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Sunday May 4, 2014 #
Orienteering race 1:29:40 [4] ***** 12.67 km (7:05 / km) +530m 5:51 / km
spiked:20/30c
IOC Classic
Well. Wow. This was a serious day:
https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t...
Almost 0 visibility on a super technical area and a really long tough course.
Toughest IOC classic ever?
Map
Competitor Name: Ruairi Short
Course Name: M21E
1. (2:13, +0:08) (2:13, +0:08) Super foggy. Start counting on my new found pacing skill. Go past some cars and the paved area. Compassing in. Know I'm in the area when my paces are good. There's the control. "Oh hey this pacing thing works!"
2. (2:49, -0:15) (5:02, -0:35) Down the hill. Knew I only had to find the river and keep going until I was at the control. Again pacing to know I had gone far enough.
3. (1:36, +0:05) (6:38, -0:30) Compass and pacing. Slowed down when near the control and got it nicely. A great start.
4. (16:01, +2:44) (22:39, +1:17) Was unsure on what to do for this leg and decided I needed to hit that fence. Went up. Hit the fence. Then it was a bit random. Running on the contour didn't really know where I was until I got into the technical area and saw the rocky ground before the control. Spike! "Ah sure it's only a control pick from here"
5. (9:26, +2:18) (32:05, +3:35) Left 4 90 degrees the wrong direction. Stopped and tried again. Plan was to hit the little marsh in the valley. Oh what I brave man I was. Confidence levels were starting to become low and I knew i had gone far enough when I found a rock. Didn't know if i was left or right so i kept going. I was right and found the bare rock. Boo ya! into the control.
6. (5:18, +1:05) (37:23, +3:39) Leaving 5 was asked where 71 was and I said just there. Broke my concentration for the first time and lost pace count. Kept going. Knew my line was ok until I stopped going in and out of ditches. When the happened there was a big crag with 6 at the bottom of it.
7. (2:50, +0:19) (40:13, +1:14) Shane ran into 6 just after me. "Choo, Choo, NOT" compass and pacing to 7. Was a little right but managed to read the peat hags and go into it just behind Shane.
8. (0:57, -0:06) (41:10, +0:55) Now I see Darren going into 7. Wow, this is going well! Straight into 8.
9. (1:52, -0:02) (43:02, +0:49) Shane says "did you start before or after Marcus cause he's just ahead." Fat chance of seeing him. Catch big peat hag thingy and into the control.
10. (6:33, +3:00) (49:35, +3:49) Head towards the linear gully thing. See a person in front. A while later he is still in front, only slightly closer. "Is that a French top and a bald head?". Yes I have caught Marcus. Good thing I checked out what he looked like from 10m away before we started. "oh wait, maybe i should be reading my map" All concentration gone and I am chancing my arm now. "Sure following Marcus will be grand". Then I recall yesterday. A crag looms out of the fog, we have this. No control. We all run around, Darren doesn't even see Marcus is here! After a while i see Marcus heading North with a purpose. I have to go after him. See him drop under a crag and come back out as I hammer towards it. He is pushing. By the time I'm in and out he is gone.
11. (7:41, +2:50) (57:16, +5:24) Running hard but Darren goes past me. Hit the lake and go for the control but too rushed and didn't actually pay attention to how high I was. See Darren flying down the hill. Have no idea if he is going from or to 11. Have to relocate on the boulder on the hill. Never see Marcus again.
12. (2:00, +0:06) (59:16, +4:07) Compass and pacing
13. (1:09, -0:03) (60:25, +3:11) Compass and pacing
14. (1:43, +0:06) (62:08, +2:59) Compass and pacing, went around the lake
15. (1:21, +0:07) (63:29, +2:48) Compass and pacing
16. (1:59, +0:01) (65:28, +2:33) Compass and pacing. Saw the water hole
17. (2:20, +0:50) (67:48, +2:49) Time for gel no.1. Go slightly off line and have to stand still to relocate.
18. (6:15, +1:07) (74:03, +2:22) Body is tired. Plan was to hit the big crag. Never did but saw the gully. Compass into it and there is Darren again.
19. (4:36, +0:57) (78:39, +1:38) Try to run away from him up the hill. Not really happening. Huge marsh to catch me but I miss the contol when I don't read that I have crossed the first gully. Relocate and Darren goes past again.
20. (3:01, +0:33) (81:40, +1:55) Compass and pacing, except the compass is poor and I hit the path. Quickly reloacte and into the control.
21. (3:34, +0:13) (85:14, -0:08) Plan is to go back to the path and go for a drink on the way to this. Never find the path but I do find a Darren. He finds the control for me. Thanks Darren!
