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Tuesday Aug 2, 2011 #
10 AM
Orienteering 52:29 4.51 mi (11:38 / mi) +204m 10:12 / mi
ahr:143 max:158 shoes: VJ Integrator (8.5)
Scottish 6 Days, Day 3. 6th place. Winner 48.20.
In terms of navigation in the circle, this was ironically my best run of the week. But it ended up being my worst position placing so far. Only one mistake of note on number 12 where I went off line as I came over the top of a hill and lost just over a minute. Outside of that, I made a few hesitations during the legs themselves, and some banana lines. It will be interesting to see where I lost my time on the splits.
Ultimately, I am struggling to run quickly through the terrain. I don't have the confidence to run downhill at any kind of speed, and went over on both ankles today. Unsurprisingly, I've lost all my terrain running ability (and I didn't have much in the first place!).
The elite race looked like a monster, and the times vindicate one of my main reasons for not doing it. I think I would still have been out there.
Edit: Looking at the splits I was just off the pace for the whole race. 1 minute on each of the first two controls, 30 seconds on 3, 4 and 5 and then 2 minutes at 12. Hmmmm, not as clean as I thought, or just very slow.
In terms of navigation in the circle, this was ironically my best run of the week. But it ended up being my worst position placing so far. Only one mistake of note on number 12 where I went off line as I came over the top of a hill and lost just over a minute. Outside of that, I made a few hesitations during the legs themselves, and some banana lines. It will be interesting to see where I lost my time on the splits.
Ultimately, I am struggling to run quickly through the terrain. I don't have the confidence to run downhill at any kind of speed, and went over on both ankles today. Unsurprisingly, I've lost all my terrain running ability (and I didn't have much in the first place!).
The elite race looked like a monster, and the times vindicate one of my main reasons for not doing it. I think I would still have been out there.
Edit: Looking at the splits I was just off the pace for the whole race. 1 minute on each of the first two controls, 30 seconds on 3, 4 and 5 and then 2 minutes at 12. Hmmmm, not as clean as I thought, or just very slow.