Training Log Archive: Scrappy DooIn the 7 days ending Apr 22, 2014:
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Monday Apr 21, 2014 #
Orienteering race 42:31 [5] 6.61 km (6:26 / km) +126m 5:52 / km
JK Relay - Pwll Ddu - M120+ BOK C or M45 team with Matthew Owen and Ifor Powell
Ran first leg and really enjoyed it......
Took it easy out of start as didn't fancy being in mass pack through tussocks - southern route to 1 - very slight hesitancy at control
Into 4 with KingTim who stopped just short of punching, realised he had dropped dibber, do I help him look for it .... nah!! I have a team to think about
lost a little bit through steep quarry sections
7-8 should have taken the path (Dave Peel) route, but went the up and down route - then the group I was with all punched a control which was not mine and I was hesitant into it - KingTim caught me here again and then ran next few with him and Scott Collier
Managed to get a gap on Scott after specatator control where I took the lower route and took a few seconds out of Tim and Scott who wnet over hill.
Then pretty easy, just trying to stay with Tim to finish (navigating myself just in case Tim wasn't !!)
12th on M120+ relay
Matthew brought ups up to10th and then Ifor dropped us to 12th (he looked knackered at finish)
Probably my second favourite major relay leg ever :-)
Ran first leg and really enjoyed it......
Took it easy out of start as didn't fancy being in mass pack through tussocks - southern route to 1 - very slight hesitancy at control
Into 4 with KingTim who stopped just short of punching, realised he had dropped dibber, do I help him look for it .... nah!! I have a team to think about
lost a little bit through steep quarry sections
7-8 should have taken the path (Dave Peel) route, but went the up and down route - then the group I was with all punched a control which was not mine and I was hesitant into it - KingTim caught me here again and then ran next few with him and Scott Collier
Managed to get a gap on Scott after specatator control where I took the lower route and took a few seconds out of Tim and Scott who wnet over hill.
Then pretty easy, just trying to stay with Tim to finish (navigating myself just in case Tim wasn't !!)
12th on M120+ relay
Matthew brought ups up to10th and then Ifor dropped us to 12th (he looked knackered at finish)
Probably my second favourite major relay leg ever :-)
Sunday Apr 20, 2014 #
Orienteering race 1:21:12 [5] 11.29 km (7:12 / km) +189m 6:38 / km
JK Day 3 - Llangynidr
1-2 went right out of 1 and ended up on path to start, but then went back in too early and had to go down and up through a large re-entrant - 1 min
Drifted left on very long leg to 3 and ended up using control 4 as my attack point (on purpose) - over 20 minutes for leg and thought I lost more time - probably 2 minutes
After that just very hesitant and scrappy with 30 second mistakes at quite a few controls
More at 11
31st
Ended up 28th overall - 47 seconds quicker and would have been 23rd
Not brilliant weekend, but at least Piriformis didn't cause too much of an issue
1-2 went right out of 1 and ended up on path to start, but then went back in too early and had to go down and up through a large re-entrant - 1 min
Drifted left on very long leg to 3 and ended up using control 4 as my attack point (on purpose) - over 20 minutes for leg and thought I lost more time - probably 2 minutes
After that just very hesitant and scrappy with 30 second mistakes at quite a few controls
More at 11
31st
Ended up 28th overall - 47 seconds quicker and would have been 23rd
Not brilliant weekend, but at least Piriformis didn't cause too much of an issue
Saturday Apr 19, 2014 #
Orienteering race 1:10:31 [5] 11.13 km (6:20 / km) +168m 5:53 / km
JK Day 2 - Merthyr Common - M45
Lost 4 minutes on no. 1 - thought I was on wrong path and then got totally confused and couldn't relocate!!
3-4 Took the high route using the cairns (going below spurs would have been far easier and the drifted left and again struggled to relocate - 3 mins
Caught by Parkino (and a Dane) - tried to outrun him, but he was just so accurate and ended up leading me into a few controls despite getting ahead a few times on route!!
30th
Lost 4 minutes on no. 1 - thought I was on wrong path and then got totally confused and couldn't relocate!!
3-4 Took the high route using the cairns (going below spurs would have been far easier and the drifted left and again struggled to relocate - 3 mins
Caught by Parkino (and a Dane) - tried to outrun him, but he was just so accurate and ended up leading me into a few controls despite getting ahead a few times on route!!
30th
Friday Apr 18, 2014 #
Event: JK 2014
Orienteering race 16:34 [5] 3.4 km (4:52 / km) +28m 4:41 / km
JK Sprint - Swansea University and Singleton Park - M45
Frustrating run..... 3 fastest legs but also 2 30 second errors, plus a few smaller ones!
One 30 sec error due to thinking couldn't go through hedge (should read final details and apologies to Alison S)
Other 30 second error due to mental blockage, thinking I was going to 20 when going to 19 and got confused when came across canopy, but was 5m from 19
Lost time on 16 as read contour line as uncrossable feature
and came back in from east.
Hesitant to 20.
Frustrating run..... 3 fastest legs but also 2 30 second errors, plus a few smaller ones!
One 30 sec error due to thinking couldn't go through hedge (should read final details and apologies to Alison S)
Other 30 second error due to mental blockage, thinking I was going to 20 when going to 19 and got confused when came across canopy, but was 5m from 19
Lost time on 16 as read contour line as uncrossable feature
and came back in from east.
Hesitant to 20.
Thursday Apr 17, 2014 #
Orienteering 2:00:00 [1]
Walking around Llangattock with Caroline's dad practising compass work...
Wednesday Apr 16, 2014 #
Orienteering race 58:32 [3] 8.26 km (7:05 / km) +77m 6:46 / km
Welsh Junior Squad Event -Clydach
Well that's all the mistakes out of the way before the weekend
The cake was good after!
Well that's all the mistakes out of the way before the weekend
The cake was good after!