Training Log Archive: andrea balakova

Start at 8:04 with 45 minute drive to the arena. My brain is not working at that time yet. Too many smaller mistakes. Using the "misplaced first aid station" as a confirmation of my location is probably not the best idea.
The worse part is that I sprained my ankle badly at the second last control and had to stay on the ground for a few minutes. Finished the course somehow, but it was better to stay in bed longer and skip this stage, too messy forest...
Ended up only somewhere in the middle and have issues to walk, so not running the last stage. The forest used for the last stage looks much nicer than yesterday, at least I have to get my map somehow.
That might move me on the result list....:(
Hopefully I am able to drive for 10 hours to CZE...

4th stage of the O'festival at Grand Revard. Longer course in nice open and hilly woods with a lot of rocks on the ground. When I saw the leg to number 4 I was really scared to get lost for ever and have chosen a very safe route which ended up being longer, than number 7 came - long slope with no attackpoint on the way.
Long run over fields and across the village at the End of the course was tough. (too hot at 1 PM).
After 4 stages 6th over all.

3rd day of the O'festival. Started carefully after hearing some of the long times of certain competitors on such a short course. The beginning was green... not so enjoyable and than it got better with light feeling of Manitoba, I mean I used nice narrow yellow patches to navigate between a few controls.Went slow and left a few minutes on 6 and 8. Ended up in the 8th position.
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Second stage of the O'festival which started with heavy rain. Started slow to find first ad second control better than yesterday, then I got a bit into the right zone, then I lost it for a bit again being confused by some trails in different direction than in my mind, then I got into the zone again. Made a bigger mistake at second last control... that was a bit painful, but found it in the end and finished in 5th position of 115 runners, wow, how did that happened, could do at least 5 minutes faster.

C • Wawawahoo!! 1

A very early start at the first O'festival race here in the East of France. Made some mistakes in the beginning and somehow did not get the distance and size of things around right. Only on control number 4 it started to make sens. Finally... can not really explain the mistakes, made it in 27th position of 120 runners in D21. So ok for the first stage, even if I could easily do 1 hour 10.
Exhausted from these very long days in the arena...

Event: WOC 2011 + O'Festival Savoie Grand Revard
 

Training on a model map, WOC Long Distance, 1:15000

C • Will these maps be availabl... 4