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Sunday May 17, 2015 #
3 AM
Orienteering 1:23:26 [3] 4.3 km (19:24 / km)
Short difficult night. This was like the 2nd short difficult I ran during the day through the green shit, except at night so even worse.
After the 2nd control, the rest of the course was in green, so spent a lot of time going around and would have run way further than the straight line.
Got lucky on 5 and lead some people in to it, had trouble on 7 where vegetation and even my compass didn't seem to make sense, searched a while for 8 (on a stump in a patch of green in a clearing that seemed to have a lot more patches of green in it), searched again for 12 in another area where I couldn't understand the vegetation.
Except for the bizarreness of going orienteering at 3am, did NOT enjoy this.
After the 2nd control, the rest of the course was in green, so spent a lot of time going around and would have run way further than the straight line.
Got lucky on 5 and lead some people in to it, had trouble on 7 where vegetation and even my compass didn't seem to make sense, searched a while for 8 (on a stump in a patch of green in a clearing that seemed to have a lot more patches of green in it), searched again for 12 in another area where I couldn't understand the vegetation.
Except for the bizarreness of going orienteering at 3am, did NOT enjoy this.
8 AM
Orienteering 26:28 [3] 3.4 km (7:47 / km)
Short easy. This was bliss. Apart from the fact that my heels were too sore to run on until about the 2nd last control. The sun was up, the birds were singing and I didn't have to run again. Big smile.
So nice to be able to run and not fight through stuff or hunt for controls. Beautiful way to finish!
So nice to be able to run and not fight through stuff or hunt for controls. Beautiful way to finish!
Saturday May 16, 2015 #
10 AM
Orienteering 49:43 [3] 5.4 km (9:12 / km)
Thüringer 24h relay. Team 94, Hurricane, 3rd runner.
Woah. Saved all my training for the week up and spent it at the weekend. Had a minor headcold during the week and was visiting people and didn't really get around to training anyway.
First taste of the forest on a short diffcult course. Found the forest super hard to get through in parts, which would be a theme for the rest of the event. Depending on where you were, you were held back by undergrowth, blackberries, fallen timber, thick pines of a combination of the above. There were some nice mossy open forest areas too.
Only one difficulty on this course getting through an area of crap which I should have gone around. Got disoriented a bit but eventually found my way out.
Woah. Saved all my training for the week up and spent it at the weekend. Had a minor headcold during the week and was visiting people and didn't really get around to training anyway.
First taste of the forest on a short diffcult course. Found the forest super hard to get through in parts, which would be a theme for the rest of the event. Depending on where you were, you were held back by undergrowth, blackberries, fallen timber, thick pines of a combination of the above. There were some nice mossy open forest areas too.
Only one difficulty on this course getting through an area of crap which I should have gone around. Got disoriented a bit but eventually found my way out.
3 PM
Orienteering 1:04:57 [3] 5.2 km (12:29 / km)
Second run. Another short difficult. This time mostly through green shit. There was quite a lot of swearing about German forests. Was not much fun.
Had trouble on 4 getting stuck in shit and by this time I still hadn't really figured out what the different greens/yellows on the map are. Vegetation around 5 didn't make any sense at all. Then found some more green controls, scratched my fingers on some blackberries, bled a bit, got stuck in some more green, chanced upon a control, then finally got into some nicer forest for the last few contols.
Had trouble on 4 getting stuck in shit and by this time I still hadn't really figured out what the different greens/yellows on the map are. Vegetation around 5 didn't make any sense at all. Then found some more green controls, scratched my fingers on some blackberries, bled a bit, got stuck in some more green, chanced upon a control, then finally got into some nicer forest for the last few contols.
8 PM
Orienteering 1:07:48 [3] 6.7 km (10:07 / km)
Long twilight. Got to a new bit of the map (for me) with some contours and passages through green. Ran without a headlamp until just over half way, then couldn't read the map any more so switched it on. Controls stood out a fair way with reflective tape on them.
Felt like I'd run out of juice about a third the way through and realised I hadn't eaten enough between races. Legs had no power, and even struggled going downhill. Came good somehow during the race though.
Felt like I'd run out of juice about a third the way through and realised I hadn't eaten enough between races. Legs had no power, and even struggled going downhill. Came good somehow during the race though.