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Saturday Mar 14, 2009 #
Orienteering 10:43 [3] ***** 1.1 km (9:45 / km)
ahr:167 max:182 shoes: Integrators
FVO training day, starting off at Aivelochan with a cute little line course. Beautiful runnable wee area and contours so easy to interpret, was smooth and confident in all except one short section on a bend.
Orienteering 9:41 [3] **** 1.2 km (8:04 / km)
ahr:175 max:185 spiked:12/13c shoes: Integrators
Compass work course on the south part of the map. I don't really use my compass very much anymore, just the occasional check of orientation. So it was quite a surprise to find I had this thing on my thumb that actually pointed directly at controls. Pretty amazing stuff this modern technology.
Orienteering race 20:43 [5] ***** 2.0 km (10:22 / km)
ahr:182 max:196 spiked:7/11c shoes: Integrators
Trains session with Abi. Raced the first three together, and I just got her, though slightly missed in the circle. I led the next 3 and managed to just stay ahead, then Abi led the next and both of us made a huge spoon - I missed the first, then really missed the second. And then the final control was missing, but Abi most definitely beat me to where it was supposed to be. On the final head to head Abi had sped up massively, simplifying well, and try as I might I couldn't get past her. That was the hardest I'd run in non urban orienteering for ages. It was ace. Coping with pressure - still not my strongest point!
Recovery 15:28 [2] 1.1 km (14:04 / km)
ahr:159 max:174 shoes: Integrators
Recovery jog to collect in the Compass course.
Warm up & strides 10:28 [2] 1.3 km (8:03 / km)
ahr:150 max:160 shoes: Integrators
Jog tot the start of the Revack exercises.
Orienteering 26:33 [3] **** 2.9 km (9:09 / km)
ahr:169 max:184 spiked:6/8c shoes: Integrators
Contour course. I was brilliant in the bumpy stuff, confident and simplifying well. I was inordinately shite on the big vague hill, and screwed up both times a leg went over it.
Orienteering race 33:02 [4] ***** 3.5 km (9:26 / km)
ahr:182 max:192 spiked:10/14c shoes: Integrators
A short race to end an awesome day. Screwed up yet again over the big hill, then had to dash to the loo. After that things were far improved, aced the complex pick section, but by then was into severe fatigue/oxygen debt, and was pushed seriously off line a couple of times by my legs desperately wanting the easy route, even if that was 90 degrees in the wrong direction! Still, time was acceptable and it felt good to get the complex section bang on at pace. A pace I haven't run at in a long time.