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Thursday Jul 5, 2012 #
12 PM
Run race ((orienteering)) 1:26:42 [4] *** 10.4 km (8:20 / km) +260m 7:25 / km
spiked:20/22c
Another long day and didn't have the strength to come up twice in a row, struggling round in a pretty dismal physical effort - needed to be up for this and, without a lot to run for, wasn't.
The course distance (which implied a 5.2 min/km winning time) suggested very fast terrain but even the flat areas weren't super-quick (a bit uneven underfoot and quite a bit of undergrowth in places), and we got into some steeper and greener stuff out the back (as well of some of that much-loved feature of central European terrain in summer, yellow with green stripes) and tracks which were barely visible. Didn't really miss anything, just 15-seconders on 1 and 18, but was plodding throughout, and often worse than that - wasn't able to attack any of the hills, then my lower back muscles decided to go on strike just as the terrain started to open out after 13, leaving me to jog home. (I'm assuming this was fatigue in the soft ground).
Dropped two places which was better than I'd expected - have ended up qualifying 7th in one of three heats, which is a little better than 11th in one of two last year, with worse runs. This ought to give me some grounds for optimism that getting close to last year's 13th is doable if things go well on the day, but I'm not exactly confident about things going well on the day. I've now got 48 hours to get myself right.
The course distance (which implied a 5.2 min/km winning time) suggested very fast terrain but even the flat areas weren't super-quick (a bit uneven underfoot and quite a bit of undergrowth in places), and we got into some steeper and greener stuff out the back (as well of some of that much-loved feature of central European terrain in summer, yellow with green stripes) and tracks which were barely visible. Didn't really miss anything, just 15-seconders on 1 and 18, but was plodding throughout, and often worse than that - wasn't able to attack any of the hills, then my lower back muscles decided to go on strike just as the terrain started to open out after 13, leaving me to jog home. (I'm assuming this was fatigue in the soft ground).
Dropped two places which was better than I'd expected - have ended up qualifying 7th in one of three heats, which is a little better than 11th in one of two last year, with worse runs. This ought to give me some grounds for optimism that getting close to last year's 13th is doable if things go well on the day, but I'm not exactly confident about things going well on the day. I've now got 48 hours to get myself right.