Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Sunday, March 09, 2003 Today's local event (and Trot preview)I ran a course at Weston Bend today.Check out the map with my routes. A few comments about today's race: I've got a light cold and running didn't go very well. I felt slow. I kept reminding myself that good races don't feel good, so I shouldn't worry too much about feeling lousy. But, feeling lousy during a good race is a whole lot better than feeling lousy when you're going slow. I guess a few days of rest or very light training are called for. Something was up with the first control. The map seemed a bit strange in the area. I'm not sure the marker is in the right spot (but I'm not sure it is in the wrong spot either). I was most disappointed in how I ran 10-11. I let the hill pull me too far to the right. It would have been better to stick closer to the line, passing through the two small open areas. My route didn't cost much time. But, I left ten without a good sense of where to go. I let the terrain pick my route rather than make a decision. The soil at Weston Bend is a bit unusual. I think it is loess. For an orienteer, loess makes for fairly steep hills and some deep, but narrow, gullies. Especially in the spring, the ground gets slippery. What seems to happen is that the top several inches of soil get frozen. The frozen soil can be hard and slippery. When the temperature gets above freezing (or on a sunny day), the top 1/4 inch or so turns to mud while the soil underneath remains ice hard. The result is some very slippery footing. Climbing steep hills or climbing out of creek beds can be tough. At today's finish, Mike Shifman announced that the 2003 Possum Trot will be at Weston Bend. So, if you're reading this and want to do well at the Trot, take a look at the map and plan to do some hill training. posted by Michael | 8:52 PM 
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