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Sunday Aug 23, 2009 #
Run race ((orienteering)) 1:22:41 [4] *** 12.0 km (6:53 / km) +620m 5:29 / km
spiked:18/20c
State League 6 at Jim Crow. Hilly but technically moderate, with a bit of route choice but not much fine navigation. The most unusual aspect of the terrain was that a fair bit of the map was the subject of a fuel reduction burn which was perhaps a little bit too effective (I don't think fuel reduction burns are supposed to get into the crowns). Without much ground cover the damp soil was soft and very slippery in places, and in the more heavily burnt areas the carpet of dead leaves reminded me of deciduous forests in winter in North America or Europe.
I ran a good race technically, with the only wobble, a few seconds, coming at 10 - I saw another control on a boulder 100 metres before mine, and while I knew it wasn't supposed to be mine I thought I'd better check the number just in case. However, my running was lacking intensity, perhaps not surprising after a lack of racing in the last 2 1/2 months. I wasn't surprised to be a few minutes down but will be the better for this workout.
This was the last race I will run in the current pair of shoes - they give me blisters when wet (and started to again today). Got some new ones after the run.
I ran a good race technically, with the only wobble, a few seconds, coming at 10 - I saw another control on a boulder 100 metres before mine, and while I knew it wasn't supposed to be mine I thought I'd better check the number just in case. However, my running was lacking intensity, perhaps not surprising after a lack of racing in the last 2 1/2 months. I wasn't surprised to be a few minutes down but will be the better for this workout.
This was the last race I will run in the current pair of shoes - they give me blisters when wet (and started to again today). Got some new ones after the run.