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Sunday Aug 2, 2009 #
Event: Scottish Six Days Tay 2009
Orienteering race 1:17:12 [4] 5.2 mi (14:51 / mi) +400m 11:59 / mi
shoes: VJ Integrator (8.5)
Scottish 6 days Day 1. WRE on Dalrulzion. Only the course distance today as I wasn't allowed to wear my Garmin.
The aim today was to get back into orienteering and running in terrain. So I said to myself at the start that it was really important to get the first control right. I didn't. Over compensated for the slope and ended up too high, relocated pretty quickly but still lost a couple of minutes. Then better through the rest of the first loop in the woods. Quite a lot of hesitations and wobbles, as I just haven't got the confidence in my navigation.
Ran the moorland section well, but then drifted left on the long leg back in the forest. Got caught by Matt Halliday and ran with him for a few controls, before missing number 19 and losing him. Ran with Hector for a few controls after that, caught Matt back up but then lost Hector when we missed on 24. Clean through the last section.
Lost maybe 5 minutes in total, but didn't dump any major amounts of time on any controls. And most importantly, I enjoyed myself. I'm just hoping my terrain running improves as the week goes on - I've got lots of bumps and bruises from continually falling over today!
The aim today was to get back into orienteering and running in terrain. So I said to myself at the start that it was really important to get the first control right. I didn't. Over compensated for the slope and ended up too high, relocated pretty quickly but still lost a couple of minutes. Then better through the rest of the first loop in the woods. Quite a lot of hesitations and wobbles, as I just haven't got the confidence in my navigation.
Ran the moorland section well, but then drifted left on the long leg back in the forest. Got caught by Matt Halliday and ran with him for a few controls, before missing number 19 and losing him. Ran with Hector for a few controls after that, caught Matt back up but then lost Hector when we missed on 24. Clean through the last section.
Lost maybe 5 minutes in total, but didn't dump any major amounts of time on any controls. And most importantly, I enjoyed myself. I'm just hoping my terrain running improves as the week goes on - I've got lots of bumps and bruises from continually falling over today!
Running 20:00 [2] 1.5 mi (13:20 / mi)
shoes: VJ Integrator (8.5)
Jog to the start with Andy P.