Training Log Archive: GlenTIn the 7 days ending Jul 9, 2012:
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Sunday Jul 8, 2012 #
7 AM
Orienteering race 47:37 [4] *** 6.01 km (7:55 / km) +76m 7:27 / km
spiked:14/18c shoes: VJ Falcons 4 (yellow)
Ice-O Middle distance course on Elliðaárdalur map, near Reykjavik. A wooded park (for Iceland) with a heavy trail network. 1:7500 with 2m contours and I did not adjust well so I had a less than stellar run. Overran the first two controls and struggled a bit reading the vegetation, so I wasn't relocating quickly. Misread trails on #14. Total of about 12 minutes of errors and ended up 6/11 in M50. Straightline distance 3.7km. Overcast and 50's at the start but the sun came out later.
As with all of the events of the Ice-O, this one was well organized with all the amenities. I highly recommend the Ice-O event as an excuse to visit Iceland (although you don't really need an excuse - Iceland is worth the visit even without orienteering while you're there).
As with all of the events of the Ice-O, this one was well organized with all the amenities. I highly recommend the Ice-O event as an excuse to visit Iceland (although you don't really need an excuse - Iceland is worth the visit even without orienteering while you're there).
Saturday Jul 7, 2012 #
7 AM
Orienteering race 59:21 [4] *** 5.37 km (11:03 / km) +85m 10:14 / km
spiked:14/17c shoes: VJ Falcons 4 (yellow)
Long event for ICE-O. Vífilsstaðahlið map, located about 15 min from Reykjavik. Terrain is mostly lava with some thick vegetation in places which made for a physical course. The vegetation is "birch"' with the shape and consistency of mountain laurel, nearly impenetrable spruce, or lupines (an invasive species which is thriving and is thick and mid-thigh high). Fortunately we were done with the thick stuff after the seventh control and the rest of the course was mostly a control pick in a fairly flat lava flow. Course was more middle distance character, but that's what I was expecting and was quite fun in the second half.
Finished 2nd in M50 out of 12, 1:19 back of first (beat a bunch of Europeans, but I suspect most of the hot shots are at WMOC). A drizzly day to start so things were wet. Rain had stopped before I ran and the sun peeked out for a bit afterwards.
Straight line distance 4.2k.
Finished 2nd in M50 out of 12, 1:19 back of first (beat a bunch of Europeans, but I suspect most of the hot shots are at WMOC). A drizzly day to start so things were wet. Rain had stopped before I ran and the sun peeked out for a bit afterwards.
Straight line distance 4.2k.
Friday Jul 6, 2012 #
Event: Ice-O 2012
2 PM
Orienteering race 21:12 *** 3.75 km (5:39 / km) +12m 5:34 / km
ahr:149 max:161 spiked:18/19c shoes: Scarpa Spark Trail Shoes
Sprint in Reykjavik (Miðbær Háskóli Íslands map. A mix of park, city, and campus sprint. Lots of fun. About 90 sec lost, with the biggest error overrunning 8 and chasing another bag for probably 40 sec. 5th in M50 (of 12) but 7 seconds quicker would've put me in 3rd. Overcast and in the 50's (a summer day in Iceland). Straightline distance 3.0k.