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Sunday Apr 15, 2012 #
Orienteering 32:58 [4]
20c
US Champs Middle @ Chattahoochee Bend State Park
A good one! Some hesitations here and there, but otherwise smooth and pretty fast sailing. Was way fun, more technical stuff with the open rock and green and rocks and ups and downs. Almost *no* trail running, very different than yesterday. Still trumped by Sergey V. and a visiting (?) Finn for the Red course win.
The hesitations:
#1 - Wrong rootstock first, didn't even see it hanging out there on the edge of the circle. (5ish seconds?)
#10 - Bit off on bearing, had to search left (5 seconds?)
#14 - Scared coming through the green, stopped slightly short in a too-vague reentrant, mini boulder! (10 seconds?)
#16 - Um, I totally, 100% thought that those two black lines were cliffs, they were a trail, that would have been a way faster way to the spectator control, (20 seconds)
#17 - Boo, hesitant on way down and then was nearly at the darn cliff, looked at it, decided it was a boulder and was trying to find it on my map. Moved a few steps and saw my control at the 'boulder'. (15 seconds?)
1367/2000
A good one! Some hesitations here and there, but otherwise smooth and pretty fast sailing. Was way fun, more technical stuff with the open rock and green and rocks and ups and downs. Almost *no* trail running, very different than yesterday. Still trumped by Sergey V. and a visiting (?) Finn for the Red course win.
The hesitations:
#1 - Wrong rootstock first, didn't even see it hanging out there on the edge of the circle. (5ish seconds?)
#10 - Bit off on bearing, had to search left (5 seconds?)
#14 - Scared coming through the green, stopped slightly short in a too-vague reentrant, mini boulder! (10 seconds?)
#16 - Um, I totally, 100% thought that those two black lines were cliffs, they were a trail, that would have been a way faster way to the spectator control, (20 seconds)
#17 - Boo, hesitant on way down and then was nearly at the darn cliff, looked at it, decided it was a boulder and was trying to find it on my map. Moved a few steps and saw my control at the 'boulder'. (15 seconds?)
1367/2000
8 AM
Running warm up/down 14:41 [1] 1.66 mi (8:51 / mi) +27m 8:25 / mi
Warm up before the race, checking out the start, along the road.
9 AM
Running warm up/down 20:27 [1] 2.12 mi (9:39 / mi) +41m 9:06 / mi
Cool down afterwards, first lap with Alex, second lap with Giacomo. Chit-chattering.
Saturday Apr 14, 2012 #
Orienteering race 1:29:26 [4] ***
16c
SML/TT Long @ Chattahoochee Bend State Park
A bit heavy on the trial running up front, but generally a good, enjoyable course that did test your navigation as well as running speed, and really switched it up with some true flood-plain o towards the end- fast and flat and not so many features...
Beginning half had some quite normal spur-and-reentrant type terrain, fairly well sprinkled with trails, which were generally helpful to use. The forrest is far more green (leaves!) than up north, and some vines to thwart ya here and there.
My race went pretty well, felt in control of having a plan always to the next control and execution went well except once, to #3, where I lost ~4 minutes, ouch. I can now see what happened, I was farther north that I thought when I arrived in a stream bed, but I didn't quite realize that, and took an earlier reentrant with a dry ditch, because it at least seemed like it could be my swampy reentrant at the beginning- I mean, it's been dry, maybe the swamp isn't really there, thought I. Eh, but wrong.... Took me far too long to relocate, and I really didn't ever figure out what I'd done while I was out there.... bah.
Pretty smooth sailing through the rest of the first half, then botched the post-spectator control because I thought it was taped all the way and accidentaly followed the tape to the GO control... whoopsie! Ed witnessed this, embarrasing =). Then was scared of the flat flood-plain o but went to 11 via 14 which felt safe. Others went fine after that too.
So a good day, but not great because of that 4 min one + detour via GO control. Also need to work up on turning up running speed, but hope that will come with a bit more O this season...
1347/2000
A bit heavy on the trial running up front, but generally a good, enjoyable course that did test your navigation as well as running speed, and really switched it up with some true flood-plain o towards the end- fast and flat and not so many features...
Beginning half had some quite normal spur-and-reentrant type terrain, fairly well sprinkled with trails, which were generally helpful to use. The forrest is far more green (leaves!) than up north, and some vines to thwart ya here and there.
