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Sunday Jun 19, 2022 #
10 AM
Orienteering race (Orienteering Sprint ) 16:16 [5] *** 1.57 mi (10:22 / mi) +3m 10:18 / mi
ahr:167 max:199 spiked:13/13c shoes: Bright Blue Speedcross 5
Ödåkra, Helsingborg, Sweden. Fairly complex residential area. 1.9 km, 13 controls, no climb. Start 10:12. Rain (tapering off during the race), temp in mid 50’s. Ran in shorts. Didn’t even take my magnifier because with the 1:3000 maps I hadn’t needed in the two previous races and it would have been useless in the rain anyway (and it again turned out I didn’t need it).
The stated distances must be straight line, not optimal route, as I ran over 2.4 km and I was extremely close to the optimal route.
Finished 1st, 51 seconds ahead of Leif Löf, my best race of the weekend, and it was the most challenging course. Had a very surprising amount of energy given the weather, my appalling lack of sleep, and the fact that it was the third day in a row of racing. Felt totally “on”. Started off faster than usual because I was cold, had to ease off a bit after 5, but split rankings still improved towards the end, probably due mostly to the short, complex legs from 8 to 13 (my forté).
Only blemishes on a near perfect race:
1 and 3. Knowingly choose slightly suboptimal routes because I didn’t want to run on wet grass. Not a good choice.
6. Suboptimal route choice, costing about 10 secs. Just didn’t see the other alley.
8. Didn’t notice the short trail through the olive green. After the race when I did notice it, thought it wouldn’t have made a difference, but then saw on LiveLox thay Leif went that way and he beat me by 8 seconds (of course, he might have just been running faster, as the difference couldn’t have been anywhere near that much - or I might have slowed a little, figuring out how to get to 8, which was the only real trap of the entire weekend).
11. Almost overran it because I didn’t realize it was in the woods and, therefore, not obviously visible from the road (and I was keeping an eye on Bo - who at that point I thought was Leif - while planning the next leg, and he did overrun it); fortunately, was paying enough attention to all the things I could see, most especially the cutout for parked cars, to realize I should stop and turn left, and a glance at the map told me to peer into the woods and I could see it. Lost maybe 3 seconds.
Splits **link needs to be fixed, but here’s the url of the event’s main page, where there are links to full results, splits, course maps (via Lovelox) and more: https://eventor.orientering.se/Events/Show/36199
[Orienteering Sprint race]
The stated distances must be straight line, not optimal route, as I ran over 2.4 km and I was extremely close to the optimal route.
Finished 1st, 51 seconds ahead of Leif Löf, my best race of the weekend, and it was the most challenging course. Had a very surprising amount of energy given the weather, my appalling lack of sleep, and the fact that it was the third day in a row of racing. Felt totally “on”. Started off faster than usual because I was cold, had to ease off a bit after 5, but split rankings still improved towards the end, probably due mostly to the short, complex legs from 8 to 13 (my forté).
Only blemishes on a near perfect race:
1 and 3. Knowingly choose slightly suboptimal routes because I didn’t want to run on wet grass. Not a good choice.
6. Suboptimal route choice, costing about 10 secs. Just didn’t see the other alley.
8. Didn’t notice the short trail through the olive green. After the race when I did notice it, thought it wouldn’t have made a difference, but then saw on LiveLox thay Leif went that way and he beat me by 8 seconds (of course, he might have just been running faster, as the difference couldn’t have been anywhere near that much - or I might have slowed a little, figuring out how to get to 8, which was the only real trap of the entire weekend).
11. Almost overran it because I didn’t realize it was in the woods and, therefore, not obviously visible from the road (and I was keeping an eye on Bo - who at that point I thought was Leif - while planning the next leg, and he did overrun it); fortunately, was paying enough attention to all the things I could see, most especially the cutout for parked cars, to realize I should stop and turn left, and a glance at the map told me to peer into the woods and I could see it. Lost maybe 3 seconds.
Splits **link needs to be fixed, but here’s the url of the event’s main page, where there are links to full results, splits, course maps (via Lovelox) and more: https://eventor.orientering.se/Events/Show/36199
[Orienteering Sprint race]
Running warm up/down 6:12 [2] 0.36 mi (17:14 / mi) +2m 16:56 / mi
ahr:190 max:195 shoes: Bright Blue Speedcross 5
Cool down. At this point, the rain had stopped. Afterwards, got changed in the open, bought a grilled sausage, and took some photos with Kjell.
Managed to meet Bo Klamfelt right after we finished (he’d started a minute ahead of me, I passed him going into 11, he came up the chute 3 secs behind me); kept looking for Leif Löf, but never did find him.
Managed to meet Bo Klamfelt right after we finished (he’d started a minute ahead of me, I passed him going into 11, he came up the chute 3 secs behind me); kept looking for Leif Löf, but never did find him.
6 PM
Walking 20:14 [2] 0.98 mi (20:39 / mi) +4m 20:24 / mi
ahr:112 max:140
Walked into the center of Helsingborg for dinner at Viva.