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Thursday Aug 6, 2009 #
Orienteering race 57:08 [4] 6.8 mi (8:24 / mi)
shoes: VJ Integrator (8.5)
Scottish 6 days Day 4. Chasing start.
Began the race in 15th place, 20 secs down on Mark Bown, 50 secs down on Rob, and just over 2 mins down on Andy P. I then had a gap of two minutes behind me to Jonny F.
My tactic out the start was to sprint after Mark, and let him lead me into the first control. Unfortunately, he missed it, which meant I also missed it, but I only lost 15 seconds. We then missed number 3, I lost a minute and Mark got ahead, but I managed to catch him up again at 5. Lost another 30 seconds at the start of the long leg to 8 when I ran up the wrong track, and after taking a different route choice, got to 9 just ahead of Mark.
I then struggled to keep up with him through the next few controls, but catching our first glimpse of Andy P ahead of us on the way to number 11 spurred me on. We caught Andy at 15, and I took the lead for the next few legs. Mark made a small miss at 19 and we pulled ahead slightly, and unluckily for him we hit the next couple cleanly, he made another mistake and we lost him.
Andy and I then got a surprise when we were suddenly ahead of Ben Stevens at 24, and knowing that Andy would outsprint me on the run-in I made my move on the way to 28 and tried to pull out a gap before the end, which I just about managed. We got another surprise when Chris Smithard finished behind us, having made a big mistake near the end.
Pulled up four places, and moved up to 11th. Today made me remember why I enjoy orienteering - the combination of the area, the course, the weather, and the head-to-head racing all made it great fun.
Began the race in 15th place, 20 secs down on Mark Bown, 50 secs down on Rob, and just over 2 mins down on Andy P. I then had a gap of two minutes behind me to Jonny F.
My tactic out the start was to sprint after Mark, and let him lead me into the first control. Unfortunately, he missed it, which meant I also missed it, but I only lost 15 seconds. We then missed number 3, I lost a minute and Mark got ahead, but I managed to catch him up again at 5. Lost another 30 seconds at the start of the long leg to 8 when I ran up the wrong track, and after taking a different route choice, got to 9 just ahead of Mark.
I then struggled to keep up with him through the next few controls, but catching our first glimpse of Andy P ahead of us on the way to number 11 spurred me on. We caught Andy at 15, and I took the lead for the next few legs. Mark made a small miss at 19 and we pulled ahead slightly, and unluckily for him we hit the next couple cleanly, he made another mistake and we lost him.
Andy and I then got a surprise when we were suddenly ahead of Ben Stevens at 24, and knowing that Andy would outsprint me on the run-in I made my move on the way to 28 and tried to pull out a gap before the end, which I just about managed. We got another surprise when Chris Smithard finished behind us, having made a big mistake near the end.
Pulled up four places, and moved up to 11th. Today made me remember why I enjoy orienteering - the combination of the area, the course, the weather, and the head-to-head racing all made it great fun.
Running warm up/down 20:00 [2] 2.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
shoes: VJ Integrator (8.5)
Jog to the start with Rob and Andy P.