Training Log Archive: grillaIn the 7 days ending Mar 27, 2016:
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Sunday Mar 27, 2016 #
Orienteering race 1:14:31 [3] 5.6 km (13:18 / km)
shoes: VJ Sticky
Absolutely amazing, NZ long champs in St Arnaud. Hope GPS downloads as would really like a track of this. This is the reason I go orienteering- absolutely stunning forest, birds singing, moss covered rocks to run along, just amazing. Climb was horrendous (especially when I didn't spot the contouring option) but so nice to go over the top of the hill, all by myself up there in the unspoilt forest. This compares with my favourite map south in NZ and amazing that it is so close to Finn's yet we've never been here. Will go back.
Race was so-so: too low on 1 but caught myself before I got lost, slow going to 3 up hill, slog up from 3 to top of hill (wrong route choice from a speed perspective but who cared, I loved it), overshot 4 then scared to descend too far (ended up high), took a bad fall on way to 5, 6 was good but went straight past the boulder thinking it looked like a tree stump, Marquita caught me here and dragged me along for a few controls, then I let her go but somehow managed to pass her, she came past back in the streets at the end I kept up in the tricky sections but could not keep up in the running sections. Chose to come to finish via little path rather than road as did not want to spoil such a great area with stupid road run. Marquita 12 min ahead! Need to get my act together.
Race was so-so: too low on 1 but caught myself before I got lost, slow going to 3 up hill, slog up from 3 to top of hill (wrong route choice from a speed perspective but who cared, I loved it), overshot 4 then scared to descend too far (ended up high), took a bad fall on way to 5, 6 was good but went straight past the boulder thinking it looked like a tree stump, Marquita caught me here and dragged me along for a few controls, then I let her go but somehow managed to pass her, she came past back in the streets at the end I kept up in the tricky sections but could not keep up in the running sections. Chose to come to finish via little path rather than road as did not want to spoil such a great area with stupid road run. Marquita 12 min ahead! Need to get my act together.
8 AM
Run 1:14:41 [3] 5.63 km (13:16 / km) +214m 11:09 / km
Saturday Mar 26, 2016 #
10 AM
Orienteering 29:34 [3] 2.83 km (10:26 / km) +42m 9:43 / km
shoes: VJ Sticky
Good start but got very sloppy in the middle which cost me big time. Very dense forest, very few features, needed to use compass accurately which is not a strong suit! Lost time on 4, 5 (went back to 4 and started again), 6 (found the radio device but not control), 10 (overshot). Beautiful forest! Went for a dip in the lake afterwards, it was refreshing and not too freezing. Perfect clear, fresh water.
Friday Mar 25, 2016 #
Event: NZ Orienteering Champs
Orienteering 15:51 [3] 2.5 km (6:20 / km)
Sprint around Nelson. Fun start, made a mistake on 3, left leg got sore/dead on way to 6, slow for a bit, missed good route 9-10 and 10-11 as line went over gap in fence (could see open gate but not game to run through it...) got going again towards the end. Might need to consider doing a warm up in future.