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Sunday Jul 14, 2013 #
3 PM
Note
slept:0.0 (rest day)
Made it to Helsinki Aiport, 580ish km of driving in about 6hrs40mins. Went home early from the banquet to get some sleep but failed to fall asleep! Nick was ready to go for 7 when I called but a very hungover Kevin took a bit of effort and threats to get him moving.
My passengers slept for the first 2 hours, with Kevin asleep for most of the trip.
WOC is over for another year. Have improved, was hoping for more from the middle but didn't happen. BUT a 21st place in the WOC 2013 relay is a result that I'm very happy to have achieved:-)
Ran a safe race which was important, mistakes cost teams places, just look at France. Really good end to the competition.
My passengers slept for the first 2 hours, with Kevin asleep for most of the trip.
WOC is over for another year. Have improved, was hoping for more from the middle but didn't happen. BUT a 21st place in the WOC 2013 relay is a result that I'm very happy to have achieved:-)
Ran a safe race which was important, mistakes cost teams places, just look at France. Really good end to the competition.
Saturday Jul 13, 2013 #
Orienteering race 41:28 [5] ***** 5.2 km (7:58 / km) +260m 6:23 / km
16c shoes: VJ Falcons 13
WOC 2013
Relay - 2nd Leg
Vuokatti Koulurinne
Nick had a good run out 1st and handed over to me. I'd a couple of lads in front going up the hill leaving the arena but lost sight of them soon enough. Pleased with this run. Maybe some time lost at number 5, took the track to be safe and then cut in too soon. Not a big mistake though.
Great arena and great support.
Enjoyed the course and handed over to Neil. He maintained our position and Ireland finished in 21st place. Our bib was 26 so that was an improvement of 5 places on last year. Really happy to have finished WOC with a 21st place in the relay. Also does our chances of getting 2 places for WOC 2015 in the middle and long some good. We also beat teams who are definitely better orienteering countries than us, so punched well above our weight.
:-)))))))
Results
GPS
Relay - 2nd Leg
Vuokatti Koulurinne
Nick had a good run out 1st and handed over to me. I'd a couple of lads in front going up the hill leaving the arena but lost sight of them soon enough. Pleased with this run. Maybe some time lost at number 5, took the track to be safe and then cut in too soon. Not a big mistake though.
Great arena and great support.
Enjoyed the course and handed over to Neil. He maintained our position and Ireland finished in 21st place. Our bib was 26 so that was an improvement of 5 places on last year. Really happy to have finished WOC with a 21st place in the relay. Also does our chances of getting 2 places for WOC 2015 in the middle and long some good. We also beat teams who are definitely better orienteering countries than us, so punched well above our weight.
:-)))))))
Results
GPS
Friday Jul 12, 2013 #
11 PM
Note
slept:8.0 (rest day)
I've moved on somewhat from my rant on Wednesday, can't run that race again so no point dwelling on it, relay needs to be raced tomorrow and it's a new race.
Looking forward to a tough and challenging race. The higher the starting position, the better, not scared of the pros.
Kevin gave my legs a refreshing massage this afternoon, funny how no one else on the team is availing of the team physio/masseuse?
Body can take one more round of Finnish forest, this time i'll be more careful as got to let Neil out so he can finish before the women start.
Looking forward to a tough and challenging race. The higher the starting position, the better, not scared of the pros.
Kevin gave my legs a refreshing massage this afternoon, funny how no one else on the team is availing of the team physio/masseuse?
Body can take one more round of Finnish forest, this time i'll be more careful as got to let Neil out so he can finish before the women start.
Thursday Jul 11, 2013 #
Orienteering 39:15 [3] ***** 4.1 km (9:34 / km) +150m 8:06 / km
12c shoes: VJ Falcons 13
WOC 2013
Middle Qualification - Heat 3
Vuokatti Koljola
07/06/2014 - took a while to write this up.
So this was the race I wanted to do well in, maybe even qualify. And made a right balls of things. Messed up 1 but got back on track for a few controls. Then made a mistake at 6, too far left and missed the control, should've done better. 7 was a criminal error which I'm very upset about. Was complacent and thought this was going to be easy, short leg, no compass and missed the control. Time loss was big and stupid.
Ran grand from there until the end. Overall some good but the bad was really bad. Very upset with myself and rightly so.
Results
GPS Tracking
Middle Qualification - Heat 3
Vuokatti Koljola
07/06/2014 - took a while to write this up.
So this was the race I wanted to do well in, maybe even qualify. And made a right balls of things. Messed up 1 but got back on track for a few controls. Then made a mistake at 6, too far left and missed the control, should've done better. 7 was a criminal error which I'm very upset about. Was complacent and thought this was going to be easy, short leg, no compass and missed the control. Time loss was big and stupid.
Ran grand from there until the end. Overall some good but the bad was really bad. Very upset with myself and rightly so.
Results
GPS Tracking
2 PM
Note
slept:7.5
Again, like the Sprint, I gave it everything. But unlike the Sprint my brain failed me. Improved result but can't forgive myself for 7, thought it'd be an easy control. Qualification would've been my goal but a good race would have satisfied me. All the time/energy/money I've invested, for nothing. Someone told me before WOC that what I needed was some luck, well I've got to face it I'll never get any, shit year hasn't got any better.
I feel bad, but I suppose the Finnish guy who I beat has to feel worse!
