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Sunday Nov 29, 2015 #
Event: Susquehanna Stumble XVII
11 AM
orienteering race 1:42:20 [4] *** 7.3 km (14:01 / km) +265m 11:52 / km
17c shoes: Inov8 O-roc 280
SVO Susquehanna Stumble XVII at Rocky Ridge - Short Stumble
New (updated) map very great to have.
This was significantly shorter than the other stumbles I have done, all of which were over 10K. Additionally, the last ~1K was getting back from the final control to the finish. So it didn't feel much longer than a regular event, really, although I was pushing more with the mass start so I'm still extra tired/sore.
Hung with the front pack until 1, after which people scattered a bit (although there wasn't a window until after the first 4 controls, which seems late for the first one.) I knew where I was so wasn't reading map. Took the trail to the right of the stream to go to 2, while I think many others went over the top. The leaders were passing me going the other way on the trail. I was alone here, but on the way back out from the control, a second slightly slower pack was headed in.
Most of this pack caught up to me around 3 & 4 and consisted of Jim Eagleton, Bob Fink, Rob Wilkison, Diane Reider, Francis Hogle doing long, and a few others. I saw these people intermittently for a long time then, up until 11/12.
Momentary confusion above 4, but I was just at the bigger mapped cliff and kept moving along down to the weird circular one.
First window - ABCD to avoid climbing more than once. Most of these were like beacons and visible from far away. I could see A from the terrace SE at trail end which I used to attack.
Went basically straight through woods from 10 to 11. I've used the big rock SW of 11 as a control site before. A little home field advantage :-)
Went all the way up to trail junction at clearing and took indistinct trail to 12. In this window EFGH - I was boring and went in order the whole time ;-) I figured here it was either clockwise or counterclockwise and I'd be leaving the box the same way I entered regardless.
Back to clearing/junction and across the little trail then S into 17. I had lost a lot of my pack in the last window, though Bob Fink was ahead of me and would stay there.
After this down to the trail, back along the trails to the stream near 1, and followed the stream across (basically retracing the beginning of my course in reverse). And cut through to the parking lot.
A good day, and mostly clean, and I was first female on short.
New (updated) map very great to have.
This was significantly shorter than the other stumbles I have done, all of which were over 10K. Additionally, the last ~1K was getting back from the final control to the finish. So it didn't feel much longer than a regular event, really, although I was pushing more with the mass start so I'm still extra tired/sore.
Hung with the front pack until 1, after which people scattered a bit (although there wasn't a window until after the first 4 controls, which seems late for the first one.) I knew where I was so wasn't reading map. Took the trail to the right of the stream to go to 2, while I think many others went over the top. The leaders were passing me going the other way on the trail. I was alone here, but on the way back out from the control, a second slightly slower pack was headed in.
Most of this pack caught up to me around 3 & 4 and consisted of Jim Eagleton, Bob Fink, Rob Wilkison, Diane Reider, Francis Hogle doing long, and a few others. I saw these people intermittently for a long time then, up until 11/12.
Momentary confusion above 4, but I was just at the bigger mapped cliff and kept moving along down to the weird circular one.
First window - ABCD to avoid climbing more than once. Most of these were like beacons and visible from far away. I could see A from the terrace SE at trail end which I used to attack.
Went basically straight through woods from 10 to 11. I've used the big rock SW of 11 as a control site before. A little home field advantage :-)
Went all the way up to trail junction at clearing and took indistinct trail to 12. In this window EFGH - I was boring and went in order the whole time ;-) I figured here it was either clockwise or counterclockwise and I'd be leaving the box the same way I entered regardless.
Back to clearing/junction and across the little trail then S into 17. I had lost a lot of my pack in the last window, though Bob Fink was ahead of me and would stay there.
After this down to the trail, back along the trails to the stream near 1, and followed the stream across (basically retracing the beginning of my course in reverse). And cut through to the parking lot.
A good day, and mostly clean, and I was first female on short.