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Saturday Sep 27, 2014 #
Event: Explore the Sanctuary
12 PM
orienteering 1:29:53 [3] 4.72 mi (19:03 / mi) +997ft 15:52 / mi
weight:134lbs shoes: x-talon 212 #2
HVO local meet at Westmoreland Sanctuary, courtesy of Geoff Connor. 90 minute score-O, 22 controls plus 4 more controls somewhere along a line-O.
First time I'd been to Westmoreland in a long long time, and maybe only the second time ever? A nice place, beautiful woods in a lot of places. Quite a few fallen trees as a result of hurricane Sandy (though nothing like the deadfall in South Dakota), and a modest amount of barberry, but the majority was really nice.
The plan was to get them all. Got off to a good start, felt like I was ahead of schedule for the first 45 minutes, but then probably slowed down a little. And then botched one control. And suddenly realized I was running out of time. Skipped two controls, got the three still on a reasonably direct line back to the finish, but the last bit had a lot of deadfall and prickers and rocks and hills, and time was getting short. At 89 minutes I was sure I wasn't going to make it, but a good last effort got me in with 7 seconds to spare. :-)
Glad we went. Gail had a good time too. And reasonable energy despite a hard week of training.
And only one fall…. :-)
I'll do the map when I get home. Which reminds me -- it sure was hard to read. Don't know if it was the printing or just me, but it was a struggle.
First time I'd been to Westmoreland in a long long time, and maybe only the second time ever? A nice place, beautiful woods in a lot of places. Quite a few fallen trees as a result of hurricane Sandy (though nothing like the deadfall in South Dakota), and a modest amount of barberry, but the majority was really nice.
The plan was to get them all. Got off to a good start, felt like I was ahead of schedule for the first 45 minutes, but then probably slowed down a little. And then botched one control. And suddenly realized I was running out of time. Skipped two controls, got the three still on a reasonably direct line back to the finish, but the last bit had a lot of deadfall and prickers and rocks and hills, and time was getting short. At 89 minutes I was sure I wasn't going to make it, but a good last effort got me in with 7 seconds to spare. :-)
Glad we went. Gail had a good time too. And reasonable energy despite a hard week of training.
And only one fall…. :-)
I'll do the map when I get home. Which reminds me -- it sure was hard to read. Don't know if it was the printing or just me, but it was a struggle.