Training Log Archive: jgreen

much better run then the middle.
I fumbled a bit en route to 3 going up the re-entrant. couldnt find a comfortable path up.
I overshot 5 by a fair bit, expecting it to be later - but the control was visible once i was 20m below the road, so only wasted about 10s.
6 I should have gone up past 3, but i tried to go up the spur, which was tough going, and i ended up dropping ito the gully past 3 anyway.
8-9 route choice was interesting. I went left, but i think right would have been better - not crossing the nav line, and easier nav into the circle.
9-10 seemed to go well, but I was uncertain about where to cross the green. I came across the control earlier then I was expecting, like it was too high on the slope, or i went further down the path then I had intended to.
10-11 I took a chance that I would be able to run through the green, which paid off, I thought I had a quick run, but garry took 10 seconds on my, it must have been the hesitation in making the decision about which way to go.
11-12 I went straight, I was a bit far right when I hit the road, so ran a bit too far.
12-13 lost 25 seconds to garry, I went straight for the path junction, but ended up low in the green. also limited in running speed on the road by my sore ankle. I opted to stay low on the road rather then cut up past the water point, which I know paul did.
uphill to 14 was a slog. I went past the water point, stayed on the road til the clearing then cut across, coutouring till the path junction. I stayed on the path till just before the bend and cut up to the boulder. lost almost 30 seconds to paul.
15 I could see from a while away - straight was quickest.
16 - tigerlined it
17 - also went straight, not sure which way paul went, but he was 20 seconds faster. I was slow up the road and going to the control in the rough.
18- started going straight, then realised the road bend was the attackpoint, so just went to it.
19 - blame slow running on the ankle - lost 20 seconds to paul and Garry.
20 - overshot the control n the right, back along the road to the right place. not sure why... pushed hard on the uphill with the mantra - Paul would run this!
21, straight down the hill. Running on the pine needles was less sore then the hard road.
22 - chased down Nick who was in front of me on a different course.

M40 - Splits

shocker of a race! 13 mins of mistakes. would have put me running against Nick - where I thought I would be.
started off reasonably till 4. besides being slow up the hill.
5 I overshot, completely missed the first clearing reentrant, so took a bearing off the second and went 2/3 through the forrest block before realising my mistake. 2 mins lost maybe?
6 I was then out of breath from pixing my mistake, so I was slow up the hill.
7 I overshot to the next rocky knoll, lead astray by two orienteers and a control on that knoll. 3 mins lost running back for it.
8 - was now tired from fixing my mistake.
9 went past all three controls in the vicinity.
10 - went too far left from the road bend attackpoint. struggled with my ankle and the rock hopping. 20-30 seconds
11. ja
12 - tried to drop down to the closest road, but the bracken and boulders were tough - was hard slow going, and then sore running along the road before cutting up to the control. should have gone right - lost 1min to Eugene.
13 overran the controls to the lower boulders, which had a control on them, then went past again to the upper road before going to them - 2 mins lost
14 - really bad control for me. went right to the road, then punched a control on the thicket after the thicket, visited the boulder, then stood on the road where I thought I should be able to see the control, but couldn't. Tim then came round the bottom fo the thicket, punched and ran on... 4 mins lost.
15 - went too high (right) and had to drop down to the control. 20 sec
16 - broken now and walked up through the thick vegetation.
17 - didnt get the win on the run in ;-(

M21 - Splits

not a bad run, but the navigation challenge was missing, especially with the map being displayed before hand. The first 4 or 5 controls were all fairly obvious as we could see where the runners went, so the first runners were at a disadvantage. there was also very little route choice through the buildings, only one obvious route to follow. My ankle was a bit of a bother, limiting the top running speed. I struggled to run the uphills, especially number 14.

i overshot a route to 11, car was locking the path, and then started heading to 16 instead of 12 for no obvious reason. I realised it soon enoug, so only lost <10s. route choice to 17 was perhaps not the shortest, but I though tit would enable the quickest running. splits say otherwise.

M40 - Splits