Training Log Archive: nmulder

Have arrived in Avila, the starting location for AR World Champs. Team Cyanosis (me, Mac, Ryno and Jen from Canada) went for a short run this morning to loosen up around the old city. Beautiful medieval fortress walls and old city. Was still dark till 8.30am despite it only getting dark at 8.30pm the previous evening.

C • Good luck! 4

Team ride around Avila and out on one of the quieter roads on the surrounding plain.

Flew to Spain for AR World Champs

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Rode out via Barbecue Downs to Waterval, around the trail and then back.

Av 19.7
TE 2.4, Epoc 44, 475 kcal.

10 laps of Emmies with Landie in the K2. First training session without the coughing.

Ran 3rd leg for ROC, behind Ian (did 27 mins) and Craig (36 mins). For the nth year in a row, we left Sarah out of the team (sick) and for the nth year we regretted it. Saw the first 3 teams finish (RACO, PENOC, AR Club) before I got to go out in about 8th or 9th (no results yet). Chased a lot of people down, but missed catching the unofficial WITSOC and RACO II (who might be dsqed for not clearing an emit). Thus officially, we may still be 4th!

Had a good start, but lost concentration after #8. Went off wrong line to #9 and lost about 15s. Then wrong route to #10 as a result of wrong exit angle. Also didn't climb enough to #12. Took wrong route choice to #13.

Map still iffy in parts, mainly veg, even though the map was a big improvement on Saturday on the hill area (mapping was still in progress Sat afternoon!). Another wallly nomination.

TE 3.1, Epoc 86, 216 kcal.

From Orienteering Maps

C • Mapping in progress... 1

Second day in a row where it was advantageous to cheat and not go past the start control. :-(

Had another good start, but had a big wobble to #4 where I lost direction and got pushed to the left (30s), another wobble at #5 (wrong rock feature) before settling down again. Took the wrong route choice to #11, which Ake proved was fastest straight over the saddle (30s). Then okay again, with no further mistakes. I got a split on Ake (12 mins behind) finishing the last loop and realised I needed to go flat out as he was running about 30s faster at that stage. Gave it everything on the last few long legs and was almost collapsing in the finish run.

In the end, Ake made a couple of mistakes at the end, so I beat him by just under a minute, but the surprise was Brad who came in to win about 90s faster than me (SA Champ at age 16). The splits reveal that Brad went flying out of the start and opened the gap on the first 10 controls, all in the technical areas. I was catching towards the end, but I didn't have enough mins of mistakes to match his time. Next year.

Results

TE 5.0, Epoc 376, 1329 kcal.

From Orienteering Maps

Long Course 1 - Splits