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Sunday Mar 7, 2010 #
10 AM
Orienteer 1:56:49 [3] **** 7.0 mi (16:41 / mi)
shoes: Icebug MR2 910
Gateway Runt
After feeling good yesterday, I actually considered upgrading to the Grunt. That would have been a huge mistake as the Runt was enough for me to handle.
Bad start as I made a route choice that required fording a wide river. When I got there I decided against getting my feet soaked this early and had to pound around on the upper bank through lots of reentrants. Was moving ok but proceeded to miss the next few controls and a later one too because an area of significant rocky ground was not mapped.
As the woods grew hotter, my strength ebbed away and I soon felt spent in addition to being discouraged by my nav. Decided to walk the rest and that made all the difference. I locked-down my nav and also began to really enjoy the day, woods and loved finding everything on the map. Decided to take the control I had originally planned to skip because it looked more interesting than the final control. It's rare that I can let myself be uncompetitive at an a-meet (and I don't plan on doing it often) but this was the right call today.
After feeling good yesterday, I actually considered upgrading to the Grunt. That would have been a huge mistake as the Runt was enough for me to handle.
Bad start as I made a route choice that required fording a wide river. When I got there I decided against getting my feet soaked this early and had to pound around on the upper bank through lots of reentrants. Was moving ok but proceeded to miss the next few controls and a later one too because an area of significant rocky ground was not mapped.
As the woods grew hotter, my strength ebbed away and I soon felt spent in addition to being discouraged by my nav. Decided to walk the rest and that made all the difference. I locked-down my nav and also began to really enjoy the day, woods and loved finding everything on the map. Decided to take the control I had originally planned to skip because it looked more interesting than the final control. It's rare that I can let myself be uncompetitive at an a-meet (and I don't plan on doing it often) but this was the right call today.
2 PM
Orienteer (map walk) 1:30:00 [2] **** 6.0 km (15:00 / km)
shoes: Icebug MR2 910
Made the most of this trip to Hawn by heading back out for some extra practice. Talked through lots of various o-stuff with Erin. She's always been motivated to learn & improve so it's fun to help out. Plus, it reinforces good habits to explain them to another. Nice afternoon.
Saturday Mar 6, 2010 #
11 AM
Run warm up/down (terrain) 8:00 [3] 0.8 mi (10:00 / mi)
shoes: Icebug MR2 910
Orienteer race (middle) 35:05 [4] **** 3.9 km (9:00 / km) +105m 7:56 / km
shoes: Icebug MR2 910
What a treat !!
to finally be back at Hawn, the map on which I ran my first a-meet. It was the quality of this map that got me hooked on orienteering and a-meets (& i-meets) in particular.
Pleased with my run. Navigated well but physically weak. Made one poor route choice that lost me 1-2 minutes. Great to be on a map again.
QuickRoute...
to finally be back at Hawn, the map on which I ran my first a-meet. It was the quality of this map that got me hooked on orienteering and a-meets (& i-meets) in particular.
Pleased with my run. Navigated well but physically weak. Made one poor route choice that lost me 1-2 minutes. Great to be on a map again.
QuickRoute...
Tuesday Mar 2, 2010 #
Note
Fighting off the flu. Was considering not going to STL but then decided to go for the middle & runt as well as the good time always to be had down there.