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Monday Mar 31, 2008 #
Running tempo 28:00 [1]
19 minute warm-up before circuits (up Headington hill, over on Marston cycle path), 9 minutes after (back home)
Strength 40:00 [1]
Circuits, although we were all pretty exhausted. My legs were tired for sure- especially leg-lifting muscles- apparently used those? A good enough session despite the tiredness.
Sunday Mar 30, 2008 #
Running warm up/down 12:00 [1]
Solid warm down after, less solid warm-up beforehand, as I wasn't sure when Helen would be coming, so I just pranced around the waiting zone.
Orienteering race 1:02:03 [3] *** 6.0 km (10:21 / km)
12c shoes: Walshes
Masenstafetten Relays, Leg 2
Not real fast, but actually quite ok for me on Swedish terrain I think. Biggest mistake was on the way to #1 (~5 min), just totally lost track of where I was. Think I just wasn't focusing enough, and wanting to run fast- must learn the virtue of patience to the first control.
I had about 4 other 1-2 minute mistakes, but none really horrible, was mostly headed the right way and picking things up, just had to go real slow...
Super impressed at the speed the 1st and 2nd women's teams passed me with. I ran with them on the path from the spectator control to the end of where the way to 7 was a path route, but there was no way I was going to keep running at that speed and be able to orienteer. Really cool to see that.
Not real fast, but actually quite ok for me on Swedish terrain I think. Biggest mistake was on the way to #1 (~5 min), just totally lost track of where I was. Think I just wasn't focusing enough, and wanting to run fast- must learn the virtue of patience to the first control.
I had about 4 other 1-2 minute mistakes, but none really horrible, was mostly headed the right way and picking things up, just had to go real slow...
Super impressed at the speed the 1st and 2nd women's teams passed me with. I ran with them on the path from the spectator control to the end of where the way to 7 was a path route, but there was no way I was going to keep running at that speed and be able to orienteer. Really cool to see that.
Saturday Mar 29, 2008 #
Running warm up/down 20:00 [1]
To and back from the ultrasprint area.
Orienteering 25:00 [1]
Hogbergsparken Ultrasprint training.
So wowzer. 1:1000 map. I couldn't run basically, at all. Needed walking speed to make sense of things, and that was even quite hard!! Did the courses in C, B, A order, and did actually find all of the controls.
Really great fun, and way more challenging than I would have thought!!!
So wowzer. 1:1000 map. I couldn't run basically, at all. Needed walking speed to make sense of things, and that was even quite hard!! Did the courses in C, B, A order, and did actually find all of the controls.
Really great fun, and way more challenging than I would have thought!!!
Orienteering race 43:00 [4] *** 6.0 km (7:10 / km)
24c
Varsity Relay
I had the long leg, so got to be in the mass start. Went really well, actually, by far my best run in Sweden, but of course, it was much easier than most as some field running, and lotsa paths to use. A bit of a mistake to 23 at the end, otherwise relatively clean.
I had the long leg, so got to be in the mass start. Went really well, actually, by far my best run in Sweden, but of course, it was much easier than most as some field running, and lotsa paths to use. A bit of a mistake to 23 at the end, otherwise relatively clean.
Friday Mar 28, 2008 #
Orienteering race 1:15:45 [4] 6.73 km (11:15 / km)
shoes: Walshes
2008 Varsity Match, Norra Lunsen
Whelp, ok. Not great, not terrible ok. My goal was to avoid over 5 minute mistakes, which didn't happen, but nothing over 10 minutes at least!!
Stuff to learn from: basically, I needed a bit more patience and respect for the intricacies of Swedish forest.... The legs when I ran fast-ish *and* were clean were amazing though. Such fun!
Whelp, ok. Not great, not terrible ok. My goal was to avoid over 5 minute mistakes, which didn't happen, but nothing over 10 minutes at least!!
Stuff to learn from: basically, I needed a bit more patience and respect for the intricacies of Swedish forest.... The legs when I ran fast-ish *and* were clean were amazing though. Such fun!
