Training Log Archive: martin(uk)In the 12 days ending Feb 7, 2013:
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Sunday Feb 3, 2013 #
12 PM
Running 21:38 3.01 km (7:11 / km) +36m 6:47 / km
ahr:123 max:151
Warm up to start.
Orienteering race 1:04:34 12.54 km (5:09 / km) +95m 4:58 / km
ahr:170 max:180
Midland Champs, Sherwood Forest, M45L.
Sherwood was as flat and fast as normal, and the brambles weren't too bad. Reasonable run, but somehow managed to bin 3 minutes at control #13 which was a pit, where the flag had been put down in the pit. According to my GPS I was within 10m of it (possibly closer) on first approach, and then again on at least two further occasions, before I eventually spotted it. Really annoying, as 3 mins cost me the the class win, and would have had me much closer to Tim's 60 minutes.
Sherwood was as flat and fast as normal, and the brambles weren't too bad. Reasonable run, but somehow managed to bin 3 minutes at control #13 which was a pit, where the flag had been put down in the pit. According to my GPS I was within 10m of it (possibly closer) on first approach, and then again on at least two further occasions, before I eventually spotted it. Really annoying, as 3 mins cost me the the class win, and would have had me much closer to Tim's 60 minutes.
Saturday Feb 2, 2013 #
11 AM
Orienteering 50:10 2.92 km (17:12 / km) +40m 16:06 / km
ahr:111 max:151
Control hanging, Ecclesall Woods.
2 PM
Orienteering 26:23 4.36 km (6:03 / km) +73m 5:35 / km
ahr:163 max:177
Saturday training, Ecclesall Woods. Light Green.
Fairly clean run, fairly fast. Muddy out there.
Fairly clean run, fairly fast. Muddy out there.
Thursday Jan 31, 2013 #
6 PM
Orienteering 43:22 5.3 km (8:11 / km) +106m 7:26 / km
ahr:147 max:164
Hugsett Wood night training.
Great practice for Tankersley BNC. Got completely lost a couple of times, but managed to relocate quickly, and was never far from being in the right place. Just need to spot the trickiest controls and slow down a bit more for them.
Great practice for Tankersley BNC. Got completely lost a couple of times, but managed to relocate quickly, and was never far from being in the right place. Just need to spot the trickiest controls and slow down a bit more for them.
Sunday Jan 27, 2013 #
11 AM
Orienteering race 22:47 2.17 mi (10:30 / mi) +142m 8:44 / mi
ahr:171 max:177
Edinburgh Chasing Sprint - Prologue, Whinny Hill
Somewhat tired after yesterday's city race, and I knew this would be a steep and potentially tough course on which errors could be costly, so the tactic was just to have a steady but clean run, and save energy for head-to-head racing in the chase. Went to plan, and I was within 20 seconds of the leader in 2nd place anyway.
Somewhat tired after yesterday's city race, and I knew this would be a steep and potentially tough course on which errors could be costly, so the tactic was just to have a steady but clean run, and save energy for head-to-head racing in the chase. Went to plan, and I was within 20 seconds of the leader in 2nd place anyway.
1 PM
Orienteering race 18:46 1.87 mi (10:02 / mi) +21m 9:42 / mi
ahr:152 max:183
Edinburgh Chasing Sprint - Chase.
Well it was fun, with lots of head-to-head racing, lots of changes in the lead (Linnea, Jase, Robin and me), and some quite tricky controls. I had assumed that no butterflies meant it was just a straight race with everyone on the same course, so was using "navigation" to try to take and extend a lead, but using "following" when I just needed to catch up.
Controls 9 and 10 were tricky, so we were all in there at the same time, and I managed to work out where #10 was first, so got away heading into 11 and 12. At 12 Linnea caught me, and then overtook me on the way into the Dynamic Earth complex for 13. Stupidly I decided I was racing her (didn't want womens elite beating us old men!), so I then followed her through 13, 14 and towards 15. However, she went to the wrong 15, I saw the code was wrong and checked my map and descriptions, and then had to correct myself having lost about a minute. In that time Jase had gone through (on a different gaffle!?), and took the win - well done.
I should have read the map and descriptions, but got carried away with the "chase". Lesson learnt!
Well it was fun, with lots of head-to-head racing, lots of changes in the lead (Linnea, Jase, Robin and me), and some quite tricky controls. I had assumed that no butterflies meant it was just a straight race with everyone on the same course, so was using "navigation" to try to take and extend a lead, but using "following" when I just needed to catch up.
Controls 9 and 10 were tricky, so we were all in there at the same time, and I managed to work out where #10 was first, so got away heading into 11 and 12. At 12 Linnea caught me, and then overtook me on the way into the Dynamic Earth complex for 13. Stupidly I decided I was racing her (didn't want womens elite beating us old men!), so I then followed her through 13, 14 and towards 15. However, she went to the wrong 15, I saw the code was wrong and checked my map and descriptions, and then had to correct myself having lost about a minute. In that time Jase had gone through (on a different gaffle!?), and took the win - well done.
I should have read the map and descriptions, but got carried away with the "chase". Lesson learnt!