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Sunday Sep 15, 2013 #
Event: QOC Lake Needwood
Orienteering race (Needwood Brown) 55:20 [3] *** 3.5 km (15:49 / km) +100m 13:50 / km
spiked:8/9c shoes: Red Fish
Bailed on the EX2 event in order to be at the first full QOC event of the season.
What a beautiful day, at least while sitting in the shade. It was a little too warm when I went out on my course at 1:30...
Debuted the O-Lynx Touch self-entry system, and I would have to say that it was a success! With 228 starts (~50 of those pre-entered groups), the ability to have people with their own SI-card use an easy interface to enter themselves was invaluable. I think we did about 100 entries through the self serve, either people with their own SI-cards, or some of the 35 who bought cards today, as well as the people needing to be entered for a second course.
Things were going so smoothly, that I got out on a course, and I wasn't even the last starter of the day.
Course went OK, considering that I am in terrible shape. AP error to #1 was because I walked from the Start up the hill and across the dam and was giving a crash course to a couple who had never orienteered before and were going out on Orange with no clue. In the end, they were 45 minutes overtime but had found controls 1-9. Error to 5 was a bit of a poor choice out of 4, and a bit more from going into the woods too soon for the control.
WinSplits doesn't flag 5 as an error but says my "run in" from the GO control was an error. Yes, well, maybe the only nitpick, because, otherwise the course was wonderful...that 325 m run it was no fun. Especially since it was up a slight rise, so it seemed endless.
Excitement of the day was over two 10 year old boys who had navigated around the Yellow course in good time but then took a several mile detour between the GO control and the Finish. The longest split from the GO control in history maybe at 2:38 minutes. The 30 minute talking to that they got from various parties after they were brought back from the next lake over, though not meanly done, was probably a bit excessive at that point.
Anyway, it was a fine day, and I got to play in the woods as well. Thanks, Peggy!
Props to rambo for not only attending the event, coming from far, far away, but also working a registration shift first. Thanks, Amber!
What a beautiful day, at least while sitting in the shade. It was a little too warm when I went out on my course at 1:30...
Debuted the O-Lynx Touch self-entry system, and I would have to say that it was a success! With 228 starts (~50 of those pre-entered groups), the ability to have people with their own SI-card use an easy interface to enter themselves was invaluable. I think we did about 100 entries through the self serve, either people with their own SI-cards, or some of the 35 who bought cards today, as well as the people needing to be entered for a second course.
Things were going so smoothly, that I got out on a course, and I wasn't even the last starter of the day.
Course went OK, considering that I am in terrible shape. AP error to #1 was because I walked from the Start up the hill and across the dam and was giving a crash course to a couple who had never orienteered before and were going out on Orange with no clue. In the end, they were 45 minutes overtime but had found controls 1-9. Error to 5 was a bit of a poor choice out of 4, and a bit more from going into the woods too soon for the control.
WinSplits doesn't flag 5 as an error but says my "run in" from the GO control was an error. Yes, well, maybe the only nitpick, because, otherwise the course was wonderful...that 325 m run it was no fun. Especially since it was up a slight rise, so it seemed endless.
Excitement of the day was over two 10 year old boys who had navigated around the Yellow course in good time but then took a several mile detour between the GO control and the Finish. The longest split from the GO control in history maybe at 2:38 minutes. The 30 minute talking to that they got from various parties after they were brought back from the next lake over, though not meanly done, was probably a bit excessive at that point.
Anyway, it was a fine day, and I got to play in the woods as well. Thanks, Peggy!
Props to rambo for not only attending the event, coming from far, far away, but also working a registration shift first. Thanks, Amber!
Saturday Sep 14, 2013 #
Misc (Pool with Lailah) 10:00 [0]
Had furniture in the spare bedroom which had originally belonged to my ex in-laws. Decided that it needed to go, and Sarah was happy to have it. Loaded the van and drove it to Annapolis, and then Lailah rode back home with me for some Grammy time.
Playground and then the indoor pool. Will have to do this again.
Playground and then the indoor pool. Will have to do this again.
Thursday Sep 12, 2013 #
Walking 31:00 [1] 2.0 mi (15:30 / mi)
shoes: Pink Saucony
Walked at work - in my knee length black jeans and 90+ F out. I am stupid like that. But, hey, it was something.
Running/Walking 12:00 [2] 1.0 mi (12:00 / mi)
shoes: Pink Saucony
For the third mile, I decided that I really hadn't suffered enough, so I ran 1/2 of each of the four laps.