Training Log Archive: Jan Erik Naess

Event: OCIN Flying Pig XX
 

1. When I looked at my map I only saw the trail going to 1 and I quickly accelerated and became over confident. To prevent this from happening again I need to stay focused and controlled at the beginning of a sprint and check off every feature I see until I am comfortably racing and can begin simplifying again

2. I ran around the green because I didn't want to miss the control, lacking confidence here

3. Tried to stay in open forest, I hadn't adjusted to the correct densities of the forest and what I could and couldn't run through quickly.

4. Should've run more directly to the control

5. Straight over

6. Straight again

7. I probably should've gone on the road, 0 planning ahead

8. Planned this well and took the road as long as I could

9. Fairly straight, checked off the two lines of hill thingies and their flat opening

10. Didn't have an exit route, had to correct

11. Kept a hard compass bearing

12. Noticed I was off shooting because of terrain and worked hard to cottect, didn't have my head up through and slightly missed the control

13. I didn't plan ahead much, I should've ran out to the trail which was 15m away, would've made me faster, once I got in the open my legs felt pretty tired

14. Didn;t plan it out well and almost went to a third, temporary puddle

15. Check off the building and run in, felt slow

16. Tried not to add extra distance, I think it was the right route, I wasn't sure it the terrain between the two buildings was olive green or not so I stayed on the trail and that added time

17. Around to the control

18. I ran too slowly because I hadn't planned it out well

19. Wasn't focused on the map and had to slow down to look at the last 2 controls

20. Double checked that it was my last control

Finish. Around the olive green

Overall:
-I went into this race way to overconfident and that made me skip my transition into the race which allows for me to start orienteering
-From not having a good start I was shook up and did a poor job trying to get into the right state of mind
-Next time I will force myself to take the first controls out not only at a controlled pace, but also with good orienteering form, checking off features, planing ahead, and checking controls. This will let it flow more smoothly as I naturally speed up as I get more confident throughout the race

Flying_Pig_2016_Friday_Sprint_11 13 Gr R - Splits

A nice race prep, went really slowly and checked out features, and stuff.

These are my notes:
-The map isn't actually 1:10,000 which just took some adjusting to, it was closer to 1:15,000
-Dry ditches are almost all wet, especially at the bottom of ravines, and most are now 2-3 ft across rivers
-The rocky areas were mossy rocks but not very big
-The green is ver noticeable and fairly consistent with how it's marked, white forest often has some green but is clearly runnable

C • JWOC 4

Overall it was a fairly fast run, I was surprisingly tired though. I need to work on having slightly longer time periods of looking at my map so that I can fully understand what I'm running through and keep mistakes from happening. This will be easier by bringing my pace down slightly to make it manageable, but also keeping it at a pushing level.

A nice recovery run to shake out my legs. Worked on just lightly maintaining a decent pace and running smoothly

Run with my family, they biked

HAPPY EASTER!

8x50m strides