Occassional thoughts about orienteering
|
|
| okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering |
|
|
Thursday, June 02, 2005 TJOC 2005 - a first noteI've been going to the Texas Junior Orienteering Camp for the last five years. It is always a highlight of the year. Seeing the juniors working hard to improve their orienteering is inspring. Seeing the organizers working hard to improve the junios is just as inspiring. It is also a lot of fun.I just got home from TJOC yesterday evening. On the flight home I wrote a few notes and I'll write a bit more about TJOC over the next few days. Today I'll just cover one of the notes. One that doesn't really have much to do with the camp itself. VJ Sarva Grip I bought a pair of VJ Sarva Grip shoes a few months ago and used them a lot at TJOC. The shoes are basically a running shoe with metal spikes in the outsole -- sort of a combination of a trail shoe and an O' shoe. I race in O' shoes, but wearing O' shoes a lot can make my feet a bit sore. Regular O' shoes don't have much cushioning and the metal spikes have a tendency to put a bit of stress on my feet. At TJOC, where I figured I'd be on my feet a lot, I wore the VJ Sarva Grips. They worked well. The shoes have enough cushioning that my feet felt much better than they would have if I'd spent all four day in O' shoes. The metal spikes gave me the grip I needed to run on the rocks of the Texas terrain. We had some wet weather and the metal spikes really helped. I won't replace my regular O' shoes with the VJ Sarva Grips. Regular O' shoes have a bit better grip in the terrain. More importantly, regular O' shoes fit tighter on the foot. They are lower and narrower than the VJ Sarva Grips, so they don't twist as you run on the side of a hill. Wearing the VJ Sarva Grips in Texas was a bit of a risk. Would they protect my feet from the cactus thorns? Yes and no. They seemed to be a bit sturdier than a regular running shoe, but not quite as sturdy as a regular O' shoe. I got a few cactus thorns through the top part of the shoe (ouch). I expect the VJ Sarva Grips will get a lot of use as I ramp up my in-the-forest training next fall and winter. They won't replace my O' shoes for racing, though. posted by Michael | 5:59 PM 
Comments:
Post a Comment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
||||
|
|||||
