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Saturday Apr 20, 2019 #
Event: QOC Manassas
12 PM
Orienteering 1:23:28 [3] 6.2 mi (13:28 / mi) +234m 12:03 / mi
QOC: Stuart's Hill, Manassas, VA. Since I felt ready to start running again, I thought I'd go for the Blue course today. I hadn't run Blue in a while. I set out to run calmly and finish. Gavin designed the courses and for the park, I thought they were pretty good. Several of the first legs were a bit too easy for advanced courses but he got us taking some different attacks and many points we'd been to before.
S-1 - This was a straight forward leg. I just used the edges of the fields and tried to use visually open ground.
1-2 - This was mostly a long trail run. I attacked from the trail bend and ran around the bit of green that was hiding the control from being seen head on.
2-3 - Up the trail and in from the bend. I went over the hill and was looking for more of a reentrant.
3-4 - Just straight around the right side of the pond.
4-5 - I was getting tired and not moving so fast. I thought that going SE and around to the right in the fields might lose me time, so I cut in early, across the lighter parts of the deadfall. Seeing myself parallel the field, I knew I'd made a mistake. I eventually got to the ridge and took it to the control. I probably lost a minute.
5-6 - Straight at it, using the road to my right to keep me straight.
6-7 - I kept a fairly straight route, not crossing the ridge until after crossing the first field. I went pretty close to the start, and after crossing the creek I followed the ridge.
7-8 - I used the road and attacked off the reentrant. I've gone straight here plenty of times before but the deadfall needs to be updated better for the map to tell if it'd save time or not.
8-9 - Straight - I'm moving slowly so walking through the trees was a good option for me. I used the ditches at the end.
9-10 - I followed the edge of the green to work my way to the control. I found the semi-open ground to be slippery from the tussocks of grass or mud under them. I was closing in on Dan Quinn on this.
10-11 - Straight, but with an attempt to aim off a bit. I did see Dan Quinn as he was exiting but he seemed to be leaving in the wrong direction.
11-12 - I went straight, and used the reentrant to guide me in. I hesitated short of it and Diana Aleksiev paused to my left too. I found it further down the stream Diana had been standing on.
12-13 - I ran right by #15, but mainly was trying to stay above the worst of the deadfall below to my right. I passed the house and went straight from there, ignoring trails. As I was approaching, I saw Peggy almost into the fields.
13-14 - Right back past the house and into the woods from a field corner, following the cairns.
14-15 - I started straight but zig-zagged through the deadfall. It was good getting a look at the control earlier as that helped me zero-in.
15 - 16 - I ran aiming for the field but seeing Diana and Vido Aleksiev, I may have gotten distracted. I cut to the right too much w/o correcting. I eventually reached the marshy semi-open terrain before hitting the field. The map seems to have changed on the other side of the field. I was worried but came in from the trail and spiked this last part. Overall, I probably lost a minute.
16 - 17 - Straight, going cautiously on a good bearing.
17 - 18 - As I was leaving, Peggy came in from behind me. I was indecisive on my route at that point and not seeing her since #13, I thought she was ahead still. The distraction and need to beat my wife led to me rushing out of there toward a trail. I somehow thought I would hit the trails to the left, but I hit the one on the right. As I ran ahead of Peggy, things weren't matching-up. I ran slower than I would have. After passing some bridges I stopped hearing Peggy behind me and knew what I'd done at the same time. I cut back and into the woods along the creek. I could see Peggy ahead, with no way for me to catch her before #18.
18-19 - With Peggy ahead, I ran straight and harder. I passed her a little bit before the White control on the trail. The control location on this wasn't really valid--there are no distinct trees any more. I plunged into trees from the field edge and seeing the reentrant I cut rigth, finding it quickly.
19-20 - I dropped down to the creek and ran along it. I thought I was seeing the spur on the south (right) side of the creek, so I came up to the left from there. I found a reentrant, but not the control. I ran to the next one down and found it. It could be that I was reading the contours incorrectly here. The bend of the creek forms a contour looking like a spur.
20-21 - Going straight, I passed the lake on the left side, crossed the stream, and followed it up to the next dam.
21-22 - I started to back out and go across below the dam but the vegetation looked too bad. Reversing again and passing #21 again, I went up the right side of the stream. From there I was wandering a bit. The map had changed too much to be very useful. If the map showed the houses on the east side of the road, it would have helped. I eventually found a bigger block of green forest and the boulders, not the dot knoll shown on the map.
22-23 - I ran up around the marshy pond, then across the field. I didn't try to make a correction on my bearing for being north of the leg line, but I did drift left, where others were. Along the way, my recently injured right calf started to make itself known. I slowed a little. Once in the trees, I was surprised to see the pond/lake so close. I saw a control so I went to check it. Finding it to be a different one than what I was searching for, I went north and found the control. I passed Don Fish and his son's dog along the way. I probably lost 45 seconds.
