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Sunday Jul 31, 2011 #
Event: 2011 OUSA Convention
Orienteering race 1:23:00 11.06 km (7:30 / km) +324m 6:33 / km
shoes: O-Icebug Sisu 10.5
After a long race yesterday, and no food after that, until 2 packets of oatmeal on a still unsettled stomach at breakfast, I knew I'd have trouble with speed. That, and the L-achilles was still pretty sore.
So plan was for a really clean smooth jog through the forest, to see if that might be enough to hang on for 3rd, if I could somehow go 13.4k in this tough forest.
The L-achilles did slowly warm up to less painful, but even with never running aggressively - barely more than a bug-swarm fleeing jog - I ran out of gas steeply around 75-85 minutes in. With 4+km of forest to go, and heavy nausea from plenty of water but too little salt (I think now), I decided a walk-jog back around on the roads was more prudent, so other competitors and medical crews would have easier access to me, should I drop completely. That never quite happened, and with 2 Excedrin before + 2 After, plus food after (naused seemed better after a GU in the car and some dry cereal snacking), I recovered okay. Should've taken more salt, as the pickling brine I drank about 4pm that afternoon was utterly delicious, and the beginning of a recover that moved from barely tolerating food, to a good appetite later.
From what I recall (though amazingly the Splits still aren't posted anywhere I could find, 2.4 days later), my total time when I bailed wasn't ridculously bad, thanks to reasonably clean navigation.
Good news is the L-achilles appears to be recovering, and while less important for a single race (as the major effect is after), hopefully France will be cooler.
So plan was for a really clean smooth jog through the forest, to see if that might be enough to hang on for 3rd, if I could somehow go 13.4k in this tough forest.
The L-achilles did slowly warm up to less painful, but even with never running aggressively - barely more than a bug-swarm fleeing jog - I ran out of gas steeply around 75-85 minutes in. With 4+km of forest to go, and heavy nausea from plenty of water but too little salt (I think now), I decided a walk-jog back around on the roads was more prudent, so other competitors and medical crews would have easier access to me, should I drop completely. That never quite happened, and with 2 Excedrin before + 2 After, plus food after (naused seemed better after a GU in the car and some dry cereal snacking), I recovered okay. Should've taken more salt, as the pickling brine I drank about 4pm that afternoon was utterly delicious, and the beginning of a recover that moved from barely tolerating food, to a good appetite later.
From what I recall (though amazingly the Splits still aren't posted anywhere I could find, 2.4 days later), my total time when I bailed wasn't ridculously bad, thanks to reasonably clean navigation.
Good news is the L-achilles appears to be recovering, and while less important for a single race (as the major effect is after), hopefully France will be cooler.
Orienteering 19:27 2.13 km (9:08 / km) +46m 8:14 / km
shoes: O-Icebug Sisu 10.5
The survive-the-nausea walk/jog back along major roads, only L1+ portion.
On a side note, the bugs were awful today on the first half. Turning around to look I could see a swarm for 30+ flies following me, despite the DEET. When I finally got near other competitors however, they swarm dispersed. I wonder if I really did slowly assemble a huge following, that only dispersed in the presence of other warm bodied insects?
And finally, these shoes suck for me, as to heel blisters. Even taping over the heel both days this weekend didn't prevent some non-trivial wreckage - and I wasn't even moving full speed! When laced really tight (incl. extra loops to keep the large toe boxes tight when wet, they are great for racing grip, but the heels...
On a side note, the bugs were awful today on the first half. Turning around to look I could see a swarm for 30+ flies following me, despite the DEET. When I finally got near other competitors however, they swarm dispersed. I wonder if I really did slowly assemble a huge following, that only dispersed in the presence of other warm bodied insects?
And finally, these shoes suck for me, as to heel blisters. Even taping over the heel both days this weekend didn't prevent some non-trivial wreckage - and I wasn't even moving full speed! When laced really tight (incl. extra loops to keep the large toe boxes tight when wet, they are great for racing grip, but the heels...