running warm up/down 20:00 [2]
All beforehand, as after I had to change quickly and hop in the car.
orienteering 35:31 [5] **** 5.4 km (6:35 / km)
ahr:185 max:196
Stockholm District Champs.
I'm home and the results aren't up yet! Didn't get split times either.
*edit* they are up now. 35:31 my actual time
35:40 is the time I recorded with Gramin, so my actual time was probably five seconds faster than that. Which I am happy with. GG ran 29:54, so 19% behind. 23rd place.
I didn't make any major cock-ups early on but hesitated and zigzagged a little and got caught leaving the 8th control by Göran from Täby who started last, three minutes after me. Incidentally, it didn't track up at all hardly so there wasn't really an advantage to starting late :(
I followed Göran to the circle and punched before him as he hesitated, overtaken again on way to ten, punched behind on 10,11. Followed most of the way to 12 but G made a wee mistake and I punched maybe 15 or 20 seconds before. Stayed ahead until halfway to 17... got the lead again going to 20 as G stayed too high. Followed the cable into the radio control at 21 and kept the lead into the finish...
between 8 and the finish I lost almost nothing, maybe it was possible to do a minute faster including a few hesitations and going a little off-line, but it was such fun orienteering. It was great having someone to run against too. Would never have done that on my own.
HR analysis:
Average was 185. but it was a game of two halves. Coming into the 7th control at around 13 minutes was the first time I hit 186, between 17:27 and the finish I didn't drop once below 188 and the average was something around 192.5. The last 1:50 I was constant 196!
Which is perhaps why I am tired now. But it was so nice having a run to cheer me up after Tuesday's rough training session :)
AQ ran 35:42