Training Log Archive: sare

Just looked at winsplits and I was actually in 1st place at #11 until my screwup at #12. I was 9 min behind Pam at the end, so--> 2 min lost at #12 and 6min longer on the long running running leg (& 1min elsewhere).... so the big lesson -- I need to train more so I can stop loosing time on long easy running legs :)

Long Team Selection - Mt.Laurie

Think my o-shoes are dead after this race, I can now stick my finger through the side to touch my toes :)

Good race overall, excellent first control like always but I think it got the best of me and I was over confident so I messed up the next one and started to wander all over the place, as I was bailing to the path I saw it! lost about 1min. # 12 - I was almost at it but stopped cause I saw a feature in the distance where I thought I was supposed to be, ran to it and realised that I had been right all along. Lost at least 2min here.

C • congrats 9

Picking up 4 controls, took me a long time cause I didnt want to cut my leg up too badly on the underbrush, and they were quite a ways out.

Picking up another 3 controls, they were a lot closer as I could drive half way, also found them right bang on and I was trying to do it map memory!

Event: Moose Creek Splash (Canadian Team Trials West)
 

Middle distance team selection.

Stumbled a bit on the first two controls cause it was the first selection race and was thinking don't screw up, don't screw up but as soon as I found the first two that was out of my mind and was only thinking about the race. Turned my mind off at the second last control cause I thought it was easy and I had seen the last control and thought the orienteering is over, just run... Then I couldnt find the control :)

Very tired after the hills at the begining so eased off a bit to save my energy for the hills later on in the race which, heh heh, never came :) Felt like I could have run the 2nd half of the race much faster. I need to get in the habit of looking ahead!!! see what's coming.

Sprint Team Selection Race

Excellent 1st control, ran hard but hestitated too much on #3. #2 I wasnt looking at my compass, I let my eyes pick my route before my brain gave the map a chance :) so took off in the wrong direction. Caught up to 2 people in the 2nd half of the course cause it was somewhat technical but lost the lead after the easy navigation/ fast running section.

Setting out and picking up controls for the juniors, it was bloody cold!

Im going to re-cap all the tips I got from kenneth so I don't forget or miss place them (if I wrote it down that is)

-Trust the compass!! It is always right so don't convince myself that it lead me 100m away. Trust that I am at the right spot and don't second guess.

-Look!! in the distance, as far as I can see, and identify where I will be going, then I can focus more on running fast and less on navigating. (of course if I'm in sask or manitoba looking as far as I can see may be too far ;)

-Memorize the next route, especially when going up hill. Then when I hit the control I can speed off picking off features as I go past and not waste time at the begining of the leg looking at the map and doing micro orienteering. Just go! and don't dilly faddle.

C • sage 5

Sprint - Took a little long but my legs were dead tired from yesterday.

2nd Sprint
Faster time and 100m longer, still lost a lot of time due to the fact that I started to walk up hills :)