22. (4:11, +1:24) (89:25, +1:16) Went for a drink. Then compass. See Darren going what I think is way too high. I somehow go straight past the control and have to climb back up to it.
23. (8:02, +3:33) (97:27, +3:55) Body is suffering big time now. Get to the big marsh and think I am at the rocks above the control. Drop down the valley, to the crag. No control. Back up the hill. I was 10m away last time. Damn
24. (2:48, +0:47) (100:15, +4:42) Easy control and I make it easier by staying high and hitting the re-entrant and coming down it
25. (2:27, -0:22) (102:42, +3:37) Handy down the hill and read the valleys get control lovely.
26. (1:16, -0:16) (103:58, +2:50) Jump down the cliffs, visibilty is about 40m now! See Darren again amazingly. Easy control
27. (7:55, +0:32) (111:53, +2:37) Actually have to do some work on this control and pick routes other than straight. "Damn you Terry and Ruth!" (good job) Darren is dying but not as much as me as we suffer up some valleys. Eventually get to the control.
28. (12:45, +8:22) (124:38, +4:20) The hill of death and what turns out to be the decider. If I had Darren's split to this I would have won. But the fog came down and he was gone again. Got up to the boulder i found when going to 22. Compass and pacing. Nearly there, lots of rocks no control. Map is falling apart and very hard to read. Look behind some rocks. Find a sign that says "Taped route starts here". Not very useful to me but it turns out to be the path and I get the control.
29. (3:02, +0:21) (127:40, +3:59) Try to run hard but there's not much left. Control is easy in the end.
30. (1:18, +0:06) (128:58, +3:59) Up to the fence and into the control. Suffering big time.
31. (0:42, +0:07) (129:40, +4:03) Scariest run in of my life. Tapes stopped about half way and I couldn't see the re-start of them. Had to keep going and they appeared again. Phew. Punched and collapsed.
4th, again. It was all to play for between the top 4 really and I came out just on the bottom. Unbelievably tough race and hats off to Marcus for the win, but also to everyone who finished. When I think about what we actually did it is a bit insane.
Well. Wow. This was a serious day:
https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t...
Almost 0 visibility on a super technical area and a really long tough course.
Toughest IOC classic ever?
Map
Competitor Name: Ruairi Short
Course Name: M21E
1. (2:13, +0:08) (2:13, +0:08) Super foggy. Start counting on my new found pacing skill. Go past some cars and the paved area. Compassing in. Know I'm in the area when my paces are good. There's the control. "Oh hey this pacing thing works!"
2. (2:49, -0:15) (5:02, -0:35) Down the hill. Knew I only had to find the river and keep going until I was at the control. Again pacing to know I had gone far enough.
3. (1:36, +0:05) (6:38, -0:30) Compass and pacing. Slowed down when near the control and got it nicely. A great start.
4. (16:01, +2:44) (22:39, +1:17) Was unsure on what to do for this leg and decided I needed to hit that fence. Went up. Hit the fence. Then it was a bit random. Running on the contour didn't really know where I was until I got into the technical area and saw the rocky ground before the control. Spike! "Ah sure it's only a control pick from here"
5. (9:26, +2:18) (32:05, +3:35) Left 4 90 degrees the wrong direction. Stopped and tried again. Plan was to hit the little marsh in the valley. Oh what I brave man I was. Confidence levels were starting to become low and I knew i had gone far enough when I found a rock. Didn't know if i was left or right so i kept going. I was right and found the bare rock. Boo ya! into the control.
6. (5:18, +1:05) (37:23, +3:39) Leaving 5 was asked where 71 was and I said just there. Broke my concentration for the first time and lost pace count. Kept going. Knew my line was ok until I stopped going in and out of ditches. When the happened there was a big crag with 6 at the bottom of it.
7. (2:50, +0:19) (40:13, +1:14) Shane ran into 6 just after me. "Choo, Choo, NOT" compass and pacing to 7. Was a little right but managed to read the peat hags and go into it just behind Shane.
8. (0:57, -0:06) (41:10, +0:55) Now I see Darren going into 7. Wow, this is going well! Straight into 8.
9. (1:52, -0:02) (43:02, +0:49) Shane says "did you start before or after Marcus cause he's just ahead." Fat chance of seeing him. Catch big peat hag thingy and into the control.
