Training Log Archive: pi

Last day of public races at WOC. This was after the exciting Long final. Started with some controls on a mix of open and green. Recognised some areas from the TV covarage of the WOC race. Then the course moved into very nice fast forest for a few controls and then into some ravine climbing. Had 2 legs that were exactly like the WOC courses, which was fun!

In general a very consistent week of orienteering for me. Very few mistakes, but not so fantastic running in pretty easy terrrain.

Day 5 of public races at WOC. My legs felt pretty good after the rest day and I ran fast the first third of the course on very nice open woods. Only some minor 10 second mistakes on 5 and 6. To 8 had to cross a ravine and lost touch with the map going up the other side. Started to climb up to the control on the wrong side of a clear cut and had to come back down. After that did pretty well on the second half of the course, but had to slow down a bit. Tired on the uphills.

Too busy with team leader duties at WOC middle distance to be able to run the public race.

Third day at the O-festival at WOC. Middle distance in very nice forest! Had a great race in term of navigation, close to perfect, and had a very nice flow and feeling. The legs, however, felt a bit stiff and slow. The only negative was the course planning for the first control. First a 200 meter run uphill to the start triangle and then almost straight back down the hill again to the first control. As can be expected some runners cheated and cut directly to the first control. Very easy to see in the splits of the top runners...

Second day of O-festival at WOC. Same map as WOC Long Qualifier, which went in the morning. (Sandy and Louise to the final!). This area was less steep and not many ravines. Lots of trail, rides and vegitation features. Had some issues with the first control, ran too low to the right and had to come back and lost 45 seconds. Lost contact with the map on the way to 8 and ran very slow with lots of map stops, but managed to hit the control. Similar thing happened to 17, but here I lost a minute. Courses ended just like the WOC qualifiers with control picking in a green area. Tricky stuff.

First day of O-Festival in connection with WOC. Typical continental terrain with hills and lots of trails. Had a solid run with close to no mistakes. Some running in high grass and some controls on vague features, so it wasn't completely trivial. Felt pretty good in my running, but in this terrain you can always run faster if you are in great shape. Top 10 position in H21A, out of around 50, five minutes behind.

C • nice run pi! 1

First orienteering at WOC. Ran the course the Finnish team used for selection race for middle distance. Across the road from WOC middle. Pretty badly overmapped. Barely visible little mounds were mapped as dot knolls and all kinds of vague vegetation boundaries. Kind of bland hillsides with lots of cutlines. Slow and rough underfoot. It was great to be out in the forest for a run, but not my favourite terrain, for sure.

C • Svenska testerna var på sam... 1

Event: WOC 2008