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Sunday Jun 21, 2009 #
Event: Harvester Trophy Weakend
Orienteering race 1:16:12 [4] 7.8 km (9:46 / km) +180m 8:46 / km
shoes: VJ Intergrator
Harvestor relays, Merthyr Common, South Wales,
4 leg dark/dawn (cause i took too long!)
Unfortuneantly some of the runners before me had lost big time, and we were 40 mins down on SYO, Fvo and 20 mins back on shouc when I went out, on the last night leg in 6th postion, With HOC and OUOC 10 mins ahead.
I was pretty confident I could catch Ian webb (OUOC), but was really suprised to see him at 3!! I then setlled in with conservative route choices (running to top of hills etc), until number 7. Coming out of 7, it felt like a waratah had gone through the front of my left foot. After checking it hadn't, and as it was a relay i pushed on adopting a strange running style (stranger than my style already).
Was not reading map going into num 9, had no idea where i was, couldn't find pond by track to relocate, then the 2 runners i had passed showed up. couldn't relocate off the first hill, managed too eventually off the second. Think i'd been roughly in the correct area the whole time, but don't really now, and didn't care much. lost about 14 mins. Bugger.
Then nailed 10, bit shaky on 12, Then as i was going down to 14 I couldn't make sense of anything, I think cause i was reading the form lines as contours, and ended up well below it and had to head back up, passing a runner coming down who said something like "you're going the wrong way" with me thinking no, you are. 2.5 mins
Then sloopy out of spectator, and in too finish, and tom wasn't quite there! fooled by my shorter spectator loop.
So went +2 and bought us into 4th. Really pissed off by 9, where i was not concentrating. Otherwise thought my race was quite good, easier than i imagined it would be.
The boys (tom and tim in particuarly having very good runs) consildated our 4th position. With big gaps either side. So BOKs highest placing in recent times - 5th last year. The top SYO team was decimated, by craneys stag do, but then we were missing our best runner too due to it.
We were a long way back on 1,2,3. But i still think we could do better, with our team. There's always next year.
4 leg dark/dawn (cause i took too long!)
Unfortuneantly some of the runners before me had lost big time, and we were 40 mins down on SYO, Fvo and 20 mins back on shouc when I went out, on the last night leg in 6th postion, With HOC and OUOC 10 mins ahead.
I was pretty confident I could catch Ian webb (OUOC), but was really suprised to see him at 3!! I then setlled in with conservative route choices (running to top of hills etc), until number 7. Coming out of 7, it felt like a waratah had gone through the front of my left foot. After checking it hadn't, and as it was a relay i pushed on adopting a strange running style (stranger than my style already).
Was not reading map going into num 9, had no idea where i was, couldn't find pond by track to relocate, then the 2 runners i had passed showed up. couldn't relocate off the first hill, managed too eventually off the second. Think i'd been roughly in the correct area the whole time, but don't really now, and didn't care much. lost about 14 mins. Bugger.
Then nailed 10, bit shaky on 12, Then as i was going down to 14 I couldn't make sense of anything, I think cause i was reading the form lines as contours, and ended up well below it and had to head back up, passing a runner coming down who said something like "you're going the wrong way" with me thinking no, you are. 2.5 mins
Then sloopy out of spectator, and in too finish, and tom wasn't quite there! fooled by my shorter spectator loop.
So went +2 and bought us into 4th. Really pissed off by 9, where i was not concentrating. Otherwise thought my race was quite good, easier than i imagined it would be.
The boys (tom and tim in particuarly having very good runs) consildated our 4th position. With big gaps either side. So BOKs highest placing in recent times - 5th last year. The top SYO team was decimated, by craneys stag do, but then we were missing our best runner too due to it.
We were a long way back on 1,2,3. But i still think we could do better, with our team. There's always next year.
