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Saturday Apr 23, 2016 #
Event: JOK Chasing Sprint
Running warm up/down 30:00 [2]
Various
11 AM
Orienteering race 26:15 [4] 3.78 km (6:57 / km)
Prologue.
First time I've run in 2 weeks and boy did it show! Absolutely no pace, power or agility. This at least meant that the nav was solid; had soooo much time...
First time I've run in 2 weeks and boy did it show! Absolutely no pace, power or agility. This at least meant that the nav was solid; had soooo much time...
2 PM
Orienteering race 38:45 [4] 4.29 km (9:01 / km) +94m 8:08 / km
My recollection of the last time I did the JOK Chasing Sprint is of a mad, high speed,full speed, edge of ability, flat out tactical dash. Of using my pace to overcome slight technical deficiencies. Today was not like that. Well, ok, it was a little bit. In reverse. In slow motion. Or perhaps like I was on a planet with a denser atmosphere. And less oxygen.
My battle with Rob Lee and, latterly, Big Jon, was fun, but it was sad to be watching them - and everyone else I saw - run away from me. I consoled myself with thinking, "If I just hang in there until the Micky Mouse section at the end, I'll be able to put the foot down." How wrong I was:( I trailed in, as Roger said, a shadow of the man I used to be...
My battle with Rob Lee and, latterly, Big Jon, was fun, but it was sad to be watching them - and everyone else I saw - run away from me. I consoled myself with thinking, "If I just hang in there until the Micky Mouse section at the end, I'll be able to put the foot down." How wrong I was:( I trailed in, as Roger said, a shadow of the man I used to be...