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Saturday Sep 28, 2019 #
9 AM
orienteer 1:22:39 9.11 km (9:05 / km) +177m 8:16 / km
ahr:147 max:160
Sandy, Mike and I drove up to Leavenworth today. It was cool and overcast. It had rained in the night but we made it through without getting wet.
It was a score O so we got to choose our own route. We all picked a similar route, I started first, and saw Mike near 15. Sandy caught me around 17 and we were together until 9. Then she easily pulled away from me on the street O section (she is much faster).
I warmed up on the way to the first few controls and felt OK for most of the race. Got tired slogging up the hill to 2.
It was nice to spend the drive time in good conversation with Sandy.
It was a score O so we got to choose our own route. We all picked a similar route, I started first, and saw Mike near 15. Sandy caught me around 17 and we were together until 9. Then she easily pulled away from me on the street O section (she is much faster).
I warmed up on the way to the first few controls and felt OK for most of the race. Got tired slogging up the hill to 2.
It was nice to spend the drive time in good conversation with Sandy.
Thursday Sep 26, 2019 #
5 PM
run/walk 45:00 5.05 km (8:54 / km) +44m 8:32 / km
ahr:136 max:160
We passed a major project milestone today with our customer.Yeah! I was so glad to leave work and get out into the beautiful fall weather to celebrate. Went for a run along the lake near campus on some nice wooded trails. A wonderful evening.
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019 #
weights 30:00 [2]
In the hotel gym, so not as hard as when I work with my trainer
aerobics 30:00 [2]
“Dancing With Myself”
Monday Sep 23, 2019 #
5 PM
run/walk 40:00 4.45 km (9:00 / km) +76m 8:17 / km
ahr:141 max:154
It was a long day at work and I just wanted to relax, but the weather was picture perfect fall weather. So I printed a nice O map from Susie Madden of Donald Park, and drove out there for a run. It was beautiful old farmstead, mix of grass paths through the prairie and dirt paths through the woods. Even some huge rock features for interest! It was a nice run.
Sunday Sep 22, 2019 #
11 AM
orienteer 1:34:44 4.9 km (19:20 / km) +227m 15:42 / km
ahr:141 max:166
Greenbush day 2, Green course
I brought my brain with me today, for the most part. It was pouring rain when I started but it let up sometime during the run. It was hard to move through the woods due to lots of downed trees and vegetation hiding the downed trees. It was also hard to see the markers through the vegetation. Twice I was within 20 feet and couldn't see the marker.
I was really glad to have the trail system at the beginning so I could start to make sense of the contours. Most of the time I was still guessing. I would be saying things like, "it will either be a small spur or a small reeentrant" and I would be prepared to see something up or down when I got there. I think my problem was that the up/down tick marks were spaced far enough apart that I didn't always see them; I learned to look far left and right for the tick mark and that helped.
I had a decent day, reading fairly well. I moved very slowly but that was fine by me. I had a really good leg going to 9 and I knew I was going to spike the control (I even knew if it would be up or down :) When I got there, I said, now don't get cocky. So I was cautious to 10. At one point I thought I saw a flash of orange but then it disappeared with the next step, so I ignored it. Soon I wasn't entirely sure where I was, so I made the smart decision to bail out to the trail. When I attacked again, I came to the spot where I had seen the flash of orange. Doh!
Another hesitation on 15 where I couldn't read all the contours close together (I thought it was one big hill but it was actually up, down, up again). And then some nice trail running to end the course.
So happy to have a decent navigation day on this challenging terrain. It was fun!
I brought my brain with me today, for the most part. It was pouring rain when I started but it let up sometime during the run. It was hard to move through the woods due to lots of downed trees and vegetation hiding the downed trees. It was also hard to see the markers through the vegetation. Twice I was within 20 feet and couldn't see the marker.
I was really glad to have the trail system at the beginning so I could start to make sense of the contours. Most of the time I was still guessing. I would be saying things like, "it will either be a small spur or a small reeentrant" and I would be prepared to see something up or down when I got there. I think my problem was that the up/down tick marks were spaced far enough apart that I didn't always see them; I learned to look far left and right for the tick mark and that helped.
I had a decent day, reading fairly well. I moved very slowly but that was fine by me. I had a really good leg going to 9 and I knew I was going to spike the control (I even knew if it would be up or down :) When I got there, I said, now don't get cocky. So I was cautious to 10. At one point I thought I saw a flash of orange but then it disappeared with the next step, so I ignored it. Soon I wasn't entirely sure where I was, so I made the smart decision to bail out to the trail. When I attacked again, I came to the spot where I had seen the flash of orange. Doh!
Another hesitation on 15 where I couldn't read all the contours close together (I thought it was one big hill but it was actually up, down, up again). And then some nice trail running to end the course.
So happy to have a decent navigation day on this challenging terrain. It was fun!