10. (6:33, +3:00) (49:35, +3:49) Head towards the linear gully thing. See a person in front. A while later he is still in front, only slightly closer. "Is that a French top and a bald head?". Yes I have caught Marcus. Good thing I checked out what he looked like from 10m away before we started. "oh wait, maybe i should be reading my map" All concentration gone and I am chancing my arm now. "Sure following Marcus will be grand". Then I recall yesterday. A crag looms out of the fog, we have this. No control. We all run around, Darren doesn't even see Marcus is here! After a while i see Marcus heading North with a purpose. I have to go after him. See him drop under a crag and come back out as I hammer towards it. He is pushing. By the time I'm in and out he is gone.
11. (7:41, +2:50) (57:16, +5:24) Running hard but Darren goes past me. Hit the lake and go for the control but too rushed and didn't actually pay attention to how high I was. See Darren flying down the hill. Have no idea if he is going from or to 11. Have to relocate on the boulder on the hill. Never see Marcus again.
12. (2:00, +0:06) (59:16, +4:07) Compass and pacing
13. (1:09, -0:03) (60:25, +3:11) Compass and pacing
14. (1:43, +0:06) (62:08, +2:59) Compass and pacing, went around the lake
15. (1:21, +0:07) (63:29, +2:48) Compass and pacing
16. (1:59, +0:01) (65:28, +2:33) Compass and pacing. Saw the water hole
17. (2:20, +0:50) (67:48, +2:49) Time for gel no.1. Go slightly off line and have to stand still to relocate.
18. (6:15, +1:07) (74:03, +2:22) Body is tired. Plan was to hit the big crag. Never did but saw the gully. Compass into it and there is Darren again.
19. (4:36, +0:57) (78:39, +1:38) Try to run away from him up the hill. Not really happening. Huge marsh to catch me but I miss the contol when I don't read that I have crossed the first gully. Relocate and Darren goes past again.
20. (3:01, +0:33) (81:40, +1:55) Compass and pacing, except the compass is poor and I hit the path. Quickly reloacte and into the control.
21. (3:34, +0:13) (85:14, -0:08) Plan is to go back to the path and go for a drink on the way to this. Never find the path but I do find a Darren. He finds the control for me. Thanks Darren!
22. (4:11, +1:24) (89:25, +1:16) Went for a drink. Then compass. See Darren going what I think is way too high. I somehow go straight past the control and have to climb back up to it.
23. (8:02, +3:33) (97:27, +3:55) Body is suffering big time now. Get to the big marsh and think I am at the rocks above the control. Drop down the valley, to the crag. No control. Back up the hill. I was 10m away last time. Damn
24. (2:48, +0:47) (100:15, +4:42) Easy control and I make it easier by staying high and hitting the re-entrant and coming down it
25. (2:27, -0:22) (102:42, +3:37) Handy down the hill and read the valleys get control lovely.
26. (1:16, -0:16) (103:58, +2:50) Jump down the cliffs, visibilty is about 40m now! See Darren again amazingly. Easy control
27. (7:55, +0:32) (111:53, +2:37) Actually have to do some work on this control and pick routes other than straight. "Damn you Terry and Ruth!" (good job) Darren is dying but not as much as me as we suffer up some valleys. Eventually get to the control.
28. (12:45, +8:22) (124:38, +4:20) The hill of death and what turns out to be the decider. If I had Darren's split to this I would have won. But the fog came down and he was gone again. Got up to the boulder i found when going to 22. Compass and pacing. Nearly there, lots of rocks no control. Map is falling apart and very hard to read. Look behind some rocks. Find a sign that says "Taped route starts here". Not very useful to me but it turns out to be the path and I get the control.
29. (3:02, +0:21) (127:40, +3:59) Try to run hard but there's not much left. Control is easy in the end.
30. (1:18, +0:06) (128:58, +3:59) Up to the fence and into the control. Suffering big time.
31. (0:42, +0:07) (129:40, +4:03) Scariest run in of my life. Tapes stopped about half way and I couldn't see the re-start of them. Had to keep going and they appeared again. Phew. Punched and collapsed.
4th, again. It was all to play for between the top 4 really and I came out just on the bottom. Unbelievably tough race and hats off to Marcus for the win, but also to everyone who finished. When I think about what we actually did it is a bit insane.
Saturday May 3, 2014 #
Note
Happiness levels after today:
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Will change tomorrow is the plan.
GPS broke again and got left beside number 2. Control collectors said they'd pick it up.
https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t...
Will change tomorrow is the plan.
GPS broke again and got left beside number 2. Control collectors said they'd pick it up.
1 PM
Running (road) warm up/down 15:00 [2]
shoes: VJ Falcon
Warm up. Felt decent really and body was looking forward to some nice orienteering.
2 PM
Orienteering 1:01:44 [4] ***** 5.3 km (11:39 / km) +220m 9:39 / km
spiked:12/16c shoes: VJ Falcon
IOC MIddle
Competitor Name: Ruairi Short
Course Name: M21E
1. (2:00, +0:19) (2:00, +0:19) Started out knowing I needed to take it handy for the first 1 or 2. Did just that.
