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Saturday Apr 7, 2007 #
Running 30:00 [2] 3.53 mi (8:30 / mi)
shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
Warm-up, cool-down.
Orienteering race 37:42 [5] *** 6.2 km (6:05 / km) +255m 5:03 / km
spiked:16/18c shoes: 2007 VJ Falcons
JK 2007 Middle Distance.
A hilly, but fast middle race in the Forest of Dean. I was careful to the first control, spiked it, climbed the first hill on the way to #2 and realized that I felt great. It was just one of those races when the controls keep appearing exactly when you want them to and you feel like you are flying. I did make one real mistake, losing about 35 seconds on #6 when I got distracted by Paul Nixon, whom I had caught, and went off my bearing. After that the race went well. Looking at splits, the only places I lost time after #6 were controls on which I intentionally slowed down on the approach - controls on charcoal platforms in the middle of featureless slopes. As I ran down the finish chute, I heard the announcer say something like "And here is a respectable time by an American," which I was amused by. I actually took the lead when I finished, but that lasted about a minute until Marcus Pinker came in with a much better time. I ended up 19th, which doesn't sound too impressive, but this was kind of race I could not have run even a year ago, so I am happy.
Splits: http://www.cix.co.uk/~neper/jk2007/day2/crse1.htm
A hilly, but fast middle race in the Forest of Dean. I was careful to the first control, spiked it, climbed the first hill on the way to #2 and realized that I felt great. It was just one of those races when the controls keep appearing exactly when you want them to and you feel like you are flying. I did make one real mistake, losing about 35 seconds on #6 when I got distracted by Paul Nixon, whom I had caught, and went off my bearing. After that the race went well. Looking at splits, the only places I lost time after #6 were controls on which I intentionally slowed down on the approach - controls on charcoal platforms in the middle of featureless slopes. As I ran down the finish chute, I heard the announcer say something like "And here is a respectable time by an American," which I was amused by. I actually took the lead when I finished, but that lasted about a minute until Marcus Pinker came in with a much better time. I ended up 19th, which doesn't sound too impressive, but this was kind of race I could not have run even a year ago, so I am happy.
Splits: http://www.cix.co.uk/~neper/jk2007/day2/crse1.htm