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Saturday Nov 1, 2008 #
Event: MNOC Lebanon Hills Vampire O
Orienteering 1:10:00 [2] *** 6.2 km (11:17 / km) +60m 10:46 / km
spiked:26/26c shoes: Salomon Wings
New Afton POC checking posts installation. Perfect fall day . All but 3 posts placed.
Orienteering race (night o) 55:31 [3] *** 4.3 km (12:54 / km) +100m 11:34 / km
spiked:13/16c shoes: Salomon Wings
Night o - great evening for night o but lots of unpreregistered and late arrivals made registration/epunch handout for the meet very tedious
Off trail travel was a bit hit or miss because of the buckthorn / brambles so was slowed greatly by unmapped dark green on occasions. Recently cleared areas have grown up again very quickly. Nice trail running though. Was vampired 3 times but chose to go with the "buy JJ a beer option" and get back to finish to handle the e-punch computer.
Off trail travel was a bit hit or miss because of the buckthorn / brambles so was slowed greatly by unmapped dark green on occasions. Recently cleared areas have grown up again very quickly. Nice trail running though. Was vampired 3 times but chose to go with the "buy JJ a beer option" and get back to finish to handle the e-punch computer.
Sunday Oct 26, 2008 #
Orienteering race 2:18:43 [3] *** 9.3 km (14:55 / km) +120m 14:01 / km
spiked:15/19c shoes: Salomon Wings
Rough day .... buckthorn pulling and yard work left me rather sore/beat up from day before. Cold windy wet weather didn't help.
Readability of map with glasses and very thin brown lines w/ green undergrowth lines on top conspired to prevent me really getting into the map . ( 2007 printing of map was far more legible , had wider contours..comparing side by side was v interesting). There seem to be more clearings / grassy areas than before . Older clearings marked on the map as rough open are still there , but starting to be overgrown with softer edges ... they looked very similar to the unmapped new rough open areas. (so on 2 occasions was unable to use distinct open area as an attackpoint ). Not sure what the solution is for such an actively managed forest area. Remap every 3-4 years ?
Course was 50% longer than advertised due to scale issue which was unfortunate but OK . Controls were all on smaller features and very technically placed .
So with all of those factors (weather, map readability, soreness etc) I went into "run conservatively mode" = slow down , stay warm and dry ... plus bail out / reattack at first sign of trouble .
The conservative mode worked reasonably well. Control #5 (pit) was about an ~8 min error w/bailout , #15 was a ~7 min error with bailout. Had some fast running at the end #16 - 19 when trying to make sure I beat control retrievers to the controls. Stopped several times to make sure that folks out there were OK in view of the cold wet weather / difficulty/ late hour (~ 2 - 3 mins ) . Luckily we had no SAR or hypothermia issues to deal with..... and poison ivy rashes don't appear until folks get home ! (did the Technu body and clothes wash at home ... no issues for me)
Some areas were very nice to run in and I got a good flow going. Some areas have the nasty prickly ash which really slow one down. You never quite know what you will have on any leg . All areas have very technical orienteering. So in summary it's great to go to Sand Dunes for an annual fix of very technical O.
Readability of map with glasses and very thin brown lines w/ green undergrowth lines on top conspired to prevent me really getting into the map . ( 2007 printing of map was far more legible , had wider contours..comparing side by side was v interesting). There seem to be more clearings / grassy areas than before . Older clearings marked on the map as rough open are still there , but starting to be overgrown with softer edges ... they looked very similar to the unmapped new rough open areas. (so on 2 occasions was unable to use distinct open area as an attackpoint ). Not sure what the solution is for such an actively managed forest area. Remap every 3-4 years ?
Course was 50% longer than advertised due to scale issue which was unfortunate but OK . Controls were all on smaller features and very technically placed .
So with all of those factors (weather, map readability, soreness etc) I went into "run conservatively mode" = slow down , stay warm and dry ... plus bail out / reattack at first sign of trouble .
The conservative mode worked reasonably well. Control #5 (pit) was about an ~8 min error w/bailout , #15 was a ~7 min error with bailout. Had some fast running at the end #16 - 19 when trying to make sure I beat control retrievers to the controls. Stopped several times to make sure that folks out there were OK in view of the cold wet weather / difficulty/ late hour (~ 2 - 3 mins ) . Luckily we had no SAR or hypothermia issues to deal with..... and poison ivy rashes don't appear until folks get home ! (did the Technu body and clothes wash at home ... no issues for me)
Some areas were very nice to run in and I got a good flow going. Some areas have the nasty prickly ash which really slow one down. You never quite know what you will have on any leg . All areas have very technical orienteering. So in summary it's great to go to Sand Dunes for an annual fix of very technical O.
Orienteering 40:00 [3] *** 3.5 km (11:26 / km) +40m 10:49 / km
spiked:2/2c shoes: Salomon Wings
Control retrieval far east part of Sand Dunes... tired !