Orienteering race 17:25 [5] **** 2.5 km (6:58 / km) +20m 6:42 / km
max:161 shoes: Brooks Adrenaline Jan 2008
Leeds Uni Chasing Sprint round 1, M40+
Actually distance covered 4.0km
Good interesting course, was straight into the first dead end on the way to #1, then straight into the next dead end too!
Lost time trying to run straight across the park to #7 and only spotted the uncrossable fence half way there, had to detour to run round.
Lost time to others on the way to #13 by using the gate marked on the map - the shorter route using the other open gate was mapped as uncrossable......however unlike others I did not lose time at #12 or on the way to the last control, in both places the circle/line obscured the best route, this cost Charlie 50secs at #12 by going all the way round. Failure to cut circles etc was a shame, other than that map and course pretty good, enjoyable and well planned.
Winner was Martin W 16:07, I was 6th place and just behind first lady Sabine Hauswirth.
Orienteering race 17:53 [5] **** 2.7 km (6:37 / km) +55m 6:01 / km
ahr:154 max:160 shoes: Brooks Adrenaline Jan 2008
Leeds Uni Chasing Sprint round 2.
Total distance run 3.7km, fewer controls this time and more running needed!
Started with Charlie A and Roger T just ahead and Steve Webb just behind. Caught them plus Steve McL at #1 then picked a poor route to #2 and lost all the ground again plus more.
Good route to #4 almost got me back with the group but not quite, and they slowly ran away.
Couldn't work out how they got away quite so quickly but it turns out a group of them ahead of me all crossed the uncrossable boundary in and out of #6 which must have saved 20secs or thereabouts. Wouldn't have caught them anyway though.
Didn't feel as though I was running so well in this round although it didn't help that I was not catching the group ahead and knew I had a gap behind me. Executed my routes okay but rushed route selection and picked some poor ones, as well as #2 my routes to #7, #8 and #10 all cost time too.
Running warm up/down 30:00 [2]
shoes: Brooks Adrenaline Jan 2008
Jogging plus drills, stretches etc before both races. Foolishly didn't even warm down after the first one....