Orienteering16:40*** 1.8 km (9:16 / km) +50m8:08 / km ahr:123 max:143 9c slept:5.6 shoes: VJ Twister (US size 10.5) - 3
I jogged through the Flying Pig model event. I tried to look ahead on each leg. The green forest made it hard to keep moving. I apparently pulled a (left) gluteus muscle while sitting on the plane last night, and it hurt a little while I ran.
Warm-up run to the start of the Flying Pig middle distance WRE. My legs are still sore from Tuesday's interval workout, probably especially the 4 x 200m, but otherwise I felt good.
Orienteering race 35:17*** 5.3 km (6:39 / km) +200m5:36 / km spiked:23/26c shoes: VJ Twister (US size 10.5) - 3
I had a good run in the Flying Pig middle distance race. I managed to always look ahead and at least know my approximate exit direction, and the forest was less green than the model event was, so I was able to keep moving pretty well. I also think I picked sensible routes, although the route choices didn't seem too difficult. Things often seem easy when I have a good run.
I had one 15-second mistake, and just some small stuff besides that. My leg turnover felt somewhat slow, but I otherwise felt strong and was able to run up most of the hills, except when the mud was too slippery. The running was mostly slow due to the wet ground.
I placed second to William Hawkins, who still beat me by 18 seconds after skating around the course in Converse Chuck Taylors, or something like that. His orthotics don't fit into O shoes.
After the run, an upper left calf muscle (just below the knee joint) was pretty sore, so I guess I strained it somewhere on the course. I hope it recovers some before tomorrow's sprint races.
Top 10:
1 William Hawkins 77 CSU - 34:59 AUS25
2 Eric Bone 74 COC - 35:17 USA11
3 Mike Smith 76 Falcon - 36:21 CAN15
4 Hans Fransson 72 GHO - 37:36 CAN5
5 Sergey Velichko 62 CTOC - 37:43 USA37
6 Maricel Olaru 78 CAOC - 38:14 ROU31
7 Nikolay Nachev 77 COC - 38:40 USA174
8 Margus Hallik 78 OOC - 39:00 EST80
9 Jon Torrance 71 OOC - 39:05 CAN70
10 Sergei Zhyk 79 DVOA - 39:21 USA111