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Wednesday Jul 18, 2018 #
12 PM
Trail warm up/down 11:22 [2] 1.68 km (6:46 / km) +63m 5:42 / km
shoes: Salomon Sense Ride2
Orienteering race 1:13:38 [4] **** 8.41 km (8:45 / km) +415m 7:01 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon 212 (2017)
Kopaonik Open Day 1: 2nd +2'44"
A lot of rain in the last 2 months apparently and the terrain seems much tougher to me than it normally is. Very high grass in open areas and around rivers/marshes and loads of fallen trees everywhere. I also forgot my VJ Bold's at home and they would have been much more suitable for this terrain than my Inov8's.
Achieved the goal for today: Try to get a good flow without pushing to the limit physically, although I started 30" too late as I needed more time to change my shoes than I expected. First 50' I got a really good flow, a bit difficult for breathing but not as bad as the previous times. The last 20' though I could feel concentration going down step by step. I started missing controls 10", then 20", then 30" etc and I decided to stop every once in a while to refocus and continue. When you have to look 5 times at the control description to remember which number you have, you know you have to slow down a bit.
Very tough terrain and course but I take it as job done for the first day, first day in Kopaonik is always hard, both physically and technically.
Tomorrow pushing a bit more on the middle distance as a test for the WRE.
Edit: Splits show indeed I am in the lead after 31' but then loose it after a physical long leg and couldn't catch up anymore with all the small mistakes afterwards.
A lot of rain in the last 2 months apparently and the terrain seems much tougher to me than it normally is. Very high grass in open areas and around rivers/marshes and loads of fallen trees everywhere. I also forgot my VJ Bold's at home and they would have been much more suitable for this terrain than my Inov8's.
Achieved the goal for today: Try to get a good flow without pushing to the limit physically, although I started 30" too late as I needed more time to change my shoes than I expected. First 50' I got a really good flow, a bit difficult for breathing but not as bad as the previous times. The last 20' though I could feel concentration going down step by step. I started missing controls 10", then 20", then 30" etc and I decided to stop every once in a while to refocus and continue. When you have to look 5 times at the control description to remember which number you have, you know you have to slow down a bit.
Very tough terrain and course but I take it as job done for the first day, first day in Kopaonik is always hard, both physically and technically.
Tomorrow pushing a bit more on the middle distance as a test for the WRE.
Edit: Splits show indeed I am in the lead after 31' but then loose it after a physical long leg and couldn't catch up anymore with all the small mistakes afterwards.
Trail warm up/down 5:06 [1] 0.72 km (7:05 / km)
shoes: Salomon Sense Ride2