Training Log Archive: CruachanIn the 1 days ending Nov 2, 2008:
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Sunday Nov 2, 2008 #
Event: SOC November Classic
Running (Warm up/down) 24:00 [1] 3.0 mi (8:00 / mi)
slept:6.7
Jog to the start and back from the finish at Nov Classic
Orienteering race 36:00 [5] *** 6.0 km (6:00 / km) +95m 5:34 / km
spiked:2/6c shoes: Integrator
Went off well and was making decent enough progress until chose direct route from 6 to 7. It was mapped as rough marshy open and looked ok from a distance and given it is the New Forest, should not have been too bad. It was! Took me 10 MINS (!) to progress 200m! Never experienced deep tussocks/blind ditches/thorns like it. Should have been mapped as uncrossable. I'm 6 foot tall, quite strong and relatively fit but was reduced to a complete cripple in this terrain. Eventually got across and jacked it in. No mood to finish.... A simple lesson in why orienteering can also be a completely SHIT sport.
Terrain training 32:00 [3] ** 5.5 km (5:49 / km) +55m 5:32 / km
shoes: Integrator
Ran back to the finish through the terrain in a foul mood (from controls 7 to 13) navigating but without punching.
Note
Just checked splits from the Classic and I was 3.5 mins off the pace by control 6. Not good. Had felt dodgy all week - more tired than usual - but that could have been down to the training load. Did make wobbly errors on the way to those early controls and was not particularly clean - but clearly was losing more time than I thought. Physical or navigational? Hmm.....