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Sunday Nov 12, 2017 #
10 AM
Orienteering 1:24:02 [3] 5.8 km (14:29 / km) +160m 12:44 / km
Green Y course at Classic Champs. This area was a little junkier than yesterday, so I fell...a lot! The first fall came about 20 paces out of the start...not good.
And...I messed up #1 again, by drifting too far left. I was even using a different compass today, thinking that might have been causing it yesterday, but obviously it has nothing to do with my compass and everything to do with me. Anyway, I was heading to 1, nothing was looking right, and then I saw Chiori, who started some minutes ahead of me. And she was heading back towards me. I started to panic a little because Chiori was the person in third place on Saturday, 10 minutes ahead of me. Why is she wandering around? This control must be really difficult and I'm already unsure of where I am. OH NO!
But, I just kept going on my compass bearing, counting paces. When I reached the end of my pace count, I was in some green woods and I could see Hangman Tree Rd. Yea, I knew where I was, and headed west to get the control. #2 was good, but as I was heading to #3, I saw Chiori again, heading a weird way. "Do not worry about her!!"
My plan was to head NW out of 2, to hit the trail about halfway to 3. At least I would know where I was at that point. That worked well, and I was very careful the last half of the leg, luckily seeing the permanent control right before a ride near my control. Afterwards, I see that this leg did in most of the ladies in my category. It was a pretty intimidating leg, but I figured if I just plodded along, I would eventually find the control.
Four to seven went well, and I used a similar tactic on the next long leg to 8...hit that same trail I used to #3, run it to the ride and then in to 8. Nine and ten were good, and I just had to get to the last control at the head of the finish chute, which I could pretty much see from #10. But, as I said before, I fell a lot today, and two of the most spectacular falls were on this leg. I went down quickly on the little newly-cut trail to the control, catching my foot on a sapling stump. Then, to add insult to injury, I fell right in front of the finish control! These two falls allowed Brooke to pass me in the course results.
I ended up 2nd in my category! Much better than I would have ever thought. It was in large part due to the high number of DNFs, but I'll take it however I can.
And...I messed up #1 again, by drifting too far left. I was even using a different compass today, thinking that might have been causing it yesterday, but obviously it has nothing to do with my compass and everything to do with me. Anyway, I was heading to 1, nothing was looking right, and then I saw Chiori, who started some minutes ahead of me. And she was heading back towards me. I started to panic a little because Chiori was the person in third place on Saturday, 10 minutes ahead of me. Why is she wandering around? This control must be really difficult and I'm already unsure of where I am. OH NO!
But, I just kept going on my compass bearing, counting paces. When I reached the end of my pace count, I was in some green woods and I could see Hangman Tree Rd. Yea, I knew where I was, and headed west to get the control. #2 was good, but as I was heading to #3, I saw Chiori again, heading a weird way. "Do not worry about her!!"
My plan was to head NW out of 2, to hit the trail about halfway to 3. At least I would know where I was at that point. That worked well, and I was very careful the last half of the leg, luckily seeing the permanent control right before a ride near my control. Afterwards, I see that this leg did in most of the ladies in my category. It was a pretty intimidating leg, but I figured if I just plodded along, I would eventually find the control.
Four to seven went well, and I used a similar tactic on the next long leg to 8...hit that same trail I used to #3, run it to the ride and then in to 8. Nine and ten were good, and I just had to get to the last control at the head of the finish chute, which I could pretty much see from #10. But, as I said before, I fell a lot today, and two of the most spectacular falls were on this leg. I went down quickly on the little newly-cut trail to the control, catching my foot on a sapling stump. Then, to add insult to injury, I fell right in front of the finish control! These two falls allowed Brooke to pass me in the course results.
I ended up 2nd in my category! Much better than I would have ever thought. It was in large part due to the high number of DNFs, but I'll take it however I can.
Saturday Nov 11, 2017 #
10 AM
Orienteering 1:22:09 [3] 6.2 km (13:15 / km) +190m 11:29 / km
Green Y course at US Classic Champs. I had switched to Green back when I first registered, when I was feeling in better shape. As I was driving to the event, I started thinking that I should be running Brown since I have done next to no training. But, I was signed up for Green, so Green it was. And I am pretty happy with how I did for the weekend.
Today started out sub-optimally. I drifted too far left on the way to #1 and went past it. I came to some barbed wire fencing which was flagged and thought, "Wow, I wonder why they didn't put this on the map. It's pretty prominent." That should have been my first warning sign! After crossing the fence and getting within sight of the out of bounds area, I figured out where I was and went back to get 1. Ugh!
Controls 2 - 4 went fine, as did #5 but that one could have been bad. As soon as I left the road after the river, nothing was looking like what I thought it should. So, I just keep following my compass bearing and thought, "Just go a little further and figure out where you are." Not a good plan! Just as I stopped to try to sort things out, I looked to my right and there was my control! Sweet!
Six was fine, but I again drifted too far left on my way to #7. I was very shaky as to where I was, hoping I could pick something out when I saw a weird linear stony area. I was convinced that should be on the map, so I looked in a wide radius of where I thought I was on the map, and then I saw a tiny sliver of a stone wall symbol. Bingo! After that, I went right to #7.
A few too many hesitations going to #9, but the visibility was pretty low, and I didn't want to miss it. Ten was good, and I got in with a crowd on the way to 11, so I was going faster. Followed the trail into the last control and in to the finish.
I finished 4th, but 10 minutes back from third place, so I figured I was going to be out of the medals for the weekend, which is about what I expected.
Today started out sub-optimally. I drifted too far left on the way to #1 and went past it. I came to some barbed wire fencing which was flagged and thought, "Wow, I wonder why they didn't put this on the map. It's pretty prominent." That should have been my first warning sign! After crossing the fence and getting within sight of the out of bounds area, I figured out where I was and went back to get 1. Ugh!
Controls 2 - 4 went fine, as did #5 but that one could have been bad. As soon as I left the road after the river, nothing was looking like what I thought it should. So, I just keep following my compass bearing and thought, "Just go a little further and figure out where you are." Not a good plan! Just as I stopped to try to sort things out, I looked to my right and there was my control! Sweet!
Six was fine, but I again drifted too far left on my way to #7. I was very shaky as to where I was, hoping I could pick something out when I saw a weird linear stony area. I was convinced that should be on the map, so I looked in a wide radius of where I thought I was on the map, and then I saw a tiny sliver of a stone wall symbol. Bingo! After that, I went right to #7.
A few too many hesitations going to #9, but the visibility was pretty low, and I didn't want to miss it. Ten was good, and I got in with a crowd on the way to 11, so I was going faster. Followed the trail into the last control and in to the finish.
I finished 4th, but 10 minutes back from third place, so I figured I was going to be out of the medals for the weekend, which is about what I expected.
Tuesday Nov 7, 2017 #
Strength Training 30:00 [3]