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Sunday Jan 8, 2012 #
11 AM
Orienteering race (Big 5 O-Week) 18:11 [5] *** 2.5 km (7:16 / km) +90m 6:10 / km
spiked:22/27c shoes: Salomon 3D S-Lab Red/Yel #2
Day 5 of the Big 5. A WRE sprint in the Lowveld Botanical Gardens in Nelspruit. Lowest altitude of the week, so pretty muggy and hot. At least a lot of the paths were in the shade.
Seeding was reverse, based on WRE points, so I was off 5th last. Not surprisingly, I didn't catch anyone.
Started poorly. Very slow into #1, hesitating. Then got used to the map, but didn't push hard enough on the paths to 2,3,4,5. Wrong route to 6, should have taken the board walks. Slightly overran #9, then misread the O for a building near 10 and almost overran as well. From here I had a better run. Taivainen and Haines got sight of me at #18. I made a wrong route choice to 19 and was caught just before the control. Lundanes came past shortly after them at #23. No chance of hanging on.
So overall a fair sprint for me, but this just isn't my distance. 2nd South African behind Jeremy (30 secs) and about 4.5 mins behind Lundanes. Ouch.
Seeding was reverse, based on WRE points, so I was off 5th last. Not surprisingly, I didn't catch anyone.
Started poorly. Very slow into #1, hesitating. Then got used to the map, but didn't push hard enough on the paths to 2,3,4,5. Wrong route to 6, should have taken the board walks. Slightly overran #9, then misread the O for a building near 10 and almost overran as well. From here I had a better run. Taivainen and Haines got sight of me at #18. I made a wrong route choice to 19 and was caught just before the control. Lundanes came past shortly after them at #23. No chance of hanging on.
So overall a fair sprint for me, but this just isn't my distance. 2nd South African behind Jeremy (30 secs) and about 4.5 mins behind Lundanes. Ouch.
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| From Orienteering Maps |
Orienteering warm up/down 10:00 [3] 1.5 km (6:40 / km)
shoes: Salomon 3D S-Lab Red/Yel #2
Didn't require much warming up in this heat.