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Sunday Jan 6, 2013 #
10 AM
Orienteering 40:09 [5]
Middle out at Waikawa.
Awesome map featuring highly technical detail on open sand dunes. Unfortunately I just didn't have my technique right for the type of terrain.
The first 4 controls in the forest were fine and eased me into the race, calming the nerves. On the long leg from 4-5 I could see Grace 60m or so infront of me across the flat plain. I knew if I could catch her then we'd have a good chance of pushing eachother through the course with minimal mistakes. This was my downfall though, as Grace slipped in and out of 5 cleanly. Meanwhile, I hit the circle, but then couldn't make sense of the details. So wasted 1.5mins inside the circle, as each small feature was so deep! Eventually bumbled across the control, by which time Grace and the Finn infront of her were well gone.
6 was a short leg, OK. 7 and 8 back in patches of forest. 8 was scrappy but I think I executed it alright. 8-9 I got stuck in a lot of lupin as I tried to traverse the wrong side of a dune. Silly stuff, but it cost me a minute! Crazy! Made me feel sorry for La and the other girls who went out right at the front of the field!
10 was another longer leg diagonal across the dunes. And again, I executed my plan perfectly until I hit the circle. But I stopped short, and then couldn't match up the details. Another minute lost within the circle!
11 OK.
12, again, longer leg. again, as with 5 and 10. Thought the left hand entry to the control would be easier to navigate. However got epically stuck in lupin, and then lost contact on the circle. Sigh. Should have gone right.
Knew I'd messed up my race pretty bad by that point, and motivation was hitting a low. 13 and 14 were alright through the spectator. Then 15. AGAIN. DAMN IT. This time in the Macrocarpa strip, tiring on the dunes, I hit the circle, standing on top of the ridge above the control - but there was no control?! having spent 20s or so there confused, I moved a bit to my right, and there was the control hiding behind a tree!!
16 was a physical struggle. And 17, I tried to follow the ridge, but lost track of distance and was looking for the control far too early. Another minute gone. Atleast all I really had to do from there was run to the finish!
So yeap. A very disappointing run. I should have been much more at home given the technical terrain, but I didn't adapt my techniques to the terrain enough. Needed to navigate right onto the control, rather than to the circle as is more usual in NZ or Aus. Making 5 1min+ mistakes is just not acceptable in a world cup race.
Awesome map featuring highly technical detail on open sand dunes. Unfortunately I just didn't have my technique right for the type of terrain.
The first 4 controls in the forest were fine and eased me into the race, calming the nerves. On the long leg from 4-5 I could see Grace 60m or so infront of me across the flat plain. I knew if I could catch her then we'd have a good chance of pushing eachother through the course with minimal mistakes. This was my downfall though, as Grace slipped in and out of 5 cleanly. Meanwhile, I hit the circle, but then couldn't make sense of the details. So wasted 1.5mins inside the circle, as each small feature was so deep! Eventually bumbled across the control, by which time Grace and the Finn infront of her were well gone.
6 was a short leg, OK. 7 and 8 back in patches of forest. 8 was scrappy but I think I executed it alright. 8-9 I got stuck in a lot of lupin as I tried to traverse the wrong side of a dune. Silly stuff, but it cost me a minute! Crazy! Made me feel sorry for La and the other girls who went out right at the front of the field!
10 was another longer leg diagonal across the dunes. And again, I executed my plan perfectly until I hit the circle. But I stopped short, and then couldn't match up the details. Another minute lost within the circle!
11 OK.
12, again, longer leg. again, as with 5 and 10. Thought the left hand entry to the control would be easier to navigate. However got epically stuck in lupin, and then lost contact on the circle. Sigh. Should have gone right.
Knew I'd messed up my race pretty bad by that point, and motivation was hitting a low. 13 and 14 were alright through the spectator. Then 15. AGAIN. DAMN IT. This time in the Macrocarpa strip, tiring on the dunes, I hit the circle, standing on top of the ridge above the control - but there was no control?! having spent 20s or so there confused, I moved a bit to my right, and there was the control hiding behind a tree!!
16 was a physical struggle. And 17, I tried to follow the ridge, but lost track of distance and was looking for the control far too early. Another minute gone. Atleast all I really had to do from there was run to the finish!
So yeap. A very disappointing run. I should have been much more at home given the technical terrain, but I didn't adapt my techniques to the terrain enough. Needed to navigate right onto the control, rather than to the circle as is more usual in NZ or Aus. Making 5 1min+ mistakes is just not acceptable in a world cup race.
Orienteering warm up/down 30:00 [3]