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Friday Aug 5, 2011 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 1:13:57 **** 9.49 km (7:48 / km) +233m 6:56 / km
ahr:161 max:174 spiked:21/25c shoes: Inov8 O-Roc 350
Six Days day 5, Loch Nell and Shenavallie. M40L: 8.3km +310m, 25c. 15th!
On the face of it, by far my best run of the week - but, in reality, something of a Pyrrhic victory! Started off badly, because there were trees (I hate trees - well, when orienteering, anyway), and stuffed up 1 and 2. Started moving along OK after that, but had a poor RC to 5, where young Mr Inman caught me up. Decision time. I knew that if I carried on as I was, I would pooter around slowly, make mistakes and take nothing away from it. Or I could tuck in behind Jase for a while, trying to read my map whilst seeing how it is really done. I didn't feel too bad about this, TBH - I wasn't "in the running", by any means.
So, what did I learn? I run far, far, far too slowly and without confidence when I orienteer (compare my HR with the other days!). I don't read my map often enough, and I need to be able to read it at speed. I don't adjust my pace. My control flow is crap. And - most obviously - Jase is a totally awesome orienteer! I was hanging on for grim death (until the wheels came off after 23, and I lost three minutes over the final 800m!), and he just thundered through the terrain and navigated effortlessly all the way. And was clearly concentrating like a demon all the time. Quite incredible. Hero!
On the face of it, by far my best run of the week - but, in reality, something of a Pyrrhic victory! Started off badly, because there were trees (I hate trees - well, when orienteering, anyway), and stuffed up 1 and 2. Started moving along OK after that, but had a poor RC to 5, where young Mr Inman caught me up. Decision time. I knew that if I carried on as I was, I would pooter around slowly, make mistakes and take nothing away from it. Or I could tuck in behind Jase for a while, trying to read my map whilst seeing how it is really done. I didn't feel too bad about this, TBH - I wasn't "in the running", by any means.
So, what did I learn? I run far, far, far too slowly and without confidence when I orienteer (compare my HR with the other days!). I don't read my map often enough, and I need to be able to read it at speed. I don't adjust my pace. My control flow is crap. And - most obviously - Jase is a totally awesome orienteer! I was hanging on for grim death (until the wheels came off after 23, and I lost three minutes over the final 800m!), and he just thundered through the terrain and navigated effortlessly all the way. And was clearly concentrating like a demon all the time. Quite incredible. Hero!