Orienteering race 1:21:16 [4] ***** 12.4 km (6:33 / km) +620m 5:15 / km
ahr:157 max:176 shoes: VJ Falcons 09
Leinster Orienteering Championships, Slieve Foye (Carlingford)
Plan for today was survival, and i'm glad to report that it was mission accomplished.
I started the race at a steady pace for the first 3/4 controls. On the uphills I wasn't feeling that good but I tried to push. On the long leg to 5 uphill I wasn't moving that fast. 6 was ok but not too sure about where I was exactly before it, continued forward a bit and it was there. 7 was a big error, I knew where I was around 250m from the control but contoured from there rather than climbed a few contours, didn't realise that I needed to climb, and then the features all lined up nicely for a parallel error, not good, but eventually figured out that I was too low, up I went and there the control was. The controls around the top of the hill went ok but didn't like all the climbing and descending. Did lose a few seconds at 12, was standing on top of the control but didn't see it. I felt that the second part of 14-15 went on for ever, it was a very long descent. I really enjoyed the run back to 16, then down to 17 and back to 18. Last two controls, 19 and 20 went very badly. On the way to 19 I found a control above it, knew where I was, but still made a balls of things, so a few minutes lost here. Then it felt like a long way to the last control where I went into the area not really knowing where I was, ended up an index contour (25 metres) too low and was looking around there, things kind of fitted, then back uphill to the control, before down to the finish.
Really tired afterwards but no trouble from my calf which is good news. No physio appointments booked or needed this week I think. Will try running training for 1st time since JK later in the week.
Garmin said I ran 14.68km and climbed 976m (descended 1058m).
Orienteering warm up/down 39:07 [2] 2.01 km (19:28 / km) +278m 11:30 / km
ahr:111 max:154 shoes: VJ Falcons 09
Walk from parking up to start, includes a bit of jogging for first bit to catch up with Kevin O'Reilly. Then at the clothing dump i stopped for a few minutes to tape/tie my laces. After that it was up the final bit of hill to the start, some jogging here.