10 AM
Orienteering race 31:16 [4] 4.85 km (6:27 / km) +28m 6:16 / km
shoes: inov8 X-talon 212s 26/02/12
Pre-Oceania day 4, course 3. Ran this course with Mike shadowing me again, and the aim was to orienteer at a faster speed, without losing accuracy. Messed up the first control due to a bad exit direction, and then not really following my compass... but after this mistake, things did improve. Also lost some time on the way to control 11 as I slowed down a lot through the cutty grass. There were a few other points where I lost time as well, but they weren't too major. Enjoyed pushing myself harder :) Probably could have gone a couple of minutes faster with a perfect run.
Orienteering 40:56 [3] 6.03 km (6:47 / km) +41m 6:34 / km
shoes: inov8 X-talon 212s 26/02/12
Unfortunately course 3 was at 1:7500, so Mike thought I had it too easy and had better go and do course 2 as well. Stupidly I messed up the first control very badly, doing almost an identical mistake to last time! Didn't get it right in the circle either :( So I lost quite a bit of time in the end - maybe up to 2 minutes? Fortunately, the rest of the course was then fairly accurate, but the running speed really suffered... I think part of the problem was also mental, as I had already put in my hard effort for today, and didn't believe that I had another fast middle distance in me.
Rest day tomorrow for sure!
Running 4:55 [2] 0.67 km (7:24 / km) +7m 7:01 / km
shoes: inov8 X-talon 212s 26/02/12
Went back out and ran from the start to control 1 on course 2. Finally got my exit direction right! What I need to do is just take a few seconds at the start of the leg to make sure I have a good bearing - it is worth the small time investment. Will do this in the world cup races :)
Running warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.8 km (5:33 / km)
shoes: inov8 X-talon 212s 26/02/12