okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Sunday, April 22, 2007
A better day
I tried to implement the lessons I learned yesterday. It worked pretty well. I didn't run especially fast. But the weather was warm (sunny and mid 70s, I'd guess) and running much faster would have meant getting worn out a third of the way through the course.
The Surebridge map at Harriman is a magic place to orienteer. As you climb a hill or scramble down a steep slope, you catch yourself wondering if Allen Mogensen ran at this spot. Then you catch yourself wondering how much faster Mogensen was moving. Then you imagine that he was doing all of this in the pouring rain. Then you realize you have lost track of where you are and you'd better take a look at the map and forget about Allen Mogensen.
