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Sunday Jul 5, 2009 #
Orienteering race 1:28:00 [4]
WOC long selection race. Missed 1 a bit, then 2 even more. The legs were just what I expected but I couldn't work out the contours into 2. Got into the race a bit until 9 where I lost focus on a track and then 13 where all the ditches went a different way to on the map which confused me a bit much.
All in all I missed too much to be in the fight, much more than at any other long race this year. It is quite a different game to the one I usually play and it shows - very little to pick up on.
The selections are out and I made the reserve spot which is not what I was hoping for but probably fair enough based on my performances this year. I felt I had a good chance in the holes of the long final but there is really little evidence of that so fair enough.
On the other hand, especially with how irrelevant the sprint and long races are likely to be to the WOC finals, I was disappointed in how closely the selections followed the race results. I would have liked to see runners who have performed at a high level internationally picked. We don't have many guys who can run like Oli did in the long in Finland and we really need to take any chance we have at the moment.
All in all I missed too much to be in the fight, much more than at any other long race this year. It is quite a different game to the one I usually play and it shows - very little to pick up on.
The selections are out and I made the reserve spot which is not what I was hoping for but probably fair enough based on my performances this year. I felt I had a good chance in the holes of the long final but there is really little evidence of that so fair enough.
On the other hand, especially with how irrelevant the sprint and long races are likely to be to the WOC finals, I was disappointed in how closely the selections followed the race results. I would have liked to see runners who have performed at a high level internationally picked. We don't have many guys who can run like Oli did in the long in Finland and we really need to take any chance we have at the moment.
Running warm up/down 15:00 [1]
Warm up only, straight in the car to Stansted after...
Saturday Jul 4, 2009 #
Orienteering race 41:00 [3]
Middle selection. Ran much more controlled than yesterday, taking more care.
Had a couple of problems still - one control which was supposed to be on a steep bank and was actually on a huge flat area, another where the vegetation went bracken central in front of the control when it was all there was to use. Then the mapping on the long leg left it to pot luck. All in all a pretty crazy race, I was pleased not to lose too much on these things and get an ok result.
Had a couple of problems still - one control which was supposed to be on a steep bank and was actually on a huge flat area, another where the vegetation went bracken central in front of the control when it was all there was to use. Then the mapping on the long leg left it to pot luck. All in all a pretty crazy race, I was pleased not to lose too much on these things and get an ok result.
Running warm up/down 25:00 [1]
Friday Jul 3, 2009 #
Orienteering race 18:00 [4]
Sprint. Had a bad start, getting to the wrong platform at 1 and was almost caught - then completely lost it on the way into 2. Focus was never there, probably after the long journey.
Running warm up/down 27:00 [1]
Wednesday Jul 1, 2009 #
Running warm up/down 30:00 [1]
Too tired for more, need to rest now...
Tuesday Jun 30, 2009 #
Running intervals 25:00 [4]
Reps on road, ok times
Running warm up/down 25:00 [1]
Monday Jun 29, 2009 #
Running 35:00 [2]
Few sprints up Grønliasen.