Sunday Nov 4 |
 | Orienteering 1:20:52 [4]*** 7.4 km (10:56 / km) +368m 8:45 / km | |
| spiked:15/18c shoes: VJ Integrator 2 |
| Prince William Forest, VA - US Champs M-45 Red Y course. The extra hour of sleep last night didn't help me any since I lay in bed for 9 hours and never managed to doze off. Seems to be happening more and more before big runs. I wasn't nervous or excited, but I guess the adrenaline was still flowing.
The woods were somewhat more open today but there was still plenty of green to bash through. I wasn't hitting things near as cleanly as yesterday, ended up off line on a couple legs, and had to re-attack on 8. Still, the errors were not huge, totalling maybe 6-7 minutes. Felt like I was battling all the way. Time was still good enough for 2nd place - well behind Tom Hollowell who blew away the field. |
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| Really have to compliment QOC on a superb event. The courses were challenging and interesting, the organization was flawless, even the weather couldn't be improved upon. Many, many thanks to them for all the hard work. |
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Day 2 Red Y - Splits |
Saturday Nov 3 |
| Orienteering race 1:34:55 [4]*** 9.2 km (10:19 / km) +310m 8:50 / km | |
| spiked:14/16c shoes: VJ Integrator 2 |
| Prince William Forest, VA - US Champs M-45 Red Y Course. Was expecting the typical challenging course from Francis Hogle and he didn't disappoint. It was a fine course, really. Certainly US Champ and WRE-worthy. I got a ride to the start with Peter and Gail Gagarin and Peter gave me some sage advice - "follow your compass all the way!". Needless to say, I followed his advice to the letter and he was, of course, spot on.
I was still not feeling great and figured I wouldn't be able to push the pace much. Given the terrain, that wasn't such a bad thing. I was very deliberate the entire course. I took the safer left approach to #1 and pretty much nailed it. Benefitted somewhat from a mini-pack with Clinton Morse and Andres Revez off and on from 4 through 13. I opted to go straight on the long leg from 8 to 9. Wasn't quite sure where I was when I crossed the road so I decided to trust my compass. That worked reasonably well until I reached the hillside near the control and couldn't figure out exactly where I was. I spotted a control below an earth bank and thought "that looks like my #10". I went down to check it out - it was #10 - and then used it to attack #9 successfully. It cost me a minute or so but things could have been much worse there. Clean the rest of the way except for ~30 secs lost on #12 when I started up the wrong re-entrant and quickly corrected.
Not super fast but very satisfied with this run. Estimate maybe 3 minutes worth of errors. Maintained a good flow in and out of most controls. |
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Day 1 Red Y - Splits |
Friday Nov 2 |
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| Orienteering 30:00 [2]2 km (15:00 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Integrator 2 |
| Prince William Forest, VA - Classic Model event. A combination light jog/walk around the model event advanced course to get a feel for the weekend terrain. |
| Orienteering 20:00 [2]1.6 km (12:30 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Integrator 2 |
| Prince William Forest, VA - Sprint Model event. An out and back jog around the sprint model. |
| Orienteering race 21:00 [4]*** 2.7 km (7:47 / km) +95m 6:37 / km | |
| spiked:16/18c |
| Prince William Forest, VA - Sprint Champs Red course. Was feeling lousy at the start with a mild sore throat, low grade flu or something. Didn't have much pep on the run and made one dumb route choice decision (taking the trail from 9 to 10) but otherwise pretty clean. A good, fun course by David Onkst. |
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Sprint Red - Splits |
Wednesday Oct 31 |
| Trail Run 39:04 [2]4.5 mi (8:41 / mi) | |
| shoes: Salomon XCR |
| TNT Media - Penncrest High School continues to be uncooperative. Was planning on a track run but one of the security guys told us the track was closed due to repainting. So ran 4 laps around the playing fields instead. |
Tuesday Oct 30 |
| Weights 45:00 [3] | |
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| Sit-ups 5:00 [2] | |
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Monday Oct 29 |
| Trail Run 58:01 [3]8.0 mi (7:14 / mi) | |
| shoes: Salomon XCR |
| Bellevue SP - One trail loop plus 3 laps on the 1-1/8 mile gravel track. Probably my last weekday run here until the clocks change back in the spring. |