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Saturday Aug 31, 2013 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 43:29 9.38 km (4:38 / km) +98m 4:24 / km
ahr:180 max:188
Lincoln City Race, NUL, Mens Vet, 3rd.
Just the western part of the city was used, so we didn't get into the complex Bishops Palace, and not the castle either this time. Even so, the course was well planned and provided a few good challenges, though once you'd spotted them the execution of each leg was pretty easy. Nice start through the complex university bit.
The route to the last control (#21), and from it to the finish, both involved the flyover to cross back over the river and railway. I got the route to #21 ok, but hadn't planned ahead for the leg to the finish. When I got there, all I could see was a long run down the other side of the flyover until I could get back into the university complex. The alternative I saw was to use another bridge over the railway rather than the flyover - so that's what i did.
It was only when I was back at the car, thinking that there must have been a better way to do it, that I realised there was. The flyover has steps up onto it at both sides of the railway, so that was by far the best route. Mine was over a minute worse. I'd been in the lead around the whole course until then, but dropped to third 8 seconds behind Brian and 4 seconds behind Rob. Arrrgh!!
So, another Nopesport League race in which I managed to throw victory away between the last control and the finish. Must stop doing that!
Just the western part of the city was used, so we didn't get into the complex Bishops Palace, and not the castle either this time. Even so, the course was well planned and provided a few good challenges, though once you'd spotted them the execution of each leg was pretty easy. Nice start through the complex university bit.
The route to the last control (#21), and from it to the finish, both involved the flyover to cross back over the river and railway. I got the route to #21 ok, but hadn't planned ahead for the leg to the finish. When I got there, all I could see was a long run down the other side of the flyover until I could get back into the university complex. The alternative I saw was to use another bridge over the railway rather than the flyover - so that's what i did.
It was only when I was back at the car, thinking that there must have been a better way to do it, that I realised there was. The flyover has steps up onto it at both sides of the railway, so that was by far the best route. Mine was over a minute worse. I'd been in the lead around the whole course until then, but dropped to third 8 seconds behind Brian and 4 seconds behind Rob. Arrrgh!!
So, another Nopesport League race in which I managed to throw victory away between the last control and the finish. Must stop doing that!
Monday Aug 26, 2013 #
10 AM
Cycling 1:32:14 27.42 km (3:22 / km) +224m 3:14 / km
ahr:92 max:137
Monsal Trail, mountain biking with Lesley. Lots of people out on a sunny day. Fairly leisurely pace. Went to both ends, then had lunch at Hassop Station cafe.
Sunday Aug 18, 2013 #
1 PM
Orienteering race 19:31 3.03 km (6:27 / km) +90m 5:37 / km
ahr:165 max:173
SYO BBQ event, Crookes.
Orienteering race 21:08 3.98 km (5:19 / km) +54m 4:58 / km
ahr:162 max:176
SYO BBQ event, Crookes.
Tuesday Aug 13, 2013 #
6 PM
Running 32:48 7.06 km (4:39 / km) +30m 4:33 / km
ahr:147 max:157
Hyde Park. Working in Paddington again. Lap of the park before dinner.
Saturday Aug 10, 2013 #
12 PM
Running 42:18 7.83 km (5:24 / km) +175m 4:52 / km
ahr:151 max:163
Eccy Woods loop, with Bill. Decent pace, without being too fast. A few pauses while looking for small tracks through the holly that didn't exist.
Saturday Aug 3, 2013 #
11 AM
Running 19:22 2.06 km (9:25 / km) +58m 8:15 / km
ahr:111 max:147
To the start
Orienteering race 1:18:25 9.97 km (7:52 / km) +186m 7:12 / km
ahr:146 max:175
Scottish 6 Days, Day 6, Coulmony and Belivat, M45L, 14th.
Was aiming for a top 10 today, which might have got me a top 10 overall, but even early on in the race I was feeling tired from a week of racing, so it changed into "just get round".
Tricky first few short legs, but I got through those without losing much time. At the timed-out road crossing I looked at routes for the rest of the course, but then set off too quickly and missed the first one after the road (#12) by 2 mins. Took it steady after that, but still managed to miss #25 by a couple of minutes, and then an easy #27 by 30 secs because I got distracted by elites and a TV tower.
14th overall. Better than the top-20 I expected when I saw how big the field was, but not as good as it should have been given that I was running well in the sand dune areas, apart from some silly mistakes.
Was aiming for a top 10 today, which might have got me a top 10 overall, but even early on in the race I was feeling tired from a week of racing, so it changed into "just get round".
Tricky first few short legs, but I got through those without losing much time. At the timed-out road crossing I looked at routes for the rest of the course, but then set off too quickly and missed the first one after the road (#12) by 2 mins. Took it steady after that, but still managed to miss #25 by a couple of minutes, and then an easy #27 by 30 secs because I got distracted by elites and a TV tower.
14th overall. Better than the top-20 I expected when I saw how big the field was, but not as good as it should have been given that I was running well in the sand dune areas, apart from some silly mistakes.
Friday Aug 2, 2013 #
10 AM
Running 20:54 3.32 km (6:17 / km) +2m 6:16 / km
ahr:131 max:145
To the start
Orienteering race 1:06:48 9.99 km (6:41 / km) +51m 6:31 / km
ahr:157 max:165
Scottish 6 Days, Day 5, Roseisle, M45L, 27th.
Running reasonably well early on, but then had a bad miss at #22, spent 4-5 minutes relocating and looking again in the same places, before I finally worked out the map and found it. After that I lost interest in racing, and was too tired to navigate well. Thankfully a Norwegian runner came through and dragged me round the last few.
Went from 7th to 27th as a result of the bad error, so today won't be a counter.
Running reasonably well early on, but then had a bad miss at #22, spent 4-5 minutes relocating and looking again in the same places, before I finally worked out the map and found it. After that I lost interest in racing, and was too tired to navigate well. Thankfully a Norwegian runner came through and dragged me round the last few.
Went from 7th to 27th as a result of the bad error, so today won't be a counter.
Thursday Aug 1, 2013 #
11 AM
Running 9:23 1.59 km (5:55 / km) +1m 5:54 / km
ahr:122 max:133
To the start.
Orienteering race 1:03:17 9.05 km (6:59 / km) +110m 6:35 / km
ahr:156 max:163
Scottish 6 Days Day 4, Loch of Boath, M45L, 21st.
Careless mistake cost me 1 minute at #2, but otherwise orienteering ok, just running too slowly to get a good result. Should have had a late start and benefitted from some tracks, but started earlier in order to be back in time for WOC 2015 launch speech and VIP sandwiches. Tough terrain which I'm not fit enough for.
Careless mistake cost me 1 minute at #2, but otherwise orienteering ok, just running too slowly to get a good result. Should have had a late start and benefitted from some tracks, but started earlier in order to be back in time for WOC 2015 launch speech and VIP sandwiches. Tough terrain which I'm not fit enough for.