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Tuesday Feb 7, 2012 #
12 PM
Orienteering intervals 1:59:53 8.23 km (14:34 / km) +682m 10:18 / km
Tangoio, 20 mins NW of Napier, NZ
Diagonal downhill training on very steep NZ pine forest.
I was pretty clean, and I even gained some confidence in running fast on the steep slopes when going across and downhill. Running fast up hill was impossible!
5 sets of 3 controls at race pace. Then a recovery walk up hill to the next start. The worst part was each "recovery" was at least 20 contours up!
I'm sure that we walked up a lot more than we ran down!
I got Onga Onga'd about 4 times, as did most others. This is a painful stinging nettle plant.
Diagonal downhill training on very steep NZ pine forest.
I was pretty clean, and I even gained some confidence in running fast on the steep slopes when going across and downhill. Running fast up hill was impossible!
5 sets of 3 controls at race pace. Then a recovery walk up hill to the next start. The worst part was each "recovery" was at least 20 contours up!
I'm sure that we walked up a lot more than we ran down!
I got Onga Onga'd about 4 times, as did most others. This is a painful stinging nettle plant.
Monday Feb 6, 2012 #
8 AM
Orienteering race 19:35 [5] **** 2.53 km (7:45 / km) +114m 6:20 / km
Stage 5 Sleeping Giant
The monster stage! Not much sprinting around this steep and slippery mountain. It was a bit more like a short middle race.
I tried to keep it clean, but I came unstuck at 8 and lost a minute. I ran almost to the edge of my circle on the approach, but I couldn't see the flag, so I doubted myself. I didn't want to run down a big hill if there was no flag there. I could see a big earthbank, so I thought I may have been a gully ealry and ran on. I then relocated off the track in the mini canyon, and ran back to find the control. I lost 60 seconds and was caught by James Bradshaw.
This was annoying, as without this mistake I could have made up 3 or 4 places.
The monster stage! Not much sprinting around this steep and slippery mountain. It was a bit more like a short middle race.
I tried to keep it clean, but I came unstuck at 8 and lost a minute. I ran almost to the edge of my circle on the approach, but I couldn't see the flag, so I doubted myself. I didn't want to run down a big hill if there was no flag there. I could see a big earthbank, so I thought I may have been a gully ealry and ran on. I then relocated off the track in the mini canyon, and ran back to find the control. I lost 60 seconds and was caught by James Bradshaw.
This was annoying, as without this mistake I could have made up 3 or 4 places.
C • STB 13
12 PM
Orienteering race 15:21 [5] 3.77 km (4:04 / km) +20m 3:58 / km
Sprint the Bay Stage 6 - Arataki
This was my best race of the weekend. The map consisted of 3 adjacent schools, with a map flip at halfway. 2 people started at the same time on alternate loops.
Having finished strongly in my previous urban sprints, I pushed harder from the start and held the pace to well throughout. Although I was more stressed by the higher pace, I was still able to navigate well, making no mistakes and getting most of the route choices right. Perhaps I could have saved 4 or 5 seconds on a couple of route choices, but that was all.
I finished the stage in 10th place, 2 seconds behind Bryan Keely and 1 second ahead of Matt Parton on a very fast running stage.
Map 1 of 2
Map 2 of 2
This was my best race of the weekend. The map consisted of 3 adjacent schools, with a map flip at halfway. 2 people started at the same time on alternate loops.
Having finished strongly in my previous urban sprints, I pushed harder from the start and held the pace to well throughout. Although I was more stressed by the higher pace, I was still able to navigate well, making no mistakes and getting most of the route choices right. Perhaps I could have saved 4 or 5 seconds on a couple of route choices, but that was all.
I finished the stage in 10th place, 2 seconds behind Bryan Keely and 1 second ahead of Matt Parton on a very fast running stage.
Map 1 of 2
Map 2 of 2
Running warm up/down 20:00 [2] 4.0 km (5:00 / km)
Sunday Feb 5, 2012 #
8 AM
Orienteering race 17:06 [5] 4.24 km (4:02 / km)
Sprint the Bay Stage 3 - The West Side
Urban sprint with schools and council buildings.
I started well. I was in control and was running fast. I was careful to look for uncrossable walls/fences and avoid any dead ends.
The last 2 loops around the school (including the map flip) were the most difficult. I mis-read a control description and ran to the wrong side of a fence, but this only cost me around 10 seconds.
Urban sprint with schools and council buildings.
