Training Log Archive: BorisGr

US Classic Champs model event at Round Mountain. Alli and I went around together and looked at the mapping details. The terrain is so much faster than Slovenia! It will be an interesting transition and a fun weekend of racing.

MUC->DEN

Warmup

OO Cup Day 5

Much simpler terrain this time, pretty open. I had an ok run, but had no power on the uphills. Neil had a really good race to finish the week well. I ended up 21st overall, Neil 22nd.

Really fun two weeks of orienteering and hanging out with great people. Slovenia is an awesome country with beautiful nature and friendly people. I would recommend it to anyone for a great orienteering vacation!

Map from today (not my routes): http://karte.rutka.net/show_map.php?user=nejc&map=...

OO Cup Day 4

Beautiful, detailed terrain, very tough running. I didn't have it today - never really got into racing mode and didn't navigate well, either.

The map (not my routes): http://karte.rutka.net/show_map.php?user=nejc&map=...

Warmup. Sweaty.

OO Cup Day 3

Middle distance, my friend! We had a short race in a small, technical area with lots of trails and depressions. It was hot and humid at the start, and I tried to stick to the shade as much as possible before starting.

The race went well - the best I've felt racing this year, I think. I am still not fit enough even for just a full middle distance race, but I am getting better. We had 21 controls for 3.7km, so this was mostly control picking, and I had to be careful with direction leaving controls and detail in the circle in order to keep good flow. I took a number of trail routes to simplify the attack, and that paid off. I made a couple of mistakes in the green in the middle of the course (30 and 15 seconds), but finished well and ended up 15th on the day, better than 29th and 22nd the first two days. I moved up to 19the overall from 24th.

Results: www.orienteeringonline.net/Results.aspx?Competitio...

C • Nice race! 1

Event: 2014 Canadian Champs
 

Warmup

OO Cup Day 2

This was a long course in relatively steep, rough terrain, with some parts of faster running in open pastures. More technical orienteering than yesterday, and I had a better day. No large mistakes, maybe 2.5 minutes total. Felt better physically, too. Ended up 22nd on the day, better than yesterday's 29th, and ahead of most of my rival group.

Event: Laramie Daze
 

Warmup

OO Cup - Day 1

Running M21E this time. OO Cup is a much bigger competition than Bubo Cup, and the Elite class has 42 people running this week. Today's terrain was very open and yellow, with lots of pasture running and a small section of technical terrain in the north of the map. To get to the arena, we had to hike up a 250 meter hillside to a beautiful alpine plateau - a very cool setting for a race on Velika Planina.

I think I was still in the mode of technical orienteering for much of this race and spent too much time reading the map and slowing down when I should have just run. I also made a huge mistake on a relatively simple control (#5), missing 3.5 minutes by refusing to climb down to where the control was and wandering aimlessly up above.

I ended up getting beaten by all of my self-declared rivals for the week: Tim and Neil from SN in England, ndobbs, Giacomo. Also, two of the three young Irish we are staying with destroyed me.

Results: http://www.orienteeringonline.net/Results.aspx?Com...

Map (not my routes): http://karte.rutka.net/show_map.php?user=nejc&map=...

Running around a sprint course drawn by Johan Hamelius on a map of Pula in the south of the Istria peninsula in Croatia. We modified the course (original is at http://www.dxdeluxe.se/linnekartparmen/show_map.ph... ) to add a few legs through the old castle at the top of the city. Alli and I ran together, and Neil ran off by himself, going a bit faster. It was fun, though not as intense as yesterday's sprints. Such a nice way to see the city and run through the Roman ruins. Now - off to the OO Cup five days.