My race went pretty well, felt in control of having a plan always to the next control and execution went well except once, to #3, where I lost ~4 minutes, ouch. I can now see what happened, I was farther north that I thought when I arrived in a stream bed, but I didn't quite realize that, and took an earlier reentrant with a dry ditch, because it at least seemed like it could be my swampy reentrant at the beginning- I mean, it's been dry, maybe the swamp isn't really there, thought I. Eh, but wrong.... Took me far too long to relocate, and I really didn't ever figure out what I'd done while I was out there.... bah.
Pretty smooth sailing through the rest of the first half, then botched the post-spectator control because I thought it was taped all the way and accidentaly followed the tape to the GO control... whoopsie! Ed witnessed this, embarrasing =). Then was scared of the flat flood-plain o but went to 11 via 14 which felt safe. Others went fine after that too.
So a good day, but not great because of that 4 min one + detour via GO control. Also need to work up on turning up running speed, but hope that will come with a bit more O this season...
1347/2000
Friday Apr 13, 2012 #
Event: US Team Trials for WOC 2012
Running warm up/down 25:00 [2]
Warm up around and around, spying on what was happening on in the men's race. Obviously a route choice from the spectator control.... Girly warm-down plus Ian, playing splits game.
Orienteering race 18:46 [4]
20c
Sprint at University of West Georgia
Mostly a good race, but I'm disappointed because I was yet again caught out by a wrong-side-of-wall trick!!! Argh! I read the control description, knew it was on south side of the wall, but didn't look hard enough at the map to decipher that the stair case indicated was actually fully blocked off by a black line/wall and not a way up. Bah!
Felt a bit slow in the beginning campus-building part, not so flow-y and the areas of light green with no apparent distinct border scared me. Didn't want to find myself in one! Second half with simpler navigation and less light green to worry about, I picked it up and started getting some top-10 splits compared to the whole field (only 8 seconds down to speedy Eddie on first route-choice leg). I choose left both times for route choice, happy with those choices, although I think going right for the first one, executed properly might be a smidge better.
1331/2000
Mostly a good race, but I'm disappointed because I was yet again caught out by a wrong-side-of-wall trick!!! Argh! I read the control description, knew it was on south side of the wall, but didn't look hard enough at the map to decipher that the stair case indicated was actually fully blocked off by a black line/wall and not a way up. Bah!
Felt a bit slow in the beginning campus-building part, not so flow-y and the areas of light green with no apparent distinct border scared me. Didn't want to find myself in one! Second half with simpler navigation and less light green to worry about, I picked it up and started getting some top-10 splits compared to the whole field (only 8 seconds down to speedy Eddie on first route-choice leg). I choose left both times for route choice, happy with those choices, although I think going right for the first one, executed properly might be a smidge better.
1331/2000
Thursday Apr 12, 2012 #
Note
Georgia-bound! Will see how this Megabus deal to NYC goes...
Wednesday Apr 11, 2012 #
6 PM
Running 42:45 4.94 mi (8:39 / mi) +68m 8:18 / mi
ahr:136 max:155
Little joggeroo around Emily Dickinson loop again. Just a nice good loop to do. Quads a bit sore from yesterday's track effort, but should recover by Fri for sure. Psyched for Georgia! Travel day tomorrow...
Tuesday Apr 10, 2012 #
6 AM
Running 11:06 1.13 mi (9:52 / mi) +31m 9:05 / mi
ahr:117 max:143
Drills 8:45 0.54 mi (16:09 / mi)
ahr:128 max:147
Running intervals 35:18 4.47 mi (7:54 / mi)
ahr:140 max:180
And up up early, out the door, to the track, lovely morning, cool and sunny but no wind. Did my drills, then 2 x (4 x (400 hard, 200 jog))
Times: 82, 80, 80, 79, 83, 80, 80, 79
Felt pretty good, left ankle I think is bruised in addition to having a healing blister? Hmph, but should heal quickly, I imagine...
Times: 82, 80, 80, 79, 83, 80, 80, 79
Felt pretty good, left ankle I think is bruised in addition to having a healing blister? Hmph, but should heal quickly, I imagine...
Monday Apr 9, 2012 #
5 PM
Running 43:16 4.96 mi (8:43 / mi) +58m 8:25 / mi
ahr:130 max:152
Little jaunt around Emily Dickinson, Trails Version No. 1 with Dan, who's visiting for a few days. Nice little run, legs feel ok, pretty out!
Strength 3:30 [1]
Hammies, 3 x 3 x 12. Gotta work back to the 15!