okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Saturday, October 02, 2004
Fighting the terrain
I ran at Harriman today and felt like I was fighting with the terrain the whole way. That's the way it is when you haven't been training in the terrain. The forest at Harriman is rocky and there are plenty of logs to jump/step over. Jumping over logs is a great way to wear out your legs quickly. Once you get tired, you lose momentum and running smoothly is really tough. I wasn't helped by worn-out O' shoes. I really struggled to have a good feeling of running in the forest.
On the other hand, I navigated well and while I didn't run fast, I kept a good steady pace.
For tomorrow's race, I'll work on being smooth in the terrain and consistent leaving controls. My biggest time loss today was when I left a control at the wrong angle and then didn't catch it for a couple of hundred meters. I guess I dropped 1:30 - 2:00 on that leg.
And for something completely different...
Last week I spent some time talking to the Douglas County Commission about performance auditing. The commission and county administrator have been giving some thought to having performance audits. Check out the
story from Channel 6 in Lawrence.
posted by Michael |
4:18 PM
