Training Log Archive: niamh

Easy warm-up, part 1

WOC sprint relay, Nairn. 24th/31 team (me, Darren, Eoin, Roisin).
First leg. Learnt a valuable lesson running first leg in Italy last year - went out too hard and didn't read the map carefully enough to no.1. Took it much more conservatively this year at the start, which was definitely a better tactic, though ideally I'd do something in between and be mid-pack coming to #1.

It was a fun course to run and the extra fences made it more interesting. Lost silly 12 sec to 8 even though I'd seen the fence; just didn't count the roads properly. Ran the last section well and made my own route choices to hand over to Darren in front of a small group (much better than last year!). The rest of the team did really well and we finished 24th. A top 20 placing is realistic over the next few years if everyone improves by a minute :-)

GPS: http://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/2015wocSRelay1/
Results: http://www.woc2015.org/documents/Sprint_Relay_resu...
Achilles was really tight before and after so care needed between now and forest relay.

Event: WOC 2015 & Scottish 6 days
 

Warm-up, part 1

Warm-up, part 2

WOC sprint qualification, Forres West. 23rd/33. +31 sec to 15th; +42 sec to 11th.
Results: http://obasen.orientering.se/winsplits/online/en/d...
GPS: http://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/2015wocSprintQW1/
Gave it my best shot, and disappointed to fall short.
Post-race geeking shows that I was already ~30 sec down at no.5 on those who qualified in 13-15th. Too cautious at the start? Lost 10 sec at 2 without any mistake, so clearly not running fast enough.
The positive part is that I picked it up and did well from 6 to the finish, with a small hesitation at 11.
For comparison, % behind R.Holmes this year:
JK 113%; WOC selection Bannockburn 109%; GB test race (wasn't running hard) 114%; WOC qualification 104%. Good trend!

Nairn. WOC model. Out to dunes. Ouch, Achilles.

WOC model, dunes part. Checking out vegetation and contours.

WOC model. Town part.

Easy jog around Inverness with Caoimhe. WOC time!