Training Log Archive: the_latvian

The last day of the Belgian 3-days. Decided to skip the warm-up altogether and it (or better brain activity) must have helped. Only 7 minutes of mistakes and I was pretty satisfied with my run. The terrain was much more reminiscent of Latvian terrains, so I felt more at home. Placing reasonably well did not save me from coming last over three days' total among the qualified runners. I decided that it is a sign that I should be more realistic about my abilities and start running H21A from now on.

Warm-up on the way to the start of the 2nd day. Used a warm-up map, where had no problems with 2 controls and never found the third. Should have known it was not a good sign.

WRE day. Disaster. 28 minutes in mistakes and pretty much walked the last 1/4 of the course because I had given up. Twice I tried to run with someone else who had caught up with me and twice I ended up in mistakes of 4 and 5 minutes. I wonder what I should learn from that...
The same vague vegetation, which was driving me mad plus some crazy uphills, which sapped the little energy I had left. Pathetic performance.

Event: 3 Days of Belgium 2008
 

Warm-up on the way to the start.

The first day of the Belgian 3-days. It definitely showed that I was orienteering the third time this year. I count roughly 23 minutes in mistakes, many of which could have been easily avoided. I cannot say that I agree with the rather vague mapping of the vegetation, the understanding of which was crucial in minimizing the mistakes because there simply were no other points of reference. Was really looking forward to each drinking station, which luckily there were plenty. My brain switched off after the spectator control about 3/4 of the course around and I made half of my mistakes in the last quarter. Still placed relatively decently for my own standards.

Early morning start of the loooong holiday weekend run. Despite the earliness it was already pretty hot.