My OperaUS Orienteering Team Trials, 4-6 May 2007, Detroit, Michigan
Monday, May 7, 2007 9:26:55 PM
Had an amazing weekend of Orienteering, even though I was slow, then slower, then still slow. The weather was perfect, sunny, warm with not a cloud in the sky.
In contrast, when I drove home from Denver I was driving through a blizzard with whiteout conditions, several inches of slush on the roads and up to 8 inches of snow on the ground down to an elevation of about 7000 feet. Snow in May!!!? I love it...
The sprint on Friday.
My flight was over an hour late leaving Denver and I only had a 2 hour window to get from the airport to the start so naturally I missed my start time and didn't get any points for this run. I had a good run, but nowhere near the speed of the winners so I didn't complain too bitterly.
The run itself when very well, I had good contact with the map, felt like I was fast, turned out I wasn't, and made only one route choice mistake that would have shaved about 10-15 seconds off my time...
The Classic Distance on Saturday.
Again a very clean run with only one error, trying to find a clearing the size of a kitchen table in fight green where even a machete wouldn't've helped...! Everything else I spiked and even had a route choice or two that were faster than the obvious choices. All in all a good day 'till I saw my time. I'm slow, slow, slow... :-(
The Long Distance on Sunday!
After totally blowing up on the first control and loosing 3 minutes before finding the control, I had a perfect run. I didn't let that mistake affect the way I ran the rest of the course and except for one little hiccup that cost me maybe 30 seconds, I hit everything else correctly.
Still slower than snail snot in winter, but I enjoyed myself immensely and my legs arms and face are all shredded from the dense vegetation and thorns.
An awesome weekend of Orienteering!
The maps are available in the Photos section above...
In contrast, when I drove home from Denver I was driving through a blizzard with whiteout conditions, several inches of slush on the roads and up to 8 inches of snow on the ground down to an elevation of about 7000 feet. Snow in May!!!? I love it...
The sprint on Friday.
My flight was over an hour late leaving Denver and I only had a 2 hour window to get from the airport to the start so naturally I missed my start time and didn't get any points for this run. I had a good run, but nowhere near the speed of the winners so I didn't complain too bitterly.
The run itself when very well, I had good contact with the map, felt like I was fast, turned out I wasn't, and made only one route choice mistake that would have shaved about 10-15 seconds off my time...
The Classic Distance on Saturday.
Again a very clean run with only one error, trying to find a clearing the size of a kitchen table in fight green where even a machete wouldn't've helped...! Everything else I spiked and even had a route choice or two that were faster than the obvious choices. All in all a good day 'till I saw my time. I'm slow, slow, slow... :-(
The Long Distance on Sunday!
After totally blowing up on the first control and loosing 3 minutes before finding the control, I had a perfect run. I didn't let that mistake affect the way I ran the rest of the course and except for one little hiccup that cost me maybe 30 seconds, I hit everything else correctly.
Still slower than snail snot in winter, but I enjoyed myself immensely and my legs arms and face are all shredded from the dense vegetation and thorns.
An awesome weekend of Orienteering!
The maps are available in the Photos section above...
