Sunday Oct 15 |
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| Event: Hudson Highlander
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 | Orienteering race (Long) 3:27:19 [4]***** 26.3 km (7:53 / km) | |
| ahr:144 max:164 spiked:25/25c slept:5.5 shoes: Sarva Duotech |
| Hudson Highlander XI.
Finished 4th overall just couple minutes or so behind leaders. Lost them just on last uphill toward next to last control.
Warmed up on the way to the start, probably not enough, but didn't have other options because of time frame.
First leg was King of the mountain followed with trail run. Was in the leading "train" and we missed turn from the road to the trail, but realised just in time - added extra climb:) Then was running with John F., Jon T. and Eddie in front of me. At #3 Clem and Flavius joined us and we were running together for several controls. At #6 we splitted, part of us went down to the trail and I and Eddie went more straight line. Lost to John F. several hundreds meters, but ended up with Flavius at first exchange. Saw Eddie and Clem coming to transition area when I and Flavius left it. Second map was a technical part of Highlander. Was running with Flavius (almost till the end), then at #9 Eddie joined us and we maintained our group for the rest of the course. At second exchange area we were told John F. was couple minutes in front (probably 5min.) of us. At #23 I was stuck in green, lost just 30 seconds and saw John followed by Eddie flying toward control, Flavius was in front of them. Basically, I didn't recover after that small bubble, was about 50m behind pack. In addition to that couple controls before I lost one of my contacts, so, my vision was affected and everything looked pretty funny:( Decided just to follow them and keep visual contact. Unfortunately, they got away on the last uphill and from there I started my own slow race. I'm glad I didn't lose too much time at #24, unfortunately my race was done and I jogged toward finish. Pleased with 4th place.
This year started with water waist-belt and at transition area switched to camelback (2L). I think that was great solution. Had my GU and Gookinaid throughout the race and used them as soon as I needed. |
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| C • You had a good run!! 2 |
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XI - Splits |
Saturday Oct 14 |
| Course Hiking 1:00:00 [1]***** | |
| shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006) |
| Controls vetting with Rick at Batsto for the BATONA-500 event. Spent about 2-2.5 hours, but can credit only for an hour. |
| Trail-Grass Running warm up/down 14:00 [2]2.9 km (4:50 / km) | |
| rhr:45 slept:8.5 weight:66.3kg shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006) |
| Warmup on the way from start area to parking lot and back. |
| Orienteering 1:02:24 [3]***** 9.7 km (6:26 / km) +100m 6:07 / km | |
| max:144 spiked:158/rhr:45 slept:8.5 weight:66.3kg shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006) |
| Ran and jogged (walked) Blue course. Moved one streamer with stick to a new location. Got confused in several places, overall if you pay attention to the "gentle" terrain features then you are safe. Some places are very runnable, in some you have to fight with blue-berry bushes (from knee high to waist high). Last several controls will push you to the top speed.
In most places it was hard to see streamers (or just metal sticks) and that slowed me down. Next time will do time trial.
Lower legs protection is highly recommended. |
Friday Oct 13 |
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| Event: 7th World Rogaine Championships
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| (rest day) |
| Involuntary rest day. Will pick it up tomorrow. |
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| 4 weeks to go. |
Thursday Oct 12 |
| Trail-Grass Running 54:00 [3]11.17 km (4:50 / km) | |
| ahr:130 max:139 slept:6.5 weight:66.2kg shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006) |
| Easy run in the dark :(( |
Wednesday Oct 11 |
| Trail-Grass Running 55:30 [3]11.29 km (4:55 / km) | |
| ahr:126 max:133 slept:7.0 weight:66.7kg shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006) |
| It was rainy and wet, and then it became dark ... |
Tuesday Oct 10 |
| Trail-Grass Running 57:00 [3]12.8 km (4:27 / km) | |
| ahr:131 max:143 slept:7.0 weight:65.9kg shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006) |
| Easy run with nice tempo. Felt too good ... |
Monday Oct 9 |
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| slept:4.0 (rest day) |
| Planned to run tonight, but it didn't happen. |