Training Log Archive: salal

Warm up / down

Found more of a racing feeling in the woods today, not sure how / why (perhaps because Emily did so well on the first leg and I did not want to drop spots ;). I messed up #3, but other than that the navigation felt pretty good - as always in this terrain I felt like as I approached the control area I held my breath and then felt a sigh of relief when I found the control itself...
Enjoyed seeing others in the woods (Australia, Italy, and Czech who passed me right at the beginning...).

Warm up / down

Mistake on 2 and 3... looks like I lost about 2 minutes there. Not sure about my long leg route choice, but at least I executed it ok. Relatively technically solid race, just not able to find an actual racing feeling in this terrain - in fact I often feel I need more races to try to find how to better balance running/orienteering.

Warm up / down

Middle quali, mistake on 2 where I thought it would not be as low in the re-entrant and more on the side... then another mistake later, missing the control and having to relocate on the trail and come back.

Middle model

Started with a mistake on #2, not understanding vegetation... then not having my brain engage on relocation. A bit better in the middle bit... but more mistakes on the ones in less visible vegetation and a few other bad lines. Was not orienteering well today - sorry!

C • No apologies needed 3

C • Middle tomorrow! 2

Easy run in the afternoon with Emily