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Saturday Nov 14, 2015 #
12 PM
Orienteering 14:06 [3] 3.48 km (4:03 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 212 2013
8 PM
Orienteering race 33:09 [5] 6.98 km (4:45 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 212 2013
Middle distance race in Venice. This race was an incredible sprint experience, definitely don't have anything remotely like this at home. The first half of the race went really well: I was planning ahead, executing legs well, and had good flow in and out of controls. I was identifying sections of legs I could use to run and plan upcoming sections of the course, and choosing spots where I had to zone back into the current leg.
This all fell apart between 9 and 12. I didn't have a plan for 10 when I reached 9, and just kept running. This added an extra little loop to the leg, not a big deal but could have been easily avoided. 11 was even worse, I had a vague plan, but hadn't worked out the details leaving 10. I had run most of the leg on the way to 4 so it should've been easy to see the optimal route, but I somehow couldn't keep focus. I would be planning the finer details of the leg then reach a bridge and suddenly have absolutely no idea where I was. This happened at least twice, and at one instance I relocated wrong and took a wrong turn, adding a solid chunk of extra distance to the leg. I had a plan for 12, but then that plan overlooked a bridge that was at least 100m shorter, and a lot less zig-zagging.
I still somehow won the race, all the good runners in my age group were running elite, so the competition was garbage. I'll take a win any day though!
1. Easy, I started off a bit slow to not mess up the first few turns, but picked up the pace before crossing the canal. Used the long corridor to plan 2 and half of three.
2. There was a gate blocking the walkway towards 2. It wasn't locked, but lost a few seconds hesitating before trying it.
3. I didn't have the entire leg planned, but the first half of the leg was straight so I had time to plan everything out. I took the wrong corridor from the wide walkway toward the canal which added a bit of extra distance, should have taken the one with the fountains. By the time I got to the area around 11, I had the leg planned out and started planning my exit and general plan for 4.
4. Solid plan and good execution. Some dog started barking at me when I was running the last long corridor to 4. I was planning 5, lost focus, and then missed the turn to the control.
5. I went north, but going south was also viable, might even have been better. There weren't too many tourists in the Piazza San Marco so that was nice.
6. My GPS was really inaccurate leaving 5, and I'm not sure anymore (2 days later) what exactly I did. What I drew is my best guess from what I remember and what I can glean from my watch. I planned 7, 8, and part of 9 when I was running down the long wide path.
7. I think this went well, I can't remember anything significant.
8. easy
9. this one went well, but I didn't spend any time planning 10.
10. Left 9 the wrong way, didn't plan enough of 11
11. rubbish.
12. Should've been easy, but I didn't see a bridge, maybe I saw the complicated building system in the area and just really wanted to solve the puzzle.
This all fell apart between 9 and 12. I didn't have a plan for 10 when I reached 9, and just kept running. This added an extra little loop to the leg, not a big deal but could have been easily avoided. 11 was even worse, I had a vague plan, but hadn't worked out the details leaving 10. I had run most of the leg on the way to 4 so it should've been easy to see the optimal route, but I somehow couldn't keep focus. I would be planning the finer details of the leg then reach a bridge and suddenly have absolutely no idea where I was. This happened at least twice, and at one instance I relocated wrong and took a wrong turn, adding a solid chunk of extra distance to the leg. I had a plan for 12, but then that plan overlooked a bridge that was at least 100m shorter, and a lot less zig-zagging.
I still somehow won the race, all the good runners in my age group were running elite, so the competition was garbage. I'll take a win any day though!
1. Easy, I started off a bit slow to not mess up the first few turns, but picked up the pace before crossing the canal. Used the long corridor to plan 2 and half of three.
2. There was a gate blocking the walkway towards 2. It wasn't locked, but lost a few seconds hesitating before trying it.
3. I didn't have the entire leg planned, but the first half of the leg was straight so I had time to plan everything out. I took the wrong corridor from the wide walkway toward the canal which added a bit of extra distance, should have taken the one with the fountains. By the time I got to the area around 11, I had the leg planned out and started planning my exit and general plan for 4.
4. Solid plan and good execution. Some dog started barking at me when I was running the last long corridor to 4. I was planning 5, lost focus, and then missed the turn to the control.
5. I went north, but going south was also viable, might even have been better. There weren't too many tourists in the Piazza San Marco so that was nice.
6. My GPS was really inaccurate leaving 5, and I'm not sure anymore (2 days later) what exactly I did. What I drew is my best guess from what I remember and what I can glean from my watch. I planned 7, 8, and part of 9 when I was running down the long wide path.
7. I think this went well, I can't remember anything significant.
8. easy
9. this one went well, but I didn't spend any time planning 10.
10. Left 9 the wrong way, didn't plan enough of 11
11. rubbish.
12. Should've been easy, but I didn't see a bridge, maybe I saw the complicated building system in the area and just really wanted to solve the puzzle.