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Wednesday Aug 16, 2006 #
Orienteering race 1:06:09 [4] *** 7.45 km (8:53 / km)
spiked:17/19c slept:8.5
1000 Days Crystal Relay on the Antenna Hill map. Nate led off our relay and ran well, although a mistake on the penultimate control switched a 30sec+ lead over Andrew Childs to a 2min+ defecit. Zach did quite well on the 2nd leg - just over 40 minutes for 3.1K of tough yellow/easy orange orienteering. Kathy Bannister ran the 3rd leg, and finished shortly after the "catch-up mass start" - they started the last 14 teams together (out of 34), but the order of finish was still the order coming across the line, no adjustments were added for late 3rd runners.
Since I had seen Boris run the early part of the 4th leg course, and C1 was actually visible in the distance from the hilltop that served as the start/finish area, I was off quickly on the mass start. I ran around just a bit, and almost beat Marty Hawkes-Teeter to the first control. I punched just behind him (and one other person slid ahead of me) at the next two controls, then I didn't follow them to C4, and wound up going slightly longer, plus I was slow on the big upill to the control, so I was down about a minute. I eventually caught and passed the other guy, but wound up over 2 minutes behind Marty. I guess I also caught 5 others who started before the mass start, so out team moved up to 16th. I'm not sure where I passed everyone - I passed a few people on running sections by walking slightly less on the uphills. I think I also passed a couple of people by spiking the control that Nate had trouble with. That control was followed by "The Wall", which was steep enough that I lost sight of the antenna at the top of the hill that was my aiming point. After the top of the hill, the other courses came to the finish, but we still had 4 controls up top. I thought I was alone, but as I left C18 (of 19), someone was coming right in to punch. I guess that made some adrenaline kick in, as I ended up finishing 50 seconds in front of him, even though I thought I was out of gas before I punched.
So, maybe this anti-taper stuff can work. Or, maybe these courses were "runners' courses", boding well for Nate, Zach and me. We're committed to the anti-taper now, as we are all running up a course tomorrow. Luckily it's "middle distance", which means only 7K for Blue (vs 6K for Red).
Since I had seen Boris run the early part of the 4th leg course, and C1 was actually visible in the distance from the hilltop that served as the start/finish area, I was off quickly on the mass start. I ran around just a bit, and almost beat Marty Hawkes-Teeter to the first control. I punched just behind him (and one other person slid ahead of me) at the next two controls, then I didn't follow them to C4, and wound up going slightly longer, plus I was slow on the big upill to the control, so I was down about a minute. I eventually caught and passed the other guy, but wound up over 2 minutes behind Marty. I guess I also caught 5 others who started before the mass start, so out team moved up to 16th. I'm not sure where I passed everyone - I passed a few people on running sections by walking slightly less on the uphills. I think I also passed a couple of people by spiking the control that Nate had trouble with. That control was followed by "The Wall", which was steep enough that I lost sight of the antenna at the top of the hill that was my aiming point. After the top of the hill, the other courses came to the finish, but we still had 4 controls up top. I thought I was alone, but as I left C18 (of 19), someone was coming right in to punch. I guess that made some adrenaline kick in, as I ended up finishing 50 seconds in front of him, even though I thought I was out of gas before I punched.
So, maybe this anti-taper stuff can work. Or, maybe these courses were "runners' courses", boding well for Nate, Zach and me. We're committed to the anti-taper now, as we are all running up a course tomorrow. Luckily it's "middle distance", which means only 7K for Blue (vs 6K for Red).
Running warm up/down 6:00 [2] 0.67 mi (8:57 / mi)
Very brief warm-up, since I was not ready for the mass start. Warm-down was jogging thru the hail back to the car, as a thunderstorm moved in quickly, a little while after my finish.