Orienteering (model event) 22:00 [2]*** 2.5 km (8:48 / km) +75m 7:39 / km | |
| shoes: VJ Panthers - 1 |
| Ran the U.S. Champs model event. I felt fairly good and ran decently, but with maybe a couple minutes lost time. |
Thursday Aug 25 |
| Running - Road / Track warm up/down 8:00 [2]1.0 mi (7:59 / mi) +5m 4:54 / km | |
| shoes: VJ Panthers - 1 |
| Warmed up for PNWOF relay at Lava Butte. |
| Orienteering race (relay) 42:32 [3]*** 7.5 km (5:40 / km) +150m 5:09 / km | |
| shoes: VJ Panthers - 1 |
| Ran PNWOF relay on a team with Bill Cusworth and Dana Breseman. We won the Junior category, thanks to Bill and Dana. I almost gave up our 2nd position (overall, behind an Open category team) by making about a 4-minute mistake on control #9, making a parallel error and stopping substantially short. Eddie, Thorsten, and Jon then caught up to me, and Eddie and I had a duel to the finish that I narrowly won. |
| Orienteering (shadowing / coaching) 25:00 [1]*** 2.5 km (10:00 / km) +50m 9:05 / km | |
| shoes: VJ Panthers - 1 |
| Junior camp orienteering training at Lava Butte. |
Wednesday Aug 24 |
| Running - Road / Track warm up/down 5:00 [2]0.67 mi (7:27 / mi) | |
| shoes: VJ Panthers - 1 |
| Brief warm-up for PNWOF sprint at COCC campus. I felt fairly good. |
| Orienteering race (sprint) 14:22 [4]*** 2.7 km (5:19 / km) +60m 4:47 / km | |
| shoes: VJ Panthers - 1 |
| Ran PNWOF sprint at Central Oregon Community College campus in Bend, OR. I had a few mistakes for around a minute of total lost time, but no disasters. The course was fun, although it was mostly in the forest. |
| Running - Road / Track warm up/down 3:00 [2]0.4 mi (7:30 / mi) | |
| shoes: VJ Panthers - 1 |
| Very brief warm-up for the PNWOF middle distance race at Arnold Ice Cave. |
| Orienteering race (middle distance) 14:00 [3]*** 2.43 km (5:46 / km) +50m 5:13 / km | |
| shoes: VJ Panthers - 1 |
| First part of middle distance race at Arnold Ice Cave. I dropped out after control 7 (I think it was #7) because I was having some heart arhythmias--skipped beats--and I didn't want to chance dropping dead on the course or something. Normally, I would have waited for skipped beats to subside, but for these factors:
1. the skipped beats persisted for several minutes.
2. I had just had an apparently viral illness with severe flu-like body aches.
3. I had been under a great deal of stress preparing for the BEAST race on Monday.
4. I hadn't been eating or sleeping well lately (largely because of being busy preparing for the BEAST race).
On the plus side, I was having a strong run when I quit, having caught Eddie Bergeron early. I had a couple of mistakes under my belt, but nothing big. |
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| After dropping out and walking for about 5-8 minutes, the skipped beats went away (or should I say, the beats came back?). From the main road, I saw Leif stopping to read his map on the way in to one of the controls. |
| Orienteering (shadowing / coaching) 30:00 [1]*** 2.5 mi (11:59 / mi) +50m 7:01 / km | |
| shoes: VJ Panthers - 1 |
| Junior camp training at Arnold Ice Cave. We did some control picking in the most detailed area of the map, retrieving a few markers on the way back. My group did great, for yellow and orange course runners. |
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Sprint 1 (Long) - Splits |
Monday Aug 22 |
| Orienteering (vetting) 40:00 [2]*** 5 km (8:00 / km) +40m 7:42 / km | |
| shoes: Salomon trail/AR shoes |
| Test running BEAST race #4 orienteering course (although a modified version). I made a few map corrections and control/description notes as I went. |
| Cycling (mtb dirt roads/trails) 51:00 [2]* 10.5 mi (4:51 / mi) +200m 2:51 / km | |
| shoes: Nike ACG cycling shoes |
| Setting course markers for the BEAST race #4 bike course. |
| Orienteering (control setting) 7:00 [2]0.9 km (7:47 / km) | |
| shoes: Salomon trail/AR shoes |
| Set controls for the beginning of the BEAST race #4 orienteering course. |
| Cycling (mtb road) 10:00 [1]1.48 mi (6:45 / mi) +10m 4:07 / km | |
| shoes: Nike ACG cycling shoes |
| Biking back and forth between the start/finish and the underwater orienteering test checkpoint. |