Training Log Archive: CraigIn the 7 days ending Jan 11, 2015:
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Sunday Jan 11, 2015 #
6 AM
Orienteering race 1:05:52 [5] 9.6 km (6:52 / km) +341m 5:49 / km
shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212 b
Oceania long champs at Transit Flat.
Screwed up the first control this time. I got a bit distracted by the unmapped marsh in the first clearing and then worried more about maintaining speed than making sure I got it safely because I thought it was really easy and overshot to the track losing 1.5 minutes. Rest of the course was OK, took wide track routes to be safe which seems to work out OK. Felt pretty good physically although my heart was a little twitchy early on and I still struggle with the climbs. Finished second again just under 2 minutes behind Bruce.
Screwed up the first control this time. I got a bit distracted by the unmapped marsh in the first clearing and then worried more about maintaining speed than making sure I got it safely because I thought it was really easy and overshot to the track losing 1.5 minutes. Rest of the course was OK, took wide track routes to be safe which seems to work out OK. Felt pretty good physically although my heart was a little twitchy early on and I still struggle with the climbs. Finished second again just under 2 minutes behind Bruce.
Thursday Jan 8, 2015 #
9 AM
Orienteering race 53:53 [5] 5.2 km (10:22 / km) +260m 8:17 / km
shoes: Inov-8 Oroc 280
Oceania Middle champs M21E at Coles Bay.
Hoped I would have remembered how to orienteer by now but alas it seems not. Started badly again losing about 3 minutes on the second leg. First control was ok because it was all uphill so I was going slowly enough to be able to keep up with the map but as soon as I turned downhill out of 1 I started to get behind. It was the sort of leg I usually feel pretty comfortable with and I think in trying to get ahead again I was a bit careless and ended up way right of where I thought I was heading.
Got around the rest of the course ok but never really felt I was orienteering well. Struggled to make my legs take me where I wanted to go whenever it was a bit uphill which cost me a bit on 10-11. Perhaps over compensated on 16-17 where I was well off to the right losing maybe 30-40 seconds. Didn't feel it was worth pushing the last couple of track legs after that run but then found out I was 6 seconds behind Bruce after being 4 seconds up at the second last.
Only beat one World Cup runner and over 22 minutes behind Daniel Hubmann. Had trouble finding my result in M21E because I was only looking in the bottom half but I was actually 10th of 40 finishers. 60th of 97 starters overall. I know I'm still capable of a lot better than that so I won't rule out running elites again just yet.
Hoped I would have remembered how to orienteer by now but alas it seems not. Started badly again losing about 3 minutes on the second leg. First control was ok because it was all uphill so I was going slowly enough to be able to keep up with the map but as soon as I turned downhill out of 1 I started to get behind. It was the sort of leg I usually feel pretty comfortable with and I think in trying to get ahead again I was a bit careless and ended up way right of where I thought I was heading.
Got around the rest of the course ok but never really felt I was orienteering well. Struggled to make my legs take me where I wanted to go whenever it was a bit uphill which cost me a bit on 10-11. Perhaps over compensated on 16-17 where I was well off to the right losing maybe 30-40 seconds. Didn't feel it was worth pushing the last couple of track legs after that run but then found out I was 6 seconds behind Bruce after being 4 seconds up at the second last.
Only beat one World Cup runner and over 22 minutes behind Daniel Hubmann. Had trouble finding my result in M21E because I was only looking in the bottom half but I was actually 10th of 40 finishers. 60th of 97 starters overall. I know I'm still capable of a lot better than that so I won't rule out running elites again just yet.
Wednesday Jan 7, 2015 #
4 PM
Running 29:48 [2] 5.06 km (5:53 / km)
shoes: Nike Free 3.0 Flyknit Orange
Keeping Rachel company on her easy run at Akaroa. Just out and back along the road. Tried a side track at one point which looked nice to begin with but quickly got overgrown and sandy.
Tuesday Jan 6, 2015 #
6 AM
Orienteering race 30:36 [5] 4.25 km (7:12 / km) +145m 6:09 / km
shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212 b
Oceania middle champs M40 at Rajah Rocks near Avoca.
Happy enough with number one but coming out of it I couldn't make sense of anything. Eventually worked out I was on the big cliffs up the hill and found it pretty quickly from there probably losing about a minute. Felt a bit shaky on the next couple but found them OK and started to feel more in control again on the way to 5.
Rest of the course was fairly smooth. Felt as though I took a poor line out of 12 staying a bit too high early but did second half of leg well. On 14 I didn't read the detail in the circle carefully enough and looked for the west side of the long cliff running down the hill instead of the small cliff just off it. 15 was good dropping quickly out to the track bend then the last few were a little hesitant but for them OK.
Finished up second about a minute behind Bruce and a minute ahead of Matt. Just a little disappointed with that effort, it was an OK run but not as smooth and confident as I would like it to be.
Happy enough with number one but coming out of it I couldn't make sense of anything. Eventually worked out I was on the big cliffs up the hill and found it pretty quickly from there probably losing about a minute. Felt a bit shaky on the next couple but found them OK and started to feel more in control again on the way to 5.
Rest of the course was fairly smooth. Felt as though I took a poor line out of 12 staying a bit too high early but did second half of leg well. On 14 I didn't read the detail in the circle carefully enough and looked for the west side of the long cliff running down the hill instead of the small cliff just off it. 15 was good dropping quickly out to the track bend then the last few were a little hesitant but for them OK.
Finished up second about a minute behind Bruce and a minute ahead of Matt. Just a little disappointed with that effort, it was an OK run but not as smooth and confident as I would like it to be.