Sunday Jul 6 |
 | Orienteering (race) 1:24:17 [4]8.79 km (9:35 / km) +450m 7:38 / km | |
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| Red, Ash Fest Day 5, "The New New Blue Mountain." Hilly for sure, but I felt a bit better than I did on Saturday. Glenn Tryson caught me before #1; I had been reading my way in fine but I was high and didn't see the control or trust myself to drop into the reentrant system. Overshot, was kind of wandering, when Glenn shot over to a control -- which turned out to be #2. Didn't realize it was #2 but headed right back to #1 anyway and once there I saw that I had just been at #2. Worst error of the day (week, if you exclude the Chase...), about 3 min. Glenn and I couldn't shake each other for much of the course, despite taking different routes and both of us obviously navigating. On the way to #10 I decided to take the trail even though it was a big climb (figured straight would entail a bunch of little up-and-downs and probably would be at least as much climb, plus you had to pay closer attention to where you were). Couldn't run the entire trail. Cut off the last few contours. Was not careful enough leaving the trail and I got on the wrong spur, but I anticipated that so I was watching the features and figured it out pretty quickly. Got ahead of Glenn on this leg and didn't see him again. Thought #7 was too easy (visible from the trail) and #12 was too West Point-ish (down 3+ contours only to have to turn around and climb back up) but those are minor quibbles -- I enjoyed this terrain/map/course the best all week. Loved the downhills through the open pines, suffered on the uphills. Next time, I'll try to remember to train in advance.... Time slow in comparison to the fastest (Nadim was a close second in time, 62+, finishing 4th on Red for the week, 2nd in his age group! Yay! Only Bruce Wolfe, Rich Kelly, and Jan Ingebritsen were ahead of him.) 2nd F21 for the week with Annabel well ahead. Once again, warm, sunny, dry. |
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Red - Splits |
Saturday Jul 5 |
| Orienteering (race) 1:06:38 [4]8.42 km (7:55 / km) +245m 6:55 / km | |
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| Red, Ash Fest Day 3, "The Map Formerly Known as Blue Mountain." Fond memories of this area from a couple years ago. Wish the course had started in the hillier, more physical area and ended in the more gentle area to the south, and I wish it were much more difficult. The course was too simple I thought. Lost 2 min on one control where I came down the wrong spur (but there was a huge trail just beyond it so you couldn't lose too much time); otherwise, clean -- just slow on the hills. Felt VERY tired today. Saw only Rich Kelly and Nadim as they passed me on the way to #11 -- no one else on my course! Warm, sunny, dry, hilly. Nice woods. |
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Red - Splits |
Friday Jul 4 |
| Orienteering (race) 1:08:37 [4]7.93 km (8:39 / km) +200m 7:41 / km | |
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| Red, Ash Fest Day 2, "Round Mountain." Shakey at the start, with some problems reading the terrain; my biggest error was at 6 when I didn't trust my reading of the vegetation and decided to climb to the ridge top to be sure of my location. From then on, I spiked everything. Jeff Saeger caught me at #7; he passed me on the leg around Round Mountain to #8 (we went left -- more attack points and things to read your way in) and I saw him at the water at #9. After that I didn't see him, but I finished ahead of him. Road to #11, couldn't believe Nadim didn't take that route! Less than 3 min behind Annabel today; Susie DeWitt had a good run at 71 min. Nadim was 59 with a few small errors, Bruce Wolfe way ahead with 51. Warm, sunny, dry, gentle climbs. |
| Hiking 1:45:00 [2]4.2 mi (24:59 / mi) | |
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| Florissant Fossil Beds Nat'l Monument. Because o' racing isn't enough...
Easy walk on some of the trails -- part of Petrified Forest, then the Sawmill and Hans Loop. Very pretty, rather gentle, and not too hot as clouds moved in. Enjoyable as it was, it really wore me out for Saturday. |
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Red - Splits |
Thursday Jul 3 |
| Orienteering (race) 57:33 [4]5.31 km (10:50 / km) +205m 9:05 / km | |
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| Red, Ash Fest Day 1, "Manitou Lake." Nice terrain but most of us struggled a bit with the vegetation mapping (white woods were semi- or just plain open). But the contours were good so I just used those. Two errors where I lost about a minute, otherwise just slow from lack of training (speed, hill). 9+ minutes behind Annabel (who was fastest on the course! Yay Annabel!) & 7+ behind Nadim. Warm, sunny, dry. |
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Red - Splits |
Wednesday Jul 2 |
| Orienteering (race) 22:58 [4]2.9 km (7:55 / km) | |
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| Prologue. 20-second interval start. Warm, high, dry. Stanislav caught me at the first control. Saw Randy Hall at 3; he climbed over the rocks to 4 which I wasn't willing to do. Lost less than a minute total; just running speed slowed me. Fun. |
| Orienteering (race) 1:29:00 [4]8.16 km (10:54 / km) | |
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| Chase, "Badger Gulch." Caught almost immediately by the guys behind me; they were out of sight by the long leg to #2. Blew #2 by loosing track of where I was and deciding I was on the correct ridge when in fact I was one ridge south. Found 2 pits -- also 2 pits near my control -- and rocky knolls and reentrants...but no control. Finally saw the road below and figured it out. Brain dead from lack of oxygen?? Charlie DeWeese was at 2 when I reached it, and George Walker was ahead of me approaching #4. Was happy to see the guys I'd started out with (Michael Rounds, Jan Urban) as I approached #8; Alan Young passed me on the way to #9. Jim Eagleton was in the area as well. Misread the map going to #11, so I drifted far left and passed #7 on the way to it. Alan also drifted and we were together at the last control. Frustrating to make a couple stupid errors but the race didn't really count so it was good training. |
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Sprint Prologue - Splits |
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Sprint Chase - Splits |
Tuesday Jul 1 |
| Orienteering 26:14 [2] | |
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| Lake George map with Nadim. Really just a leg-stretcher and to show Nadim what the terrain is like. Really quite delightful, though the hills/altitude were tiring. An approaching thunderstorm kept us moving but we didn't quite escape it; the last few minutes we were running straight into a strong painful rain. Ouch. |
Monday Jun 30 |
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| Whitewater rafting on the Payette River. I went on the gentle ("wimpy") ride with Nancy Neuburger & her sisters, while the others (Mike & Mary, Dan, Dick, Nadim) went on the rougher ride. We still enjoyed some rapids, including a couple Class 3s. But mostly it was a pleasant, gentle float. We did get soaked; happily, it was a warm day and the cold water felt good. Not enough paddling to put in as training, but a fun diversion. |