Thursday Mar 27, 2008 #
Orienteering 1:30:00 [1]
Training on Nasten from the clubhouse. I had set myself a 4.4k course and a little extra control-pick loop without controls. Worked hard to try to find a balance between running and knowing where I was, which I suppose is what it's all about... had 2 catastrophic failures, but was able to relocate for both pretty quickly.
Running warm up/down 15:00 [1]
To and from clubhouse.
Wednesday Mar 26, 2008 #
Orienteering 1:15:00 [2]
Training on Aland.
I did the 3.9k course, it took about 50 min, which I thought was pretty ok. To number 2 took a bit, esp. once I got nearby. Thought something was a marsh that wasn't, basically. Everything else went reasonably well, if slow.
Went back out after finishing the course and investigated stuff. Tried short map memory things and utterly failed. Would need much more familiarity with this type of terrain, I think!
I did the 3.9k course, it took about 50 min, which I thought was pretty ok. To number 2 took a bit, esp. once I got nearby. Thought something was a marsh that wasn't, basically. Everything else went reasonably well, if slow.
Went back out after finishing the course and investigated stuff. Tried short map memory things and utterly failed. Would need much more familiarity with this type of terrain, I think!
Orienteering 1:00:00 [1]
Wahoo! Orienteering in Sweden! Bit of snow on the ground + frozen marshes.
Did a pairs exercises that was planned for us with Helen- there was one easy trail route and one harder straight route to each control and we kept alternating. We did it backwards, as most people had started going forwards. This was fine, but the trickiest stuff was at the end, and I was a bit confused off the start. By the end, things were much more understandable. And it was pretty clear that it was better to go straight, even if it meant slowing down quite a bit.
Did a pairs exercises that was planned for us with Helen- there was one easy trail route and one harder straight route to each control and we kept alternating. We did it backwards, as most people had started going forwards. This was fine, but the trickiest stuff was at the end, and I was a bit confused off the start. By the end, things were much more understandable. And it was pretty clear that it was better to go straight, even if it meant slowing down quite a bit.
Monday Mar 24, 2008 #
Running warm up/down 5:00 [1]
Brief warm-up. Still chilly out...
Orienteering race 37:53 [4] *** 5.3 km (7:09 / km) +190m 6:04 / km
16c shoes: Walshes
JK Relay, Women's Trophy, Leg #1
Bah! Not so great. Totally, totally screwed up to the first control, and weirdly, I kind of knew I was at the time, and didn't try to avoid it? I saw a control that looked like it was on the right feature to be mine, but thought that my bearing was taking me along to a different control I could see, that most people around me seemed to be heading to too- so I went to that, which wasn't mine, then kept going for a bit, being a headless chicken generally. Lost at least 2 minutes.
Things went better for the next few controls, then made a perpendicular (!?!) feature error on a set of branching streams. No excuse for this, quite terrible. Must remember to look at (and believe) my compass on relays! Making this error lost my contact with the map, and probably lost another 2 min to number 6. Blah.
The end of the course was just a cross-country run in (last 6 controls), so I caught quite a few women just in that part, slightly redeeming my mistakes in the actually orienteering part of the leg.
Bah! Not so great. Totally, totally screwed up to the first control, and weirdly, I kind of knew I was at the time, and didn't try to avoid it? I saw a control that looked like it was on the right feature to be mine, but thought that my bearing was taking me along to a different control I could see, that most people around me seemed to be heading to too- so I went to that, which wasn't mine, then kept going for a bit, being a headless chicken generally. Lost at least 2 minutes.
Things went better for the next few controls, then made a perpendicular (!?!) feature error on a set of branching streams. No excuse for this, quite terrible. Must remember to look at (and believe) my compass on relays! Making this error lost my contact with the map, and probably lost another 2 min to number 6. Blah.
The end of the course was just a cross-country run in (last 6 controls), so I caught quite a few women just in that part, slightly redeeming my mistakes in the actually orienteering part of the leg.
Running warm up/down 12:00 [1]
shoes: Walshes
Warm down, up to the cars, back down to the start, back up to the cars, really starting to snow now....
