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Saturday Oct 3, 2009 #
Orienteering race 1:08:28 [3] *** 5.9 mi (11:36 / mi) +195m 10:31 / mi
spiked:12/15c
Local BFLO meet at Camp Schoellkopf
Made my first error before getting to the meet. Drove past the (unmarked from my direction) turn into the camp. Realized that I had never crossed a stream on my way there before and turned around, drove back and saw the turn-in sign. 3 minute error.
Took off down road and down hill to #1 which was surprisingly easy due to great visibility. 1:48
Up trail and through woods towards #2. Saw the sharp hill and went around and into it where I saw a father and two kids. 2:30
Decided to go through the woods to #3. Crossed the reentrant with the stream below, headed over the next spur and angled down as the woods opened up and I could see "my spur". Got up on it and saw no flag, but realized that it must be hidden behind the knoll even though no descriptor was given. Down to the knoll. Empty. I thought I knew where I was, but I figured I must have been off by one spur. Went one more ridge west, but as I suspected, I saw the road right below me when I got there. So, back to the spur with the knoll and (?) the flag. Took a quick jaunt in both directions and no flag. Realized I must have misdrawn my circle. Went one spur over. Traveled north over the hill and saw a smaller hill below me with a flag. Yup; it's mine. I must have made a copying error. I hate that! 8:33. Error: 5:00
Down to #4 verifying which spur I was on as I passed the campsite. Passed another family as I approached the amphitheater. Seeing them kept me running, but I had lost my psych. 2:42.
East through the woods to the road to the bridge. Picked up burdocks that I tried to pick off my shirt. (On the drive home, I found another nest in the back of my hair!) Across the bridge and the psych was gone as I crept up the hill towards #5. Using the steep to my left as a handrail, in to it with no problem. 6:58.
More or less straight to #6, aiming off north a bit to ensure that I saw the swamp. No issue there and I skirted its SE boundary as I went in. 4:08.
Up the steep hill to the old trail that eventually disappeared. Tried to stay on the hillside above the swamp. Got pulled up to the Orange control on the spur and then lost track of my altitude. Ended up overshooting the control on the high side, but got lucky as there was a catching feature of a stream about 75 m later. Relocated and did fine. 5:00. Errors: about 1:30.
More or less straight to #8 just trying to stay in the most open corridor. Saw the spur and then the flag from a distance. 3:52.
A very easy leg to #9 once I got off the spur. The stream was a major handrail. 3:26.
Further along stream to clearing. Found old road around swamp and headed up the hill, a bit tired. Angled off road at just the right time to the flag which turned out to have the wrong number. I was sure I was in the right place and the clue sheet said "84" while the flag said "B4" so I put it down to a clerical error and only lost a second or two. No individual split here, though as I forgot to punch.
Northeast to hit road right at bend. Saw Rebecca Wightman and felt that I had to run well for appearances so actually made good time. Angled in at the first clearing and cut over to the second. Could hear someone struggling in the woods between the clearings off to my right, but I spiked it, even punching before I entered the second clearing. 11:49 for the two splits.
Across the field, down the path to the bend and then more or less of a straight shot keeping the small stream on my left. Almost veered off to the right thinking I wasn't there yet when I saw the bag. 3:59.
South across the first stream, down the unmapped road in the yellow (probably one driver "made" this "road"), cutting over, looking for a good way down. Got all the way to the sharp reentrant above it and decided to take the reentrant down. Mistake! It had a stream and a slick rock bed that slowed me to a snails pace even as I knew exactly where I was going. Alas, I was essentially in a canyon with no desire to climb out, so I stuck it out. No problems with the control, but it cost me 3-4 minutes. 8:16
Along stream to bridge, sharp left after bridge onto trail and field-hop to the control. 2:46.
Slog up the hill looking for the cleanest woods, not worrying where I came out, but as I got close that strategy spiked the control. 2:17.
Jog in. :18
After checking the master map, it turns out that I had the correct circle for #3; it was mishung. Had I had more confidence, I would have moved it, but alas the chances of my copying error were too great. And, by then the last starters had been out 45 minutes so it was too late to do anything useful.
