Results July 10, 2011 Summer Roundup 12k 1:08:01 193/693 OA 31/255 F
Results July 10, 2011 RMOC Frisco Orienteering - Red Course 12/13 2:16:35
Completely exhausting weekend. Spent Saturday whitewater rafting in Vail. Then 9:30pm Saturday start for night orienteering at Frisco Peninsula. I was very slow at the beginning and totally messed up control #2, but after that I realized it wasn't a particularly hard course and I could run a lot of it. So I ran and didn't mess up after that. A very good race for me.1:21:19 4.19mi +1195ft
Left Frisco at 11:30pm and made it home in less than 2 hours. There was no traffic at all.
Raced the Summer Roundup 12k at 7am. 1:08:01, about 20 seconds faster than last year. Still no good races in Bear Creek Park. 193/693 OA 31/255 F. On my Garmin 7.33mi w/ 2220ft of ascent.
Summer Roundup 12k in Colo Spgs. Was sore before that start since I ran hard for a fair amount of the night-o and my right hip stiff from holding myself in the raft. 25sec faster than last year but that isn't saying much. I've never had a good race at bear creek and I really dread races there for some reason. Everyone who beat me at the Garden 10mi beat me at the roundup and lots of women who I beat by up to 10min at the Garden 10-miler beat me today. Same thing happened last year. I wasn't particularly motivated, but I got it done.
Embarrassed to say I walked a bit on the up. But there was a lot of up and I just couldn't conjure up the motivation to suffer. Results suggest that I am a better downhill road runner than uphill trail runner. Trail races are more fun and uphills are better for me though.
Drove back to Frisco in time to start by 11. Red Course during the day. 2:16:35 6.29mi +1716ft. Man was I tired. I took off from the start running and got to the first hill and walked the rest of the way until it started raining near the end (and then I ran in the wrong direction, twice). I made a lot of stupid navigational mistakes too. Biggest was on 3 when I blew by a trail intersection (which I did NOT miss at night-o when I was running...). There was some nearly aimless wandering in there and way too much second guessing myself when I was right. More just plain sloppy than anything else. I think I could do very well on that map in better conditions. 4h sleep + 5h driving + 7.5mi running race with lots and lots of climb + very little food in between night-o and day-o = walking and sloppy navigation.
Night-O had both faster pace and better navigation. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to say that again :-)
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