23-F - Coming out of #23, I thought about going on the right (west) side. It seemed longer. It was a bit green getting to the left (east) side and I cut out early rather than risk going down where the woods were better, on the hope of finding a better way out. Once in the field, I was worried about my right calf. When the hillside was sloping to the right, i didn't feel pain. However, I kept my pace steady rather than push it in.
S-1 - This was a straight forward leg. I just used the edges of the fields and tried to use visually open ground.
1-2 - This was mostly a long trail run. I attacked from the trail bend and ran around the bit of green that was hiding the control from being seen head on.
2-3 - Up the trail and in from the bend. I went over the hill and was looking for more of a reentrant.
3-4 - Just straight around the right side of the pond.
4-5 - I was getting tired and not moving so fast. I thought that going SE and around to the right in the fields might lose me time, so I cut in early, across the lighter parts of the deadfall. Seeing myself parallel the field, I knew I'd made a mistake. I eventually got to the ridge and took it to the control. I probably lost a minute.
5-6 - Straight at it, using the road to my right to keep me straight.
6-7 - I kept a fairly straight route, not crossing the ridge until after crossing the first field. I went pretty close to the start, and after crossing the creek I followed the ridge.
7-8 - I used the road and attacked off the reentrant. I've gone straight here plenty of times before but the deadfall needs to be updated better for the map to tell if it'd save time or not.
8-9 - Straight - I'm moving slowly so walking through the trees was a good option for me. I used the ditches at the end.
9-10 - I followed the edge of the green to work my way to the control. I found the semi-open ground to be slippery from the tussocks of grass or mud under them. I was closing in on Dan Quinn on this.
10-11 - Straight, but with an attempt to aim off a bit. I did see Dan Quinn as he was exiting but he seemed to be leaving in the wrong direction.
11-12 - I went straight, and used the reentrant to guide me in. I hesitated short of it and Diana Aleksiev paused to my left too. I found it further down the stream Diana had been standing on.
12-13 - I ran right by #15, but mainly was trying to stay above the worst of the deadfall below to my right. I passed the house and went straight from there, ignoring trails. As I was approaching, I saw Peggy almost into the fields.
13-14 - Right back past the house and into the woods from a field corner, following the cairns.
14-15 - I started straight but zig-zagged through the deadfall. It was good getting a look at the control earlier as that helped me zero-in.
15 - 16 - I ran aiming for the field but seeing Diana and Vido Aleksiev, I may have gotten distracted. I cut to the right too much w/o correcting. I eventually reached the marshy semi-open terrain before hitting the field. The map seems to have changed on the other side of the field. I was worried but came in from the trail and spiked this last part. Overall, I probably lost a minute.
16 - 17 - Straight, going cautiously on a good bearing.
17 - 18 - As I was leaving, Peggy came in from behind me. I was indecisive on my route at that point and not seeing her since #13, I thought she was ahead still. The distraction and need to beat my wife led to me rushing out of there toward a trail. I somehow thought I would hit the trails to the left, but I hit the one on the right. As I ran ahead of Peggy, things weren't matching-up. I ran slower than I would have. After passing some bridges I stopped hearing Peggy behind me and knew what I'd done at the same time. I cut back and into the woods along the creek. I could see Peggy ahead, with no way for me to catch her before #18.
18-19 - With Peggy ahead, I ran straight and harder. I passed her a little bit before the White control on the trail. The control location on this wasn't really valid--there are no distinct trees any more. I plunged into trees from the field edge and seeing the reentrant I cut rigth, finding it quickly.
19-20 - I dropped down to the creek and ran along it. I thought I was seeing the spur on the south (right) side of the creek, so I came up to the left from there. I found a reentrant, but not the control. I ran to the next one down and found it. It could be that I was reading the contours incorrectly here. The bend of the creek forms a contour looking like a spur.
20-21 - Going straight, I passed the lake on the left side, crossed the stream, and followed it up to the next dam.
21-22 - I started to back out and go across below the dam but the vegetation looked too bad. Reversing again and passing #21 again, I went up the right side of the stream. From there I was wandering a bit. The map had changed too much to be very useful. If the map showed the houses on the east side of the road, it would have helped. I eventually found a bigger block of green forest and the boulders, not the dot knoll shown on the map.
22-23 - I ran up around the marshy pond, then across the field. I didn't try to make a correction on my bearing for being north of the leg line, but I did drift left, where others were. Along the way, my recently injured right calf started to make itself known. I slowed a little. Once in the trees, I was surprised to see the pond/lake so close. I saw a control so I went to check it. Finding it to be a different one than what I was searching for, I went north and found the control. I passed Don Fish and his son's dog along the way. I probably lost 45 seconds.
23-F - Coming out of #23, I thought about going on the right (west) side. It seemed longer. It was a bit green getting to the left (east) side and I cut out early rather than risk going down where the woods were better, on the hope of finding a better way out. Once in the field, I was worried about my right calf. When the hillside was sloping to the right, i didn't feel pain. However, I kept my pace steady rather than push it in.