Sunday Mar 23, 2008 #
Running warm up/down 7:00 [1]
To start, and a bit of prancing around while there.
Orienteering race 1:16:34 [4] *** 10.9 km (7:01 / km) +455m 5:49 / km
18c shoes: Walshes
JK Long, Ashdown Forest
8/34
Wahoo!!!! A really, really good race! So cool. Was 4 min down to Elise (winner), 2 min down to Pippa (2nd), and close to many others. Totally sweet.
So, what went right? 1) I didn't really make any mistakes. This never happens, really. According to winsplits, #1 was a mistake, and sure, it was slow, but it was hesitation, perhaps necessary to not make a bigger mistake. 2) From 9, desperately trying to beat Mari and Jo who I caught, after they had both made big mistakes. Mari was just as strong a runner as I was, which meant I couldn't run away from her. (Never really felt that way while running with someone before.) She kept trying to run away from me, and I kept trying to run away from her, but neither of us could. Ended up 1 sec apart at the finish (the two of us had the 2 fastest run-ins).
Looking at splits, it's cool to see where I lost time to the leaders (mostly on controls where I hesitated, one or two likely route choice), and also cool to see that the top women also make mistakes...
8/34
Wahoo!!!! A really, really good race! So cool. Was 4 min down to Elise (winner), 2 min down to Pippa (2nd), and close to many others. Totally sweet.
So, what went right? 1) I didn't really make any mistakes. This never happens, really. According to winsplits, #1 was a mistake, and sure, it was slow, but it was hesitation, perhaps necessary to not make a bigger mistake. 2) From 9, desperately trying to beat Mari and Jo who I caught, after they had both made big mistakes. Mari was just as strong a runner as I was, which meant I couldn't run away from her. (Never really felt that way while running with someone before.) She kept trying to run away from me, and I kept trying to run away from her, but neither of us could. Ended up 1 sec apart at the finish (the two of us had the 2 fastest run-ins).
Looking at splits, it's cool to see where I lost time to the leaders (mostly on controls where I hesitated, one or two likely route choice), and also cool to see that the top women also make mistakes...
Running warm up/down 10:00 [1]
Warm down jog around (including helping push a car out of the parking lot), chatting with Becky.
Saturday Mar 22, 2008 #
Running warm up/down 10:00 [2]
shoes: Walshes
1.7k to the start, crossing the field in the hail and wind was miserable, but life was much much better in the woods, which was great. Had a dilemma at the clothing drop- run in the longsleeve or not? Choose t-shirt, and it was fine, besides very cold compass-thumb.
Orienteering race 40:11 [4] *** 5.2 km (7:44 / km) +195m 6:30 / km
18c shoes: Walshes
JK Middle Distance, Leith Hill
16/37 W21E
A very good race, although I was very annoyed with my two mistakes immediately afterwards.
My goal was to stay very focused in the technical parts, and have clear attackpoints. If anything, I wanted to be conservative in these bits, and avoid the large mistakes that could really ruin my race. I succeeded in this, only briefly becoming really confused by a path on the way to 5 (a path marked as minor looked very major, and the major path was an attackpoint, so plan got confudled for a bit).
My two mistakes, unfortunately, happened because I let my focus leave during what should have been two easy legs. 8 to 9 was an around-or-down+up route choice, with around and on the paths far better. I initially chose this, then decided maybe I should go down and up after all, messing everything up... came up to near the control, and couldn't make sense of things initially. Bah! 14-15 my bearing just totally and completely sucked, and I ended up on a path way off-course. At least I figured out what was going on and got back on track quickly.... Lost ~1 min on each, maybe more to 9, because I should have really been able to nail it around the path...
16/37 W21E
A very good race, although I was very annoyed with my two mistakes immediately afterwards.
My goal was to stay very focused in the technical parts, and have clear attackpoints. If anything, I wanted to be conservative in these bits, and avoid the large mistakes that could really ruin my race. I succeeded in this, only briefly becoming really confused by a path on the way to 5 (a path marked as minor looked very major, and the major path was an attackpoint, so plan got confudled for a bit).
