Orienteering race (twilight series) 18:43 [4] 3.2 km (5:51 / km)
shoes: Saucony Fastwitch 4
wow my orienteering is so rusty! not surprising really given ive done 3 trainings this year i think. and about 5 races since middle of last year!
pretty much completely cooled down by the time i started.
got thoroughly confused by the buildings (all 2 of them) on 1, and by the path that i couldnt see. pretty much ran past the control.
2 was going to go through the hedge but it looked pretty inpenetrable.
3 my rough bearing was horribly off but corrected on seeing the control.
6-7 again bearing off, resulting in 20s lost by going through little paths i didnt need to.
9 confused by shape of the lake which was actually just a stream?
11-12 started going wrong side of the patch of bush.
long leg 13 killed my thighs!
15-16 didnt know if i was allowed through the bush so went around losing 15ish s.
18 went around wall which was actually passable.
and 22-finish missed the path and got confused by the underground toilets, another 10s or so.
discovered there's a definite skill to being able to clip controls on string in a sprint race, and i dont have it!
so yeah, a bit shit though last nights efforts wouldnt have helped. shannon smashed me by 2.20 or so. Long way to go for nationals!
Orienteering intervals 11:40 [5] 2.4 km (4:52 / km)
shoes: Saucony Fastwitch 4
Grant had set a few intervals so did mass starts with bun and shannon round them. absolutely dead by the end, legs weren't very appreciative. Not many real route choice legs but good for the speed work. Figured I havent done a real speed session since may last year!
roughly speaking was 2x4.40 and a 2.20