Training Log Archive: GolferIn the 7 days ending Oct 17, 2009:
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Saturday Oct 17, 2009 #
Orienteering race (WMOC Long A Final ) 1:06:29 [5] **** 6.4 km (10:23 / km) +300m 8:25 / km
spiked:10/13c shoes: Helly Hansen Trailcutter
Same area as 2nd qualifier but much tougher physically today. Started well with track option to 1. Slow but safe route option on long leg to 2 but then lost about a minute in the circle. Good 3 through to 8 but then lost another minute on 9 by stopping short. Ran past 11 after seeing the flag but it didn't look like it matched the description so lost another 30 seconds here.
Finished 21st on a good testing course and pretty happy with that. Lack of fitness due to an injury-interrupted preparation was telling in the end, especially on the tough hill climbs when the hammy was a real problem.
Finished 21st on a good testing course and pretty happy with that. Lack of fitness due to an injury-interrupted preparation was telling in the end, especially on the tough hill climbs when the hammy was a real problem.
Thursday Oct 15, 2009 #
Orienteering race (WMOC Long Qual #2) 51:20 [5] **** 6.4 km (8:01 / km) +220m 6:51 / km
spiked:14/14c shoes: Helly Hansen Trailcutter
A much better run today. Slow but safe route choice on 1 probably cost me a couple of minutes but hit it OK. No real errors for rest of the course and pushed hard to try and get some sort of time. Helped by catching Malcolm Ingham and Mark Darvo and their faster pace pushed me along too. Relatively straight forward course with some good route choice in a nice area.
10th placing today and just enough to get me in the A Final Saturday.
10th placing today and just enough to get me in the A Final Saturday.
Wednesday Oct 14, 2009 #
Orienteering race (WMOC Long Qual #1) 1:06:35 [5] **** 5.7 km (11:41 / km) +220m 9:48 / km
spiked:17/22c shoes: Helly Hansen Trailcutter
A bad start, over 7 minutes to the first one and then another 5 minute error on 5. Just poor map reading. No mistakes and quite fast (for me) 6 through to 19, then made the mistake of thinking the last couple would be easy (they were) but I stopped reading the map again! Well down the list and will need a very good run tomorrow and some luck to make the A Final now.
Tuesday Oct 13, 2009 #
Orienteering (Model event) 50:00 [2]
shoes: Helly Hansen Trailcutter
Model event for WMOC Long at Long Swamp. Just walked and slow jog to look at mapping and terrain.
Sunday Oct 11, 2009 #
Orienteering race (WMOC Sprint A Final) 28:14 [5] * 2.4 km (11:46 / km)
spiked:13/20c shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 10
What a difference a day makes. Probably my worst run at an Orienteering event since, well, last year's WMOC Sprint A Final in Portugal!
Got the first one OK then missed 2 and 3 badly, mis-read 5, went to 8 before 7 and took almost 8 minutes on 9!! That was the slowest time on that leg by more than 6 minutes.....then missed 11 even though I had found it before 9. Rest were OK but was only jogging as hammy was playing up and no point in racing. Was LAST of those that finished the course.
Got the first one OK then missed 2 and 3 badly, mis-read 5, went to 8 before 7 and took almost 8 minutes on 9!! That was the slowest time on that leg by more than 6 minutes.....then missed 11 even though I had found it before 9. Rest were OK but was only jogging as hammy was playing up and no point in racing. Was LAST of those that finished the course.