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Tuesday Apr 2, 2013 #
2 PM
Mapping 3:00:00 [0] 2.5 km (1:12:00 / km) +10m 1:10:35 / km
got six or seven packets of Farley yet to survey and I certainly wasn't going to be running today, so off I went, the place was looking great in the snow and the sunshine, and the bramble has been annihilated in places, although the runnability of the section was mostly light green due to extra growth between the pines
Monday Apr 1, 2013 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 42:15 [4] 6.5 km (6:30 / km) +285m 5:20 / km
shoes: Inov8 Oroc 340
JK Relays, Senior Men, Hambleden
lead man for DVO with JD injured, so was in the mass start with the big boys, didn't see them ...
long haul up the hill to number one was tough - the guy next to me sounded like he was dying, come to think of it I didn't see him finish? - all the hills were tough, in fact, kept my discipline throughout, unless you cound choosing to contour on the long leg instead of taking the straight line down and up the again, was never going to be the quicker route, but didn't seem to lose anything (in terms of leg place)
19th (on gaffle), 11mins behind Matthew Speake
lead man for DVO with JD injured, so was in the mass start with the big boys, didn't see them ...
long haul up the hill to number one was tough - the guy next to me sounded like he was dying, come to think of it I didn't see him finish? - all the hills were tough, in fact, kept my discipline throughout, unless you cound choosing to contour on the long leg instead of taking the straight line down and up the again, was never going to be the quicker route, but didn't seem to lose anything (in terms of leg place)
19th (on gaffle), 11mins behind Matthew Speake
Sunday Mar 31, 2013 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 1:14:25 [4] 9.5 km (7:50 / km) +210m 7:03 / km
shoes: Inov8 Oroc 340
JK Individual, Day 2, Cold Ash
felt good about the run until the other results started to pile up, pace was steady, better than last year, but I guess my policy of going straight, or trying to go straight, was mistaken:
8) didn't get much time to study this leg and didn't properly consider the left-hand options, plumped for straight to pick up the central path, but didn't exit at the correct angle, ended up effectively cutting the corner off the right-hand route, which would have been good if I hadn't bitten off a little extra and tried to cut another corner, I went in too soon and had to stop to make sure I got back on line [60secs+]
14) same here, saw the right-hand rail but ignored it in favour of a very enjoyable bash across the terrain [45secs+]
21) aimed off left, but the spur was much steeper than the map suggested so came right and saw depressions, hesitant - I notice a few lost time here and I imagine they encountered the same problem [<30secs]
27th (of 111), 14mins down on Jon Cross (first British human), just missing target (21st)
felt good about the run until the other results started to pile up, pace was steady, better than last year, but I guess my policy of going straight, or trying to go straight, was mistaken:
8) didn't get much time to study this leg and didn't properly consider the left-hand options, plumped for straight to pick up the central path, but didn't exit at the correct angle, ended up effectively cutting the corner off the right-hand route, which would have been good if I hadn't bitten off a little extra and tried to cut another corner, I went in too soon and had to stop to make sure I got back on line [60secs+]
14) same here, saw the right-hand rail but ignored it in favour of a very enjoyable bash across the terrain [45secs+]
21) aimed off left, but the spur was much steeper than the map suggested so came right and saw depressions, hesitant - I notice a few lost time here and I imagine they encountered the same problem [<30secs]
27th (of 111), 14mins down on Jon Cross (first British human), just missing target (21st)
Saturday Mar 30, 2013 #
1 PM
Orienteering race 1:08:14 [4] 10.0 km (6:49 / km) +425m 5:38 / km
shoes: Inov8 Oroc 340
JK Individual, Hambleden
pretty good run, but was walking up (parts of the) hills from 8 onwards, again pretty easy orienteering, so the small miss at 12 and the banana at 1 were disappointing
felt flat, as if I hadn't got my nutrition right: on day one, I had sanwiches for a very early lunch, this time I had a bigger breakfast (baked barley and bacon), but my energy peaked
1) 'drifted' right coming over the spur because I didn't point myself in the right direction coming out of the ride at the start [30secs]
5) liked my lefthand route, but haven't studied routegagdet yet - I know it had a few contours less climb than wide right and straight
12) not sure about map here and/or where the flag was hung, much too close to the main semi-open area, missed left [45secs]
18) possibly the best route was across the valley and down the ridge, but my time loss here will mostly have been pace (walking) up some of the hill [60secs]
24th (of 119), 10 behind Alan Velecky (first British human), made my arbitrary target of 20th Brit
pretty good run, but was walking up (parts of the) hills from 8 onwards, again pretty easy orienteering, so the small miss at 12 and the banana at 1 were disappointing
felt flat, as if I hadn't got my nutrition right: on day one, I had sanwiches for a very early lunch, this time I had a bigger breakfast (baked barley and bacon), but my energy peaked
1) 'drifted' right coming over the spur because I didn't point myself in the right direction coming out of the ride at the start [30secs]
5) liked my lefthand route, but haven't studied routegagdet yet - I know it had a few contours less climb than wide right and straight
12) not sure about map here and/or where the flag was hung, much too close to the main semi-open area, missed left [45secs]
18) possibly the best route was across the valley and down the ridge, but my time loss here will mostly have been pace (walking) up some of the hill [60secs]
24th (of 119), 10 behind Alan Velecky (first British human), made my arbitrary target of 20th Brit
Friday Mar 29, 2013 #
Event: JK 2013
1 PM
Orienteering race (Sprint) 14:43 [5] 2.0 km (7:22 / km) +15m 7:06 / km
shoes: Saucony Peregrine
JK Sprint, Whiteknights
as anticipated it was too easy, mostly a toss up between left or right, still don't think I got enough of them right, set off fast and had to slow down because I was going too fast to orienteer (you can see my splits drop after that point), in retrospect I should've just gone for it, I had too much left in the tank: 4th fastest on final leg and a good sprint (despite excessive Emit pfaff saw me gain 5 places right at the end
hardly worth analysing, but:
4) ignored the canopy to swing around the left of the control, but the white bits of wood were not runnable and had to go much wider [20secs]
5) too long arsing about with Emit punch?
9) missed the way in on the left and got blocked by people getting into their car in the car park [10secs+]
13) went right, but didn't spot gap in hedge which made left the better choice [15secs]
19th (of 128), only 80 secs down on Dave Rollins (first British human)
but my position was improved by several runners missing their starts
as anticipated it was too easy, mostly a toss up between left or right, still don't think I got enough of them right, set off fast and had to slow down because I was going too fast to orienteer (you can see my splits drop after that point), in retrospect I should've just gone for it, I had too much left in the tank: 4th fastest on final leg and a good sprint (despite excessive Emit pfaff saw me gain 5 places right at the end
hardly worth analysing, but:
4) ignored the canopy to swing around the left of the control, but the white bits of wood were not runnable and had to go much wider [20secs]
5) too long arsing about with Emit punch?
9) missed the way in on the left and got blocked by people getting into their car in the car park [10secs+]
13) went right, but didn't spot gap in hedge which made left the better choice [15secs]
19th (of 128), only 80 secs down on Dave Rollins (first British human)
but my position was improved by several runners missing their starts