Training Log Archive: T - runner

Nationals Long - Waioneke. 5th. discovered the wonders of energy gels with caffeine in them - thanks Lizzie:) Went too far right to 1, but that made attacking the control really easy so ended up not being so bad. 3-7 all slightly messy but not too bad, but had my map folded and didn't see the long leg to 8 until I was at 7, which was not ideal. Took the track and fence almost all the way to 8, which was pretty good, had the gel, a bit slow over the ridge to 9, then down to the track 9-10. Straight/left route to 11, then round the sand to 12, which I didn't think was fast, but looks good on win splits. Caught Angela on the way to 12, which I wasn't expecting. Round the final loop was a bit the same as the first loop - all slightly messy but no big mistake apart from 19, where I though I went off the clearing on the track at the right angle, but then had to go back and up to get to the control, then had the wrong angle from there to 20 as well, so lost ~30s there too. Overall pretty happy though - my best elite result at Nationals:) Was buzzing on my warm down and took me a while to realise why...

2 - W21E M20A M21A M35A - Splits

Nationals Sprint - Kristin School. 11th. Mucked up route choice to 1 and 3 because of large impassable wall that wasn't mapped, got a bit messy in the last loop because I couldn't read ahead enough in the detail. Lost time on 18 and 19 when I couldn't tell what level the controls were on. Got caught by Mace early in the second part of the course, then by Kate at 18, so that wasn't so good...

Womens Elite - Splits

OY1 at Maraetotara. ALmost missed it by sleeping, but luckily daylight saving changing saved the day! Made a few small mistakes and was reasonably slow after yesterday - upper arms a bit sore but no particular other muscles, just general tiredness. Pretty sure a few of the control placements in the rocks were slightly dodgy, but quite a good course.

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