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Friday Jul 25, 2008 #
Orienteering race 1:39:21 [5] 10.6 km (9:22 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Day 5
Was a minute outside the chase and started off first out of the non-chasers. Lost 10 mins at no.1. Got to the stream just before fine but didn't go far enough to the right and ran round in a circle for a few minutes. Pretty stupid really. Didn't really make any other mistakes a part from that but walked part of the way to no.5 up the hill. Joined a pack from 7-9, although took a slightly different route half way down the long leg and reappeared just in front of them nearer to the control. Pack went slightly wrong to the next control and ended up at the wrong drinks control. After that I walked 2 legs in the semi-open. Others seemed to pass me but looking at the results afterwards not sure who these people were as everyone who started around me took longer than I did so maybe they made mistakes after I left them.
Ended up beating someone overall by 10 seconds, due to a slightly faster run in time. Ended up in 90th out of 107 finishes so slightly better than last year, still disappointed by the result though.
Was a minute outside the chase and started off first out of the non-chasers. Lost 10 mins at no.1. Got to the stream just before fine but didn't go far enough to the right and ran round in a circle for a few minutes. Pretty stupid really. Didn't really make any other mistakes a part from that but walked part of the way to no.5 up the hill. Joined a pack from 7-9, although took a slightly different route half way down the long leg and reappeared just in front of them nearer to the control. Pack went slightly wrong to the next control and ended up at the wrong drinks control. After that I walked 2 legs in the semi-open. Others seemed to pass me but looking at the results afterwards not sure who these people were as everyone who started around me took longer than I did so maybe they made mistakes after I left them.
Ended up beating someone overall by 10 seconds, due to a slightly faster run in time. Ended up in 90th out of 107 finishes so slightly better than last year, still disappointed by the result though.
Thursday Jul 24, 2008 #
Orienteering race 34:54 [5] 6.2 km (5:38 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Day 4
Best day by far. Mainly due to not losing concentration. Also felt like I was going to have a good race that day all week so maybe a bit of positive thinking was also behind the result. Lost 1.5 mins to no.1 though and maybe a couple of 10/15 secs in the middle of the course. It almost felt I was rushing out there but it seemed to work. Maybe it means I'm usually too casual...
The guy who finished 4th started 3 mins behind me but kept him just behind me from no3 to no7 and he overtook on the long leg and that was the last I saw of him, so he didn't really help drag me round.
Was really hot on top of the mountain, although the chairlift ride to the start was a nice change.
Best day by far. Mainly due to not losing concentration. Also felt like I was going to have a good race that day all week so maybe a bit of positive thinking was also behind the result. Lost 1.5 mins to no.1 though and maybe a couple of 10/15 secs in the middle of the course. It almost felt I was rushing out there but it seemed to work. Maybe it means I'm usually too casual...
The guy who finished 4th started 3 mins behind me but kept him just behind me from no3 to no7 and he overtook on the long leg and that was the last I saw of him, so he didn't really help drag me round.
Was really hot on top of the mountain, although the chairlift ride to the start was a nice change.
Wednesday Jul 23, 2008 #
Orienteering race 1:38:55 [4] 11.5 km (8:36 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Day 3
Too many hills. Lost a couple of minuted overshooting no.1, lost time on 4 walked last half to no.5. Not far enough on 8 before I cut up valley, should have gone round top of valley to control anyway. Walked up v steep bit to 16, though managed to put a spurt in for the last 1.5k
Too many hills. Lost a couple of minuted overshooting no.1, lost time on 4 walked last half to no.5. Not far enough on 8 before I cut up valley, should have gone round top of valley to control anyway. Walked up v steep bit to 16, though managed to put a spurt in for the last 1.5k
Tuesday Jul 22, 2008 #
Orienteering race 40:20 [4]
Day 2
Was going well up until I found an open area on the way to 7 which wasn't on the map and proceeded to waste 5 minutes running round trying to find the control that was suppose to be on the edge of it. Eventually went a bit further on to relocate off a marsh and found it.
Was going well up until I found an open area on the way to 7 which wasn't on the map and proceeded to waste 5 minutes running round trying to find the control that was suppose to be on the edge of it. Eventually went a bit further on to relocate off a marsh and found it.
Monday Jul 21, 2008 #
Event: Oringen 2008
Orienteering race 1:53:57 [4] 10.5 km (10:51 / km)
shoes: Inov8 RocLite 315
Oringen Day 1 H20E
Wasn't sure where I was going to one but maybe came across it more by luck. Map read fine along the way to 2 then couldn't find it when I got there. Lost 10 mins, bit frustrating. Got to 8 before 7 but that didn't lose much time. No.11 made a stupid mistake thinking i'd missed the stream junction when I hadn't then ran to a huge open area couldn't relocate and ended up wandering around for a while wishing I was anywhere else but orienteering. Eventually found the right semiopen area on the way to the road to relocate. 50 mins behind.
Wasn't sure where I was going to one but maybe came across it more by luck. Map read fine along the way to 2 then couldn't find it when I got there. Lost 10 mins, bit frustrating. Got to 8 before 7 but that didn't lose much time. No.11 made a stupid mistake thinking i'd missed the stream junction when I hadn't then ran to a huge open area couldn't relocate and ended up wandering around for a while wishing I was anywhere else but orienteering. Eventually found the right semiopen area on the way to the road to relocate. 50 mins behind.