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Sunday Jan 13, 2013 #
12 PM
Orienteering race 1:05:56 ***** 5.8 km (11:22 / km) +443m 8:14 / km
ahr:161 max:174 spiked:17/17c
Oceania Day 8 - Rotonui
12:01 PM. Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Burned 375 calories.
Course: M21E 4.7 km 275 m
A hot last day. After a lot of sitting and standing in the sun watching the WC competitors stuff up on this map, it was our turn. It was particularly tough conditions, hot in the sun, very little shade and NO WATER on the course. A poor oversight by the organisers. It was a mass start race and i knew just to keep my cool and to run my own race. Soon i was alone with Nieuwy in sight. I caught him and passed him by 7, but it was short-lived since my legs were really failing me - and dehydration was setting in. Nieuwy never really got away from me, and i thought there was some hope of passing him again, buti really couldn't keep it up at all, by the last three controls he was getting out of sight, and eventually i didn't see him at all. I think most competitors suffered from some degree of heat stroke today, it was really tough, but thankfully they were selling ice-blocks at the catering, which went down a treat.
12:01 PM. Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Burned 375 calories.
Course: M21E 4.7 km 275 m
A hot last day. After a lot of sitting and standing in the sun watching the WC competitors stuff up on this map, it was our turn. It was particularly tough conditions, hot in the sun, very little shade and NO WATER on the course. A poor oversight by the organisers. It was a mass start race and i knew just to keep my cool and to run my own race. Soon i was alone with Nieuwy in sight. I caught him and passed him by 7, but it was short-lived since my legs were really failing me - and dehydration was setting in. Nieuwy never really got away from me, and i thought there was some hope of passing him again, buti really couldn't keep it up at all, by the last three controls he was getting out of sight, and eventually i didn't see him at all. I think most competitors suffered from some degree of heat stroke today, it was really tough, but thankfully they were selling ice-blocks at the catering, which went down a treat.
Saturday Jan 12, 2013 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 2:12:10 **** 10.89 km (12:08 / km) +782m 8:56 / km
ahr:149 max:172 spiked:23/24c
Oceania Day 7 - Smedley
10:24 AM. Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Burned 697 calories.
Course: M21E 8.5 km 370 m
What a tough day, hey? On a scale of 1-10 for epicness, this scores an 11 for me. Not because of the distance, but because of the terrain. I don't think i've battled anything quite like it before. Wit the steep climbs and descents into the gorges and the running through creeks, it was something else. Navigation was pretty good, but routechoice let me down on a few legs. Despite the long time, i really enjoyed this race.
10:24 AM. Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Burned 697 calories.
Course: M21E 8.5 km 370 m
What a tough day, hey? On a scale of 1-10 for epicness, this scores an 11 for me. Not because of the distance, but because of the terrain. I don't think i've battled anything quite like it before. Wit the steep climbs and descents into the gorges and the running through creeks, it was something else. Navigation was pretty good, but routechoice let me down on a few legs. Despite the long time, i really enjoyed this race.
Friday Jan 11, 2013 #
12 PM
Orienteering race 1:12:04 *** 8.28 km (8:42 / km) +255m 7:33 / km
ahr:160 max:176 spiked:24/24c
Oceania Day 6 (Relay) - Glenlean
12:02 PM. Wairarapa, New Zealand. Burned 624 calories.
Course: M21E 7.7 km
Ran 3rd in a team with Nieuwy and Hallett. It was a fun and fast course. I certainly didn't have the legs for the hills, but really enjoyed the scenery and the rocks. The hills were out of proportion, what looked like they should be huge on the ground were only a few contours high on the map. I thionk this was to do with the rocks...
12:02 PM. Wairarapa, New Zealand. Burned 624 calories.
Course: M21E 7.7 km
Ran 3rd in a team with Nieuwy and Hallett. It was a fun and fast course. I certainly didn't have the legs for the hills, but really enjoyed the scenery and the rocks. The hills were out of proportion, what looked like they should be huge on the ground were only a few contours high on the map. I thionk this was to do with the rocks...
Thursday Jan 10, 2013 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 1:14:22 *** 6.04 km (12:19 / km) +220m 10:25 / km
ahr:139 max:166 spiked:9/29c
Oceania Day 5 - Ngatawhai
11:15 AM. Te Wharau, New Zealand. Burned 346.1488 calories.
Course: M21E 13 km 755 m
Really psyched myself out with this one. Didn't enjoy it from the start, even though this bit of the forest was the nicest we have run in so far. No real remarks on the navigation until 9. I was going to abandon my course after 10 anyway, but since i couldn't find 9, i thought i should abandon now. Not sure what went wrong with 9, but i lost contact with the map near the edge of the circle. I never found it, but didn't put too much effort into trying either. Left via 10 and walked back home. Disappointed.
11:15 AM. Te Wharau, New Zealand. Burned 346.1488 calories.
Course: M21E 13 km 755 m
Really psyched myself out with this one. Didn't enjoy it from the start, even though this bit of the forest was the nicest we have run in so far. No real remarks on the navigation until 9. I was going to abandon my course after 10 anyway, but since i couldn't find 9, i thought i should abandon now. Not sure what went wrong with 9, but i lost contact with the map near the edge of the circle. I never found it, but didn't put too much effort into trying either. Left via 10 and walked back home. Disappointed.
Tuesday Jan 8, 2013 #
12 PM
Running warm up/down 7:55 1.02 km (7:46 / km) +40m 6:30 / km
ahr:137 max:152
Run to start
12:11 PM. Wellington, New Zealand. Burned 89 calories.
