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Wednesday Oct 28, 2015 #
8 AM
Running (road) warm up/down 11:36 1.6 km (7:15 / km) +16m 6:55 / km
ahr:111 max:155 shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 212
Warm up with Marcus, who was starting 3 minutes behind me. Was cold before I started but warmed up nicely fairly quickly.
Orienteering race 47:21 **** 6.67 km (7:06 / km) +177m 6:16 / km
ahr:167 max:178 19c shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 212
Istanbul 5 days, day 1 - Middle in Kurtkemeri Forestanbul - Map
Not totally happy with today. The forest was nice, apart from a few brambly sections but it was mostly quite runnable. My orienteering was either really good or terrible, with more terrible. For tomorrow I just have to keep my focus and pay attention leaving controls and it should be much better. 8th today +6:59 on Marcus, who is first.
Started badly and it only got worse. Misread what was going on at the start kite and tried to take the left fork but ended up going don the hill instead of up. Started to contour around but I still had to climb anyway. Went via the black thing and lost 30s to Marcus.
2 was ok, took it pretty straight and it was good but I was a bit further right than I thought and came in on a slightly funny line.
As a result I left in totally the wrong direction for 3 and lost another 30s fixing it.
4 was better again and I got the fastest split. Just paid attention to what I was doing and moved well.
5 was terrible again though and dropped another 30s. Hit the path and thought I was at the junction (somehow) so went into the forest waaay too early and got stuck in the barbed wire plants.
6 I left the right way and got it perfectly. 2nd on the split
7 I thought about going right but reckoned you got stuck in the fence doing that so went left and did not execute it correctly. Got confused by some tracks and missed my junction so then ended up cutting straight through green not knowing where I was. Just ran on the compass as it looked like it should work out. It did but it was slower and I got the control ok. 1:30 dropped.
I left 7 the wrong way and got stuck in more thorny things and was too left. Corrected then.
So Marcus had basically caught me now. Went straight for 9 and he stayed lower. I looked down the hill as I ran through brambles to see him flying along an unmarked track. Control was grand then as I saw it from the opposite side of the valley.
The climb to 10 I found tough and Marcus passed me. I tried to hang on but couldn't. Navigated and got the control fine.
I left 10 the right way and used my compass. Fastest split to 11 and passed Marcus.
Again though, 180 degrees the wrong way out of 11. Fixed it quickly enough and got back on line for a nice spike. A surprising split win.
I felt the climb to 13 and Marcus dropped me. I made it worse by farting around going the wrong way. Went too far right. Got pulled by everything and found a control in a re-entrant that was not mine. Worked it out and over to the right one. 1:30 dropped.
14 I ran hard out of 13 along the track and across the road. I was concentrating on trying to run and didn't bother to look out for the track/re-entrant. Overran it and ended up seeing 15 before 14. Another 1:30 dropped.
15 was fine, I had seen it already.
Slow to 16, getting through the barbed wire brambles. Got stuck a few times and had to spin out. Saw a pack of wild dogs but they seemed friendly.
I was not paying full attention by this stage and missed 17 to the right. I was clearly to that side but it seemed to take me an age to correct.
Follow the gully to 18
Thinking about fastest split downhill to 19. Missed by 1s
Run in
Not totally happy with today. The forest was nice, apart from a few brambly sections but it was mostly quite runnable. My orienteering was either really good or terrible, with more terrible. For tomorrow I just have to keep my focus and pay attention leaving controls and it should be much better. 8th today +6:59 on Marcus, who is first.
Started badly and it only got worse. Misread what was going on at the start kite and tried to take the left fork but ended up going don the hill instead of up. Started to contour around but I still had to climb anyway. Went via the black thing and lost 30s to Marcus.
2 was ok, took it pretty straight and it was good but I was a bit further right than I thought and came in on a slightly funny line.
As a result I left in totally the wrong direction for 3 and lost another 30s fixing it.
4 was better again and I got the fastest split. Just paid attention to what I was doing and moved well.
5 was terrible again though and dropped another 30s. Hit the path and thought I was at the junction (somehow) so went into the forest waaay too early and got stuck in the barbed wire plants.
6 I left the right way and got it perfectly. 2nd on the split
7 I thought about going right but reckoned you got stuck in the fence doing that so went left and did not execute it correctly. Got confused by some tracks and missed my junction so then ended up cutting straight through green not knowing where I was. Just ran on the compass as it looked like it should work out. It did but it was slower and I got the control ok. 1:30 dropped.
I left 7 the wrong way and got stuck in more thorny things and was too left. Corrected then.
So Marcus had basically caught me now. Went straight for 9 and he stayed lower. I looked down the hill as I ran through brambles to see him flying along an unmarked track. Control was grand then as I saw it from the opposite side of the valley.
The climb to 10 I found tough and Marcus passed me. I tried to hang on but couldn't. Navigated and got the control fine.
I left 10 the right way and used my compass. Fastest split to 11 and passed Marcus.
Again though, 180 degrees the wrong way out of 11. Fixed it quickly enough and got back on line for a nice spike. A surprising split win.
I felt the climb to 13 and Marcus dropped me. I made it worse by farting around going the wrong way. Went too far right. Got pulled by everything and found a control in a re-entrant that was not mine. Worked it out and over to the right one. 1:30 dropped.
14 I ran hard out of 13 along the track and across the road. I was concentrating on trying to run and didn't bother to look out for the track/re-entrant. Overran it and ended up seeing 15 before 14. Another 1:30 dropped.
15 was fine, I had seen it already.
Slow to 16, getting through the barbed wire brambles. Got stuck a few times and had to spin out. Saw a pack of wild dogs but they seemed friendly.
I was not paying full attention by this stage and missed 17 to the right. I was clearly to that side but it seemed to take me an age to correct.
Follow the gully to 18
Thinking about fastest split downhill to 19. Missed by 1s
Run in
Running (road) warm up/down 7:22 1.03 km (7:08 / km) +23m 6:25 / km
ahr:116 max:135 shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 212
Cool down jog with Marcus. Just went up the road a bit and back.