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Saturday Aug 17, 2013 #
11 AM
orienteering 1:25:00 [2] 8.28 km (10:16 / km)
SM Ultralong terrain.
Ugh, two huge mistakes, one on 4, the other in the corridor. Pooh.
Had to cut some controls at the end to make it back only ten minutes late.
Ugh, two huge mistakes, one on 4, the other in the corridor. Pooh.
Had to cut some controls at the end to make it back only ten minutes late.
C • maps 2
4 PM
orienteering 48:00 [3] 5.47 km (8:46 / km)
A swim, a wander around Anttola, and back for more.
Still made a few mistakes. Can I blame only getting to bed at 1am last night, and not really sleeping the 6.5 hours I was in bed?
Still made a few mistakes. Can I blame only getting to bed at 1am last night, and not really sleeping the 6.5 hours I was in bed?
running warm up/down 8:00 [3]
Friday Aug 16, 2013 #
10 PM
orienteering 39:00 [3] 4.0 km (9:45 / km)
Night-O Neitvuori, 'near' Mikkeli.
One big mistake at no. 9. Otherwise, nice.
One big mistake at no. 9. Otherwise, nice.
running warm up/down 30:00 [3]
Thursday Aug 15, 2013 #
bike 1:20 [3]
Went to see a play (Passengers) in town after work.
Training weekend in Mikkeli coming up!
Training weekend in Mikkeli coming up!
Wednesday Aug 14, 2013 #
orienteering 1:10:00 [2]
wet
Tuesday Aug 13, 2013 #
Note
Good luck pitching this to CUSAI:
"World University Ski Orienteering Championships will be reality"
"World University Ski Orienteering Championships will be reality"
bike 50 [3]
wet
Monday Aug 12, 2013 #
Note
Edit: Music stuff posted, still have to write up Saturday's 'race', but in the meantime, on texting and driving.
bike 50 [3]
commute
Sunday Aug 11, 2013 #
bike 1:00 [3]
Flow commute
orienteering 1:01:00 [3] *** 7.6 km (8:02 / km)
16c
District Relay Champs, 4th.
Lynx and Bostrom were out to win, but other clubs didn't seem to have their strongest teams.
I was doing this on not enough sleep, so was hoping to not have a bad run more than to have a good run. Anyway, I did enough of a warm-up to feel alive at the start.
The first few controls went fin, not high speed but safe and almost smooth. By 6 I was getting tired, but still going ok. 7 I should have gone straighter instead of incorrectly trying to contour, went too far around and probably lost 30s. 8I chose the lower route, upper was probably faster as the runnability going down was not good. Not at all definite coming in to the control. Slow leaving 8, sign things are falling apart, but take a good route (via the sheep) on the longer leg to 9 and execute it fine. Then 10 was short and easy, almost get it right but don't have confidence when I stop 30m before and slightly to the left of the control, I decide the control isn't where it is because I don't see the knolls, check the hill to the left and come back, 1minutelost. 11 I was a bit shaky, but ok. 12 was ok. 13 was the bad one. Normally when strong I can do this fine, just run in the right direction and use the big features, easy peasy... ish... anyway, I decide to go for the ride, but then change my mind after 50m, and then go roughly straight, but end up going down the wrong re-entrant(?!) and crossing the marsh at the wrong angle and ending up 150m from where I ought to be. I realised immediately, but was slow, not fighting, to correct it, and hesitant coming to 13. 2+minutes. Then I thought of Anto waiting (and Tapsa, but I was unsure whether he was going to run) and told myself to fight... pushed for the last km and three controls, no problems with the easy enough navigation.
Anto and Tapsa picked up a bunch of places. I should have done better. I do need fighting practice.
Lynx and Bostrom were out to win, but other clubs didn't seem to have their strongest teams.
I was doing this on not enough sleep, so was hoping to not have a bad run more than to have a good run. Anyway, I did enough of a warm-up to feel alive at the start.