My two mistakes, unfortunately, happened because I let my focus leave during what should have been two easy legs. 8 to 9 was an around-or-down+up route choice, with around and on the paths far better. I initially chose this, then decided maybe I should go down and up after all, messing everything up... came up to near the control, and couldn't make sense of things initially. Bah! 14-15 my bearing just totally and completely sucked, and I ended up on a path way off-course. At least I figured out what was going on and got back on track quickly.... Lost ~1 min on each, maybe more to 9, because I should have really been able to nail it around the path...
Running warm up/down 5:00 [1]
At least 5 min of running, had to bundle up immediately because of the hail! Nasty stuff, ouch!
Friday Mar 21, 2008 #
Event: JK 2008
Running warm up/down 7:00 [1]
Short warm-up before the race.
Orienteering race (Sprint) 19:35 [4] *** 2.4 km (8:10 / km) +55m 7:19 / km
17c shoes: Walshes
JK Sprint, University of Surrey
23/107
Um, so I ended up off the map, and had this girl laugh out her dorm window at me, because I was clearly lost. Great... Other than that 2 minute mistake (just didn't pay attention in the cirlce, and ran by the control), things were pretty ok. Lost contact with the map at one other point (to 6), but nothing too awful came because of it.
23/107
Um, so I ended up off the map, and had this girl laugh out her dorm window at me, because I was clearly lost. Great... Other than that 2 minute mistake (just didn't pay attention in the cirlce, and ran by the control), things were pretty ok. Lost contact with the map at one other point (to 6), but nothing too awful came because of it.
Thursday Mar 20, 2008 #
Note
(rest day)
Day o' rest before the 10 days of orienteering or so... Wowzer. So psyched! JK, then finally get to see what this Swedish terrain business is all about, wahoo!
Wednesday Mar 19, 2008 #
Running 33:37 [1]
Easy-peasy morning jog. Found some new paths behind Headington Hill Park, pretty psyched about that! Body not too tired from yesterday's intervals, feel nice and recovered going into the week of orienteering...
Strength (Core) 4:45 [1]
Slightly wimpy, but got some abs, one back exercises, and the infernal press ups in at least!
Tuesday Mar 18, 2008 #
Running 55:49 [2]
Shotover Run. Went midday- meant to go first thing in the morning, but woke up to housemates alarm at 6:50, and was way annoyed. So ate breakfast, worked from home for 3 hours, then up to Shotover land.
Running hills 15:00 [5]
Farlek-hills on shotover, last session in awhile considering all the races coming up! Felt good and powerful up the hills, well, until near the end at least. Shotover is great for this workout. I feel like I'm getting stronger on hills, South Parks wasn't really doing the job...
Monday Mar 17, 2008 #
Running 42:15 [2]
Pre-circuits run, including up to Headington (first traffic light) from Marston twice. So like getting the hill in.
Strength (Circuits) 51:00 [1]
45 min in sqaush courts, 6 min outside before anyone else showed up... figured I'd make the most of my time and stay warm!
The hip issue seems to be pretty resolved, although it's now weaker than the other side for sure- need to strengthen it specifically.
The hip issue seems to be pretty resolved, although it's now weaker than the other side for sure- need to strengthen it specifically.
Running warm up/down 6:00 [1]
Back to lab after circuits.
Sunday Mar 16, 2008 #
Orienteering 48:40 [4] *** 5.1 km (9:33 / km)
27c shoes: Walshes
BUSA Relays, Beeley Woods
Wahoo! We got 3rd!!
I was real excited to have a first leg, try to run quickly, and mess up less than yesterday. Then lost ~2 min on the first control, so frustrating!!!! Just ran past it, because I saw what I thought was my pit, but didn't see a control at it, so kept running to the flag at another gaffle, then ran to the 3rd gaffles flag before finally mine... arg.
Basically, I kept being a total dimbat until I flipped the map over. I kept catching people after my mistakes since I was running fast, but I was convinced I was way far back, and felt so guilty for not having a good run for Anne and Helen!
