Training Log Archive: Desmond

Event: 3rd National Competition race
 

warming up with winston and karoline.
only a short warm up because we had to wait for maps whole the time

Regional o-race: Bestse bossen
Class: H1
Distance gps: 12.6km
Results; 2nd http://milolbe.o-crew.com/resultaten/20110508/2011...
Splits: http://milolbe.o-crew.com/resultaten/20110508/graf...

My first part of the race went very well. Untill control 11 i had an almost perfect race. Legs felt so good and strong (for the first time after tio) and also my orienteering flow was really good. At control 9 i overtook Winston with 2' so i had feedback that my speed was high enough.
Towards ctrl 12 i start to lose time, mostly because of hesitation and not to dare to jump over the 'river'. Finally i decided to go through it and also helped winston to go through it.
Towards ctrl 15 i made my first technical mistake, came out too much at the left and lost 1'. At 17 the control was hidden and at 18 i made a 2nd mistake (30").
Then found the good flow again, but between 21 and 22 i got real stomachcramps. I even had to take a stop during this long leg. Afterwards it went better for some minutes, but towards 23 i had to start jogging. Cramps made it impossible to run. I think the coffee (with milk?) before the race caused these problems.

Long run on small sandpaths whole the time.
felt tired afterwards.

endurance run towards Galgenweel and Linkeroever.
Long time ago that i did a run like that on my own. Legs were still tired. Hungry in the end.
At school i touched with my right knee against a students knee (during a footballgame), it was a bit painfull. But it won't cause problems, i think.

Studied in the afternoon for school, had an exam in the evening. So i went early to the competition and started with a long warming up.

Regional o-race - Revalidatie centrum Pulderbos
Class: H1
Distance gps: 7.78km
Result: 6th: http://helga-o.com/webres/index.php?lauf=78&year=0...
Splits: http://helga-o.com/webres/splits/splitsbrowser.php...

Wanted to run a nice speed (but not pushing because of the exam afterwards) and do stable orienteering. But i didn't succeed at all. Had many problems with keeping direction and made a lot of mistakes (ctrls: 3, 6, 7, 8, 11!!!, 17, 24, 25). Don't know why.

C • Direction 3