Training Log Archive: W

I am, unfortunately, back home. Boo-urns. After work, did a light run around Whitemud with Patrick.

Reality bites.

Okay! Last race in China, time to make it count. And boy howdy did I! I actually don't think I ran quite as hard as I possibly could have, there was a little left out there. I need to learn to ramp it up faster when I get to the last few controls. I think I can hang on to a final sprint top speed just a bit longer than I give myself credit for. Perhaps that's treadmill workout.

Anyway, really fun map at Ruins of Yuanmingyuan, a map I've been near before. There's lots of bridges, and very roundabout route choices. I think I lost time with multiple bad route choices, by made it up by being almost flawless most everywhere else, especially the tricky bit in the hills. I didn't find it all that tricky though, managed to read everything quite well and hit them bang on.

It stings a bit to be 11th, a top 10 result would have really, really made my year. Those 10 guys were really the class of the trip, the super-elite of orienteering and to get just one scalp would have really been awesome. Even though Edgars isn't a sprinter, being 2 seconds back is painfully close. After a year of epic frustrations and mis-punches, no other race this year matters quite as much as this one does.

Next year can't come soon enough.

Obligatory run at the Great Wall. Kind of raining at first, then it stopped and kind of cleared up a little. It was a super impressive day, and the wall was almost entirely deserted. That was definitely the highlight, no people.

Also, now I have the Strava course record for the climb! Woot!