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Tuesday Oct 11, 2011 #
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(rest day)
Bit of a carnival wrap up, will log the actual races later.
Oceania Long Distance
First race of the carnival and I was the last starter. Bit under-aroused at the start and struggled to get used to the scale through the first 4 controls. Lost time at all, about 4-5 minutes all up. After that I was really smooth, ran well with good routes on the long legs and only one more mistake on control 6 where I came off my bearing by about 200m. Really happy with how I went and felt like I was running really well and didn't lose it at the end like at easter. Happy with the 3rd place and 2nd Australian.
Oceania Middle Distance
Not too happy with todays effort. Good warm up and felt comfortable with the model map. Navigation was shaky from the start, struggled to keep in contact with map on the way to 1 and had to relocate near the control. Alright through 2,3, mistake at 3, 5,6 good and then it started. Lost another 1:30 at 7 with a poor route and mistake and then the horror. 17:50 on number 8. Good bearing out of 7 but then didn;t check map and kept running. Knew something was wrong but kept going and went around in a big loop trying to relocate, ending up back at 7. Again a good bearing but then lost contact and kept running. Stood around for a minute, relocated and then walked to the control. Rest of the course was shaky with a few more minute errors so not the best run and the 21st place shows this.
Schools Individual
Headed out alright, smooth through the first 3. Then made a 13 minute error on 4 when I dropped height on the hill, landed on the wrong track, checked my compass and made a huge 180. Ran for ages with the warning sirens going off but didn't stop. Eventually figured out that it had to be wrong and ran all the way back. After that I was a little tired but still felt quite strong running until the end. Two more 1-2 minute errors on 8 and 9 and then a powerful walk/run up the hill at the end.
Schools Relay
Told myself to concentrate the whole race today after the shocker of yesterday. Was leading through the first 2 or 3 but then a small error on 4 caught everyone up to me. Keen to catch up to the bunch I left the control without a bearing and then came out in the wrong place on the track. Started running along the wrong track but realised early and only had about a 1:30 mistake. Smooth through 6,7 and 8 and then another 1:30 mistake on 9 with a poor route choice. Another 1 minute mistake on the hill where I visited every split control, where kurt passed me. Wasn't going to let kurt beat me so I smashed the last bit. 2nd on leg and 5th overall wasn't to bad but could have been faster.
Oceania Sprint
The main aim with this last weekend for me was to keep in contact all the time, slow down and make hopefully no errors. Ran quite smooth through the race and only two 1 minute mistakes at 6 and 8 where I lost contact. Pretty happy with the 8th place but could have done much better.
Austarlian Long
Mike had told me the night before to slow down to 50% at the start of the race, both to conserve energy and ease into the race. Used this advice and ran smootly throught the first 4 with no errors except for a few 10 second errors on entry to the control. The controls through the thick stuff I was really good on, a small 30 sec-1 min on 9. Happy with my long leg route choice and felt really smooth through the loop at the bottom except for a 30 sec error on 15. Again really smooth again until right at the end where I lost 1:30 on 22,23 which lost me 2nd place. Overall really happy with my run as I have shown myself that without mistakes I can match it with the other guys.
Oceania Relay
Ran with Tasmania on the 1st leg which was bound to be pretty fast with olle, max, duncan and kas racing. Got stuck in fence on the way to 1 after I watched Olle do a hectic jump over the top of it. Had to get helped out and by the time I was running Olle had a 30 second gap on me. Couldn;t catch it up but decided to run my own race and was suprised when I caught max and duncan at 6 after to safe route choices and a mistake on 6 that lost me about 2 minutes. Mistake on 7 and then smooth from there to the finish after a pushed away from max on the track to 10. Pretty happy with my run and agian 2nd on the leg and 5th overall.
Oceania Long Distance
First race of the carnival and I was the last starter. Bit under-aroused at the start and struggled to get used to the scale through the first 4 controls. Lost time at all, about 4-5 minutes all up. After that I was really smooth, ran well with good routes on the long legs and only one more mistake on control 6 where I came off my bearing by about 200m. Really happy with how I went and felt like I was running really well and didn't lose it at the end like at easter. Happy with the 3rd place and 2nd Australian.
Oceania Middle Distance
Not too happy with todays effort. Good warm up and felt comfortable with the model map. Navigation was shaky from the start, struggled to keep in contact with map on the way to 1 and had to relocate near the control. Alright through 2,3, mistake at 3, 5,6 good and then it started. Lost another 1:30 at 7 with a poor route and mistake and then the horror. 17:50 on number 8. Good bearing out of 7 but then didn;t check map and kept running. Knew something was wrong but kept going and went around in a big loop trying to relocate, ending up back at 7. Again a good bearing but then lost contact and kept running. Stood around for a minute, relocated and then walked to the control. Rest of the course was shaky with a few more minute errors so not the best run and the 21st place shows this.
Schools Individual
Headed out alright, smooth through the first 3. Then made a 13 minute error on 4 when I dropped height on the hill, landed on the wrong track, checked my compass and made a huge 180. Ran for ages with the warning sirens going off but didn't stop. Eventually figured out that it had to be wrong and ran all the way back. After that I was a little tired but still felt quite strong running until the end. Two more 1-2 minute errors on 8 and 9 and then a powerful walk/run up the hill at the end.
Schools Relay
Told myself to concentrate the whole race today after the shocker of yesterday. Was leading through the first 2 or 3 but then a small error on 4 caught everyone up to me. Keen to catch up to the bunch I left the control without a bearing and then came out in the wrong place on the track. Started running along the wrong track but realised early and only had about a 1:30 mistake. Smooth through 6,7 and 8 and then another 1:30 mistake on 9 with a poor route choice. Another 1 minute mistake on the hill where I visited every split control, where kurt passed me. Wasn't going to let kurt beat me so I smashed the last bit. 2nd on leg and 5th overall wasn't to bad but could have been faster.
Oceania Sprint
The main aim with this last weekend for me was to keep in contact all the time, slow down and make hopefully no errors. Ran quite smooth through the race and only two 1 minute mistakes at 6 and 8 where I lost contact. Pretty happy with the 8th place but could have done much better.
Austarlian Long
Mike had told me the night before to slow down to 50% at the start of the race, both to conserve energy and ease into the race. Used this advice and ran smootly throught the first 4 with no errors except for a few 10 second errors on entry to the control. The controls through the thick stuff I was really good on, a small 30 sec-1 min on 9. Happy with my long leg route choice and felt really smooth through the loop at the bottom except for a 30 sec error on 15. Again really smooth again until right at the end where I lost 1:30 on 22,23 which lost me 2nd place. Overall really happy with my run as I have shown myself that without mistakes I can match it with the other guys.
Oceania Relay
Ran with Tasmania on the 1st leg which was bound to be pretty fast with olle, max, duncan and kas racing. Got stuck in fence on the way to 1 after I watched Olle do a hectic jump over the top of it. Had to get helped out and by the time I was running Olle had a 30 second gap on me. Couldn;t catch it up but decided to run my own race and was suprised when I caught max and duncan at 6 after to safe route choices and a mistake on 6 that lost me about 2 minutes. Mistake on 7 and then smooth from there to the finish after a pushed away from max on the track to 10. Pretty happy with my run and agian 2nd on the leg and 5th overall.