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Sunday Jul 9, 2017 #
Orienteering - Urban race (Bradford) 55:22 [5] 11.67 km (4:45 / km) +184m 4:24 / km
ahr:138 max:155 shoes: Adidas Adios 3
Fairly standard urban course, unfortunately it's as if I'm determined to make all the different types of mistakes possible this weekend.
Got lost on the way to 5 to the extent that had to stop and work out where on earth the fountain was that I could see.turned out I'd made a ninety degree error whilst trying not to get run over, disbelieved my compass and run quite a long way down the wrong road.ended up with a very circuitous route and lost about 2 mins dammit.
Happy then until 18 where I navigated 17-19 (three controls in straight line; missed middle one; classic mistake), noticed in time but again resulted in circuitous route; another minute at least.
8 mins behind Leon, so 5 behind after mistakes, seems about right.frustrating weekend really!
All part of the sport, though :)
Got lost on the way to 5 to the extent that had to stop and work out where on earth the fountain was that I could see.turned out I'd made a ninety degree error whilst trying not to get run over, disbelieved my compass and run quite a long way down the wrong road.ended up with a very circuitous route and lost about 2 mins dammit.
Happy then until 18 where I navigated 17-19 (three controls in straight line; missed middle one; classic mistake), noticed in time but again resulted in circuitous route; another minute at least.
8 mins behind Leon, so 5 behind after mistakes, seems about right.frustrating weekend really!
All part of the sport, though :)
Note
Car broke down on the M62 resulting in a 4 hour delay to trip home - not the best prep for first day at work tomorrow!
Saturday Jul 8, 2017 #
Running - Trail race (Lyme Park Parkrun) 19:52 [5] 5.0 km (3:58 / km) +125m 3:32 / km
shoes: Salomon Fellraiser
I think this is my 2nd closest parkrun, after Wilmslow which I'll try next week...
Then Congleton, Bramhall Park and Cheadle Hulme...
Then Wythenshawe, Burnage, Woodbank, Marple...
Then there's another 9 just around Manchester to the N before I even start on the E...
But I digress. Lyme park was great. The first 500m or so has a lot of the climb and I was about 10th going up, but when it became more undulating over the next 500m I overtook a lot of people and settled into 2nd, then caught and passed the leader on the first downhill. A bit unnerving to be at the front as didn't know where I was going... but it didn't last for long, someone overtook me on the next (minor) climb up to the Cage. Stayed with him on the long downhill, but he pulled away on the final slight uphill mile to the finish and finished 11s ahead of me:
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/lymepark/results/weeklyr...
Mainly grass and earth with tree roots and great views. Would like to do this one when it gets a bit muddier as the downhills will be great fun! I very much doubt any of the other local ones are going to be able to live up to that; but I feel I have to try them out to make sure.
Then Congleton, Bramhall Park and Cheadle Hulme...
Then Wythenshawe, Burnage, Woodbank, Marple...
Then there's another 9 just around Manchester to the N before I even start on the E...
But I digress. Lyme park was great. The first 500m or so has a lot of the climb and I was about 10th going up, but when it became more undulating over the next 500m I overtook a lot of people and settled into 2nd, then caught and passed the leader on the first downhill. A bit unnerving to be at the front as didn't know where I was going... but it didn't last for long, someone overtook me on the next (minor) climb up to the Cage. Stayed with him on the long downhill, but he pulled away on the final slight uphill mile to the finish and finished 11s ahead of me:
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/lymepark/results/weeklyr...
Mainly grass and earth with tree roots and great views. Would like to do this one when it gets a bit muddier as the downhills will be great fun! I very much doubt any of the other local ones are going to be able to live up to that; but I feel I have to try them out to make sure.
Orienteering - Urban race (Peel Park Sprint Prologue) 14:36 [5] 3.08 km (4:44 / km) +62m 4:18 / km
shoes: Salomon Fellraiser
2nd to Leon, about 90s down.
