Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Saturday, March 19, 2005 Head-to-head racingPossum Trot O.C. set up a three hour score O' at Weston Bend today. Mass start, so we had some head-to-head racing. The course was small enough that it was clear that several of us would be able to get all of the controls.One of the great things about orienteering is that you race alone -- like a time trial. But, now and then some head-to-head racing is fun. I saw Dave Frei several times during the race. Dave runs faster than me, but he makes a more mistakes. So, we can have a good race. We were together after about 80 minutes. We stuck together for a couple of legs before Dave put in a burst of speed and got away. I was alone for the next couple of controls, then caught sight of Dave ahead of me. I glanced at my watch and calculated that Dave had 1:40 lead. A 1:40 lead -- that is small enough that a mistake by Dave could cut most of the lead. I sucked down some Gu and focused on running steadily and reading the map. I made a better route choice a couple of legs latter and gained back a bunch of that 1:40. Then Dave lost some time at a really sketchy section of the map and we were together. We had three controls left. I was in front and Dave stuck with me. We were a bit sloppy to the next to last control, then climbed a few lines....and then...wooooosh. Dave blew by me on a downhill. He got a quick gap. Dave held that gap to the last control and to the finish. Frustrating to finish second, but fun to have a head-to-head race. posted by Michael | 7:29 PM 
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