It was a nice day and the exercise was good even if the run was uneven.
Made my first error before getting to the meet. Drove past the (unmarked from my direction) turn into the camp. Realized that I had never crossed a stream on my way there before and turned around, drove back and saw the turn-in sign. 3 minute error.
Took off down road and down hill to #1 which was surprisingly easy due to great visibility. 1:48
Up trail and through woods towards #2. Saw the sharp hill and went around and into it where I saw a father and two kids. 2:30
Decided to go through the woods to #3. Crossed the reentrant with the stream below, headed over the next spur and angled down as the woods opened up and I could see "my spur". Got up on it and saw no flag, but realized that it must be hidden behind the knoll even though no descriptor was given. Down to the knoll. Empty. I thought I knew where I was, but I figured I must have been off by one spur. Went one more ridge west, but as I suspected, I saw the road right below me when I got there. So, back to the spur with the knoll and (?) the flag. Took a quick jaunt in both directions and no flag. Realized I must have misdrawn my circle. Went one spur over. Traveled north over the hill and saw a smaller hill below me with a flag. Yup; it's mine. I must have made a copying error. I hate that! 8:33. Error: 5:00
Down to #4 verifying which spur I was on as I passed the campsite. Passed another family as I approached the amphitheater. Seeing them kept me running, but I had lost my psych. 2:42.
East through the woods to the road to the bridge. Picked up burdocks that I tried to pick off my shirt. (On the drive home, I found another nest in the back of my hair!) Across the bridge and the psych was gone as I crept up the hill towards #5. Using the steep to my left as a handrail, in to it with no problem. 6:58.
More or less straight to #6, aiming off north a bit to ensure that I saw the swamp. No issue there and I skirted its SE boundary as I went in. 4:08.
Up the steep hill to the old trail that eventually disappeared. Tried to stay on the hillside above the swamp. Got pulled up to the Orange control on the spur and then lost track of my altitude. Ended up overshooting the control on the high side, but got lucky as there was a catching feature of a stream about 75 m later. Relocated and did fine. 5:00. Errors: about 1:30.
More or less straight to #8 just trying to stay in the most open corridor. Saw the spur and then the flag from a distance. 3:52.
A very easy leg to #9 once I got off the spur. The stream was a major handrail. 3:26.
Further along stream to clearing. Found old road around swamp and headed up the hill, a bit tired. Angled off road at just the right time to the flag which turned out to have the wrong number. I was sure I was in the right place and the clue sheet said "84" while the flag said "B4" so I put it down to a clerical error and only lost a second or two. No individual split here, though as I forgot to punch.
Northeast to hit road right at bend. Saw Rebecca Wightman and felt that I had to run well for appearances so actually made good time. Angled in at the first clearing and cut over to the second. Could hear someone struggling in the woods between the clearings off to my right, but I spiked it, even punching before I entered the second clearing. 11:49 for the two splits.
Across the field, down the path to the bend and then more or less of a straight shot keeping the small stream on my left. Almost veered off to the right thinking I wasn't there yet when I saw the bag. 3:59.
South across the first stream, down the unmapped road in the yellow (probably one driver "made" this "road"), cutting over, looking for a good way down. Got all the way to the sharp reentrant above it and decided to take the reentrant down. Mistake! It had a stream and a slick rock bed that slowed me to a snails pace even as I knew exactly where I was going. Alas, I was essentially in a canyon with no desire to climb out, so I stuck it out. No problems with the control, but it cost me 3-4 minutes. 8:16
Along stream to bridge, sharp left after bridge onto trail and field-hop to the control. 2:46.
Slog up the hill looking for the cleanest woods, not worrying where I came out, but as I got close that strategy spiked the control. 2:17.
Jog in. :18
After checking the master map, it turns out that I had the correct circle for #3; it was mishung. Had I had more confidence, I would have moved it, but alas the chances of my copying error were too great. And, by then the last starters had been out 45 minutes so it was too late to do anything useful.
It was a nice day and the exercise was good even if the run was uneven.