Sunday Jun 1 |
 | Orienteering race 43:51 [5]***** 12 km (3:39 / km) | |
| spiked:16/19c |
| EOC relay. After Scott impaled himself in the middle final I got the call up to 2nd leg in the first team. GG had a great race to set me off in 5th in a speedy pack. The first legs were straight into some detailed open dunes with pretty wide gaffling and everyone was all over the place. I hit my controls with just some small hesitations but Merz was already away. I fell into a newly formed pack with AUT, DEN, CZE and later FIN which was setting a good speed, although I was suffering on the open sand and pretty much hung on for dear life. I was powerless to push the pace and really suffered on the last couple of kms, just about managing to pick out some useful details to make sure I hit all my controls and managed to come in hanging on to the back of a big group from 5th to 10th. Jamie did a good race on last leg to pull up to 7th spot, tantalisingly close to the podium. It was exciting to be in the mix all the way but I wish I could have been fresh enough to go faster! |
| Running warm up/down 30:00 [2]5 km (6:00 / km) | |
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| For the relay - lots of warming up but too tired for much warming down. |
| Track session race 1:00 [5] | |
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| Beer race at the EOC party on an indoor track with commentary from Per Forsberg. Team of Scott, me, Pippa and Jamie won the first round, then came second to the cheating Norwegians in the second round. In the end it was decided by a drink-off, which Scott won comfortably. |
| Running 20:00 [1]4 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Slow jog back to the hotel from the party. I was just too tired to last until the end. |
Saturday May 31 |
| Orienteering race 41:10 [5]***** 7 km (5:53 / km) | |
| spiked:19/22c |
| EOC middle final, a really great bit of terrain with small knolls in bushy marshes and ridges of detailed contours. Never felt in good enough control and made a deserved mistake at no. 4, where I left a ridge without really knowing where I was. The alarm bell went off as I did it, but I pressed on and sure enough, no control. It was really hard to relocate in that stuff and I lost almost 2 mins. Ran a decent race after that with just a few small misses and hesitations. I was surprised to finish 22nd, I had expected the worst, but lots of people had problems today! |
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| C • Solid result 1 |
| Running 25:00 [2]4 km (6:15 / km) | |
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| Warm up but completely forgot to have a warm down... |
Friday May 30 |
| Orienteering race 28:52 [5]***** 6 km (4:49 / km) | |
| spiked:16/18c |
| EOC middle qual, really tricky terrain with a series of detailed ridges and marshes. Had a whole load of nervous moments and made a few hesitations and small misses in the first half, but nothing too bad. The second part of the course went more smoothly and I was really happy with the race overall. Once again, I was surprised how tight it was to qualify - there are just so many good guys! |
| Running warm up/down 30:00 [2]5 km (6:00 / km) | |
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| Jogging about in mosquito-infested forest. Legs still tired this morning but felt better after some running. |
Thursday May 29 |
| Running 20:00 [2]4 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Morning jog with GG and Scott. Feeling pretty dead. Followed by a relaxing day on the beach. |
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| C • smashed it in the middle qu... 7 |
Wednesday May 28 |
| Orienteering race 1:35:23 [5]***** 18 km (5:18 / km) | |
| spiked:30/33c |
| EOC long final after a long day of waiting. This was a really challenging course in some varied dunes - areas of big dunes with grassy open forest, areas of smaller ridges in bushy low vis forest, wide marshes and a mini-desert of open sand. Took some safer routes at the start and made a couple of mistakes, but really not too much considering the terrain. Really enjoyed the race and happy with 17th place, I was worried for a while that I would end up 21st again... |
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| C • smashing 7 |
| Running 30:00 [2]5 km (6:00 / km) | |
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| Warm up and warm down. Pretty stuffed! |
Tuesday May 27 |
| Orienteering 57:48 [5]**** 12 km (4:49 / km) | |
| spiked:19/20c |
| EOC long qualifiers, ran a good race with just one mistake early on. Running loads with Mats, who was on a parallel heat on the same start time and Daniel, who caught me by 2 mins. The heats were unusually common so it was useful to have some good company. Nice terrain but not so tricky and quite a bit of path running. No idea what tomorrow will be like, it's a completely new area. Went through in 7th. |
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| C • Good effort, top result, be... 4 |
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| C • Top 20! 4 |
| Running 30:00 [2]5 km (6:00 / km) | |
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| Warm up and warm down along the beach. |
Monday May 26 |
| Running Drills 10:00 [3]1 km (10:00 / km) | |
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| Run from hotel to do some drills in the woods. |
| Running 15:00 [2]3 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Easy jogging, killing time. Then watching Scott kicking ass at the sprint finals. |