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Friday Mar 29, 2013 #
Event: JK 2013
Running 20:00 [3] 2.5 km (8:00 / km)
slept:5.0 shoes: Saucony Powergrid Triumph 10 g
Extended warm up. Went to find the elite warm up area.
Orienteering - Urban race (JK Sprint) 19:28 [5] 4.0 km (4:52 / km) +15m 4:47 / km
shoes: Saucony Powergrid Triumph 10 g
M21E course around Reading University.
Overshot 1 - lost 5-10s. Then just slow around the next few controls. Went the right side of the buildings each time so no other real mistakes.
Very hesitant going into 11 via the underpass as it looked to just be a building - probably lost another 10-15s. Very tired by the finish.
Only about 6 mins off the lead but better world ranking points (although much worse BOF points) than I achieved at the British Sprints last year.
Would argue that I lost around a minute combined due to trying to punch the controls when they seemed to always be aligned intentionally to be the wrong way. Might have helped if the flashes were instantaneous but some were taking 4-5 seconds to confirm the punch.
Overshot 1 - lost 5-10s. Then just slow around the next few controls. Went the right side of the buildings each time so no other real mistakes.
Very hesitant going into 11 via the underpass as it looked to just be a building - probably lost another 10-15s. Very tired by the finish.
Only about 6 mins off the lead but better world ranking points (although much worse BOF points) than I achieved at the British Sprints last year.
Would argue that I lost around a minute combined due to trying to punch the controls when they seemed to always be aligned intentionally to be the wrong way. Might have helped if the flashes were instantaneous but some were taking 4-5 seconds to confirm the punch.
Tuesday Mar 26, 2013 #
Running (BOK training run) 56:56 [3] 9.1 km (6:15 / km) +80m 6:00 / km
slept:5.0 shoes: Saucony Powergrid Triumph 9
BOK training run from Chipping Sodbury.
Forgot to buy AAA batteries for headtorch so struggling to see through fields. Skipped the hillfort as wanting to take it easy before the weekend. Came back along the roads - good pace with the wind behind us.
Felt like a long way.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289289156
Forgot to buy AAA batteries for headtorch so struggling to see through fields. Skipped the hillfort as wanting to take it easy before the weekend. Came back along the roads - good pace with the wind behind us.
Felt like a long way.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/289289156
Sunday Mar 24, 2013 #
Orienteering race (SWOC Wentwood) 45:22 [3] 5.47 km (8:18 / km) +130m 7:25 / km
slept:5.0 shoes: inov8 Mudclaw300 Yellow1
Wentwood as I've never seen it before... 4.6km 170m climb green course as all the blue maps had run out.
Taking it purposely easy so as not to do any damage before the JK. Even wore a jacket and clothes as didn't expect to get very warm by jogging.
First part of the map ok, nice and runnable. Messed up 3 a bit by turning off too early and going straight to 6 not so fun, although had I looked for the indistinct path it was on I would have struggled...
Got 8 via the road then walked through all the grot to 9, hitting pretty cleanly. Getting more and more stuck in undergrowth towards the end. Took path most of way to 10 but should have stuck with it for longer and approached control from the stream as the brashings were particularly enhanced if approaching from the south. Getting a bit fed up with it all once I left 10.
13 seemed to take a long time to come but contours made it fairly easy. Then got lost on the taped (or not!) route to the finish as impossible to follow a bearing and go straight through the brashings. Didn't see the banner until I was on it so ended up relocating from the taped route from finish-download. Probably my only real mistake of the day.
Can't say it fully met my expectations but still a nice way to spend a cold Sunday morning in the snow.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/288213236
Taking it purposely easy so as not to do any damage before the JK. Even wore a jacket and clothes as didn't expect to get very warm by jogging.
First part of the map ok, nice and runnable. Messed up 3 a bit by turning off too early and going straight to 6 not so fun, although had I looked for the indistinct path it was on I would have struggled...
Got 8 via the road then walked through all the grot to 9, hitting pretty cleanly. Getting more and more stuck in undergrowth towards the end. Took path most of way to 10 but should have stuck with it for longer and approached control from the stream as the brashings were particularly enhanced if approaching from the south. Getting a bit fed up with it all once I left 10.
