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Sunday Sep 18, 2016 #
orienteering race 1:34:27 [3] 9.0 km (10:30 / km) +235m 9:17 / km
HotPot Long Distance, Hurstwood.
Feeling like a tired old man before I started so I was thinking I would trundle round and hope to finish with minimal mistakes. Immediately went wrong with 4 minutes lost at number 1 - I was confident I knew where I was coming into it but ended up too high and couldn't relate the contours to what I could see on the ground. Looked in lots of holes until I saw Ian Marshall ducking into the correct one about 100 metres below me. Doh. Then I picked the wrong route on 4, right round by the higher path. Proper orienteering shouldn't have this sort of route choice depending on spotting crossing points away from the line - you've got all that lovely terrain to go at and this is more urban style orienteering. It also encourages people to climb things they shouldn't - the quickest route would have been to climb the not-allowed-to-cross wall, although straight would also probably have been quicker than my route. I also went up the wrong re-entrant first, maybe another 20 seconds lost there. Then I picked the wrong route on 7. I saw the path through the tussocks and thought that was the obvious route but it was very hard going - the big track around the reservoir would have been quicker. I also lost time on 12, not on the control but looking for the second crossing point. As Parkino pointed out, this wasn't an uncrossable boundary anyway so I could have just hopped over the fence wherever. As it was I was looking for tapes on the wall when the tapes were on the fence just on the other side of the wall. Doh. I must have lost a minute at least running down and then up.
After 12 I was much better. I started overtaking people which put me in a more positive frame of mind and I was reasonably strong getting over the hill, and then back in the quarries I had no trouble at all and spiked everything. From 15 to the finish I was quicker than Charlie and Quentin.
Charlie beat me by miles, 81 minutes. I think he must have been taking it very seriously. Quentin did 91 and from the splits was as random as me. Andy did 96 so I was first M45.
Very tired after another hard week's training. 40mpw 2 weeks in a row for the first time in almost forever. I will now have an easier week,
Feeling like a tired old man before I started so I was thinking I would trundle round and hope to finish with minimal mistakes. Immediately went wrong with 4 minutes lost at number 1 - I was confident I knew where I was coming into it but ended up too high and couldn't relate the contours to what I could see on the ground. Looked in lots of holes until I saw Ian Marshall ducking into the correct one about 100 metres below me. Doh. Then I picked the wrong route on 4, right round by the higher path. Proper orienteering shouldn't have this sort of route choice depending on spotting crossing points away from the line - you've got all that lovely terrain to go at and this is more urban style orienteering. It also encourages people to climb things they shouldn't - the quickest route would have been to climb the not-allowed-to-cross wall, although straight would also probably have been quicker than my route. I also went up the wrong re-entrant first, maybe another 20 seconds lost there. Then I picked the wrong route on 7. I saw the path through the tussocks and thought that was the obvious route but it was very hard going - the big track around the reservoir would have been quicker. I also lost time on 12, not on the control but looking for the second crossing point. As Parkino pointed out, this wasn't an uncrossable boundary anyway so I could have just hopped over the fence wherever. As it was I was looking for tapes on the wall when the tapes were on the fence just on the other side of the wall. Doh. I must have lost a minute at least running down and then up.
After 12 I was much better. I started overtaking people which put me in a more positive frame of mind and I was reasonably strong getting over the hill, and then back in the quarries I had no trouble at all and spiked everything. From 15 to the finish I was quicker than Charlie and Quentin.
Charlie beat me by miles, 81 minutes. I think he must have been taking it very seriously. Quentin did 91 and from the splits was as random as me. Andy did 96 so I was first M45.
Very tired after another hard week's training. 40mpw 2 weeks in a row for the first time in almost forever. I will now have an easier week,
Saturday Sep 17, 2016 #
running 1:28:00 [3] 8.2 mi (10:44 / mi) +300m 9:38 / mi
3 bigger laps of Meanwood and the Hollies. Extended the big lap with the addition of the Moorfields and Durham Beck paths. Back by Mill Lane.
Friday Sep 16, 2016 #
running 56:00 [2] 5.5 mi (10:11 / mi)
Slabbering Baby, slow
Thursday Sep 15, 2016 #
running 42:50 [3] 4.8 mi (8:55 / mi)
Seven arches
Wednesday Sep 14, 2016 #
running 57:30 [3] 6.5 mi (8:51 / mi)
Woodhouse Ridge, Sugarwell and Tunnel How Hill
Tuesday Sep 13, 2016 #
running 37:50 [2] 3.3 mi (11:28 / mi)
With Evie. Started off OK, then Evie had a bit of a wobble after 10 minutes or so and we slowed right down, then she picked up again towards the end by which time I was having a bit of a wobble. Very warm and humid, not really very pleasant.
Monday Sep 12, 2016 #
running 1:03:02 [4] 7.0 mi (9:00 / mi)
Started off nice and comfortable thinking I was putting in just enough effort to do 9 minute miles. I wasn't, and the time just kept slipping away. In the end I put in a big effort up the hill from Kirkstall and did a big sprint finish to catch up, which is a bit silly really. And I still missed by 2 seconds.