Training Log Archive: bun

Event: WMOC 2010 - Pays de Neuchatel - Switzerland
 

sprint qualifying at la chaux de fonds.
i started at almost 9pm!!! crazy :P
very scrappy run, had to do afew 180s when i realised i couldnt get through a gap etc.
and felt like a slug running.
so excited to get a free swiss army knife in my entry bag thing :D

Travelled all dayish to la Chaux de fonds
I think that's what we did anyway....

Also, Scandinavia is pretty cool but Suisse is AWESOME. Can see the alps across lake neuchatel and it's amazing!!!!!! My new favourite country :) :)

Had to leave oringen early today as we're flying to Switzerland tomorrow morning which is very exciting!!! But also sad to miss the last day and party :(

Oh dear!!! Another non focused race, made a very very large mistake :( wish I could get my act together cuz it's such cool terrain and good courses! So annoyed at myself >:(

Rest day. Had a picnic in town with Claire and then went to see inception. And the sun was out so that was nice :) but the rain came again at 9pm :(

Woo todays map was cool!! The sun was actually shining :) no real mistakes but lost a lot of time from route choice through stupid slow felled areas and mucking around in some green :( sighh....

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Middle event. Started with olle bostrum and was busy watching how fast he was running to the first one so lost where I was and made a big mistake. Got worse from there, and also managed to skip control 5 by accident :(
need to stop having lapses in concentration!!!!

Long way to the start today, in the pouring rain!!

Can't really remember time but whatever. It was raining and quite cold but I enjoyed this sooo much!!
Made a huge mess of number 2 cuz I was trying to avoid a marsh (last time I went through one I fell in above my knees and was stuck for ages, and it was scary cuz I kept sinking an thought I might drown haha) and also a bad route to 8. and then I lost heaps of times to the second last one cuz I was running too fast and not looking at my map.
So fun!!!!:D

Event: O-Ringen Örebro 2010
 

well this was suposed to be a nice little track run in the forest around ed, but geoffry decided to turn it into a massive terrain run around the lakes. very pretty (as usual) but i was tired and hungry :(
am going to eat a risifrutti now :) :) :)

run at the skihytta in fredrikstad, norway, where my parentals used to live.
very nice forest! i wouldnt mind living there :P
got excited cuz i saw some sort of dog thing with white fluffy fur, but dont think it was a wolf cuz it was too small.....maybe it was just a domestic dog :P

terrain run on the other side of stora le.
very very nice forest! we had some mini races to some features, though i didnt have a compass so pretty much just followed gin or geoffry.
also crossed a skinny bit in the lakes twice, where someone had set up an epic crossing. it involved balancing on some wood that sunk and soon as you stepped on it. we all got soaked :P
had another swim in one of the pretty lakes after. so nice :)

run to norway (from sweden)!!!
through some awesome national park that was SO pretty!! along tracks at the start, and then the rest was terrain as we went on a mish to find some moose or wolves or bears or something crazy. we didnt find any :(
then went for a swim and ate a millon blue berries.
awesome :D :D :D

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wandered around stockholm in the morning then drove to Ed, near the border with norway. got there late so once again no time for a run.........

On a boat from finland to sweden....takes 10hrs so dont think I'll be able to run today :(

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Long last day.
Don't know what's wrong with me this week, but I keep making like one million mistakes and just running around aimlessly.
Ah well, lovely forest :) would definately run fin5 again :D

middle
nav was better today, but had no energy whatsoever :(
also i fell in a marsh and was stuck for like 30secs, it was funny as!!!

Epic fin5 adventure #2!!!
Don't have any mental energy to focus properly, am tired from sleeping badly due to the heat.
Ah well, it was fun still!! Love the terrain, I just wish I could concentrate ad do it properly :P

just read the team blog from jwoc (hadnt seen it during) and just thought i would say the team atmosphere was really really good. no one stayed down after a bad race for very long and there were no negative attitudes at all. not sure that the blog said that, so i thought i would :)
(would write it on the blog, but i have no idea how to!!)

Watched the fin sprint woc trials in town. So cool, I saw minna kauppi!!! :D
was going to run after but it was just too hot...so went swimming with sah instead :)
love Scandinavia so much, don't plan on returning to aus any time soon....if only a family here would adopt me :D
am also super motivated as me and sah have formulated an awesome secret plan ;)

Fin5 long, omg i was tired from the start and so so thirsty as it was very hot and humid.
Lost like 19mins all up which is ridiculous!! Was kind of just bumming along and enjoying though so not too stressed :P
very cool terrain, Finland is sweet as!!

Event: FIN5 Orienteering week
 

Middle
wasn't racing but was very fun!! Made numerous mistakes but felt like I understood the map anyway :)
me
and sah went swimming after in one of the millions of lakes. It was so warm!
Planning to visit Russia sometime....hehe

Race to the start as we were late!!

Travelling to Finland

Best night ever last night ;)

1st leg runner...can't say I'll do that again. Hated all the people around me as I prefer to be in my own zone.....but I guess I gotta learn how to deal with it.
Crapest run of the week :( tough finish to jwoc, I was rooted at the end!!

Middle final.
Was feeling good mentally (not too nervous) and really good physically.
Lost lotsa tome early in the course in the tricky bit and then went to the wrong control on the 3rd last one :'(
was on the same feature and similar number nearby so I punched without second thought....
Dissapointing, but my run wasn't that great anyway and it's not like I was gonna win....
Heaps of fun though. Loved the map!!

Middle qual
had a very safe run. Ran slow but didn't make many mistakes.
Stoked to qualify, finally!!!!
Have got my nerves under control this year :)

cant be bothered logging times and stuff for the previous races but will write my thoughts instead!

SPRINT:
very fun area, like the best sprint map ever!! good course too.
really really needed to pee before the start which was baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad as this was a huge distraction for the entire race and i was only 70% focused on orienteering and running hard.
consequently was very dissapointed as i could have run much faster and cleaner :(

LONG:
third last starter of the girls!!! was very fun, and felt so much better mentally than last year. made many small mistakes in the circle, which wasnt helped by the fast i couldnt read the 1:15000 map in the detail very well.
also lost my head after the second spectator and made a big 4-5min mistake from getting confused on the tracks :(
afew controls were good though!
enjoyed it, was just abit dissapointed i couldnt be cleaner....

Event: JWOC 2010 Aalborg DENMARK