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Monday May 1, 2017 #
10 AM
Run - Trail warm up/down 26:37 3.58 km (7:26 / km) +87m 6:37 / km
shoes: VJ Falcons 2017
11 AM
Run - Orienteering race 32:05 5.59 km (5:45 / km) +252m 4:41 / km
shoes: VJ Falcons 2017
IOC Relays, 3rd leg with Dooby and Boyzone.
Dooby had a great first leg, dropping the rest of the field at #1 and coming back with a 3 minute lead against our main rivals. Boyzone retained this and handed over to me with a clear lead (although I obviously didn't know exactly what it was).
Started steady but couldn't have gone that much faster either. All in control until #10 (which I had seen earlier) when it suddenly wasn't where I was expecting, lost 40 seconds and, more importantly, my focus so headed to the next one with no plan. Headed for some boulders that I had seen earlier without really knowing which ones they were and then suddenly all the knolls and boulders looked the same and none of them looked like the one that I wanted!
Relocated off of the wrong crossing point before realising that I was too far to the south, headed north and was relieved to both see my control and not see a chasing Conor (although 2 minutes lost). Sorted myself out and got back to running safely as thought I still had a bit of a gap.
Very easy few controls and then, at the bottom of the last hill, I suddenly saw Conor. Bit of an effort up to the penultimate control to ensure that he didn't close further and then had enough not to have to kill myself on the run-in.
Great to have another Cork O win, but very annoyed with myself for losing so much time on two controls that should have been straightforward. How much longer can we keep this team together and competitive in the Open???
Dooby had a great first leg, dropping the rest of the field at #1 and coming back with a 3 minute lead against our main rivals. Boyzone retained this and handed over to me with a clear lead (although I obviously didn't know exactly what it was).
Started steady but couldn't have gone that much faster either. All in control until #10 (which I had seen earlier) when it suddenly wasn't where I was expecting, lost 40 seconds and, more importantly, my focus so headed to the next one with no plan. Headed for some boulders that I had seen earlier without really knowing which ones they were and then suddenly all the knolls and boulders looked the same and none of them looked like the one that I wanted!
Relocated off of the wrong crossing point before realising that I was too far to the south, headed north and was relieved to both see my control and not see a chasing Conor (although 2 minutes lost). Sorted myself out and got back to running safely as thought I still had a bit of a gap.
Very easy few controls and then, at the bottom of the last hill, I suddenly saw Conor. Bit of an effort up to the penultimate control to ensure that he didn't close further and then had enough not to have to kill myself on the run-in.
Great to have another Cork O win, but very annoyed with myself for losing so much time on two controls that should have been straightforward. How much longer can we keep this team together and competitive in the Open???