Orienteering Related40:00 [2] **** 2.5 km (16:00 / km) shoes: Invo8 Red
Control pickup in the far west area that I didn’t see. Lots of confusing boulders.
10 AM
Orienteering Meet race 1:03:40*** 4.51 mi (14:07 / mi) +189m12:29 / mi ahr:138 max:157 shoes: Invo8 Red
Day 5 Rocky Mt Fest. Felt so much better ( green tea?)
And was running very clean until I went up the wrong reentrant going to 5.
Only other really bad mistake was the go control, wrong reentrant again.
I was pretty exhausted by then and not drank any water on the course trying to make time up.
Orienteering Related40:00 [3] 1.0 mi (40:01 / mi) shoes: Invo8 Red
Control and water pickup. Heavy cause I wanted to save three full gallons.
9 AM
Orienteering Meet race 1:09:11*** 4.32 mi (16:01 / mi) +175m14:14 / mi ahr:138 max:194 shoes: Invo8 Red
Rocky Mt O festivities.
Stay in good contact with the map today. Just didn’t have the energy to go uphill.
Lost time on no 9 and my poor route to 10 taking the trail around because I just could not climb any more hills.
Fun course, great weather, and great people around.
Orienteering Meet race 1:20:57*** 5.14 mi (15:45 / mi) +229m13:50 / mi ahr:144 max:174 spiked:24/26c shoes: Invo8 Red
One Cowboy Relay.
Another fantastic event put on by Swampfox. 5 maps the first 4 were motaola style and the last map was the one that showed you where you were at against the comp.
As usual I was off on the very first control by one reentrant, but recovered, my second map I lost like 5 minutes on the first control loop B.
Had a number of repeat controls, but you still had to get to them.
On the last loop, from 2-3 I went pretty straight to it and passed 3-4 people. Saw Brooke and GT ahead and finally passed them on 6 and 7. Brooke she was flying in the course.
Finished in 17 th overall.
Tomorrow starts the A events.
I cant express how nice it is out here Year after year for the events.
I did give up camping here and sort of miss that aspect but....maybe next time.
Orienteering Meet race 59:48** 5.02 mi (11:55 / mi) +145m10:56 / mi ahr:155 max:189 spiked:15/15c shoes: Invo8 Red
Day1 Rickey Mountain Orienteering Festival. Laramie, Wyoming.
Mass start with 75 people. I started out in about 5 th place but soon had to walk and got passed by about 20 people. I had cotton mouth right away and the whole time yuck.
The area seemed super fast and little sage which made runnababilty excellent.
I got my wind back and started picking off some good Orienteers along the way.
This was my hardest workout of the summer.
Yes the hardest, with the altitude, chase, blisters on my toes and lack of real conditioning made this the toughest run of the summer no dought.
Went back to the best Mexican food anywhere at Corona village in town... yum!
Hiking4:43:03 8.09 mi (34:59 / mi) +700m27:35 / mi ahr:101 max:158 shoes: Black Solomon
Hike up in James Peak Wilderness.
Super windy day especially near the pass which we didn’t go over.
I was pretty tired after my first day at altitude, so it was very easy hike.