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Friday Apr 3, 2009 #
Orienteering race 54:09 [4] *** 3.1 km (17:28 / km) +180m 13:32 / km
spiked:12/15c shoes: Jala Jukola Spider 6 #2
Middle - Green at the Flying Pig XIII, McFarlan Woods map (Mt. Airy Forest). Cool weather (40's) but the rain had stopped earlier in the day.
A very fun course with lots of direction changes in the middle of it (4-11) back and forth across a trail, and in some intricate reentrant/depression areas as well which I enjoyed and mostly did well on (except for 11, see later).
A brainfreeze at 3 cost me about 5 min. (eternity on a middle course) when I got into the area, actually saw a bag, but took forever to decide to check it (from where I saw it I thought the bag was for the reentrant/ditch just beyond the mapped rootstock...turns out there was a remnant tree stump there that I didn't notice). Odd description -- "ruined rootstock" -- I suppose to differentiate its appearance from all the fresh rootstocks (unmapped) also on that hillside... Anyway, my error for inattention to more details.
Lost a little time on 4 -- not because I couldn't find it, but because I took a roundabout route when straight would have sufficed (there was a little dark green mapped that I was avoiding, but it was probably passable). Lost a little time on 11 when I stood on the opposite side of a large downed tree and couldn't see the depression on the other side of it -- about 20 m away, or less. :-P Silly me.
Coughing and hacking before the start irritated my throat. I don't know if it was the wet woods or something I had eaten not too long before which caused it, but the irritation came and went through the weekend.
FR - 3.57 km, ST - 5.1
A very fun course with lots of direction changes in the middle of it (4-11) back and forth across a trail, and in some intricate reentrant/depression areas as well which I enjoyed and mostly did well on (except for 11, see later).
A brainfreeze at 3 cost me about 5 min. (eternity on a middle course) when I got into the area, actually saw a bag, but took forever to decide to check it (from where I saw it I thought the bag was for the reentrant/ditch just beyond the mapped rootstock...turns out there was a remnant tree stump there that I didn't notice). Odd description -- "ruined rootstock" -- I suppose to differentiate its appearance from all the fresh rootstocks (unmapped) also on that hillside... Anyway, my error for inattention to more details.
Lost a little time on 4 -- not because I couldn't find it, but because I took a roundabout route when straight would have sufficed (there was a little dark green mapped that I was avoiding, but it was probably passable). Lost a little time on 11 when I stood on the opposite side of a large downed tree and couldn't see the depression on the other side of it -- about 20 m away, or less. :-P Silly me.
Coughing and hacking before the start irritated my throat. I don't know if it was the wet woods or something I had eaten not too long before which caused it, but the irritation came and went through the weekend.
FR - 3.57 km, ST - 5.1
Thursday Apr 2, 2009 #
Walking 29:35 [3] 2.0 mi (14:47 / mi)
shoes: Saucony Shadow 6000 8.5 #4-Y
MB to church and back.
Tuesday Mar 31, 2009 #
Running (treadmill) hills 30:00 [3] 2.04 mi (14:42 / mi)
shoes: Saucony Shadow 6000 8.5 # 3
Running, with some walking near the end. Treadmill set on "cross country 2" program, with speed varying between 3.5 (first 5 min to warm up) to 4.4, and incline from 0 to 9%, down to 3.8/walking for the last 7 or 8 min. When I tested my HR a couple of times during the steeper sections it was in the 135-145 range.
Walking warm up/down (treadmill) 5:00 [1] 0.25 mi (20:01 / mi)
shoes: Saucony Shadow 6000 8.5 # 3
Monday Mar 30, 2009 #
Exerc. Class 55:00 [1]
In Chatham. No residual stiffness from the weekend, amazingly! (I could feel that the legs had been "worked," but they weren't sore or unusually tight.) Still, the stretching portion was good as always.
New "girl" in class stood right in front of me -- matching lilac top and tights were distracting. She needs the balance work. :-) I'll have to not stand behind her next time as she kept throwing MY balance off, seeing her out of the corner of my eye.
New "girl" in class stood right in front of me -- matching lilac top and tights were distracting. She needs the balance work. :-) I'll have to not stand behind her next time as she kept throwing MY balance off, seeing her out of the corner of my eye.
Sunday Mar 29, 2009 #
Orienteering race 58:49 [4] *** 4.1 km (14:21 / km) +130m 12:23 / km
spiked:9/12c shoes: Jala Jukola Spider 6 #2
Long Brown at Ran-it Granite, on the east side of the north branch, Patapsco River.
Better run today, though not without errors -- at least I kept them small. The last little bit (sprint-type with lots of controls and courses criss-crossing) was kinda fun, too, and I enjoyed the final run-in on the ride through the pine forest -- very nice.
Insecure to 1 so I relocated from close to the trail--should have stayed on it farther to be sure. Iffy route choice to 3 and wrong reentrant on 4 (but I quickly recovered). Lots of depressions around 9 and I skirted the big one, checking out a couple more before finding the right one. Neat area.
2nd to Sandy for the weekend, but did slightly better than she did today. 3rd overall on Brown -- nice.
Better run today, though not without errors -- at least I kept them small. The last little bit (sprint-type with lots of controls and courses criss-crossing) was kinda fun, too, and I enjoyed the final run-in on the ride through the pine forest -- very nice.
Insecure to 1 so I relocated from close to the trail--should have stayed on it farther to be sure. Iffy route choice to 3 and wrong reentrant on 4 (but I quickly recovered). Lots of depressions around 9 and I skirted the big one, checking out a couple more before finding the right one. Neat area.
2nd to Sandy for the weekend, but did slightly better than she did today. 3rd overall on Brown -- nice.
Saturday Mar 28, 2009 #
Orienteering race (middle-distance) 50:33 [4] *** 3.3 km (15:19 / km) +115m 13:03 / km
spiked:9/11c shoes: Jala Jukola Spider 6 #2
Middle dist. Brown course at Bon Secours Spiritual Ctr map, Granite, MD.
Good on easier legs, inattention on others. Wrong angle to 1 took me up the wrong stream (need to check compass more!) where I visited 2 first (but I knew the way back) -- at least 4 min lost, maybe a little more. On the way to 3 I thought I was headed to 4 until I hit a major clearing along the that I didn't expect, but I don't think I lost too much time there (haven't checked other splits yet). Took a round-about way to 4 which maybe cost me 30-40 sec. Good focus to 5 and 6; good route choice to 7, then I misidentified streams again on the way to 8 and checked out a Green control, another 30 sec. Tons of people for 9-10-11 since all the advanced courses had those last 3 legs for some reason so I just followed the stream. I was happy for a downhill finish! Need a bit more focus tomorrow, and more attention to the compass. Sandy had a nice run.
Good on easier legs, inattention on others. Wrong angle to 1 took me up the wrong stream (need to check compass more!) where I visited 2 first (but I knew the way back) -- at least 4 min lost, maybe a little more. On the way to 3 I thought I was headed to 4 until I hit a major clearing along the that I didn't expect, but I don't think I lost too much time there (haven't checked other splits yet). Took a round-about way to 4 which maybe cost me 30-40 sec. Good focus to 5 and 6; good route choice to 7, then I misidentified streams again on the way to 8 and checked out a Green control, another 30 sec. Tons of people for 9-10-11 since all the advanced courses had those last 3 legs for some reason so I just followed the stream. I was happy for a downhill finish! Need a bit more focus tomorrow, and more attention to the compass. Sandy had a nice run.