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Sunday Apr 16, 2017 #
11 AM
Orienteering race (Oceania Relay) 46:59 [5] *** 8.2 km (5:44 / km) +121m 5:20 / km
spiked:24/28c shoes: Innov-8 X-Talon 212
Much better run today. Started 1st leg in a NSW team with Brooner and Atte. Purposely tried to run my own race from the start as I didn't want any big blowouts like yesterday. Ended up being a good idea with so many split controls. After the short first 5 controls, found myself on my own till Bert caught me at #10 and Felix Spath at #14. Managed to hold on the back off those two till pretty much the end.
Saturday Apr 15, 2017 #
11 AM
Orienteering race (Oceania Long Champs) 3:06:50 [5] ***** 20.96 km (8:55 / km) +511m 7:57 / km
spiked:29/39c shoes: Innov-8 X-Talon 212
As tough as it gets. Was going ok till about halfway then the wheels seriously starting falling off. Probably the only time I've ever been over 3hrs for an O race, and to put it into context I finished 33rd out of 54.
Long list of time losses below. AP splits say 50 min which is normally conservative.
#9 (2 min) - exited 8 in bad direction then ended up going long road way to 9
#10 (4 min) - too far east in the light green
#12 (4 min) - got caught in cutty grass a number of times then ended up too short on the control
#15 (2 min) - overran control
#17 (30 secs) - too low
#20 (10 min) - got distracted by a few others then got completely lost, ended up having to run back towards 19 to relocate then still didn't get it
#24 (15 min) - according to AP, half the field couldn't find this one, I found it so hard to relocate being so tired
#27 (5 min) - getting really tired, just couldn't understand the terrain at all
#29 (5 min) - was almost walking this one and still blew it up
#31 (2 min) - way too low
Long list of time losses below. AP splits say 50 min which is normally conservative.
#9 (2 min) - exited 8 in bad direction then ended up going long road way to 9
#10 (4 min) - too far east in the light green
#12 (4 min) - got caught in cutty grass a number of times then ended up too short on the control
#15 (2 min) - overran control
#17 (30 secs) - too low
#20 (10 min) - got distracted by a few others then got completely lost, ended up having to run back towards 19 to relocate then still didn't get it
#24 (15 min) - according to AP, half the field couldn't find this one, I found it so hard to relocate being so tired
#27 (5 min) - getting really tired, just couldn't understand the terrain at all
#29 (5 min) - was almost walking this one and still blew it up
#31 (2 min) - way too low
Friday Apr 14, 2017 #
Event: Oceania Championships 2017
2 PM
Orienteering race (Oceania Sprint Champs) 20:30 [5] *** 3.9 km (5:15 / km) +45m 4:58 / km
spiked:25/29c shoes: Asics Kayano 22 (Black)
More technical than I was expecting. Had a number of 5-10 sec errors and one 20 sec error in tricky buildings towards the end. Generally just very slow compared to the big boys. Sprint not my strong suit anymore :(
Edit: after looking at my map, didn't see the optimum route on about 5 controls. Probably could have saved another 45 secs there.
Edit: after looking at my map, didn't see the optimum route on about 5 controls. Probably could have saved another 45 secs there.