Other dimbat moves:
-Running way past 5, error: using a telephone line crossing as an attackpoint, then not noticing it
-Mistaking the path and telephone line ride at 6
-Running straight past 10, error: distance judgment totally wrong
The whole second half went really smoothly though, and to my complete surprise, I was 2nd in on the leg, after Jenny Johnson, about 5 min back. So not so bad in the end.
Wahoo! We got 3rd!!
I was real excited to have a first leg, try to run quickly, and mess up less than yesterday. Then lost ~2 min on the first control, so frustrating!!!! Just ran past it, because I saw what I thought was my pit, but didn't see a control at it, so kept running to the flag at another gaffle, then ran to the 3rd gaffles flag before finally mine... arg.
Basically, I kept being a total dimbat until I flipped the map over. I kept catching people after my mistakes since I was running fast, but I was convinced I was way far back, and felt so guilty for not having a good run for Anne and Helen!
Other dimbat moves:
-Running way past 5, error: using a telephone line crossing as an attackpoint, then not noticing it
-Mistaking the path and telephone line ride at 6
-Running straight past 10, error: distance judgment totally wrong
The whole second half went really smoothly though, and to my complete surprise, I was 2nd in on the leg, after Jenny Johnson, about 5 min back. So not so bad in the end.
Running warm up/down 11:00 [1]
Warm down. There really wasn't a good place to do this...
Saturday Mar 15, 2008 #
Event: BUSA
Orienteering race 1:02:40 [4] *** 5.8 km (10:48 / km) +270m 8:46 / km
25c shoes: Walshes
BUSA Individual, Stanton Moor
Some stupid and substantial mistakes, but ok generally I guess, as I ended up in 7th. Lost about 4.5 minutes in mistakes by the 6th control, but was much better after that, besides a few smaller silly things.
Mistakes to attempt to learn from:
Annoyed at 1, as should have just headed east from the cairn, and didn't for some reason. Lost 1min.
5- Decided I wanted to go back onto the moor after 4, which was the wrong direction altogether (180 degrees). Oops. Then totally goofed closer to the control as well. Started off on the wrong hill, then was in the valley looking for it, when all the time it was sitting on the eastern hill. Bah.
6- Path mistake, didn't go through the gate to start.
Had the fastest spit for the next-to-last control, when I ran real hard because I knew it was the end. That's nice.
Some stupid and substantial mistakes, but ok generally I guess, as I ended up in 7th. Lost about 4.5 minutes in mistakes by the 6th control, but was much better after that, besides a few smaller silly things.
Mistakes to attempt to learn from:
Annoyed at 1, as should have just headed east from the cairn, and didn't for some reason. Lost 1min.
5- Decided I wanted to go back onto the moor after 4, which was the wrong direction altogether (180 degrees). Oops. Then totally goofed closer to the control as well. Started off on the wrong hill, then was in the valley looking for it, when all the time it was sitting on the eastern hill. Bah.
6- Path mistake, didn't go through the gate to start.
Had the fastest spit for the next-to-last control, when I ran real hard because I knew it was the end. That's nice.
Running warm up/down 10:00 [1]
Warm down- back from finish, and a bit around fields with Becky.
Friday Mar 14, 2008 #
Note
(rest day)
Into London for RAS meeting.. what a busy week. Time to relax(?) and go to BUSA.
C • BUSA 5
Thursday Mar 13, 2008 #
Running 45:30 [2]
Woke up, went running. Normalish local loop that gets as much hill as possible. (Loop in Headington Hill park at start and end, crotch cresent, up to Headington). Felt good- surprisingly un-tired from yesterdays intervals- what's up? Did I not work hard enough? That, or the burritos we made last night were the worlds best recovery food. (Totally possible, in my mind!)
Wednesday Mar 12, 2008 #
Running 51:00 [1]
Up to Shotover, jogging between intervals, and back down. Sooooo windy. I pretty much got blown up South Parks, and had to fight my way down the wind was so strong. Was nice though, because the wind prevented you hearing the ring road from Shotover itself.
