Saturday Feb 16 |
 | Orienteering 1:04:19 [4]*** 5.13 km (12:32 / km) +90m 11:32 / km | |
| spiked:10/17c shoes: Orienteering shoes |
| Day 1 at Interscholastics. I just wasn't mentally prepared for this day, I guess. I was a little too far to the side for my first control, so I lost a minute or so, and because of that I decided I needed to speed up and I therefore wasn't concentrating well. When going to the second control, I ended up near control 6, figured out where I was, attempted to take a compass bearing, and ended up being drawn in the wrong direction by the gully and ended up about 70 degrees off of the bearing I was trying to take. I ended up at control 5, and eventually made my way back to 2. I pretty much just did everything wrong on that control. The next several controls were fine, though while going to 10, I think I cut through farther north than I was was planning, so even though I thought I found the place to leave the trail I was on, by pace counting I wasn't nearly far enough so I kept going. I ended up a ways north of where I wanted to be and although I easily knew where I was and how to get to the control, I ran at least twice as far as I needed to. I learned that I need to slow down sometimes (especially near the beginning of the course) and double check my bearings and make sure I'm navigating well. |
Friday Feb 15 |
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| Event: Interscholastic Champs
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| Orienteering 20:14 [4]*** 2.28 km (8:52 / km) +63m 7:48 / km | |
| spiked:10/12c shoes: Orienteering shoes |
| The sprint at Interscholastics. I started 1 minuted behind Drew, so I ended up just in front of him after the 4th control. I know I should always ignore people, but I wanted to speed up and get farther ahead of him so neither of us would pay attention to the other. Because of that, I started running faster than I can navigate, and I wasn't paying enough attention, so I ended up near the ladder instead of near the ruins on control 5. I lost several minutes there. I was then doing pretty well and after control 10, I started to head in the wrong direction at first, though I caught myself. Besides that, the course went pretty well, although a several minute mistake on a sprint is huge. It was the first time I had been orienteering for a while. There were lots of buildings which were easy to see through the open forest. It was also really hot while I was running. |
Wednesday Feb 13 |
| Running 24:40 [3] 3.0 mi (8:14 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics |
| I ran around Haller Lake during one of my frees. I brought along the Training 9 maps. |
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| C • good luck in Texas! 2 |
Monday Feb 11 |
| Orienteering 32:00 [3] 1.5 mi (21:19 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics |
| I did controls 1-8 + 11 of Eric's contours only map at Hamlin. Drew was shadowing me to make sure I was in the right place, but he forgot where some of them were, so we spent a little extra time making sure we were in the right locations. I'm out of practice. |
| Running 18:00 [3] 1.91 mi (9:24 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics |
| From Hamlin, I ran to Drew's house and back with Drew, Holly, and Max. |
Sunday Feb 10 |
| Running 31:35 [3] 3.9 mi (8:06 / mi) | |
| shoes: Asics |
| I ran to Discovery Park, back past my house to the Howe St Bridge, and then home. While running, I passed my old softball coach from about 8 years ago. He amazingly recognized me, but I recognized him as I was going by, so I didn't really get to stop and talk. I brought along my map from the first day of Interscholastics freshman year. |
| Strength 6:00 [3] | |
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| planks (1:00, 4 x 0:30 - front, side, front, side, front continuous)
wall sits (3 x 1:00) |