Orienteering race (forest/parkland) 43:15 [4] 7.8 km (5:33 / km)
ahr:161 max:170 shoes: inov-8 x-talon 190
17/18 Ranking Event 12, POM Day 3 middle, ME 7.1km (57/80)
Yeah, train hard, fight easy. Something that I was kidding myself that I had done. Sure I ran three laps of the reflexbana, did 2 hours of running up and down the same hill in the snow. Trained more hours over the Winter than I have in years but the bottom line in that I am not prepared for running elite at the POM.
I. Ache. Everywhere. Started today at a high intensity regardless of the fatigued feeling warming-up to the start. Lost a minute on number one running up the wrong hill from the start kite. The rest went pretty well, probably another minute lost missing 5 slightly and 15 more than slightly. It was however again, quite straightforward.
I should be able to get through tomorrow's long distance but it will be touch and go whether or not I can actually walk up the 3 flights of stairs to my hotel room afterwards. It was a fair effort today.
Looking back over my Winter's training it seems a bit lacking when it comes to multi-day stamina. Something I will have to rectify over the next month or two.
Today's ranking points - 30.14...
47.27 25/08/17 start
35.27 11/02/18 before event
34.13 12/02/18 after event
24.00 30/06/18 target