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Sunday Mar 25, 2012 #
Run 30:00 [3]
shoes: XTalon212-1
various warming up
Orienteering 31:34 [3] ***
21c shoes: XTalon212-1
I had thought that it might be possible to win a medal this weekend but am ultra surprised to do so today. Felt pretty confident at the start. The warmup map was really useful to show what was significant (single trees) and what wasn't. And it turns out that last week's race at Pillar Woods was also good preparation; it will be a long time before I again run two consecutive terrain races at under 6mins per km.
Deliberately steady start. #1 came up left of where I had pictured (edge of circle?). Solid route to #2 which was even further left (15secs) . Slowed down though next couple. Distracted by a large unmapped clearing on way to #5 but the shapes came up eventually. In solid 2nd place at #12 when Charlie Adams breezed past. After that just concentrated on doing my own navigation, keeping in control and trying to use Charlie for pace. Hesitated short of #15 (10secs) where part of the circle turned a form line hill into a re-entrant. Very simple after that. The extra pace was surely worth a few seconds but the gap was 90+ so hope I would have held 2nd anyway.
We have a small collection of medals on my study wall - one USA, one Portugal and some BO ones. They hang on either side of a framed picture. This makes seven so the picture now hangs lop-sided
Deliberately steady start. #1 came up left of where I had pictured (edge of circle?). Solid route to #2 which was even further left (15secs) . Slowed down though next couple. Distracted by a large unmapped clearing on way to #5 but the shapes came up eventually. In solid 2nd place at #12 when Charlie Adams breezed past. After that just concentrated on doing my own navigation, keeping in control and trying to use Charlie for pace. Hesitated short of #15 (10secs) where part of the circle turned a form line hill into a re-entrant. Very simple after that. The extra pace was surely worth a few seconds but the gap was 90+ so hope I would have held 2nd anyway.
We have a small collection of medals on my study wall - one USA, one Portugal and some BO ones. They hang on either side of a framed picture. This makes seven so the picture now hangs lop-sided
Saturday Mar 24, 2012 #
Run 30:00 [3]
shoes: XTalon212-1
Various running to/from at York Uni
Orienteering 16:02 [3] ***
19c shoes: XTalon212-1
Qualifier 2B: we had arrived much later than I normally like to - on-time rather than ridiculously early.
Steady start, nearly stepped across narrow OOB on way to #5, lost count of fences to 15 (15s) and concentration to 16 (10s). Surprised to win heat comfortably although TT pulled up.
Steady start, nearly stepped across narrow OOB on way to #5, lost count of fences to 15 (15s) and concentration to 16 (10s). Surprised to win heat comfortably although TT pulled up.
Orienteering 15:05 [3] ***
21c shoes: XTalon212-1
A FInal: thought the first section would be tricky so began steadily. Hesitated a couple of times (ex 3, ex 6) and about 15secs off pace by #10. Then lost 35secs on left/right choice to 11; thought right was a trap but it turns out left was the trap and had to take a long detour.
I do think that the standard of performance in sprints is going up, in our age group anyway. Perhaps it's the number of urbans nowadays. One second per leg makes a big difference to the result. Special credit must go to Nev for the planning and particularly for precise hanging controls. Almost always, the feature came up before the flag was visible, just as it should be.
Had to spend two hours in the evening queuing/driving in medical facilities.
On Friday, I probably got a secondary infection to an insect bite on my right hand. Gardening is very dangerous you know. During Saturday the whole hand swelled and the CLOK medical contingent of pharmacists and GPs politely advised me to get it seen to. First antibiotics for 25 years .....
I do think that the standard of performance in sprints is going up, in our age group anyway. Perhaps it's the number of urbans nowadays. One second per leg makes a big difference to the result. Special credit must go to Nev for the planning and particularly for precise hanging controls. Almost always, the feature came up before the flag was visible, just as it should be.
Had to spend two hours in the evening queuing/driving in medical facilities.
On Friday, I probably got a secondary infection to an insect bite on my right hand. Gardening is very dangerous you know. During Saturday the whole hand swelled and the CLOK medical contingent of pharmacists and GPs politely advised me to get it seen to. First antibiotics for 25 years .....
Friday Mar 23, 2012 #
Ride US 46:00 [3]
shoes: Whyte Full Sus
Easy spin out after a day gardening (mainly) and geeking (occasionally)
Wednesday Mar 21, 2012 #
Run 16:00 [3]
shoes: Yellow Swoops 4
10 mins of 20/20 in terrain, reading a couple of York Uni mockups
Ride US 59:00 [3]
shoes: Whyte Full Sus
Full lap of Woods, only one climb, easy pace.
Monday Mar 19, 2012 #
Ride US 1:03:00 [3]
shoes: Whyte Full Sus
Woods and Moor Loop for the first time this 'spring'. Chilly for shorts but tracks in great condition.
S & C 15:00 [3]