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Sunday May 7, 2017 #
8 AM
Road/track running 16:00 [1] 3.0 km (5:20 / km)
Morning jog in Ambleside
12 PM
Orienteering race 34:00 5.8 km (5:52 / km)
shoes: Bold 2
BOC Relay, Summerhouse Knott.
Cracking area, good map etc etc
Shminty had a really bad day on 1st leg, 7 minutes behind. Mark ran a bit better on 2nd, to send me out in 6th place, 8 minutes behind the leaders, but definitely in with a shout of a medal (especially with people going AWOL all over the place).
Ran well in the beginning, passing FVO second team (Lewis) at the 4th control. Caught AROS (Eddie) and EUOC 2 (Tim) at number 8 despite losing a few seconds at 6, so was up to 3rd place, with Peter a couple of minutes in front, and Shuoc well ahead.
Proceeded to miss 2 minutes at number 9 - got very confused looking for a crag below an open area on a steep slope covered in crags and small open areas - dropped well too low. Seems AROS and EUOC missed as well, as I never saw them, but Lewis got back ahead, and I caught him again at 11.
Was feeling really tired at this point, and it felt unlikely that I was going to either catch the guys in front or get caught, so I definitely dropped down a gear in the last part.
The last loop was quite simple and easy running, and quite open - couldn't see anybody in front or behind, so I assuming I was cruising in for a bronze medal - only to be announce as silver on the run in!
Cue seeing distraught Shuoc people around (dsq on leg 2 - faulty box maybe?), and then surprisingly distraught NOC people as well, as Peter had just downloaded and been told he had missed the spectator control.
Then I downloaded, and was told that I had also missed the spectator control.
This was strange as the control was at the end of a marked route through the arena, right next to a gate which was less than 1m wide. It would be physically impossible to go further than about 40cm from the control and still get through the gate, and with the touch free punching you would pretty much have to TRY to not punch the control as you went past to fail to register.
However, it didn't register for me or Peter, and as I honestly can't remember punching the control, the most obvious answer is that I didn't punch it (and neither did Peter). The less likely answer is that there was a problem with the technology, but that control worked for everybody else.
If I had worn the SI card on the other hand it wouldn't have been a problem.
Anyway, roller-coaster day - well behind early on, up to the medal fight, 3rd team over the line, but all top 3 dsq (I'm not getting into the debate about the Shuoc mispunch - many other teams had issues with that same control).
The great news was that this meant our 2nd team took a silver medal, and Ed Bloody Nicholas got a bronze medal! His first ever British Champs medal, and possibly the most unexpected but pleasant event since Lillomarka came 6th at 10mila.
Physically very tired today, never got my HR into zone 5 at all - time for an easy week.
Cracking area, good map etc etc
Shminty had a really bad day on 1st leg, 7 minutes behind. Mark ran a bit better on 2nd, to send me out in 6th place, 8 minutes behind the leaders, but definitely in with a shout of a medal (especially with people going AWOL all over the place).
Ran well in the beginning, passing FVO second team (Lewis) at the 4th control. Caught AROS (Eddie) and EUOC 2 (Tim) at number 8 despite losing a few seconds at 6, so was up to 3rd place, with Peter a couple of minutes in front, and Shuoc well ahead.
Proceeded to miss 2 minutes at number 9 - got very confused looking for a crag below an open area on a steep slope covered in crags and small open areas - dropped well too low. Seems AROS and EUOC missed as well, as I never saw them, but Lewis got back ahead, and I caught him again at 11.
Was feeling really tired at this point, and it felt unlikely that I was going to either catch the guys in front or get caught, so I definitely dropped down a gear in the last part.
The last loop was quite simple and easy running, and quite open - couldn't see anybody in front or behind, so I assuming I was cruising in for a bronze medal - only to be announce as silver on the run in!
Cue seeing distraught Shuoc people around (dsq on leg 2 - faulty box maybe?), and then surprisingly distraught NOC people as well, as Peter had just downloaded and been told he had missed the spectator control.
Then I downloaded, and was told that I had also missed the spectator control.
This was strange as the control was at the end of a marked route through the arena, right next to a gate which was less than 1m wide. It would be physically impossible to go further than about 40cm from the control and still get through the gate, and with the touch free punching you would pretty much have to TRY to not punch the control as you went past to fail to register.
However, it didn't register for me or Peter, and as I honestly can't remember punching the control, the most obvious answer is that I didn't punch it (and neither did Peter). The less likely answer is that there was a problem with the technology, but that control worked for everybody else.
If I had worn the SI card on the other hand it wouldn't have been a problem.
Anyway, roller-coaster day - well behind early on, up to the medal fight, 3rd team over the line, but all top 3 dsq (I'm not getting into the debate about the Shuoc mispunch - many other teams had issues with that same control).
The great news was that this meant our 2nd team took a silver medal, and Ed Bloody Nicholas got a bronze medal! His first ever British Champs medal, and possibly the most unexpected but pleasant event since Lillomarka came 6th at 10mila.
Physically very tired today, never got my HR into zone 5 at all - time for an easy week.
Trail/terrain running warm up/down 30:00 6.1 km (4:55 / km)
shoes: Bold 2