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Tuesday May 29, 2018 #
8 PM
Bike 49:21 [3] 20.75 km (25.2 kph) +122m
Arrived at Wason Ranch about 1:30. Assembled bike and went for a short ride to make sure everything was working. Sam joined me for the first half. Feel decent enough but another night's sleep will be beneficial.
Monday May 28, 2018 #
Orienteering 1:50:00 [3]
Red long = 9.3k, 370 Cm = 1:44
Pretty happy with my nav. I messed up C7 on the final approach. I was close but at the last moment had a brain fart, misplaced myself on the map, then stupidly ran down the other side of the mountain a bit. Luckily I figured it out or it could have been worse the 5min. C11 I wasn't paying attention and climbed about 3 extra contours only to get to the ride and run downhill. But other than that, I was close to spot on. Of course there was often slowing in the control to circle to figure thinks out -- they weren't all high speed spikes. Nevertheless, good nav and that was fun. My physical effort was measured; I did not want to dig deep at all, just run steady. Walked most of the uphills. Nevertheless, still tired. Hopefully I will recover quickly and my cycling muscles will be in good shape. We'll see.
All and all, an excellent weekend. Really enjoyed the nav challenges. These are great locations and the organizers did a great job all around.
Pretty happy with my nav. I messed up C7 on the final approach. I was close but at the last moment had a brain fart, misplaced myself on the map, then stupidly ran down the other side of the mountain a bit. Luckily I figured it out or it could have been worse the 5min. C11 I wasn't paying attention and climbed about 3 extra contours only to get to the ride and run downhill. But other than that, I was close to spot on. Of course there was often slowing in the control to circle to figure thinks out -- they weren't all high speed spikes. Nevertheless, good nav and that was fun. My physical effort was measured; I did not want to dig deep at all, just run steady. Walked most of the uphills. Nevertheless, still tired. Hopefully I will recover quickly and my cycling muscles will be in good shape. We'll see.
All and all, an excellent weekend. Really enjoyed the nav challenges. These are great locations and the organizers did a great job all around.
Sunday May 27, 2018 #
Orienteering 55:00 [3]
Relay, leg 1. Leg 2 = Lisa and Leg 3 = Amy Louden from QOC
Finished in 40:51 with 39:51 in errors, or it seemed like it.
Nice and cool today with some occasional sprinkles. Alas, that meant clouds and a dark woods. Man did I have trouble reading the map. That led to lots of hesitations and a few mistakes.
Enough bitching though. Had fun. At the start a good number of folks took off while I was still trying to find the start triangle. Me and about a half dozen others had a big error on C2. After crossing the creek I drifted right and was exploring the wrong set of rocks. After that I was just making my way around doing the best I could. Spent the middle part course with khall. Spent C2 through the finish with a junior who was faster than me in the woods but was missing more than me. We eventually came together again for the last two controls and sprinted in together -- it was fun to run fast.
Finished in 40:51 with 39:51 in errors, or it seemed like it.
Nice and cool today with some occasional sprinkles. Alas, that meant clouds and a dark woods. Man did I have trouble reading the map. That led to lots of hesitations and a few mistakes.
Enough bitching though. Had fun. At the start a good number of folks took off while I was still trying to find the start triangle. Me and about a half dozen others had a big error on C2. After crossing the creek I drifted right and was exploring the wrong set of rocks. After that I was just making my way around doing the best I could. Spent the middle part course with khall. Spent C2 through the finish with a junior who was faster than me in the woods but was missing more than me. We eventually came together again for the last two controls and sprinted in together -- it was fun to run fast.
Saturday May 26, 2018 #
Orienteering 1:15:00 [3]
Westchester County Challenge
Westmorland Sanctuary
Middle Red = 4.4km, 220 Cm
Very fun. Very slow.
I could make a list of reasons but it's not important; suffice to say, I moving slow and my eyes and brain couldn't handle running faster anyway. That said, I'm kind of please how I did nav wise; I haven't run in this type of terrain in a long time.
