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Sunday Mar 26, 2017 #
12 PM
Orienteering race (NOL Middle Race) 41:02 [5] 6.8 km (6:02 / km) +230m 5:10 / km
At Isaacs Ridge, came 2nd, +1.19mins to Simon. Bit of a disappointing day out - not a lot of sleep last night and a nasty sore throat (that's taken all week to brew) this morning. So I was in a bit of a grump before the start. However, Robw had planned a cracker course with very little given away for free - lots of short legs on the slope and a few brutal climbs - and I was soon enjoying myself in the bush.
Started quite well, although the path route to #3 cost me ~20secs. Could tell early on that my legs were lacking much power and I went through a physically bad patch on #8-#11: nav ok(ish), but I was dropping ~20secs to the fastest on each leg mainly through my inability to push through the steep stony terrain. To provide some respite from the toughness I took a wide, low path route to #15, but dropped 30secs to Simon - I guess he went straighter out of #14, and used 'The Spine' MTB track? Might test that route out over the next few weeks... After the spectator control I felt rubbish but was fairly clean, right up until very nearly missing out #26 completely. Fortunately caught myself just in time, but lost another ~25secs there.
Still, not a bad run technically - Simon's obviously in decent shape and I would've had to be absolutely perfect to match his time. I guess my fitness is showing encouraging signs, but I am a bit weak (or just soft?) in the terrain - probs no biggie for NZ. Expecting to have a cold tomorrow but would be nice to be pleasantly surprised.
Started quite well, although the path route to #3 cost me ~20secs. Could tell early on that my legs were lacking much power and I went through a physically bad patch on #8-#11: nav ok(ish), but I was dropping ~20secs to the fastest on each leg mainly through my inability to push through the steep stony terrain. To provide some respite from the toughness I took a wide, low path route to #15, but dropped 30secs to Simon - I guess he went straighter out of #14, and used 'The Spine' MTB track? Might test that route out over the next few weeks... After the spectator control I felt rubbish but was fairly clean, right up until very nearly missing out #26 completely. Fortunately caught myself just in time, but lost another ~25secs there.
Still, not a bad run technically - Simon's obviously in decent shape and I would've had to be absolutely perfect to match his time. I guess my fitness is showing encouraging signs, but I am a bit weak (or just soft?) in the terrain - probs no biggie for NZ. Expecting to have a cold tomorrow but would be nice to be pleasantly surprised.
C • #15 2
Running warm up/down 15:00 [2] 2.5 km (6:00 / km)