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Saturday Nov 16, 2013 #
Orienteering race 1:03:38 [4] *** 5.1 km (12:29 / km) +125m 11:07 / km
shoes: Innovate 280
First day of racing at French Creek! It was a really lovely day to be out in the woods: dry, warm, and sunny, and the woods were open and had good visibility--so great to run in, too! And I did pretty well. Near the beginning of the course I had some good splits (I think I had a number one time for one of the longer legs), and I didn't find any of the navigation too confusing.
I actually thought they were very nice in setting the long legs for my course because for all of them we had some kind of handrail or big catching feature behind the control. Even if I was running to a point feature, if I missed it by a little bit, I knew there'd be a river or a stream or trail right behind me to catch me, so that took a lot of the hard thinking and route planning out of the equation for me. And the features caught me even as I went the wrong way! I 180'd out of number 8, but as soon as I ran 100m in the wrong direction there was a trail right there that caught me, and even though I felt like an idiot, my mistake wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been.
In addition to the 180, I found myself getting a little bit more stupid and error-prone as I neared the end of the course. I think it was a combination of confidence (because I haven't felt confident on a course in such a long time!), oxygen deprivation, and just being tired that got to me at the end, and as a result I was pretty sloppy with my navigation. Other than that, though, I had a clean race that I was happy with. I think the most important thing to take away from this race is endurance training and making sure to keep my focus, even when I'm tired.
I actually thought they were very nice in setting the long legs for my course because for all of them we had some kind of handrail or big catching feature behind the control. Even if I was running to a point feature, if I missed it by a little bit, I knew there'd be a river or a stream or trail right behind me to catch me, so that took a lot of the hard thinking and route planning out of the equation for me. And the features caught me even as I went the wrong way! I 180'd out of number 8, but as soon as I ran 100m in the wrong direction there was a trail right there that caught me, and even though I felt like an idiot, my mistake wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been.
In addition to the 180, I found myself getting a little bit more stupid and error-prone as I neared the end of the course. I think it was a combination of confidence (because I haven't felt confident on a course in such a long time!), oxygen deprivation, and just being tired that got to me at the end, and as a result I was pretty sloppy with my navigation. Other than that, though, I had a clean race that I was happy with. I think the most important thing to take away from this race is endurance training and making sure to keep my focus, even when I'm tired.
Stretching warm up/down 10:00 [2]
Thursday Nov 14, 2013 #
Running 42:00 [4] 4.2 mi (10:00 / mi)
shoes: Brooks Ariel
Plantations run. It was really dark by the time I got back but when I checked the time it was only 5:15.... :( no more long late sunny afternoons I guess
Stretching 7:00 [1]
Tuesday Nov 12, 2013 #
Strength and conditioning 25:00 [4]
No practice this week so I got in a quick core strength session for today. I'm probably not going to do much this week because I have a lot of work right now.
Sunday Nov 10, 2013 #
Frisbee (game) 1:30:00 [3]
shoes: Nike Mercurial
Played three games and won two! Yay! We were seeded last in the tournament, so we broke seed :)