Hoping to make the relay team as I've a lot to prove to myself.
I feel bad, but I suppose the Finnish guy who I beat has to feel worse!
Hoping to make the relay team as I've a lot to prove to myself.
Wednesday Jul 10, 2013 #
Note
(rest day)
Another rest day. Legs and body feeling a small bit better. Plenty of stretching. Headed into Kajaani after lunch to get banquet gear, classy pink and green combo.
9 AM
Orienteering 46:18 [1] **** 2.66 km (17:24 / km) +108m 14:28 / km
ahr:108 max:140 9c shoes: VJ Falcons 13
Vuokatti Vaaranklya
WOC middle/relay model area. Early start to the day as the long final was on later. First control in green was uphill from the car, control was grand but the green after it was nasty. Hoping nothing like that in the quallie.
Body was on strike today, legs not feeling at all good. No interest in running. So just tried to keep moving. The area was nice but just never got going, not a positive feeling.
WOC middle/relay model area. Early start to the day as the long final was on later. First control in green was uphill from the car, control was grand but the green after it was nasty. Hoping nothing like that in the quallie.
Body was on strike today, legs not feeling at all good. No interest in running. So just tried to keep moving. The area was nice but just never got going, not a positive feeling.
Tuesday Jul 9, 2013 #
10 AM
Note
slept:6.5
Went on the middle model earlier. Green wasn't nice but white ok.
No navigation issues, but that may have been due to the fact I was walking. Legs are tired and sore, a bad combination. Not helping my motivation then to run. Pretty disappointed about the situation but all I can do is rest and get Kevin to give me a massage. Taken the decision to stay in the accommodation rather than go support Nick but it's the sensible one.
No navigation issues, but that may have been due to the fact I was walking. Legs are tired and sore, a bad combination. Not helping my motivation then to run. Pretty disappointed about the situation but all I can do is rest and get Kevin to give me a massage. Taken the decision to stay in the accommodation rather than go support Nick but it's the sensible one.
Monday Jul 8, 2013 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 15:12 [5] *** 3.7 km (4:06 / km) +35m 3:55 / km
21c shoes: Nike Lunaracer+
Katinkulta
WOC 2013 Sprint Qualification - Men 2
Plan was to run hard and try and navigate accurately. Felt a small bit of pressure before the race, having 10 years on Josh and Kev, didn't want to be shown up by the young guys, a paronia i'm starting to suffer more from! I definitely started hard, and the controls were coming nicely. Got caught between 4-5, wasn't expecting uncrossable features on the qualification map! So that threw me a small bit, headed south from 4 but had to go an extra bridge. Not too much different than going north but hesitation.
Through the spectator area ok, some more fences there but knew what to expect. Wasn't too quick deciding on routes. For the next few controls I was under a bit of pressure physically. Especially towards 15, legs were starting to die. Felt better on the way back and got to the finish alright.
Still haven't looked at the GPS.
Results wise I was 23rd in my heat, a PB. Sprint is a tough race to qualify in, all WOC races are. Considering my lack of focus on this discipline over the years, just running random events, and only deciding to try for Sprint in February and not training specifically for it, i'm happy with how I ran. Shows the physical shape i've gotten myself into by being less than a minute off qualifying and 2.18 down on the heat winner. Considering the way WOC is going i'm going to have to improve on my running for next year, an achievable goal. After running how I did, gave the race everything I had, I have a desire to do it again.
Results
WOC 2013 Sprint Qualification - Men 2
Plan was to run hard and try and navigate accurately. Felt a small bit of pressure before the race, having 10 years on Josh and Kev, didn't want to be shown up by the young guys, a paronia i'm starting to suffer more from! I definitely started hard, and the controls were coming nicely. Got caught between 4-5, wasn't expecting uncrossable features on the qualification map! So that threw me a small bit, headed south from 4 but had to go an extra bridge. Not too much different than going north but hesitation.
Through the spectator area ok, some more fences there but knew what to expect. Wasn't too quick deciding on routes. For the next few controls I was under a bit of pressure physically. Especially towards 15, legs were starting to die. Felt better on the way back and got to the finish alright.
Still haven't looked at the GPS.
Results wise I was 23rd in my heat, a PB. Sprint is a tough race to qualify in, all WOC races are. Considering my lack of focus on this discipline over the years, just running random events, and only deciding to try for Sprint in February and not training specifically for it, i'm happy with how I ran. Shows the physical shape i've gotten myself into by being less than a minute off qualifying and 2.18 down on the heat winner. Considering the way WOC is going i'm going to have to improve on my running for next year, an achievable goal. After running how I did, gave the race everything I had, I have a desire to do it again.
Results
11 PM
Note
slept:7.0
Didn't make the final but best WOC result so far, and at probably my weakest o discipline.
Know I physically put everything into the race. I enjoyed the experience. Definitely a few hesitations, i'm sure I'll look at the GPS at some stage too.
949 WRE points in the bag too, happy. Confused as to whether it's 22nd or 23rd I ended up, IOF differs to WOC, and to those on display in the arena. Either way, still a pb.
Know I physically put everything into the race. I enjoyed the experience. Definitely a few hesitations, i'm sure I'll look at the GPS at some stage too.
949 WRE points in the bag too, happy. Confused as to whether it's 22nd or 23rd I ended up, IOF differs to WOC, and to those on display in the arena. Either way, still a pb.