Training Log Archive: theshadow

End of the season!!! Very happy that the season is over. My body and my mind have been suffering a little bit as of late and could really use a break. Time to take it easy and recharge for a week or two.

Wine O Ocross race on Mt Nemo
Tons of fun. Ran hard for most of it. Lost my SI near the end. spent a bunch of time looking for it (~12-15 mins) so my actual time was ~1:10
Read more about that at
http://dl1.yukoncollege.yk.ca/brent
then I jogged in the last few controls

NAOC long. a very conservatively run race. given yesterday's results I am pleased with it. A bit disappointing to make an error of ~2 mins on the long leg near the end. Just got lost in the trails. Likely would have been 3rd if I hadn't made that error. GRRRRR.
A write up on my blog about the entire NAOC weekend
http://dl1.yukoncollege.yk.ca/brent

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NAOC middle distance. A brutal race for me. Early mistakes, shattered confidence, a complete meltdown with a bail out to the trail, followed by slowly proceeding but still making mistakes.
Completely unfocussed.

Event: 2006 North American Championships (Golden Leaf Orienteering Fest)
 

NAOC sprint. Decent race for me. I can't be disappointed. I had a couple of questionable route choices and a small error getting trapped by the impassable flower bed on #10. The big difference was I just wasn't running fast enough. From looking at the splits I was just a little bit slower on every control. This was partly my race plan. I just wanted to be safe and not make any big mistakes (in retrospect not the best strategy on a technically easy course like this). It was also just that I didn't really have it. I felt a little flat. I will go in with the same strategy for the middle distance. This time it will be very technical!

sprint course downtown