Running (road) warm up/down 15:52 1.25 km (12:40 / km) +3m12:31 / km ahr:124 max:177 shoes: Inov8 Road-X 255
One go around the sample course to use SI Air again and then I put in some time for jogging to the start and doing some strides.
Orienteering race 15:13 [5] **** 3.5 km (4:21 / km) spiked:27/27c shoes: Inov8 Road-X 255
IOC Sprint + WRE
Had one goal today - not get caught 2 mins by Kev. Did that so was happy enough. Clean and about as fast as I am considering no intervals in 2.5 months!
Actually had a pretty good race by my sprint standards.
1. Had watched where the previous starter went, so turned left. Read the map and went right to 1.
2. Back left to 2 settled into a pace now and planned 3.
3. Couldn't tell if I could cross the fence to the south of 3 due to the circle so I went north instead.
4. Back out my entrance and across the square.
5. I had planned to go straight out of the alley and go right of the building doing less turns but didn't somehow. Don't think there was much in it.
6. Right, nearly got caught by going into the dead end but rescued.
7. Easy
8. Right. There were three kids (~8-10?) standing behind some bollards on this leg shouting a lot. I picked my gap in the bollards. As I approached, the farthest one jumped out from behind his bollard with a stick and shouted "GET HIM". I thought fine, they won't catch me anyway but then the closest one stepped out directly in front of me as I was mid stride. I met little resistance as he took a knee in the chest as there was nothing else I could do. Looked behind after and he was standing up his friends shouting at me still, then they proceeded to chase after Ruth instead. Though they gave up when they realised she was "old" apparently. Got the control fine.
9. Slowed a little to let myself calm down slightly and regain my focus. Got it well.
10. Right. maybe left I would have had better flow through 9.
11. Thought about the little path but decided against it. Saw Niamh doing similar. Saw her catch SJ Barrable as she punched it though I was a bit behind.
12. no choice. gaining on the ladies. Shoes were a little slippy on the grass.
13. Again no choice. Punching just behind Niam and SJ.
14. no choice again. Another crowd of kids at this control but they were great and shouted "good job!, keep concentrating!"
15. left, not much in it I don't think
16. left to keep the flow
17. straight but I went around the hedge. Caught my first glimpse of 1 minute man Jack Millar ahead of me.
18. Decided to zig through the courtyard and got held up by parking cars.
19. Saw Jack again. Pushing to catch him
20. Just went the way I saw. Again a zig around a car had to be done.
21. Saw Jack go left, felt like the forest would be bad so went right, didn't seem much different. Igor Stefko was talking to the kids I had had an earlier "run in" with.
22. Jack went too far, I hesitated slightly and saw the shorter gap so got ahead of him. Philip hiding the in alley taking pictures surprised me.
23. Bad choice here, went north as I missed one of the gaps to the south which made south better. Jack got ahead again.
24. Trying hard to get back to Jack. Actually don't remember which way I went.
25. Jack staying the same 30 m in front of me.
26. Running hard
27 Suffer up the hill. Saw jack hesitate at the last control and said I'm gonna get this right.
Finish. Not much acceleration in the legs. Did check that my SI Air had punched though.
7 PM
Running (road) warm up/down 9:23 1.24 km (7:33 / km) +2m7:30 / km ahr:114 max:126 shoes: Inov8 Road-X 255
Jog around on the grass with Kev making sure the legs are good to go for tomorrow.