Training Log Archive: ebone

Warm-up run before race #1 of the U.S. Sprint Orienteering Championships. My quads continued to feel stiff and sore, and my left calf still hurt some.

C • Champion 8

I ran the first of two sprints, the added times of which would determine the U.S. Sprint Orienteering Championships results. This race took place on the Miami University campus in Oxford, OH. I was nervous before the race, both because I'm the defending champion and because I'm not all that good at campus sprints, especially route-choicey ones. Happily for me, the course ended up being fairly straightforward, since the campus layout is pretty simple. I felt after the race that it could have been made more difficult by varying the leg lengths more and maintaining the abundant direction changes.

My legs felt reasonably good during the race, and I mostly kept a good cadence, except for during a period late in the race when I was buffaloed by a couple trivial route choices and slowed down a bit. I felt the stiffness and soreness in my quads while I was running, and it felt like it curtailed my stride a bit.

I ended up 6th place overall and second among U.S. Championships eligible runners, with William Hawkins 18 seconds ahead of me (as he was in yesterday's race). Mike Smith beat me by an impressive 59 seconds.

Top 10:
1 N Smith, Mike 76 Falcon - 14:19
2 N Hallik, Margus 78 OOC - 14:48
3 Y Hawkins, William 77 CSU - 15:00
4 N Fransson, Hans 72 GHO - 15:05
5 N Torrance, Jon 71 OOC - 15:07
6 Y Bone, Eric 74 COC - 15:18
7 Y Velichko, Sergey 62 CTOC - 15:23
8 N Olaru, Maricel 78 CAOC - 15:46
9 N Smith, Wil 73 Falcon - 15:58
10 Y Yip, Gerald 79 OCIN - 16:00

The letter after the placing denotes U.S. Sprint Championships eligibility.

C • I'm not all that good at ca... 3

Easy warm-down jogging after sprint race #1. My right calf (along with the left one) hurt a bit after the race.

Warm up jog before second sprint of U.S. Championships.

I ran U.S. Champs sprint #2 at College Suites. I liked my chances going into this race, because the event notes said that the terrain included more forest and open fields and fewer paved areas and buildings.

My legs felt tired while I warmed up, and from the start of the race, it felt hard to go fast. I pushed hard and hit the controls well, with the exception of about three small bobbles, which cost maybe 5, 5 and 10 seconds each.

I placed 4th overall in combined time for the two sprints (behind two Canadians and an Estonian), but first in the U.S. Championships.

Top 10, with overall time listed, too:
1 Y Bone, Eric 74 COC - 14:52 30:10
2 N Smith, Mike 76 Falcon - 14:55 29:14
3 N Torrance, Jon 71 OOC - 15:02 30:09
4 N Hallik, Margus 78 OOC - 15:08 29:56
5 N Fransson, Hans 72 GHO - 15:58 31:03
6 Y Velichko, Sergey 62 CTOC - 16:02 31:25
7 N Olaru, Maricel 78 CAOC - 16:14 32:00
8 Y McGrath, Clem 74 DVOA - 16:33 32:41
9 Y Yip, Gerald 79 OCIN - 16:36 32:36
10 N Smith, Wil 73 Falcon - 17:00 32:58

Easy warm-down jogging after the second sprint race. My left quadriceps muscle was sore after the sprint, as if it had incurred a minor strain.

Red/Blue Sprint 1 - Splits

Red/Blue Sprint 2 - Splits