2. (1:35, +0:05) (3:35, +0:24) Was a little left leaving 1 but looked up and I saw the re-entrant the control would be in. Chose the best running line to it then.
3. (1:41, +0:27) (5:16, +0:26) GPS strap broke leaving 2 as I fell over so I just threw it on the ground beside the control as I had no way to carry it. Could see the rock with 3 pretty straight away.
4. (2:41, +0:20) (7:57, +0:03) Kept my height along the hill and got to the rocky area. Dropped in from there. Easy.
5. (0:47, +0:02) (8:44, -0:17) Compass, straight down the hill. Thought "which rock will this be on" looked up. "that one" that's where it was.
6. (2:11, +0:04) (10:55, -0:13) Contouring along the hill, kept a eye out left to track distance covered. Saw it was on the east side so knew to stay to the east and I saw it.
7. (3:30, +0:26) (14:25, -1:15) Legs were a bit asleep at the start of this climb but they really built into it. Saw Darren running towards 8 and I had a fleeting thought that I was doing well here. Aimed slightly left and when I hit the detail, turned into the control and got it perfectly.
8. (2:35, +0:38) (17:00, -0:59) Thought this would be easy. Along the contour look out for the marsh. Saw the rocks ran to the crag. Hadn't actually read what crag I was looking for so it was the wrong one and I had to climb back to my one. Dropped ~20s.
9. (23:37, +18:19) (40:37, +16:29) Let's not talk about this... >15mins dropped
10. (3:05, +0:28) (43:42, +16:08) Had been to this control already but motivation to run was pretty low.
11. (6:54, +3:10) (50:36, +18:39) Another long leg across vague mountain side. I used more features to find my way but when I was close to the circle I thought I was lower than I really was. After attacking the control once I went back and tried again, getting it the second time.
12. (2:14, +0:12) (52:50, +18:46) Compass. Saw the boulder to the south, in the re-entrant and spike.
13. (1:08, +0:11) (53:58, +18:48) Compass. Saw the boulder before it and then the control.
14. (2:57, +0:56) (56:55, +19:34) Compass, except no nice boulders this time. Was just a little too low, saw the march with the peat hag and back into the control.
15. (2:30, -0:01) (59:25, +19:21) Compass. Up the hill. Fastest split what?
16. (1:57, +0:18) (61:22, +19:33) Up past the big rock and into the control
17. (0:22, +0:03) (61:44, +19:32)
I'll have to deal with it sometime:
No. 9:
Looked at the control. Thought "this'll be tough, Sure i;m going grand just compass it and relocate when you get there. The boulder should be obvious" Set off on my compass. 1/3 of the way along I see Marcus looking very lost. "Oh, I must be near it now. He can't possibly be looking for 11, he is waaaaay to low. He's not that bad". Hesitancy creeps in. I start to see re-entrants and spurs that match the map. "No sign of the rock, I'll just check this pit quickly, nope. Ah there's the rock!". Run to the infamous rock. No control. No way of knowing I've only gone about half the necessary distance. Look at map. Only rock is waaaaaay past the control. "must be there, Colm Moran is searching waaaaaay to far past the control" (he was not, he was only slightly too low" At this point I'm still ahead of Dave and had I gone straight to the control I could have been there or thereabouts.
"I'll go back, cause I've clearly gone too far". Oops. Went back and up. Found some stuff. Quickly realised I had no idea where I was. Then realised I had no way to find where I was. Stopped momentarily. "So much for middle champion, I guess I'm running to the top of the hill". Then I did that, in a slightly roundabout fashion. Worked out where I was, and found 10. Ok I got this. Head down the valley, Stephen Linton comes up it, "oh yeah, gonna get this, there's the rock and a pit, ooooooh yeaaa SUGAR! (i didn't say this exact word)" Back up towards 10. Relocate and try again. This time it works...
Competitor Name: Ruairi Short
Course Name: M21E
1. (2:00, +0:19) (2:00, +0:19) Started out knowing I needed to take it handy for the first 1 or 2. Did just that.
2. (1:35, +0:05) (3:35, +0:24) Was a little left leaving 1 but looked up and I saw the re-entrant the control would be in. Chose the best running line to it then.
3. (1:41, +0:27) (5:16, +0:26) GPS strap broke leaving 2 as I fell over so I just threw it on the ground beside the control as I had no way to carry it. Could see the rock with 3 pretty straight away.