Good use of a simple area, lots of changes of direction and no tricks.
#5 went W when E was much better - W was slightly shorter but added extra steps up and down and then a slope back up again - and involved crossing a strip of 'white' which was more like light green. Obviously you couldn't tell that from the map but the steps should've swung it. Well planned leg! Didn't think it through enough. Probably 20s here.
Went from 11-13 and then back to 12; they are very close so probably 10s.
It looked like a gate was closed on 20 so went around rather than risk getting to it and and finding it locked or something - actually though there was a much straighter route which I'd missed; another 10s.
On several occasions I lost time by not reading the description and identifying the feature from the map... and being wrong; looking on trees when the control was on a fence, etc. Need to ensure to check this even in a sprint when everything is a bit more frantic.
Enjoyed it.
Good use of a simple area, lots of changes of direction and no tricks.
#5 went W when E was much better - W was slightly shorter but added extra steps up and down and then a slope back up again - and involved crossing a strip of 'white' which was more like light green. Obviously you couldn't tell that from the map but the steps should've swung it. Well planned leg! Didn't think it through enough. Probably 20s here.
Went from 11-13 and then back to 12; they are very close so probably 10s.
It looked like a gate was closed on 20 so went around rather than risk getting to it and and finding it locked or something - actually though there was a much straighter route which I'd missed; another 10s.
On several occasions I lost time by not reading the description and identifying the feature from the map... and being wrong; looking on trees when the control was on a fence, etc. Need to ensure to check this even in a sprint when everything is a bit more frantic.
Enjoyed it.
Orienteering - Urban race (Lister Park Sprint Chase) 16:06 [5] 3.38 km (4:46 / km) +55m 4:24 / km
shoes: Salomon Fellraiser
Arrrgh mp.
Knew it was incredibly unlikely I was going to catch Leon so aim was to stay ahead of the guy 36s behind me. Clocked what he was wearing in the start queue.
Set off pretty strongly but route to 4 was atrocious - 18, 15, 19, and 4 all have lines coming from 3 on the map, and to add to that 14 is really close! This prevented any kind of pre-planning as I was too confused. Therefore I tried to implement a route adhoc and it was rubbish. When it's really complicated I need to slow down on the leg before.
Then I was fine on 5; 6 went to the wrong side before correcting (no descriptions, and I wasn't going to waste time unfolding). Hesitated a bit on 9 as the uncrossable looked exactly like the yellow grass, although that doesn't excuse my exit from 9 where I went to the wrong bridge and made the leg a bit longer.
Also I looked around coming out of 10 and saw the guy behind very close, probably 15s or so. Arrgh! Sped up.
Did 11 and 12 well. Then 13 was my mp. Was this due to pressure? Probably. I didn't know which side of the wall it was on but since it wasn't a long way and one was pretty much on the way to the other anyway I thought it would be faster to check both. Then I had to squeeze past people going up steps... and then I must have seen a control on a wall, punched and carried on, despite the fact that it was a good 20m away from my control and the wall was 90 degrees in a different direction. But my route to the next control was the same anyway (actually ran right past my correct control, ignoring it) so I didn't notice.
Did the rest of the course really well apart from suboptimal route to 18; similar distance but went up and down rather than flat (need to stop doing this; see previous race) and was pleased for there to be no sign of the guy behind me.
Bit frustrating and unlike me tbh; its a very long time since I have mp'd. But good fun anyway; I like a good chasing start now and again :)
Would've been 2nd overall; 2nd in both races. More like 2mins behind Leon in the 2nd one, so maybe my questionable routes were more questionable than I thought.
https://www.aire.org.uk/results-archive/2017/2017-...
Knew it was incredibly unlikely I was going to catch Leon so aim was to stay ahead of the guy 36s behind me. Clocked what he was wearing in the start queue.
