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Sunday Mar 23, 2014 #
running warm up/down 15:00 [3] 3.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: x-talon212
orienteering race 1:27:00 [5] 12.0 km (7:15 / km)
shoes: x-talon212
Was feeling great at the start. was pumped, new I had a good race in me. started off well, getting through the low vis stuff well to the first one, cruising through the controls after that. caught lazydave and eon at #4, and dropped them when they missed #5 a bit. Running up to #6 I fell over and when I got up, no SI on my finger! searched for what felt like 4 minutes but in reality I have no idea how long it was. I kept thinking about how sometimes I carry a spare one in my pocket, and how at WOC I'd made a wriststrap for my SI/emit but had been a bit hurried when I made it (before long qual) so had never finished it. I also thought how if I kept going, using manual punches, they would disqualify me even though manual punching was the norm for so long.
In the end I gave up. Eon, (and presumably Lazydave and simon87) had long since passed me. I got to #6, punched it, and made the decision that whatever happened I was going to hammer this course. I was going to run so damn fast, they'd need to remap kangaroo crossing after I was done with it. straight to #7 and then up the hill to #8, I saw mum strolling on the spur. Thought for five seconds, then yelled out to her, and grabbed her SI (thanks mum). nailed #8 and caught bruce, and nailed #9. suddenly my race had changed again, but decided I wasn't going to run conservatively. evidently my adrenaline was running out and I had to rely on Bruce to get me to #10.
after that I just went straight. I didn't have time for tracks. my legs were cramping climbing up to #11, had a gel and caught eon again at #12. Smashed it after that, with about 45seconds lost at #15 and maybe 5 seconds at #19.
after all that, we went out to find my SI. it had fallen between two rocks, about a meter from where I'd fallen (but I had misjudged where i fell during the race). Went back and downloaded, and sure enough my splits looked really good up until that point.
Don't seem to have much luck at the moment.
In the end I gave up. Eon, (and presumably Lazydave and simon87) had long since passed me. I got to #6, punched it, and made the decision that whatever happened I was going to hammer this course. I was going to run so damn fast, they'd need to remap kangaroo crossing after I was done with it. straight to #7 and then up the hill to #8, I saw mum strolling on the spur. Thought for five seconds, then yelled out to her, and grabbed her SI (thanks mum). nailed #8 and caught bruce, and nailed #9. suddenly my race had changed again, but decided I wasn't going to run conservatively. evidently my adrenaline was running out and I had to rely on Bruce to get me to #10.
after that I just went straight. I didn't have time for tracks. my legs were cramping climbing up to #11, had a gel and caught eon again at #12. Smashed it after that, with about 45seconds lost at #15 and maybe 5 seconds at #19.
after all that, we went out to find my SI. it had fallen between two rocks, about a meter from where I'd fallen (but I had misjudged where i fell during the race). Went back and downloaded, and sure enough my splits looked really good up until that point.
Don't seem to have much luck at the moment.