Saturday Jun 20, 2009 #
Note
Mtn forecast for harvestor
"Risk of extensive hill fog causing navigational difficulties at times, mainly highest peaks." fantastic :)
"Risk of extensive hill fog causing navigational difficulties at times, mainly highest peaks." fantastic :)
Orienteering race 45:18 [3] 5.4 km (8:23 / km) +165m 7:17 / km
shoes: VJ Intergrator
Clydach Terrace, South Wales
Middle distance
Just took it quite easy before harvestor. Cool little area, mistakes on 18, which i don't think was quite right, 19, massive track before and 24 where i ballsed up, and small time loss on 26. Felt more like a control picking exercise with a lack of long legs (28 controls!). Felt a bit flat too. Overall happy.
Winner, 39.03
17/54
http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.a...
Middle distance
Just took it quite easy before harvestor. Cool little area, mistakes on 18, which i don't think was quite right, 19, massive track before and 24 where i ballsed up, and small time loss on 26. Felt more like a control picking exercise with a lack of long legs (28 controls!). Felt a bit flat too. Overall happy.
Winner, 39.03
17/54
http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/default.a...
Friday Jun 19, 2009 #
Note
checking course at blaise and redoing for weds.
Going by the numerous big tress not on the map it must have been mapped 70 years ago, or possible in a different geolocigal era if going by the missing rock features
Bring good shoes and a full nettle emersion suit.
Going by the numerous big tress not on the map it must have been mapped 70 years ago, or possible in a different geolocigal era if going by the missing rock features
Bring good shoes and a full nettle emersion suit.
Thursday Jun 18, 2009 #
Run warm up/down 50:00 [2]
shoes: f-lite 335
Warm/up down/jogging down hill
Run 15:00 [5]
shoes: f-lite 335
Hill intervals with kingtim and Mark S
Cool little hill up out of gorge. Very runnable, mixed terraine, pity it's not a tad longer. Did 8 runs. Would've bene good to do 10, but the others were being a bit wimpy :) My stomach was upset after stuffing up my eating schedule this arvo. Breathing a bit wheezy.
Looking forward to harvestor, FVO team looks hard to beat, with marcus pinker reinforcing.
times roughly
1.40,1.41,1.45,1.51,1.52,1.57,1.52,1.46
Cool little hill up out of gorge. Very runnable, mixed terraine, pity it's not a tad longer. Did 8 runs. Would've bene good to do 10, but the others were being a bit wimpy :) My stomach was upset after stuffing up my eating schedule this arvo. Breathing a bit wheezy.
Looking forward to harvestor, FVO team looks hard to beat, with marcus pinker reinforcing.
times roughly
1.40,1.41,1.45,1.51,1.52,1.57,1.52,1.46
Wednesday Jun 17, 2009 #
Road Bike 25:00 [1]
Bike to from work, poored with rain on the way home.
Current route involves too much dodgness and starting and stopping to be that fun. Need to find better way. But hey it was national bike to work day!
Current route involves too much dodgness and starting and stopping to be that fun. Need to find better way. But hey it was national bike to work day!
Run 30:00 [2]
shoes: f-lite 335
Lunch run,
Round airfield to my little hilll above cribs and back. calf felt OK nothing seriously wrong, it just needs a swedish massage or something I think. Throat though is playing up (again)
Round airfield to my little hilll above cribs and back. calf felt OK nothing seriously wrong, it just needs a swedish massage or something I think. Throat though is playing up (again)
Tuesday Jun 16, 2009 #
Note
Have twinged something in right calf, thought i got a slight cramp twinge near the end of the race. But equally could've been from bad dancing under the influnce.
Not too bad, will be back running tomorrow probably
Not too bad, will be back running tomorrow probably
Monday Jun 15, 2009 #
Note
Jukola was amazing, ran last leg, did alright to do 2.02ish on a 16ish k last leg in finnish terraine., but a few medium mistakes and several small ones. Also had to naavigate the whole way, but a lot was well tracked. Well write more when i'm less knackerd, but was amazing expereince and happy with my run.