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Saturday Mar 21, 2015 #
10 AM
Walk/Jog warm up/down 8:30 [2] 0.95 km (8:57 / km)
shoes: Inov8 ORoc280-B 2013-10
To the start from parking. I stopped at the clothing drop-off and picked up a warm-up map and jogged on the road and trail looking at what was mapped there, then dropped my sweatshirt and continued on to the start. Timed all but the warmup loop on my Forerunner (should have saved the battery life for the race).
11 AM
Orienteering race (classic) 1:08:13 [4] *** 3.7 km (18:26 / km) +170m 15:00 / km
spiked:13/14c slept:7.0 shoes: Inov8 ORoc280-B 2013-10
Day 1 Brown X course at Ridley Creek State Park (South)
Course stats are per the map; I used my FR 205 but the battery didn't last through the entire race (gave up the ghost at 49:35 and 3.15 km).
Happy first full day of spring / SnO(w)rienteering! 5-6 inches of new snow fell yesterday making for slushy conditions today. The snow was wet enough to pack down nicely after a few people had passed through making for well-packed trails when you were on a trail, and noticeable herd paths off the trails. Temps in the mid to upper 30s while I was out, warming up later in the afternoon.
The map is probably 75% some shade of green (more light than dark, though), and some white woods had areas of wide vertical green lines. I got stuck with prickers (mostly raspberry and wild rose) here and there, having to extricate myself at least once.
The snow was actually fun to run on/in and didn't seem to slow me down, but I did have cold wet feet when I finished. Made an error on a short leg to number 5 (up and over a spur to a ditch end (near a stream); I hit just the stream into which the ditch emptied a bit too far to the left and turned the wrong direction; lost the most time here. Then to 6 I swung wide right to take the road around and then climb up through white woods versus trying to follow the trail through the green that climbed even higher up the hill. AP doesn't show a time loss to 7 but I started straight along the beeline, crossing the road and stream, but followed tracks heading more N than NW when I probably should have just taken the road to begin with.
2nd F60 (12+ minutes behind Janet F., with AP-calculated 5 minutes lost; I think I lost that much just on #5, and another 2-3 minutes on route choice). Head not quite in the game yet (and not really in running shape) but that's what this weekend is for -- to shake things out a bit before next weekend's individual champs, right? :-)
DVOA and Valerie's results team are doing a fantastic job! There was a pavilion but no indoor shelter so the workers were all out in the open. It was a good thing there was very little wind.
Course stats are per the map; I used my FR 205 but the battery didn't last through the entire race (gave up the ghost at 49:35 and 3.15 km).
Happy first full day of spring / SnO(w)rienteering! 5-6 inches of new snow fell yesterday making for slushy conditions today. The snow was wet enough to pack down nicely after a few people had passed through making for well-packed trails when you were on a trail, and noticeable herd paths off the trails. Temps in the mid to upper 30s while I was out, warming up later in the afternoon.
The map is probably 75% some shade of green (more light than dark, though), and some white woods had areas of wide vertical green lines. I got stuck with prickers (mostly raspberry and wild rose) here and there, having to extricate myself at least once.
The snow was actually fun to run on/in and didn't seem to slow me down, but I did have cold wet feet when I finished. Made an error on a short leg to number 5 (up and over a spur to a ditch end (near a stream); I hit just the stream into which the ditch emptied a bit too far to the left and turned the wrong direction; lost the most time here. Then to 6 I swung wide right to take the road around and then climb up through white woods versus trying to follow the trail through the green that climbed even higher up the hill. AP doesn't show a time loss to 7 but I started straight along the beeline, crossing the road and stream, but followed tracks heading more N than NW when I probably should have just taken the road to begin with.
2nd F60 (12+ minutes behind Janet F., with AP-calculated 5 minutes lost; I think I lost that much just on #5, and another 2-3 minutes on route choice). Head not quite in the game yet (and not really in running shape) but that's what this weekend is for -- to shake things out a bit before next weekend's individual champs, right? :-)
DVOA and Valerie's results team are doing a fantastic job! There was a pavilion but no indoor shelter so the workers were all out in the open. It was a good thing there was very little wind.