Long warm up to the start.
12:11 PM. Wellington, New Zealand. Burned 89 calories.
Long warm up to the start.
Orienteering race 34:47 **** 4.6 km (7:34 / km) +146m 6:32 / km
ahr:163 max:182 spiked:18/19c
Oceania Day 4 - Government House
12:51 PM. Wellington, New Zealand. Burned 409 calories.
Course: M21E 3.6 km 134 m
This was the longest sprint i have done (time wise). There were steep hills and tricky route-choices. I made just about all the wrong route choices and made some critical errors too. Most notably was the long route choice from 6 to 7 where i chose the steep climby leg.... The other was 13 to 14 when i completey missed the path out of Govermnet House and back into the school. Still it was a great fun race. I always feel sorry for those who start behind me, i never get to give them and lead into controls.
12:51 PM. Wellington, New Zealand. Burned 409 calories.
Course: M21E 3.6 km 134 m
This was the longest sprint i have done (time wise). There were steep hills and tricky route-choices. I made just about all the wrong route choices and made some critical errors too. Most notably was the long route choice from 6 to 7 where i chose the steep climby leg.... The other was 13 to 14 when i completey missed the path out of Govermnet House and back into the school. Still it was a great fun race. I always feel sorry for those who start behind me, i never get to give them and lead into controls.
Sunday Jan 6, 2013 #
2 PM
Orienteering race 1:09:17 ***** 7.08 km (9:47 / km) +71m 9:19 / km
ahr:157 max:175 spiked:15/19c
Oceania Day 3 - Manga Pirau
2:30 PM. Waikawa Beach, New Zealand. Burned 486 calories.
Course: M21E 5.1 km 135 m
This was always going to be a realy fun race. I love dunes. I started out slow and really got into the navigation. Towards # 8 i was starting to get cocky and was brutally pulled back into line by a lovely parallel error. I ended up thinking i was one clearing south of where i actually was. This was followed up by another error on 10 and then i was settle back down and had a clean couple of controls. Then #14 happened. I went out to the beach thinking i would be able to find a decent attack point to lead me back into the dunes and then the control. No. No there was no attack point and decided to revisit 5 before tackling 14. After that epic blowout i mananged a pretty smooth end to the course. Not sure how i pulled that off...
2:30 PM. Waikawa Beach, New Zealand. Burned 486 calories.
Course: M21E 5.1 km 135 m
This was always going to be a realy fun race. I love dunes. I started out slow and really got into the navigation. Towards # 8 i was starting to get cocky and was brutally pulled back into line by a lovely parallel error. I ended up thinking i was one clearing south of where i actually was. This was followed up by another error on 10 and then i was settle back down and had a clean couple of controls. Then #14 happened. I went out to the beach thinking i would be able to find a decent attack point to lead me back into the dunes and then the control. No. No there was no attack point and decided to revisit 5 before tackling 14. After that epic blowout i mananged a pretty smooth end to the course. Not sure how i pulled that off...
Saturday Jan 5, 2013 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 2:09:25 **** 12.24 km (10:34 / km) +112m 10:07 / km
ahr:152 max:175 spiked:26/30c
Oceania Day 2 - Osgiliath Wood
11:03 AM. Waitarere Forest, New Zealand. Burned 810 calories.
Course: M21E 10.1 km 90 m
From one epic to another. The forest on this was quite nice and soft to run thorugh, but I didn't get to enjoy it much, since my legs were really buggered from day 1. I managed to completely stuff #9 and really only found it by a combination of luck and the fact that Morten was searching for it too (i grabbed it before he did!). He let me follow him into 10 but he then quickly disappeared. The most talked about bit of this map was that in the Microcarpa and out in the dunes proper. Both horrible areas, and the dunes were very hard to understand with a very minimalist mapping style. To throw us into this for half our course was just mean, especially because it was the end of the course!
11:03 AM. Waitarere Forest, New Zealand. Burned 810 calories.
Course: M21E 10.1 km 90 m
From one epic to another. The forest on this was quite nice and soft to run thorugh, but I didn't get to enjoy it much, since my legs were really buggered from day 1. I managed to completely stuff #9 and really only found it by a combination of luck and the fact that Morten was searching for it too (i grabbed it before he did!). He let me follow him into 10 but he then quickly disappeared. The most talked about bit of this map was that in the Microcarpa and out in the dunes proper. Both horrible areas, and the dunes were very hard to understand with a very minimalist mapping style. To throw us into this for half our course was just mean, especially because it was the end of the course!
Friday Jan 4, 2013 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 2:01:30 **** 13.58 km (8:57 / km) +458m 7:39 / km
ahr:149 max:180 spiked:15/21c
Oceania Day 1 - Fusilier
11:11 AM. Manawatu, New Zealand. Burned 1045 calories.
Course: M21E 11.5 km 140 m
Orienteering baptism by fire. This was my first navigation for some time and it showed. Also, wasn't really up for the actual distance of this i think. I got around in the end though. Lots of problems keeping a bearing in the forest with me drifting a long way right on the majority of the controls i made errors. Felt like a lot of running without much thinking on much of the course. The forest was nice and soft.
11:11 AM. Manawatu, New Zealand. Burned 1045 calories.
Course: M21E 11.5 km 140 m
Orienteering baptism by fire. This was my first navigation for some time and it showed. Also, wasn't really up for the actual distance of this i think. I got around in the end though. Lots of problems keeping a bearing in the forest with me drifting a long way right on the majority of the controls i made errors. Felt like a lot of running without much thinking on much of the course. The forest was nice and soft.