4. (2:41, +0:20) (7:57, +0:03) Kept my height along the hill and got to the rocky area. Dropped in from there. Easy.
5. (0:47, +0:02) (8:44, -0:17) Compass, straight down the hill. Thought "which rock will this be on" looked up. "that one" that's where it was.
6. (2:11, +0:04) (10:55, -0:13) Contouring along the hill, kept a eye out left to track distance covered. Saw it was on the east side so knew to stay to the east and I saw it.
7. (3:30, +0:26) (14:25, -1:15) Legs were a bit asleep at the start of this climb but they really built into it. Saw Darren running towards 8 and I had a fleeting thought that I was doing well here. Aimed slightly left and when I hit the detail, turned into the control and got it perfectly.
8. (2:35, +0:38) (17:00, -0:59) Thought this would be easy. Along the contour look out for the marsh. Saw the rocks ran to the crag. Hadn't actually read what crag I was looking for so it was the wrong one and I had to climb back to my one. Dropped ~20s.
9. (23:37, +18:19) (40:37, +16:29) Let's not talk about this... >15mins dropped
10. (3:05, +0:28) (43:42, +16:08) Had been to this control already but motivation to run was pretty low.
11. (6:54, +3:10) (50:36, +18:39) Another long leg across vague mountain side. I used more features to find my way but when I was close to the circle I thought I was lower than I really was. After attacking the control once I went back and tried again, getting it the second time.
12. (2:14, +0:12) (52:50, +18:46) Compass. Saw the boulder to the south, in the re-entrant and spike.
13. (1:08, +0:11) (53:58, +18:48) Compass. Saw the boulder before it and then the control.
14. (2:57, +0:56) (56:55, +19:34) Compass, except no nice boulders this time. Was just a little too low, saw the march with the peat hag and back into the control.
15. (2:30, -0:01) (59:25, +19:21) Compass. Up the hill. Fastest split what?
16. (1:57, +0:18) (61:22, +19:33) Up past the big rock and into the control
17. (0:22, +0:03) (61:44, +19:32)
I'll have to deal with it sometime:
No. 9:
Looked at the control. Thought "this'll be tough, Sure i;m going grand just compass it and relocate when you get there. The boulder should be obvious" Set off on my compass. 1/3 of the way along I see Marcus looking very lost. "Oh, I must be near it now. He can't possibly be looking for 11, he is waaaaay to low. He's not that bad". Hesitancy creeps in. I start to see re-entrants and spurs that match the map. "No sign of the rock, I'll just check this pit quickly, nope. Ah there's the rock!". Run to the infamous rock. No control. No way of knowing I've only gone about half the necessary distance. Look at map. Only rock is waaaaaay past the control. "must be there, Colm Moran is searching waaaaaay to far past the control" (he was not, he was only slightly too low" At this point I'm still ahead of Dave and had I gone straight to the control I could have been there or thereabouts.
"I'll go back, cause I've clearly gone too far". Oops. Went back and up. Found some stuff. Quickly realised I had no idea where I was. Then realised I had no way to find where I was. Stopped momentarily. "So much for middle champion, I guess I'm running to the top of the hill". Then I did that, in a slightly roundabout fashion. Worked out where I was, and found 10. Ok I got this. Head down the valley, Stephen Linton comes up it, "oh yeah, gonna get this, there's the rock and a pit, ooooooh yeaaa SUGAR! (i didn't say this exact word)" Back up towards 10. Relocate and try again. This time it works...
Friday May 2, 2014 #
7 PM
Running (road) warm up/down 5:52 0.95 km (6:12 / km) +1m 6:10 / km
ahr:126 max:158 shoes: Asics Gel 1170
Orienteering race 13:29 3.16 km (4:16 / km) +1m 4:15 / km
ahr:171 max:184 shoes: Asics Gel 1170
IOC Sprint.
Was an easy course really I thought. Guess that means I didn't go fast enough. Really well organised event though and it was nice to have a bit of spectating and tension watching the last runners coming in the run in.
Think I mostly picked the right routes. Will see when more people have done their routegadgets. I drew mine wrong to 10, I actually went inside the building.
Map
Was an easy course really I thought. Guess that means I didn't go fast enough. Really well organised event though and it was nice to have a bit of spectating and tension watching the last runners coming in the run in.
Think I mostly picked the right routes. Will see when more people have done their routegadgets. I drew mine wrong to 10, I actually went inside the building.
Map
Running (road) warm up/down 10:28 [1] 1.64 km (6:23 / km)
ahr:111 max:128 shoes: Asics Gel 1170
Monday Apr 28, 2014 #
Note
(rest day)
Tidied the house. Found my GPS charger and also fixed the strap. Productive day!