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Saturday Sep 5, 2009 #
running warm up/down 17:00 [2]
orienteering race 1:39:49 [4]
ahr:164 max:190
Sor-Trondelag Regional Champs, Selbu
Started well, first three controls no prob. Went off-line to 4 followed by a mistake in the circle, not happy. Got 5 fine, 6 took a long time as I got stuck a few times en route... and not the best of routes... 7 made a complete balls... 8 route wasn't the best, but not awful either... then Chris F flew past me, and a Swede caught me... I sped up a little and started conccentrating better from this point. Lost maybe a minute and a half on the second half fo the course, acceptable.
Great terrain!
Started well, first three controls no prob. Went off-line to 4 followed by a mistake in the circle, not happy. Got 5 fine, 6 took a long time as I got stuck a few times en route... and not the best of routes... 7 made a complete balls... 8 route wasn't the best, but not awful either... then Chris F flew past me, and a Swede caught me... I sped up a little and started conccentrating better from this point. Lost maybe a minute and a half on the second half fo the course, acceptable.
Great terrain!
Friday Sep 4, 2009 #
running warm up/down 19:00 [3]
mostly before the sprint
orienteering race 27:05 [4] 3.0 km (9:02 / km)
Norway camp day one...
Convenient SAS flights meant we could fly in a few hours before the competition, dump our things at the apartment and have some lunch before heading to the compn.
Lots of internationals around, pretty cool. I made a couple of mistakes, nothing horrendous. Andrew had a good run, 24 something compared to winner's 22.
Map was 1:7,500, race felt like a short middle distance. Wet and green in places, good fun!
Convenient SAS flights meant we could fly in a few hours before the competition, dump our things at the apartment and have some lunch before heading to the compn.
Lots of internationals around, pretty cool. I made a couple of mistakes, nothing horrendous. Andrew had a good run, 24 something compared to winner's 22.
Map was 1:7,500, race felt like a short middle distance. Wet and green in places, good fun!
Wednesday Sep 2, 2009 #
trail run 34:00 [3] 6.3 km (5:24 / km)
arsta
Tuesday Sep 1, 2009 #
orienteering 1:05:00 [2]
Ågesta
gg was late as usual, so it was already darkening by the time training started. The course was a bit longer than I (or anyone else) wanted, so it got severely amputated. Reading the map was hard, have to bring a headlamp for the next time. Did the first few controls with Andrew, neither of us concentrating properly :)
gg was late as usual, so it was already darkening by the time training started. The course was a bit longer than I (or anyone else) wanted, so it got severely amputated. Reading the map was hard, have to bring a headlamp for the next time. Did the first few controls with Andrew, neither of us concentrating properly :)
Monday Aug 31, 2009 #
Note
Back to Sverige
Trip was much less eventful than the week before, chatted to a couple of people along the way, which was nice.
Last week, after getting back to the room post-banquet, I had 30 mins to pack the remainder of my gear and get downstairs for the 5am taxi to the airport, which I did.
Arranging the taxi the previous day, the organisers got a first quote for 440 euros and then from a second company 65 euros, which I thought acceptable, given the airport was over an hour away and in another country.
However, arriving downstairs, there was no taxi. I staggered in a drunken haze towards the Uni-hotel and campus entrance. A taxi arrived, so I waved. It stopped, but wasn't the right company. By now it was close to 5:15, so I bluffed it, "Are you taxi 323 to take me to Kosice airport for 10,000 HUF?" "10,000, ok" was the reply. I got in, closed my eyes and woke up at the airport. Good start, especially since 10000 HUF is less than 40? :)
From there it was plain sailing, slept on the three flights before arriving into Knock, an airport built for a woman who had premarital sex.
Trip was much less eventful than the week before, chatted to a couple of people along the way, which was nice.
Last week, after getting back to the room post-banquet, I had 30 mins to pack the remainder of my gear and get downstairs for the 5am taxi to the airport, which I did.
Arranging the taxi the previous day, the organisers got a first quote for 440 euros and then from a second company 65 euros, which I thought acceptable, given the airport was over an hour away and in another country.
However, arriving downstairs, there was no taxi. I staggered in a drunken haze towards the Uni-hotel and campus entrance. A taxi arrived, so I waved. It stopped, but wasn't the right company. By now it was close to 5:15, so I bluffed it, "Are you taxi 323 to take me to Kosice airport for 10,000 HUF?" "10,000, ok" was the reply. I got in, closed my eyes and woke up at the airport. Good start, especially since 10000 HUF is less than 40? :)
From there it was plain sailing, slept on the three flights before arriving into Knock, an airport built for a woman who had premarital sex.
Sunday Aug 30, 2009 #
trail run 1:38:00 [2] 12.8 km (7:39 / km) +600m 6:12 / km
Crone Wood through Coillte-scarred slopes along the Wicklow Way to the top of Djouce, where the wind was breath-taking and the view ten metres. Runs like these make training worthwhile.