The first few controls went fin, not high speed but safe and almost smooth. By 6 I was getting tired, but still going ok. 7 I should have gone straighter instead of incorrectly trying to contour, went too far around and probably lost 30s. 8I chose the lower route, upper was probably faster as the runnability going down was not good. Not at all definite coming in to the control. Slow leaving 8, sign things are falling apart, but take a good route (via the sheep) on the longer leg to 9 and execute it fine. Then 10 was short and easy, almost get it right but don't have confidence when I stop 30m before and slightly to the left of the control, I decide the control isn't where it is because I don't see the knolls, check the hill to the left and come back, 1minutelost. 11 I was a bit shaky, but ok. 12 was ok. 13 was the bad one. Normally when strong I can do this fine, just run in the right direction and use the big features, easy peasy... ish... anyway, I decide to go for the ride, but then change my mind after 50m, and then go roughly straight, but end up going down the wrong re-entrant(?!) and crossing the marsh at the wrong angle and ending up 150m from where I ought to be. I realised immediately, but was slow, not fighting, to correct it, and hesitant coming to 13. 2+minutes. Then I thought of Anto waiting (and Tapsa, but I was unsure whether he was going to run) and told myself to fight... pushed for the last km and three controls, no problems with the easy enough navigation.
Anto and Tapsa picked up a bunch of places. I should have done better. I do need fighting practice.
Note
Flow.
Siesta was too long, arrived as Public Enemy had just finished.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor wasn't doing much by way of music when I stopped by, so wandered, checked out a bit of Orphan Fairytale, not bad, girl with synth seems in vogue.
Of Monsters and Men were solid, recognised maybe two of their songs, certainly one! Maybe I should become a fan.
Bat for Lashes... background music plus strong singer, british (half Pakistani) girl with a high voice. Quite mesmerising, but I was never totally convinced. Left halfway through.
Kraftwerk. 3D. !! This was quite a show. It was worth seeing just for the first two minutes, to see part of music history, with the iconic four (bald) men standing in front of their control panels and a big screen behind. The music wasn't bad, sometimes catchy, sometimes monotonous electronic, with all sorts of industrial idealised imagery behind and projected out in front, thanks to everyone wearing 3D glasses. We are robots, Auotbahne, Chernobyl Harrisburg Sellafield Fukushima (a sign of a partial update?!), 12345678, lots of numbers, then Deutsche Bank FBI Scotland Yard CIA control your data memory (strangely topical). Plus Das Model and Tour de France which contrast with romantic imagery. It worked very well as some sort of art installation.
We left three minutes before the end to pitstop en route to see
Grimes. Girl with synth. Fun, I'm not sure why but I liked it. Good way to finish, except when it was over the food places had all closed.
Siesta was too long, arrived as Public Enemy had just finished.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor wasn't doing much by way of music when I stopped by, so wandered, checked out a bit of Orphan Fairytale, not bad, girl with synth seems in vogue.
Of Monsters and Men were solid, recognised maybe two of their songs, certainly one! Maybe I should become a fan.
Bat for Lashes... background music plus strong singer, british (half Pakistani) girl with a high voice. Quite mesmerising, but I was never totally convinced. Left halfway through.
Kraftwerk. 3D. !! This was quite a show. It was worth seeing just for the first two minutes, to see part of music history, with the iconic four (bald) men standing in front of their control panels and a big screen behind. The music wasn't bad, sometimes catchy, sometimes monotonous electronic, with all sorts of industrial idealised imagery behind and projected out in front, thanks to everyone wearing 3D glasses. We are robots, Auotbahne, Chernobyl Harrisburg Sellafield Fukushima (a sign of a partial update?!), 12345678, lots of numbers, then Deutsche Bank FBI Scotland Yard CIA control your data memory (strangely topical). Plus Das Model and Tour de France which contrast with romantic imagery. It worked very well as some sort of art installation.
We left three minutes before the end to pitstop en route to see
Grimes. Girl with synth. Fun, I'm not sure why but I liked it. Good way to finish, except when it was over the food places had all closed.