Set off pretty strongly but route to 4 was atrocious - 18, 15, 19, and 4 all have lines coming from 3 on the map, and to add to that 14 is really close! This prevented any kind of pre-planning as I was too confused. Therefore I tried to implement a route adhoc and it was rubbish. When it's really complicated I need to slow down on the leg before.
Then I was fine on 5; 6 went to the wrong side before correcting (no descriptions, and I wasn't going to waste time unfolding). Hesitated a bit on 9 as the uncrossable looked exactly like the yellow grass, although that doesn't excuse my exit from 9 where I went to the wrong bridge and made the leg a bit longer.
Also I looked around coming out of 10 and saw the guy behind very close, probably 15s or so. Arrgh! Sped up.
Did 11 and 12 well. Then 13 was my mp. Was this due to pressure? Probably. I didn't know which side of the wall it was on but since it wasn't a long way and one was pretty much on the way to the other anyway I thought it would be faster to check both. Then I had to squeeze past people going up steps... and then I must have seen a control on a wall, punched and carried on, despite the fact that it was a good 20m away from my control and the wall was 90 degrees in a different direction. But my route to the next control was the same anyway (actually ran right past my correct control, ignoring it) so I didn't notice.
Did the rest of the course really well apart from suboptimal route to 18; similar distance but went up and down rather than flat (need to stop doing this; see previous race) and was pleased for there to be no sign of the guy behind me.
Bit frustrating and unlike me tbh; its a very long time since I have mp'd. But good fun anyway; I like a good chasing start now and again :)
Would've been 2nd overall; 2nd in both races. More like 2mins behind Leon in the 2nd one, so maybe my questionable routes were more questionable than I thought.
https://www.aire.org.uk/results-archive/2017/2017-...
Friday Jul 7, 2017 #
Note
(rest day)
Was going to go for another evening explore but just too much to do!
Bought the OS map.
Bought the OS map.
Thursday Jul 6, 2017 #
Running - Road/Track (Exploring) 45:47 [3] 8.2 km (5:35 / km) +128m 5:11 / km
ahr:118 max:146 shoes: Nike Pegasus 32
Looked up the OS on my phone and copied the salient features onto some paper which I took with me.
Got lost pretty fast. I do not have a promising mapping career ahead of me.
Got lost pretty fast. I do not have a promising mapping career ahead of me.
Wednesday Jul 5, 2017 #
Orienteering - Urban race (Clevedon) 42:23 [5] 9.25 km (4:35 / km) +77m 4:24 / km
ahr:148 max:172 shoes: Adidas Adios 3
2nd/45
http://www.bristolorienteering.org.uk/sites/defaul...
Nice to get out after endless packing and van driving, etc.
There is a gap on 1-2 on the map that isn't a gap on the ground which was a bit frustrating; this cost other people time too. Otherwise happy my route choices and no mistakes other than going to the wrong tree a few times, but lots of the trees were unmapped so that's ok.
Tentative on 14 due to some unmapped paths, 17 due to wrongly mapped paths and 18 due to additional paths and ending up on zigzag path which was slow. Didn't get route to 19 right, but again, few did.
Pretty toasty evening. Ate in the pub afterwards which I wouldn't usually do, but I have no food in Bristol! Good split analysis and chat with BOKers though at my last event in the south for some time :(
http://www.bristolorienteering.org.uk/sites/defaul...
Nice to get out after endless packing and van driving, etc.
There is a gap on 1-2 on the map that isn't a gap on the ground which was a bit frustrating; this cost other people time too. Otherwise happy my route choices and no mistakes other than going to the wrong tree a few times, but lots of the trees were unmapped so that's ok.
Tentative on 14 due to some unmapped paths, 17 due to wrongly mapped paths and 18 due to additional paths and ending up on zigzag path which was slow. Didn't get route to 19 right, but again, few did.
Pretty toasty evening. Ate in the pub afterwards which I wouldn't usually do, but I have no food in Bristol! Good split analysis and chat with BOKers though at my last event in the south for some time :(