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Sunday May 22, 2011 #
Orienteering race 1:27:12 [5] 8.45 km (10:19 / km) +265m 8:55 / km
WOC long trial - Lively's Bog.
Bit of a fail. Didn't have a disastrous run, but just not strong enough at the moment to run a classic well.
Went left on 2, but ended up above the control but thought I was below so had an extra trip to the top of the hill. a couple of minutes blown there. then miss-read the gullies around 3 and lost a bit more time. did the next section ok, but struggled on the hills to 7. Opened up the map on the way to 8 and was surprised to see the course nearly done, but then blew heaps of time at 8. had picked up a nearby control, and took it really carefully from there, but must have just missed it, and ended up doing a bit of a tour and blowing another 4 mins. finished the rest of the course ok, but just not fast enough. Even without that time loss I still wasn't quick enough.
Only conselation is that unlike easter I was able to push myself in these races, where as a month ago I was totally flat and not really able to run hard at all.
As a side note - I wasn't particularly impressed with this race as a long distance trial. After talking it up as a really tough race it was probably about 1.5km too short.
Bit of a fail. Didn't have a disastrous run, but just not strong enough at the moment to run a classic well.
Went left on 2, but ended up above the control but thought I was below so had an extra trip to the top of the hill. a couple of minutes blown there. then miss-read the gullies around 3 and lost a bit more time. did the next section ok, but struggled on the hills to 7. Opened up the map on the way to 8 and was surprised to see the course nearly done, but then blew heaps of time at 8. had picked up a nearby control, and took it really carefully from there, but must have just missed it, and ended up doing a bit of a tour and blowing another 4 mins. finished the rest of the course ok, but just not fast enough. Even without that time loss I still wasn't quick enough.
Only conselation is that unlike easter I was able to push myself in these races, where as a month ago I was totally flat and not really able to run hard at all.
As a side note - I wasn't particularly impressed with this race as a long distance trial. After talking it up as a really tough race it was probably about 1.5km too short.
Running warm up/down 15:00 [2]
warm up. warm down was not possible.
Saturday May 21, 2011 #
Orienteering race 16:41 [5]
WOC trial sprint - UTAS launceston campus.
After a cold morning it was nice that the fog lifted and it warmed up just before the start. Had a good race, and managed to stay ahead of the navigation enough to avoid much time loss. miss read the direction out of one control (started heading from 4 to 17) but only got about a metre. Caught Sarah about half way round, but she was running fairly erratically, so best to ignore. would have been nice to be able to run a bit faster.
After a cold morning it was nice that the fog lifted and it warmed up just before the start. Had a good race, and managed to stay ahead of the navigation enough to avoid much time loss. miss read the direction out of one control (started heading from 4 to 17) but only got about a metre. Caught Sarah about half way round, but she was running fairly erratically, so best to ignore. would have been nice to be able to run a bit faster.
Orienteering race 36:27 [5] 4.72 km (7:43 / km) +135m 6:45 / km
WOC middle trial at Ben Bullen.
Legs were feeling a bit busted after this mornings race, and didn't like the warm up too much. Didn't have the greatest start to the race - I didn't really find that anything on the way to the first control made much sense. Lost about 2 mins here - mainly just hesitating and trying to figure out what I could relocate off. Got going through the next section in the plantation, but continued to struggle with the map - seemed to be massively under-mapped, but maybe thats cos I'm used to Erics maps.
Caught Shannon on the run across to the spectator control, and ran with her till the end. Certainly helped me run a bit faster at the end when I was getting tired. Again - legs didn't really get going. Just not fit enough to handle the heavy terrain. Pity about the map.
Legs were feeling a bit busted after this mornings race, and didn't like the warm up too much. Didn't have the greatest start to the race - I didn't really find that anything on the way to the first control made much sense. Lost about 2 mins here - mainly just hesitating and trying to figure out what I could relocate off. Got going through the next section in the plantation, but continued to struggle with the map - seemed to be massively under-mapped, but maybe thats cos I'm used to Erics maps.
Caught Shannon on the run across to the spectator control, and ran with her till the end. Certainly helped me run a bit faster at the end when I was getting tired. Again - legs didn't really get going. Just not fit enough to handle the heavy terrain. Pity about the map.
Running warm up/down 50:00 [2]
both races
Thursday May 19, 2011 #
Running 33:00 [3]
a short run in anzac park, in the dark and rain, after a long day of field work in the rain. legs felt surprisingly ok given how much walking I've already done today.