Training Log Archive: j-man

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Run warm up/down 5:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

Orienteering race 42:05 *** 5.1 km (8:15 / km) +190m 6:57 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

Hungaria Cup, Open 3, Day 6.

This was clearly the worst run I had in Hungary. Just didn't have any concentration. After flubbing three late controls to the tune of 5 minutes I just packed it in. Not an outing to remember.

Map hike 30:00 [1] ***
shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

Orienteering race 15:00 [4] *** 3.5 km (4:17 / km) +20m 4:10 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

Running the "Last Chance for Gold."



Trememndous fun, even if I did design the course and hang the controls. Actually, I had two minor problems. I actually took one sub-optimal route choice (maybe 10 seconds?) and my third beer (a Leffe) normally one of my favorites, clearly is inappropriate for competitive beer O.

Map hike 30:00 [1] **
shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

Run warm up/down 10:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

Orienteering race 1:05:32 [4] *** 8.1 km (8:05 / km) +450m 6:20 / km
16c shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

Hungaria Cup, Day 5, Open 3.

Another good race on the relay/middle terrain. This one was not entirely trivial, but it was still pretty easy. It was also tremendous fun.

I was pretty clean through halfway, but got a little raggedy at the very end. I probably had two minutes in execution mistakes, but a little more in sub-optimal route choices. Felt good.

Map hike 40:00 [1] ***
shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

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Run warm up/down 20:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

Orienteering 18:56 [4] *** 2.9 km (6:32 / km) +125m 5:22 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

WOC 2009 Sprint Qualification Heat A.

Definitely not happy about this race, and unpleasantly surprised.

I will not get existential or despondent, etc., but certainly deserve a kick in the a** rather than a pat on the back.

I don't know what happened, but I know I was slow. Clearly my first two legs were unduly conservative; I see that now that I have drawn my course. But, after that, it still sucked. In fact, until 11 (12:44 running for me) my splits were pretty awful. After that, they picked up and I was at least in the 20s--not great, but respectable.

The thing is, the first 10 controls were the forest ones, in the drainage areas, and the ones after were more conventional "orange course" stuff. I'm OK at least running around on the trails and fields, but negotiating reentrants--not so much.

From a WRE perspective, this appears to be my third worst WOC performance in my inglorious career.


That would be a stupid way to finish.

Run warm up/down 7:00 [2]
shoes: Salomon XCR

Orienteering race 9:55 [4] *** 1.8 km (5:31 / km)
shoes: Salomon XCR

Hungaria Cup, Day 4, Open 2. This was a sprint in downtown Miskolc. The first such sprint like this I have done. I would definitely do another. Again, stupid easy.

Actually, I lost 10-15 seconds. Some of that was running by the finish punch.

Finally won one of these: 1/46, and 47 seconds clear, but clearly there was no competition on this poseur course. So, the last 2 days I will do Open 3.

Run warm up/down 15:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

Orienteering race 25:36 [4] *** 3.0 km (8:32 / km) +215m 6:17 / km
spiked:8/13c shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

Hungaria Cup Open 2, Middle (Day 3).

A very good run. Most of my problems were on the first control, and maybe attributable to the new start procedure and the fact that I was trying to get my map into the map bag most of the way to the first control.

Of course, this was an orange course (in US style) so I should expect to find it stupid easy.

Probably lost 45 seconds to one minute. Could have pushed a little harder but I did have a real race the next day.

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Run warm up/down 12:00 [2]
shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

Orienteering race 42:50 [4] *** 5.3 km (8:05 / km) +315m 6:14 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Mudlcaw 330 August 2009

Hungaria Cup, Open 2 course. Climb as measured on my route. An alternative route I considered later had 25 meters less. Advertised was 280 I think.

I had a very good run, on what I am beginning to consider stupidly easy terrain. (It was the same place as yesterday, although a different name: Bukkszentkereszt. It did have a piece tacked on the west edge.)

I had two small mistakes at the end. So, maybe 2 minutes total execution errors, and maybe 1 minute from sub-par route choice. Still, too much for terrain I was born for.

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