orienteering warm up/down 18:00 [3] *
shoes: IceBug Normal
Morning training: Run to and from start of training with map. Driving icy wind, snow/ice on a rather hilly section of Denmark.
orienteering 51:07 [4] *** 6.5 km (7:52 / km) +200m 6:49 / km
spiked:16/18c shoes: IceBug Normal
Very cold and wet...storm coming. Training on map outside of Århus, near to area for WOC Sprint 2006. Lots of controls, somewhat hilly, a good bunch of people out in the forest going various directions and small controls. Stayed focused most of the way, though not feeling good at all...no energy (not enough food on the ferry night before). The two misses were probably 30 seconds at most...just swinging a bit wide to the right on the first one and to the left on the next. Not your typical denmark...i.e. not flat over much of the map. (Guessing on the climb)
orienteering 43:32 [4] **** 3.8 km (11:27 / km) +80m 10:22 / km
spiked:6/8c shoes: IceBug Normal
Afternoon session: Done in pairs - map memory exercise. One person had the even controls (and start) with lines going to the general area of the odd control, the second person had the odd controls with lines going to the general area of the even controls. While the first person was running, you were to memorize leg to the next control and keep track of where you were on the map, because once the person got to the area of the control, you had to find it. This was made more difficult due to the 1ft (+) of snow that had fallen since the morning workout, plus the driving snow/ice and wind. A few places we were running a bit blind. Plus, the "flags" were light yellow ribbon, so they were a bit hard to see. Nonetheless, did pretty well. Felt much better physically because of lunch.