Training Log Archive: silje

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EOC relay 1st leg for NOR 1.

Failed to bring my team safely through the 1st leg...

I started out good by focusing on myself and picking my own forkings the first 2 controls, before the field came back together approaching the 3rd control. Was with the first teams to control nr 4 and took some time to look at the long 5th leg while running behind some other teams. Felt stressed and the others seemed a bit undecided where to go. ANd it looks like they were aiming for the straight choice over the hill. I felt this was a bad choice and decided to go right around the hill. But I was too fast in my decision to leave the others. I ran out in the wrong direction (90 degrees) and did a hugh parallel mistake. And it stressed me too much that I had done someting alone and that I could not understand what I saw around me that I never took that necessary re-thinking when I finally find out were I was. Therefore I ran back to were I had planed to run and continued on that plan which also turned out to be the wrong routechoice. So instead of staying calm and rethink my decisions I lost almost 4 minuts and we were out of the game. From then on I was all alone and eventhough I only did some minor mistakes the rest of the way, I had destroyed all our changes - not fun at all.

Ida and Heidi fought bravely, but due to my bad decision making to the 5th control we never got the chance to fight for anything. And I am really sorry for that. I know we can be up there fighting, and I know we will to better next time. I will learn my lessons from this relay and stand stronger on the start line next time I get such an opportunity.

EOC long distance final - 24th position.

I was very careful the first 3 control, and did not choose the fastest way out of control 3, but very satisfied overall until control nr 8. To the 9th I took the wrong routechoice and got a very steep hill to climb. And to the 11th I did the same, and chose a too steep climb. On these two legs I loose quite some time aswell as getting really tired. I struggled hard the rest of the course to keep it together technically and I loose about 2 min on mistakes on this last part. Anyway a good performance. Taking the wrong routes are part of the game, and to be able to fight with the best women I need to run faster than I was able to do today.

EOC long qualification. Stable and good performance. One bad passage to the 7th and stood way too long before I manage to decide which routechoice to take to control 10. The rest was good, even with heavy legs from the sprint.

7th position in heat A and safely qualified for the final.