Training Log Archive: Lizzie

WOC middle qual

A steady race, not pushing the pace too hard, as I knew a clean enough run would have me in the top 15. And if not, a cleanish enough run should have me in as top kiwi.

So took it careful on the longer leg to 3, across the strike of the land, as i've been messing up similar legs lately. Got a glimpse of Svetlana behind me as I came into #5. Decided to stay higher on #6 for the easier runnability. However, I got my compass wrong and ended waaay too high. Svetlana came past beneath me and I knew I needed to be on her line. Unfortunately there was a giant marsh between us that took a bit of getting through. Stayed calm and corrected my mistake, but peeved to lose 1min+ through sheer misconcentration.
From there through the next controls it was leapfrog with Svetlana, until she got a gap on me on the rock climbing section of #10. Direction was a bit off on #11, dropping some more time, but kept it steady into the finish.
Through to the final in 11th place, feels like job done, but not a very satisfying race tbh.
Ankle OK throughout but not appreciating the angled field we had for warmdown!

Oh, and moment of the day when a Belarussian did an epic faceplant right into a mud puddle, right infront of me in the finish chute. He did not recover aye, i finished well ahead.