Sunday Apr 6 |
 | Orienteering 1:42:17 [4] 7.8 km (13:07 / km) | |
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| Ultra-Long at East Fork. A very interesting, physically challenging course; mud and briars. For whatever reason, I just didn't have any energy. I felt fine to the first control, then, after a couple of steep gully climbs, I was cooked. The nav was OK, except for missing the obvious trail around to 2 (and botching the approach), losing 5-6 minutes; also lost a couple of minutes on 3 (another bad route) and on 9 (missed it way right and hit the wrong ditch). The lasting memory will be trying to climb out of a gully to 3 and being "stuck" halfway up a 40 foot embankment, not able to take another step without slipping back, but not wanting to slide down and start over. It felt like I was struggling to make progress for an eternity, though it was probably less than a minute. If I ever run here again, I will have a lot more respect for the gullies. |
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Green - Ultra Long - Splits |
Saturday Apr 5 |
| Orienteering 15:35 [4] 2.3 mi (6:47 / mi) | |
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| First of two sprints, this being a campus sprint at Miami U. I had a good run, about as fast as I could go with my hamstring sore the whole way: only time lost was a 5-10 second hesitation before #4. It's tempting to say the navigation was trivial; but since seconds were the difference between multiple places (losing by seconds to Glen and Dennis, winning by seconds over Peter and Tim), one could say that the details (go over the fence or around?) were crucial, and made for interesting micro-choices. |
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| C • 4 in bracket 8 |
| Orienteering 16:21 [4] 2.1 mi (7:46 / mi) | |
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| The second sprint at Miami U., on a mix of muddy trails, open fields, and a bit of thick woods; a fast, fun sprint. No problems finding them, but my route to #12, right instead of left, cost about 30 seconds. That, and losing maybe 7 seconds to #13 and 10 seconds to #14 on route choice dropped me from fourth (out of 53 males on green) at the 11th control to 10th, same as the campus sprint. Also dropped me to 4th M50. Such is the nature of sprints. But I was satisfied with the result. |
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Orange/Brown/Green Sprint 2 - Splits |
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Orange/Brown/Green Sprint 1 - Splits |
Friday Apr 4 |
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| Event: Flying Pig XII
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| Orienteering 36:49 [4] 3.7 km (9:57 / km) | |
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| Flying Pig middle at Renschler. Thick woods, a bit muddy, but a nice course on a small map. Horrendous start, blowing by the first control, then reattacking from the wrong open area: lost over 4 minutes. No problems after that, but the race was blown. Hamstring sore, but I was able to ignore it. |
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Green- Short Pig - Splits |
Wednesday Apr 2 |
| Trail Run 23:12 [3] 3.0 mi (7:43 / mi) | |
| ahr:146 max:155 weight:145lbs |
| Noho cross country course, minus start/finish. Felt much better, able to do a solid "3" effort. |
| Trail Run 20:17 [2] 2.2 mi (9:13 / mi) | |
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| Before and after, from the Smith gym. |
Tuesday Apr 1 |
| dirt 26:46 [3] 3.25 mi (8:14 / mi) | |
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| Smith fields, after lifting. Not doing real well. |