Running hills 19:00 [4]
Hilly intervals on Shotover.
4:30- from bridge to parking lot (on road)
4- across flats
3:30- up and down hilly
3:30- up and down hilly
3:30- end of xc course, from the bottom of the dip
Felt good, except my throat was really tight making it hard to breathe- I was a bit asthmatic last night (allergic to the down pillows on our couch that I fell asleep on for a bit??) which might explain it...
4:30- from bridge to parking lot (on road)
4- across flats
3:30- up and down hilly
3:30- up and down hilly
3:30- end of xc course, from the bottom of the dip
Felt good, except my throat was really tight making it hard to breathe- I was a bit asthmatic last night (allergic to the down pillows on our couch that I fell asleep on for a bit??) which might explain it...
Monday Mar 10, 2008 #
Running 30:40 [1]
Bah, too busy at work, didn't leave in time to do the normal warm-up loop. Ran to/around New College gardens, including some reps up the mound stairs- yay contours! Also includes run back to home after circuits.
Strength (Circuits) 45:00 [1]
OUOC circuits. My hip issue (whatever is was!) is almost almost better, I can do so many more of the abs exercises than I could 2 months ago. A few of them still niggle a bit- scissors, V-ups mostly...
Sunday Mar 9, 2008 #
Running warm up/down 8:00 [1]
From the car to the start. Brrrr... didn't want to take my longsleeve off, chilly in the wind! Luckily at the start Chris E reminded me I was being Kat M, almost missed call-up...
Orienteering race 1:15:36 [4] *** 9.5 km (7:57 / km) +235m 7:05 / km
17c shoes: Walshes
SARUM National Event, Big Woods
Yikes, I won! Exciting! I didn't have a super-duper run (I'm sure I could easily have been beaten by 5 min or more by the top women had they been around), but it was a runner's course and I was pretty clean, with the mistakes I did make not being totally time-sinking.
Relatively smooth til 10, when I had a 90 degree trail error which was annoying, and forced more running through brambles than I would have liked. Messy to 11, coming further east than I wanted, and taking a bit to realize where I'd come out. Then 12 (3rd mistake in a row!) I came past as I missed the first ride, which was my attackpoint- probably my biggest mistake of the 3, really don't know where the ride was, they were pretty obvious in general...
After 12, was pretty quick on in, I think, definitely ran hard for the final 3 controls, a bit tiring at the end of 9.5k, but good training for the JK long...
Yikes, I won! Exciting! I didn't have a super-duper run (I'm sure I could easily have been beaten by 5 min or more by the top women had they been around), but it was a runner's course and I was pretty clean, with the mistakes I did make not being totally time-sinking.
Relatively smooth til 10, when I had a 90 degree trail error which was annoying, and forced more running through brambles than I would have liked. Messy to 11, coming further east than I wanted, and taking a bit to realize where I'd come out. Then 12 (3rd mistake in a row!) I came past as I missed the first ride, which was my attackpoint- probably my biggest mistake of the 3, really don't know where the ride was, they were pretty obvious in general...
After 12, was pretty quick on in, I think, definitely ran hard for the final 3 controls, a bit tiring at the end of 9.5k, but good training for the JK long...
Saturday Mar 8, 2008 #
Running 34:34 [2]
Once around Headington Hill park, twice around South Parks.
Thursday Mar 6, 2008 #
Running 44:00 [1]
So sore! Amazing road running can do that!
Wednesday Mar 5, 2008 #
Running warm up/down 7:00 [1]
Very short, and probably slightly inadequate warm-up- was trying to figure out what team I was running for!!
Running race 21:17 [5] 3.6 mi (5:55 / mi)
Leg 1, Teddy Hall Relays
Ended up running this one for the university team, as Rach wasn't sure she could breathe (turns out, she finished at the same time anyways, so didn't really matter that we switched!). I started off pretty quick, trying to stay with the top girls, but that Bristol girl was quick, and ended up with the fastest leg of the day, so not that bad to have been a bit behind her! Was pretty tired by the end, probably because I went out too fast.
