Sunday Mar 11 |
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| Event: Valley Goat III
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 | Orienteering race 1:36:23 [4] **** 15.92 km (6:03 / km) | |
| ahr:158 max:167 30c slept:6.0 (injured) shoes: VJ Integrator 2006 |
| DVOA Valley Goat III - Long edition.
Couple last weeks I didn't have a chance to train properly due to sickness and some work related circumstances. Left knee still hurts ...
Was pleased to see a lot of folks opted for the long version of VG like John F., Greg B., and others. After start glanced at my map, found first control, and headed into the woods leading pack for first hundred meters or so. There were John, Clem, Wyatt, and Greg A. Several first controls we were almost together. First real challenge was climb on the rocky and muddy hillside to the #5. Here I used all my fours and managed take a lead (probably my climbing was on more straight line than others). On the way to #7 John passed me on downhill, he was just flying while I was caution. Unfortunately control wasn't there and main pack got us and there was Sergei (it's really nice to see him running with us). Now Clem was leading us to #8. At maps exchange John got confused, Wyatt stopped for longer water break, and I took off toward #12. There were no reason to push harder, just kept cruising speed on the grassy field. Now we were three of us: Wyatt, John, and me. Clem was about 100m behind. For the next several controls we exchanged lead. Now I was together with John and Wyatt a little bit behind after he overshot one of controls. Water stop was quick and John took lead from there. I tried to stay with him, but he was faster than me. So, kept him in sight as long as possible and navigated by myself for a bit. That part of the course was on the rocky and hilly part of Mt.Misery map. My knee started hurting going up the hills on the way to #22 and after #24 I slowed down - at that point it was clear for me I can't catch John, my knee is hurting, and it makes no sense to push hard. So, tried to navigate with out major mistakes and keep moving toward finish.
Pleased with second place, 1:30 behind leader (John). Wyatt crossed finish line ~45sec. later taking third place.
Nice hard race overall. Pleasant weather. |
| Trail-Grass Running warm up/down 15:00 [2] | |
| shoes: VJ Integrator 2006 |
| Warming up is necessary part of any races for me since last december, at least 10-15 minutes until my knee feels better and don't hurt. |
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Long - Splits |
Saturday Mar 10 |
| Trail-Grass Running 1:12:00 [2] 12.44 km (5:47 / km) | |
| slept:7.0 (injured) shoes: Salomon XA Pro 3D (2006) |
| Easy and slow run with Wyatt at VF from visitor center over mt. Joy to the top of mt. Misery and back. Nice weather, a bit windy, but sunny. |
Friday Mar 9 |
| Trail-Grass Running (Some Snow) 38:30 [3] 8.01 km (4:48 / km) | |
| max:145 slept:6.0 weight:66.4kg (injured) shoes: Salomon XA Comp2 XCR |
| AM: Drag myself out of bed for a nice morning run ... definetely I'm out of shape. |
Thursday Mar 8 |
| Road Running 51:30 [3] 10.81 km (4:46 / km) | |
| ahr:133 max:143 slept:6.0 weight:66.9kg (injured) shoes: Salomon XA Comp2 XCR |
| Managed get out of work around 6PM and was glad to run outside - nice work-stress relief option :) |
Wednesday Mar 7 |
| Trail-Grass Running (Snow) 41:30 [2] 8.08 km (5:08 / km) | |
| ahr:130 max:141 slept:6.5 weight:67.1kg (injured) shoes: Salomon XA Comp2 XCR |
| Late evening run on the fresh snow, probably last time this season. |
Tuesday Mar 6 |
| Note | |
| slept:7.0 weight:68.3kg |
| It's no longer fun. I spent another day with non-stop e-mails and phone calls (which I didn't answer on purpose, only few special people received help via phone). Probably I managed to handle more than 500 e-mails (it's a madness) in two business days, most of them related to permission/access settings and several with real problems or bugs. And then again couple hours work from home.
Always there is a hope tomorrow will be better day :) |
Monday Mar 5 |
| Note | |
| slept:8.0 (sick) |
| That was day after upgrading software ... I didn't answer any phone calls and spent over 9hr in front of my desktop almost w/out breaks. Then I had few things to finish from home, another couple of hours. There were no time for training, plus cold from last week wasn't gone. |