Annoyingly warm and humid. Looking forward to better weather tomorrow.
C1) Thought I was careful and was going to spike it. Nope. Missed running about 100m too far.
C2) Slow getting to the trail due to footing but nav fine.
C3) Read the various rock lines, then the wall, then to bag.
C4) Ok
C5) Slow to figure out trails and wall. Some Junior girl passed me en route but I was more precise in the circle and punched ahead of her. She stayed not too far behind all the way to C12 but then I lost her.
C6) Ok
C7) Though I was right on but I came off the trail too low and then searched lower. Saw the marsh below and realized I had to go back up. Picked up ajospe in additional to SJG mentioned above.
C8) Picking my way over with Alex.
C9) The vegetation was a little thick and I got nervous. Started walking because I thought I had missed. Alex come through and spotted the bag.
C10) Pieced together the trails and did a good job of reading the detail in the circle.
C11) Drifted left exiting C10 but the stone wall helped to reorient me.
C12) Ok
C13) Slow walk because my brain wasn't processing the map.
C14) Ok. Got to the trail then contoured from the bend.
C15) Missed a little to the right at first but corrected quickly.
C16) BorisGr passed me and then we cut right on a trail. I was not sure about this and then realized nope, had to go up.
F) Grind it out.
Not sure I like the coated paper. It's nice not to have a bag and the ink didn't flake. However, there was some layer separation at folds. Also, drawing my route on the map did not work well; I suppose that is too old school though and I'm suppose to be overlaying a GPS track electronically.
We went to Mt Kisco for lunch at a Greek place. Then we took a back way back to the hotel staying off the interstate. Watch the Prefontaine Classic back at the hotel.
Eventually headed out again for a driving tour of Candlerock Lake and then Frank Pepe's Pizzeria that the billboard said was voted the best pizza in the world. It was good.
Westmorland Sanctuary
Middle Red = 4.4km, 220 Cm
Very fun. Very slow.
I could make a list of reasons but it's not important; suffice to say, I moving slow and my eyes and brain couldn't handle running faster anyway. That said, I'm kind of please how I did nav wise; I haven't run in this type of terrain in a long time.
Annoyingly warm and humid. Looking forward to better weather tomorrow.
C1) Thought I was careful and was going to spike it. Nope. Missed running about 100m too far.
C2) Slow getting to the trail due to footing but nav fine.
C3) Read the various rock lines, then the wall, then to bag.
C4) Ok
C5) Slow to figure out trails and wall. Some Junior girl passed me en route but I was more precise in the circle and punched ahead of her. She stayed not too far behind all the way to C12 but then I lost her.
C6) Ok
C7) Though I was right on but I came off the trail too low and then searched lower. Saw the marsh below and realized I had to go back up. Picked up ajospe in additional to SJG mentioned above.
C8) Picking my way over with Alex.
C9) The vegetation was a little thick and I got nervous. Started walking because I thought I had missed. Alex come through and spotted the bag.
C10) Pieced together the trails and did a good job of reading the detail in the circle.
C11) Drifted left exiting C10 but the stone wall helped to reorient me.
C12) Ok
C13) Slow walk because my brain wasn't processing the map.
C14) Ok. Got to the trail then contoured from the bend.
C15) Missed a little to the right at first but corrected quickly.
C16) BorisGr passed me and then we cut right on a trail. I was not sure about this and then realized nope, had to go up.
F) Grind it out.
Not sure I like the coated paper. It's nice not to have a bag and the ink didn't flake. However, there was some layer separation at folds. Also, drawing my route on the map did not work well; I suppose that is too old school though and I'm suppose to be overlaying a GPS track electronically.
We went to Mt Kisco for lunch at a Greek place. Then we took a back way back to the hotel staying off the interstate. Watch the Prefontaine Classic back at the hotel.
Eventually headed out again for a driving tour of Candlerock Lake and then Frank Pepe's Pizzeria that the billboard said was voted the best pizza in the world. It was good.