Training Log Archive: jennycas

Epsom Campus, University of Auckland. Actually a really tricky course which made good use of a small area. 'Longer' courses including W40 had a map flip, which meant that in the start box I was able to plan my route to the second-last control, and subsequently had the 3rd-fastest split for that! Also, when I looked at the longer leg 2-3, straightaway I saw the western route, which while it was perhaps a bit longer, had only one set of stairs, so I took that, and somehow won that split. We had a similar leg in the opposite direction later on (15-16) and I pretty much just put my map away and ran 80% of it on memory, winning that split too. What I did not do well was to miss a crucial gap between buildings immediately after 11, whereupon I found myself somehow navigating to 13 without yet having been to 12, and when I did realise this I was so confused that in trying to correct my error I actually ran straight past 12 without realising it, then had to double back, so that was about 100 sec wasted :(

Just had to think of it as an extra control and not let it affect my race. In fact, I still qualified - in 7th although it would otherwise have been 3rd - and was pretty happy given the early awakening to take Geoff to the airport at 6am and the discovery at that time of a couple dozen midge or sandfly bites all over my torso, which I have no idea how or when I acquired.

Sprint Qualification - Women 40 Heat 1 - Splits