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Saturday Mar 24, 2012 #
Event: British Sprint Championships
11 AM
Running warm up/down 15:21 2.52 km (6:06 / km) +18m 5:53 / km
shoes: Inov8 X Talon 212 (3)
Orienteering race 15:02 [5] *** 3.2 km (4:42 / km) +20m 4:33 / km
slept:6.0 shoes: Inov8 X Talon 212 (3)
BEOC Sprint Qualifier Heat C
Woke up with my thighs and ITBs still very sore from Thursday's plyometrics and despite plenty of rolling and stretching they were still pretty sore as I started.
Started steadily to start cleanly though was still not smooth through the first few. Lost a few seconds to 11 by making sure I didn't go through the open uncrossable gate and went the right way through the bin store. It went wrong at 14. I chose the route to the right by the lake and at this point found myself at a dead end with a 3.0m drop in front of me. It turned out later there was an underpass but I never saw it. Having already started losing confidence in the map I thought it must be totally wrong so ran around the other side of the building and lost ~35-40s. Was running with Oli and Arturs Paulinš through the next few and had edged ahead through superior RC but then through confusion with hedges and fences lost ~20s at 18. Legs never felt like they got going the whole race. Finished unsurprisingly in 7th and missed out on the A final.
Really wasn't happy with the mapping which I still feel wasn't clear enough, protest rejected by organiser and then by the jury less than 30mins from the start of the A final. Not happy with the decision and another of other aspects of the race but not much I can do now. Live and learn.
Woke up with my thighs and ITBs still very sore from Thursday's plyometrics and despite plenty of rolling and stretching they were still pretty sore as I started.
Started steadily to start cleanly though was still not smooth through the first few. Lost a few seconds to 11 by making sure I didn't go through the open uncrossable gate and went the right way through the bin store. It went wrong at 14. I chose the route to the right by the lake and at this point found myself at a dead end with a 3.0m drop in front of me. It turned out later there was an underpass but I never saw it. Having already started losing confidence in the map I thought it must be totally wrong so ran around the other side of the building and lost ~35-40s. Was running with Oli and Arturs Paulinš through the next few and had edged ahead through superior RC but then through confusion with hedges and fences lost ~20s at 18. Legs never felt like they got going the whole race. Finished unsurprisingly in 7th and missed out on the A final.
Really wasn't happy with the mapping which I still feel wasn't clear enough, protest rejected by organiser and then by the jury less than 30mins from the start of the A final. Not happy with the decision and another of other aspects of the race but not much I can do now. Live and learn.
12 PM
Running warm up/down 16:46 [1] 3.0 km (5:35 / km) +9m 5:30 / km
shoes: Inov8 Road-X 233
4 PM
Running warm up/down 20:00 [1] 2.5 km (8:00 / km)
shoes: Inov8 Road-X 233
Orienteering race 12:22 [5] *** 3.06 km (4:02 / km) +14m 3:57 / km
shoes: Inov8 Road-X 233
BEOC Final B
Finally got on the start line after plenty of not knowing what was going on and arseing about. Then it emerged they had run out of maps on our course! What a complete shambles. 15mins later we were finally started with a punching start.
Head totally not in the game for the first 3 and dicking about losing a few seconds on each before sorting myself out and getting my head in the game. Lost a couple of seconds at 5 but then pretty much clean from then on with only the odd second of hesitation. Still never felt I was able to go any faster than a cruise pace. Still lacking the speed after coming back from injury but I'm sure it will soon come. Positive results only a few seconds down on Poo Boy and comparative min/km as the top guys on the A (though probably not fair to compare directly.
Finally got on the start line after plenty of not knowing what was going on and arseing about. Then it emerged they had run out of maps on our course! What a complete shambles. 15mins later we were finally started with a punching start.
Head totally not in the game for the first 3 and dicking about losing a few seconds on each before sorting myself out and getting my head in the game. Lost a couple of seconds at 5 but then pretty much clean from then on with only the odd second of hesitation. Still never felt I was able to go any faster than a cruise pace. Still lacking the speed after coming back from injury but I'm sure it will soon come. Positive results only a few seconds down on Poo Boy and comparative min/km as the top guys on the A (though probably not fair to compare directly.
Running 10:03 [2] 1.77 km (5:41 / km) +1m 5:40 / km
shoes: Inov8 Road-X 233