Orienteering (Odd-Even) 20:24 [4] **** 2.82 km (7:14 / km) +110m 6:03 / km
ahr:173 max:190 spiked:8/8c shoes: Olway Somethings
Brent Langbakk had the odd-numbered controls and I had the evens. He dragged me along at about my race pace.
Orienteering (Dice-O) 23:26 [5] *** 3.65 km (6:25 / km) +60m 5:56 / km
ahr:158 max:184 spiked:7/7c shoes: Olway Somethings
Fun little 2-person star relay with a random element. Matt and I won until we were disqualified (well, would have been had anyone taken it seriously) for unintentionally cheating. Getting lactic and fatigued at the end of this.
Orienteering (Route Choice) 26:32 [4] **** 2.76 km (9:37 / km) +180m 7:15 / km
ahr:178 max:188 spiked:2/2c shoes: Olway Somethings
A course with only 2 controls, the second of which was 2km long with a number of great route choices. I picked a fairly direct route with more climb but made a little mistake and had to drop a couple of contours mid-control, and also lost time descending a massive 45m high mud bank. The most southerly route along the river was the way to go. Starting to get pretty buggered by this stage and was slow up all the hills. Running speed is slow because of the stupid route I took to the finish up the same crazy mud bank I'd just come down. This place is really treacherous during the thaw but it would be awesome fun when it's dry.
Orienteering 27:33 [3] 2.91 km (9:28 / km) +145m 7:35 / km
ahr:155 max:180 shoes: Olway Somethings
Running from the end of the route choice exercise back to my car and then to the start of the simplification exercise. Feeling really fatigued by this point. Hung out at my car for a few minutes, had a gel and some water.
Orienteering (SImplification) 19:34 [4] **** 2.86 km (6:50 / km) +35m 6:27 / km
ahr:172 max:185 spiked:11/12c shoes: Olway Somethings
Nice exercise by Patrick. We were given a course marked on a blank piece of paper and then from a complete master map, we drew in a few key features for each leg, and then ran the course. I really enjoyed this exercise though it was a little easy due to the visibility of a number of controls. Absolutely dead on my feet for this one.
Orienteering 20:00 [3] 2.0 km (10:00 / km) +150m 7:16 / km
shoes: Olway Somethings
Putting out and removing a few controls and various jogging to and fro.
Note
What a day! My heaviest day's training ever: 17km of orienteering with 680m climb in 2:17 with an ave HR of ~173. Totally knackered at the end. Thanks to Bill and all the exercise planners! Oh, and no chest pain!
