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Sunday Oct 16, 2011 #
Event: NEOC: Norwottuck
11 AM
Orienteering race 2:15:00 [5] 8.0 mi (16:52 / mi)
shoes: Asics trail shoes
Red course at Mt. Norwottuck. Traveled with wwk. Got the first 7 cleanly, with some luck involved: from #5 to #6 I took a direct bearing and spiked it despite seeing only one of the trails and nothing that struck me as deserving light green. #8 was a disaster, as I failed to appreciate the density of unmapped twisty mountain bike trails. #9 through #11 were ok, then another disaster on #12.
By this point I was unusually tired and looking forward to the end; this cost me a valid finish. I had seen #14 on my way to #2 at the beginning and somehow in my mind #14 became the final control. As a result, skipped #15 so was DQed, which has happened an awful lot this year.
(Looking back at the GPS track, #8 was not quite as bad as I thought, but #12 definitely was. In both cases I clearly relied on misleading and unmapped trails.)
By this point I was unusually tired and looking forward to the end; this cost me a valid finish. I had seen #14 on my way to #2 at the beginning and somehow in my mind #14 became the final control. As a result, skipped #15 so was DQed, which has happened an awful lot this year.
(Looking back at the GPS track, #8 was not quite as bad as I thought, but #12 definitely was. In both cases I clearly relied on misleading and unmapped trails.)
Saturday Oct 15, 2011 #
1 PM
Running 27:00 [3] 4.0 mi (6:45 / mi)
shoes: Asics trail shoes
4 laps around Buckingham Pond, laps 2 and 4 hard (4:23 and 4:17, about 1200 m)
Thursday Oct 13, 2011 #
5 PM
Running 39:52 [3] 5.6 mi (7:07 / mi)
shoes: Adidas Sequence III
Ran home from work. Felt pretty good. Hard last km in 3:30s.
Tuesday Oct 11, 2011 #
6 PM
Running 22:30 [3] 3.1 mi (7:15 / mi)
shoes: Adidas Sequence III
Neighborhood run at dusk
Monday Oct 10, 2011 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 2:05:00 [4] 10.1 km (12:23 / km)
shoes: Asics trail shoes
Warmed up with the white course, because I came across a few different recommendations from different coaches to do that.
Then ran the red course. Did well for the first 7 controls, on #8 I misread a trail junction and turned off too soon and lost about 15 minutes. Did reasonably after that. Took a while to find #12 (a pit in an area with few other features nearby). Almost no one did well with this one, and I think I found it mostly by chance. There was a distinct ridge just north of it that wasn't even shown on the map, so the map was lacking here.
Beautiful weather. Didn't fully appreciate the fall color until I ate my lunch afterward by the beach.
Then ran the red course. Did well for the first 7 controls, on #8 I misread a trail junction and turned off too soon and lost about 15 minutes. Did reasonably after that. Took a while to find #12 (a pit in an area with few other features nearby). Almost no one did well with this one, and I think I found it mostly by chance. There was a distinct ridge just north of it that wasn't even shown on the map, so the map was lacking here.
Beautiful weather. Didn't fully appreciate the fall color until I ate my lunch afterward by the beach.