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Saturday Aug 1, 2015 #
Event: Green Corn Moon Rogaine
6 PM
Orienteering 4:59:25 21.13 km (14:10 / km) +992m 11:29 / km
shoes: X-Talon 212
Meet 17, course 27 - Green Corn Moon Rogaine
6 pm - midnight, 32 controls to clear; straight-line distance to clear 20.5 km
2 km overlap in distance on the tracks: total distance 26.07 km; climb from map; 1036 m climb (est)
well hydrated at the beginning -- 2.2L of water + 300 mL Gatorade used; 800 ml remain (80 F to 65 F temperature range across race, clear skies and low humidity)
3 GU + 1 egg consumed; food use was poorly regulated (carried half back out)
6 pm - midnight, 32 controls to clear; straight-line distance to clear 20.5 km
2 km overlap in distance on the tracks: total distance 26.07 km; climb from map; 1036 m climb (est)
well hydrated at the beginning -- 2.2L of water + 300 mL Gatorade used; 800 ml remain (80 F to 65 F temperature range across race, clear skies and low humidity)
3 GU + 1 egg consumed; food use was poorly regulated (carried half back out)
9 PM
Orienteering race 1:30:04 [4] *** 6.94 km (12:59 / km) +123m 11:56 / km
spiked:23/27c shoes: X-Talon 212
Green Corn Moon Rogaine with Aragorn; track in 2 parts.
Commentary over the next day or so.
One mistake early on (3rd control) as we were too cavalier about our attackpoint on the first hard control. We veered S coming down a spur and ended up 2 spurs over. As it was not clear where we were, it was a big climb to reattack and this used 14 min. It was worth it for 60 pts and to get locked into the map.
We did the S loop first, getting most of the middle strip and all but 3 of the S controls by the time lights were essential. Navigation was solid and fast (probably 65% of the time we were at least jogging); we even did a 81 to 60 fully off trail to avoid the big climb and to improve our attackpoint. This leg in particular went really well and made us both happy (and a bit surprised).
There were some weak route choices such as avoiding trails with switchbacks (we cut many off but still...) and we felt three controls seemed just slightly misplaced (74 unless the trails are off, and 55 and 52 were each a line low). Collectively, better routes and the time dealing with 74 would have saved 8-10 min that would have been valuable later in the race).
The northern trails were good but there was control 82 at the park entrance that necessitated a bushwack. Jim Benton had noted that crawling was probably in the cards in this area. A VERY sucky experiences for 18 min.
With 24 min left, we chose badly.
There were 5 controls left; a 44 and 56 closer to the finish, a 34 and a 43 near the campground on the hill and 80 on the mountain. We knew an hour earlier the mountain was out. We though we could get 3 more.
Attacking 34 was clearly not going to be good as the vegetation was like that near 82. This used 17 min in the climb and search only to come up empty (the control was 15-30 m lower than we went).
We then headed down the road and debated whether to take the trail through to the 40 pt control closer to the finish or the less direct road. I pushed the trail which was probably right but was badly executed (my feet really liked running on grass more at his point), so was wrong. We navigated some of the bends but apparently missed one, there were a couple of annoyed pauses at frisbee holes and we pushed a little further on the trail and the parking area came into view. 1 min to go, that was it and we were done.
A list of things to remember for the future:
1) sometimes prior vegetation can be used to predict future returns.
2) sometimes when in dense vegetation, you should follow your gunt and bail (truth be told, this has normally worked out better)
3) make a good plan for the end of the race at the start of the race. Only one of 44 and 56 might have been a gamble. However, both were in the same reentrant so the odds of getting 90 points was high and should have been the finish strategy.
Overall, much of the forest in the S and central part of the park was pretty open and the evening was lots of fun.
Commentary over the next day or so.
One mistake early on (3rd control) as we were too cavalier about our attackpoint on the first hard control. We veered S coming down a spur and ended up 2 spurs over. As it was not clear where we were, it was a big climb to reattack and this used 14 min. It was worth it for 60 pts and to get locked into the map.
We did the S loop first, getting most of the middle strip and all but 3 of the S controls by the time lights were essential. Navigation was solid and fast (probably 65% of the time we were at least jogging); we even did a 81 to 60 fully off trail to avoid the big climb and to improve our attackpoint. This leg in particular went really well and made us both happy (and a bit surprised).
There were some weak route choices such as avoiding trails with switchbacks (we cut many off but still...) and we felt three controls seemed just slightly misplaced (74 unless the trails are off, and 55 and 52 were each a line low). Collectively, better routes and the time dealing with 74 would have saved 8-10 min that would have been valuable later in the race).
The northern trails were good but there was control 82 at the park entrance that necessitated a bushwack. Jim Benton had noted that crawling was probably in the cards in this area. A VERY sucky experiences for 18 min.
With 24 min left, we chose badly.
There were 5 controls left; a 44 and 56 closer to the finish, a 34 and a 43 near the campground on the hill and 80 on the mountain. We knew an hour earlier the mountain was out. We though we could get 3 more.
Attacking 34 was clearly not going to be good as the vegetation was like that near 82. This used 17 min in the climb and search only to come up empty (the control was 15-30 m lower than we went).
We then headed down the road and debated whether to take the trail through to the 40 pt control closer to the finish or the less direct road. I pushed the trail which was probably right but was badly executed (my feet really liked running on grass more at his point), so was wrong. We navigated some of the bends but apparently missed one, there were a couple of annoyed pauses at frisbee holes and we pushed a little further on the trail and the parking area came into view. 1 min to go, that was it and we were done.
A list of things to remember for the future:
1) sometimes prior vegetation can be used to predict future returns.
2) sometimes when in dense vegetation, you should follow your gunt and bail (truth be told, this has normally worked out better)
3) make a good plan for the end of the race at the start of the race. Only one of 44 and 56 might have been a gamble. However, both were in the same reentrant so the odds of getting 90 points was high and should have been the finish strategy.
Overall, much of the forest in the S and central part of the park was pretty open and the evening was lots of fun.
Wednesday Jul 29, 2015 #
7 PM
Cycling 44:34 [3] 10.96 mi (14.8 mph) +29m
A quick spin before dinner. Track is in 2 pts.
Cycling 7:30 [4] 1.81 mi (14.5 mph)
Tuesday Jul 28, 2015 #
6 PM
Road running 32:21 3.98 mi (8:07 / mi) +23m 7:59 / mi
shoes: Saucony Guide 8
About 86 and humid, I felt like I was working pretty hard on the second half. Wonky form needs some attention.
Monday Jul 27, 2015 #
6 PM
Cycling 1:07:25 [3] 17.07 mi (15.2 mph) +48m
evening ride to Greyhound Pass. Hard to move quickly; many people that didn't understand the dyanmics of a multiuser trail
Sunday Jul 26, 2015 #
12 PM
Trail running (Mixed road - trail) 1:47:23 10.1 mi (10:38 / mi) +119m 10:15 / mi
shoes: Saucony Guide 8
Hmm. Seems like I am allergic to home... Sneezing, scratch eye hell this morning straight through allergy medication, so I cleaned which made it worse. So, I pulled myself together for a long run of dubious wisdom, which was quite slow but had very little full on walking. The slow pace was intentional today given my starting state but I don't think fast would have been much faster. Nicely, my breathing improved over the course of the run except for one area in Holiday Park. Couldn't pick out the offending flora other than Indiana bottomland summer greens.