9 AM
Running 11:49 [1] 2.73 km (4:20 / km)
shoes: Brooks 10 #2
Including 90s harder
Running 7:53 [1] 1.37 km (5:45 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 190 no.3
Strides, agility strides and running during start boxes.
Orienteering 13:35 [5] 3.64 km (3:44 / km) +50m 3:30 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 190 no.3
EOC Sprint Qualifier
Bellinzona
4th Heat C
Fair, couple of small mistakes but not much time loss. Not pushing that hard on last few controls as I thought I'd be all right and was.
Running 15:06 [1] 2.36 km (6:24 / km)
shoes: Brooks 10 #2
With Gernot and Matthias
5 PM
Running 8:00 [1] 1.5 km (5:20 / km)
shoes: Brooks 10 #2
Very hot. Trying to keep in the shade. Didn't do quite as much as usual as didn't really feel I needed to 'warm up' any more than I already was!
Orienteering 15:59 [5] 4.09 km (3:54 / km) +100m 3:29 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 190 no.3
EOC Sprint Final
Mendrisio
24th +1.16
Disappointing. It was an ok performance but still surprised to be so far behind based on current form. Think I gave the routehoices too much respect, picked most of the good ones but seems now like executing the routechoices well would have been better. Plus I probably didn't attack enough out of the start and therefore got into a slightly bad (too cautious) rhythm early on.
The small section I felt best on gave the best relative splits.
And then getting beaten by Peter by 1 second and therefore missing out on getting in the sprint relay team... which I lost on the run in. FFS. 4 times in just over a year he's beaten me based on the run in! Thought my sprint finish had been improving as well.
Running 16:00 [1] 2.79 km (5:44 / km)
shoes: Brooks 10 #2
With Peter and Spongey
Running 5:50 [2] 1.05 km (5:33 / km)
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 190 no.3
***warmup
400m harder
strides
run during start boxes