Running warm up/down 18:00 [1]
8 min before the prologue, then a bit after and before/after chase
Orienteering race 24:02 [4] 3.3 km (7:17 / km) +90m 6:25 / km
JOK Chasing Sprint- Prologue
Whippendell Wood
Started out a bit frantic, running into a tree off the start (not the one we were warned about, another one...), and generally not coming up with a plan. Wasn't too penalized for that though, first few controls went smoothly.
Then 6-7-8 were all very scrappy. Should have popped over to the track to get to 6, instead bashed through woods on a bearing and ended up having to think hard about where I was when I did come up on a path. 7 I have no good excuses for, but should have just been confident and faster. 8 was a bit of a mess, think I was exactly where I wanted to be, then saw Ruth relocating and freaked out a bit. Also had issues on my bearing to 11.
Generally, needed a bit less frantic-ness and a bit more zip in the running.
Orienteering 21:50 [5] 3.7 km (5:54 / km) +80m 5:20 / km
And the Chase!
Woo! So was starting in 8th, and had hopes of gaining a few places. Started right behind (4s) Helen Pearce, with a whole bunch starting right after. Caught the 4s by 1, then we both took the high (and not as good!) route choice to 2. Passed Helen then, but people behind had caught up and punched 2 right before me.
Then a big group from 3, which I worked my way up to the front of, then I led 4-5-6-7 ( proud of how fast I was orienteering here!) then 8, which was 8 of the prologue too, cause major issues again. Got forced downhill by green and then had to come back up. Extra running. Solid to 9 (catching Liz B) then wrong side of gigantic pit in 10- I confused paths I think.
I was super surprised to hear at the gate crossing, "Alison Crocker, 3rd place, by x" (didn't hear the time I was back). So then very nervous to not make mistakes!!! 12 and 13 were easy as they were the same as the men, and there were lots of those about. 14 was super tricky- all men headed off a not-too different direction, but not right either. The control was right by a building under some out of bounds lines that I didn't see until I slowed down and did a bit more intense map reading! 15 also became un-confident because it was much more downhill then I thought it should be. Managed to stay ahead of the 14 year old Charlotte who had been steadily gaining on me around this loop (even if she had me to chase, very impressed she was running at this speed!).