BOO! Turns out I was 1 sec slower than last year, that's no good...
Ended up running this one for the university team, as Rach wasn't sure she could breathe (turns out, she finished at the same time anyways, so didn't really matter that we switched!). I started off pretty quick, trying to stay with the top girls, but that Bristol girl was quick, and ended up with the fastest leg of the day, so not that bad to have been a bit behind her! Was pretty tired by the end, probably because I went out too fast.
BOO! Turns out I was 1 sec slower than last year, that's no good...
Running race 22:36 [5]
Second leg for New College MCR- felt pretty good, like I was just cruising, it's amazing just 1 min slower can be so much more comfortable...
Running 10:00 [1]
Totally insufficent warmdown...
Monday Mar 3, 2008 #
Running 32:43 [3]
The pre-circuits Marston Ferry-Marston Cycle Path loop, plus Crotch Cresent to get a bit of hill. Did it rather speedy today, which felt good.
Strength 30:00 [1]
Bit of outdoor circuits, then only 25 min indoors as I had to leave to be at someone's birthday at 7. Hip still a bit recovering from whatever was/is wrong with it, but steadily getting better I think...
Running 10:00 [1]
Down to the Head of the River pub for Teera's b-day, then also jogged back from Balliol to the lab. Walking is too slow.
Sunday Mar 2, 2008 #
Running warm up/down 5:00 [1]
About 5 min jog to the start during which I:
1) forgot to leave my sweatshirt in the van, despite instructions
2) dropped my SI card in the sand?!?! - how I managed to do this I have no clue.... I swear it was on my finger! luckily anne found it in the sand...
1) forgot to leave my sweatshirt in the van, despite instructions
2) dropped my SI card in the sand?!?! - how I managed to do this I have no clue.... I swear it was on my finger! luckily anne found it in the sand...
Orienteering race 1:08:31 [3] 6.7 km (10:14 / km)
shoes: Walshes
Varsity Selection Race, Merthyr Mawr
That was good fun, and real good training- especially with only the training kites present!
I started off and it was real difficult to makes sense of the contours at the very start! My way to 1 was way slow, lost direct contact with the map, but ended up exactly where I should be. Looked around, and while I was doing so, Lucy came by and found the control about 3m below where I was standing... 2, 3 were fine, 4 was awful, lost about 5 min, despite being within 5m or so of the control, then relocating and coming back about 5m from the control. Then Helen came by, while I was poking around as part of my second attempt and I heard a beep... Grrrrr!
Rest of the race went actually really well. Helen and I were togetherish for around 3 controls ( I had a bad route to 6, stuck in green...) then I pulled a bit ahead, and kept seeing her just a bit behind me as I came out of controls 9-finish... Very good inspiration to keep the pace up and not make mistakes!
That was good fun, and real good training- especially with only the training kites present!
I started off and it was real difficult to makes sense of the contours at the very start! My way to 1 was way slow, lost direct contact with the map, but ended up exactly where I should be. Looked around, and while I was doing so, Lucy came by and found the control about 3m below where I was standing... 2, 3 were fine, 4 was awful, lost about 5 min, despite being within 5m or so of the control, then relocating and coming back about 5m from the control. Then Helen came by, while I was poking around as part of my second attempt and I heard a beep... Grrrrr!
Rest of the race went actually really well. Helen and I were togetherish for around 3 controls ( I had a bad route to 6, stuck in green...) then I pulled a bit ahead, and kept seeing her just a bit behind me as I came out of controls 9-finish... Very good inspiration to keep the pace up and not make mistakes!
Orienteering 10:00 [0]
Walking around after the race, making sense of contours. Negative contours actually meaning something are something I need to get used to!
Running warm up/down 10:00 [1]
Collecting in controls.
Saturday Mar 1, 2008 #
Running long 1:38:00 [1]
A long run! Haven't done one of these in ages, well, ok there was the long running on Dartmoor, but that was in a different category all together. Went up to Shotover, ran around it twice, totally gorgeous! Tired already on the second lap going up the hills, but I'll be out about this long I think on the JK Long course, so good for training!