Sunday Sep 17 |
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| Event: 2006 Sprint Series Finals
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 | Orienteering race 13:49 [5]*** 2.4 km (5:45 / km) | |
| spiked:14/14c |
| Sprint Finals, round 1. A very good run. But I had three faster runners in my heat - Patrick Shannon, Gerald Yip, and Jeff Saeger - so no chance to move to the A group unless someone choked. Patrick and Gerald were a bit ahead. I traded places a couple times with Jeff early on, but then they all dropped me on the long open field run to 11. Then I was on my own until I caught up to George at the end (he started 2 minutes ahead). Maybe if I had had fresher legs? In any case, this is the fastest per k time I've ever raced, though I don't pretend I would have gone that fast entirely on my own. |
| Orienteering race 21:38 [5]*** 2.3 km (9:24 / km) | |
| spiked:11/14c |
| Round 2, lots of woods running, so a lot slower than round 1, and my legs were pretty tired. But still a good run, only a little over a minute in mistakes. Had Dave Onkst, George, and Valery in my group. We scattered going to three, then I caught up to Dave at 4, but he blew 5 and I never saw anyone again until near the end of the race when Karl Alswede, and some Heat 1 guys caught me. First in my group, so moved on to the B final. |
| Orienteering race 28:25 [5]*** 2.6 km (10:56 / km) | |
| spiked:8/15c |
| B Final, with Karl, Charlie, and Dean. The A loop went OK, but went totally brain dead on the B loop. Many mistakes, including two big ones where I couldn't relocate in the maze of buildings and small trails. Awful. Not a good way to end an otherwise fine weekend of orienteering. |
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Sprint #1 - short - Splits |
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Sprint #2 - short - Splits |
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Sprint FINAL - short - Splits |
Saturday Sep 16 |
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| Event: 2006 Sprint Series Finals Festival
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| Orienteering race 1:30:54 [4]*** 8.6 km (10:34 / km) | |
| spiked:19/19c |
| DVOA weekend at Hickory Run, Farsta and sprint finals. Three good races, and then a total bomb. The best was the Farsta. I wasn't moving all that well in the often thick and rocky terrain, but I made no mistakes to speak of (just a few hesitations, and came into the rocky reentrant a bit high, maybe 15 seconds to run down to it). I don't think I've ever done that before for an advanced course. |
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Farsta - Splits |
Friday Sep 15 |
| grass 28:56 [3] 3.8 mi (7:37 / mi) | |
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| 4 laps around UMass field, comfortable pace (though it felt a bit humid again). 7:33, 7:10, 7:03, 7:10 |
Thursday Sep 14 |
| machines (elliptical, h13) 30:00 [3] | |
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| At Smith, after dark. Couldn't get away from work during daylight yesterday or today. |
Tuesday Sep 12 |
| Track (tempo) 19:57 [4] 3.0 mi (6:39 / mi) | |
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| Smith track, unseasonably cool. Steady hard effort, but enough slower than race pace to be comfortable and in control. Every 200 was within a fraction of 50 seconds; then a final 47. |
| dirt 22:00 [3] 2.75 mi (7:59 / mi) | |
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| Two miles before with Rich G.; short cooldown after. |