I started well. I was in control and was running fast. I was careful to look for uncrossable walls/fences and avoid any dead ends.
The last 2 loops around the school (including the map flip) were the most difficult. I mis-read a control description and ran to the wrong side of a fence, but this only cost me around 10 seconds.
Running warm up/down 30:19 [2] 4.16 km (7:17 / km)
3 PM
Running warm up/down 30:49 [2] 4.61 km (6:42 / km) +1m 6:41 / km
Orienteering race 17:12 [5] 4.27 km (4:02 / km) +1m 4:01 / km
Sprint the Bay Stage 4 - Frimley, Hastings
14th of 58
An urban sprint on a complex school and simple park
I was smooth in the buildings, and I got most of the route choices well. I tried to push hard in the open gardens, but as it was quite simple, I lost a bit of time on the leaders here.
I finished off well, losing very little time to the leaders after the map flip.
Perhaps I went out a bit conservatively? I will try to run harder in the final urban sprint tomorrow afternoon.
Map 1 of 2
Map 2 of 2
14th of 58
An urban sprint on a complex school and simple park
I was smooth in the buildings, and I got most of the route choices well. I tried to push hard in the open gardens, but as it was quite simple, I lost a bit of time on the leaders here.
I finished off well, losing very little time to the leaders after the map flip.
Perhaps I went out a bit conservatively? I will try to run harder in the final urban sprint tomorrow afternoon.
Map 1 of 2
Map 2 of 2
Running warm up/down 13:06 [2] 1.92 km (6:48 / km) +1m 6:47 / km
Saturday Feb 4, 2012 #
Event: Sprint the Bay
9 AM
Running warm up/down 20:00 [2] 4.0 km (5:00 / km)
Orienteering race 16:54 [5] 3.33 km (5:04 / km) +13m 4:58 / km
Sprint The Bay 2012 Stage 1
Koponga Ride, Havelock North, NZ
Mass start sprint race with 58 in the elite class, with a butterfly split in the middle.
The first 3 legs were fast and furious. I spent most of my time trying to keep up without falling over, but I found it difficult to find much time to read my map properly. As a result, I didn't really take the smartest choices, and ended up following the pack.
I found the sharp rises tough and lost some places on these.
Not a great result (28th), but not too far behind (90s).
Koponga Ride, Havelock North, NZ
Mass start sprint race with 58 in the elite class, with a butterfly split in the middle.
The first 3 legs were fast and furious. I spent most of my time trying to keep up without falling over, but I found it difficult to find much time to read my map properly. As a result, I didn't really take the smartest choices, and ended up following the pack.
I found the sharp rises tough and lost some places on these.
Not a great result (28th), but not too far behind (90s).
4 PM
Orienteering race 16:46 [5] *** 4.2 km (4:00 / km) +13m 3:56 / km
Sprint the Bay Stage 2
A great clean run. A city race in Napier, which felt a lot like street orienteering.
14 th place
This is what I would love street orienteering to be like in Melbourne.
Detailed colour maps with fast sprint courses testing speed, quick decision making and route choice.
A great clean run. A city race in Napier, which felt a lot like street orienteering.
14 th place
This is what I would love street orienteering to be like in Melbourne.
Detailed colour maps with fast sprint courses testing speed, quick decision making and route choice.
Running warm up/down 30:34 [2] 5.11 km (5:59 / km)
Wednesday Feb 1, 2012 #
7 PM
Orienteering race 46:55 [4] 11.0 km (4:16 / km) +121m 4:03 / km
Park & Street Orienteering at Bellbird Dell.
Score event, so a bit longer in distance and duration than normal.
Collecting 20 controls was never going to be an issue in 60 minutes, so I just had to find a good route choice. I spent a fair bit of time at 15 looking for "the eastern tree" in a park of around 20 trees. My problem was that I was looking in the centre of the circle and not elsewhere. 6 and 19 were also placed on the edge rather than the middle of the circle.
I did see a 10.88km from someone who got 19 and 7 first.
Score event, so a bit longer in distance and duration than normal.
Collecting 20 controls was never going to be an issue in 60 minutes, so I just had to find a good route choice. I spent a fair bit of time at 15 looking for "the eastern tree" in a park of around 20 trees. My problem was that I was looking in the centre of the circle and not elsewhere. 6 and 19 were also placed on the edge rather than the middle of the circle.
I did see a 10.88km from someone who got 19 and 7 first.