okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Sunday, January 09, 2005
First race of the year
PTOC hosted the year's first race at Shawnee Mission Park.
Today was the first day since the ice storm that the temperature went above freezing. At the beginning of the race, the forest was still coated in ice. But as we ran the ice melted. Bits of ice broke off the trees and came crashing down as you ran along. Ice cold water dripped from the limbs. It was chilly, but fun.
The terrain at Shawnee Mission Park is nothing special. You can see a couple of legs on a bit of the map below.
The A-meet season begins next weekend. Today's race gave me a bit of a rehersal. I got a couple of reminders. I need to pay attnetion to navigation, not running. Today I spent a lot of time thinking about running. That didn't cost me much. But if the terrain were a bit tricky, it would have. Begin slow. When I haven't raced recently I have a tendency to run too hard, then have to slow and recover, then run too hard again. I struggle to find the right effort.
It'll be fun to see how it goes next weekend.
posted by Michael |
7:26 PM