13 seemed to take a long time to come but contours made it fairly easy. Then got lost on the taped (or not!) route to the finish as impossible to follow a bearing and go straight through the brashings. Didn't see the banner until I was on it so ended up relocating from the taped route from finish-download. Probably my only real mistake of the day.
Can't say it fully met my expectations but still a nice way to spend a cold Sunday morning in the snow.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/288213236
Saturday Mar 23, 2013 #
Running warm up/down 10:00 [3] 1.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: inov8 Mudclaw300 Yellow1
To/from the start. fast to the start to catch Mark, slow back from the finish as plotting ideas with Joe.
Orienteering race (NGOC Mallards Pike) 1:14:39 [3] 7.81 km (9:33 / km) +260m 8:12 / km
slept:5.5 shoes: inov8 Mudclaw300 Yellow1
NGOC League at Mallards Pike. 6.5km with 220m climb blue.
Very slow to 1 as adjusting to lack of grip from snow. Had written off the run before 2 so walked up the hill. Was still going well and caught up a bit on Michael by 3 (started 2 mins ahead). Went fairly straight 4-5 which I think was best for the speed I was going - knew the platform was in the wrong place as mapped but still was very slow finding it.
Caught out a bit on 6 - the clearing extended quite a bit further south than mapped so I turned left until the clearing stopped and found myself in the dark green some way south. Lost 1 min or so.
Went straight 6-7 and hoped to count clearings. Didn't work as found a big unmapped path in the green, then once I hit clearing number three I did think the plan had backfired as only two were mapped. Found a couple of million ditches (all unmapped) that all looked plausible before everyone else on the course caught up. Eventually managed to find the control a good 200 yards from where I was looking, and without leading anybody else into it. Leaving for the path to the north seemed a very long way - GPS agrees with this - I cannot match the control location on the GPS with location on the map at all.
Big slide in the snow going to 8 and managed to cut my right elbow for a change. Followed some dubious footprints through horrible stuff to 9 then made a bit of a miss in the circle - didn't notice the gully mapped. +30s. Then in good company for the next few controls and managed to lead some big names towards the big hole at the top of the circle at 10 rather than to the control. Took the vertical route to the control... Just about holding on until just after 12.
Kept about 20s behind Joe for the rest of the course with a big loss on 15 as everybody was milling around yards from the control making us think it was elsewhere - +3mins? Not caught out by platform at 16 I knew it was high. Then slide down to the finish...
Pretty bad run. Interesting course and avoided the worst slopes, even enjoyed it. A bit taken aback by how bad the map was by 7 as I though Mallards Pike was done pretty well. Probably my worst run here for 4 years or so so need to improve.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/287748256
Very slow to 1 as adjusting to lack of grip from snow. Had written off the run before 2 so walked up the hill. Was still going well and caught up a bit on Michael by 3 (started 2 mins ahead). Went fairly straight 4-5 which I think was best for the speed I was going - knew the platform was in the wrong place as mapped but still was very slow finding it.
Caught out a bit on 6 - the clearing extended quite a bit further south than mapped so I turned left until the clearing stopped and found myself in the dark green some way south. Lost 1 min or so.
Went straight 6-7 and hoped to count clearings. Didn't work as found a big unmapped path in the green, then once I hit clearing number three I did think the plan had backfired as only two were mapped. Found a couple of million ditches (all unmapped) that all looked plausible before everyone else on the course caught up. Eventually managed to find the control a good 200 yards from where I was looking, and without leading anybody else into it. Leaving for the path to the north seemed a very long way - GPS agrees with this - I cannot match the control location on the GPS with location on the map at all.
Big slide in the snow going to 8 and managed to cut my right elbow for a change. Followed some dubious footprints through horrible stuff to 9 then made a bit of a miss in the circle - didn't notice the gully mapped. +30s. Then in good company for the next few controls and managed to lead some big names towards the big hole at the top of the circle at 10 rather than to the control. Took the vertical route to the control... Just about holding on until just after 12.
Kept about 20s behind Joe for the rest of the course with a big loss on 15 as everybody was milling around yards from the control making us think it was elsewhere - +3mins? Not caught out by platform at 16 I knew it was high. Then slide down to the finish...
Pretty bad run. Interesting course and avoided the worst slopes, even enjoyed it. A bit taken aback by how bad the map was by 7 as I though Mallards Pike was done pretty well. Probably my worst run here for 4 years or so so need to improve.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/287748256