Training Log Archive: Boyzone

IOC Relay - Glendoo Ridge West, Wicklow - After a poor race on the middle day, I was selected for Corko's second team or as Jim put it "the drunken rejects" after the beering the night before the race. Landed on my feet though with that selection, as Jonny K had a storming run to come in just ~20s down on the CNOC lead. Jonny handed over to Arnis S who knocked up another good run to overtake CNOC and give me a slender ~30s lead over Colm H. I knew Magic would be starting soon after which added to the spice, plus, I was fairly sure there was no gaffling between us (again!)

Having seen the mass start carnage to the first control through waist deep heather, I decided before setting off that I'ld take the easier running to the juniors first control via a taped route, tougher nav. but paid off as I nailed 1 at a good pace and felt any pressure I had lifted. Number 2 I was off line and climbed too high, realised this and turned back down the hill to see Colm going into the control. He stayed ahead until 5, then I took a more direct line to 6 and got ahead and managed to maintain the lead to the finish. I had some hesitations in the last loop after the spectator, but was delighted to hear from Jonny on the run in that we weren't passed.

Another great Irish relay and glad to be on the winning team this year! Roll on next year, we may even get gaffling!

Route OP-2
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Relay 2 - Splits

IOC Classic, Brockagh, Wicklow - Great area, technical and physical and a proper classic length. Decided to take it steady today and cut out the mistakes (since I had clocked up 23minutes of mistakes from the previous 4 races at JK and IOC middle). It seemed to work with much fewer mistakes - main ones were at 13, and 14, costing in total less than the 3minute winning margin. All splits roughly within 20% of fastest (bar run in as I decided to follow the string course for a wee while!) Delighted to finish in third.

Splits
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Route course 1
http://orienteering.ie/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi?a...

M21E - Splits

IOC Middle, Glendoo, Wicklow - Great course on fun area of peat cuttings. This was definitely a race of "what could have been" as everyone made mistakes with the exception of Bill who easily took the title. Anyone one of 10 or more of us could have won (or at least got second) with a clean run. My mistakes were at 4 (where I was drawn towards the marsh which appeared to me as the re-entrant, no excuse really as I was much too high). At 6, I looked up for the knoll just before the depression - I set out for the high point and alas the control wasn't behind it, was the map spot on here, should there have been a knoll/hill mapped?, should I have put in an appeal?. Ran relatively cleanly then until I allowed myself to get distracted by others going to different control at the second last and lost a further minute, total time lost 5-6 minutes.

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M21E - Splits