Training Log Archive: martin(uk)In the 7 days ending Jan 8, 2013:
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Tuesday Jan 8, 2013 #
3 PM
Orienteering race 16:50 [4] 3.0 km (5:37 / km) +100m 4:49 / km
Oceania Festival Day 4, Middle Earth (Wellington College), M45A. 5th.
A really varied Sprint area, starting on steep wooded hillside, and finishing in the complex Wellington College grounds. I should have been 90-120 seconds faster which would have got me 2nd place, but made a couple of small errors due to lack of concentration. I couldn't have done Al's time of just over 14 mins.
A really varied Sprint area, starting on steep wooded hillside, and finishing in the complex Wellington College grounds. I should have been 90-120 seconds faster which would have got me 2nd place, but made a couple of small errors due to lack of concentration. I couldn't have done Al's time of just over 14 mins.
Sunday Jan 6, 2013 #
4 PM
Orienteering race 30:29 4.18 km (7:17 / km) +4m 7:15 / km
ahr:167 max:175
Oceania Festival Day 3, Manga Pirau, M45A. 1st.
Another sand dunes area, but this time with a reasonable amount of the course in open dunes rather than forest. I got lucky! Rob Jessop came and introduced himself to me at the start (aparently we'd run against each other years ago at an OK Nuts Trophy race). Rob then started 2 minutes ahead of me, but blew the first control, so just as I was approaching it he was arriving from the opposite direction. He then sprinted off towards number 2, and I did my best to hang on to him. I managed to hang on, but only just - he was doing the navigation, and I was map reading only enough to know roughly where we were if it all went wrong.
On a leg through some crappy bushy stuff he took a different route and I got ahead, but I then hesitated and he came by again. He did finally break away at the end, to finish 20 seconds before me. Had I not got a tow, Rob would have won by a deecent margin.
Another sand dunes area, but this time with a reasonable amount of the course in open dunes rather than forest. I got lucky! Rob Jessop came and introduced himself to me at the start (aparently we'd run against each other years ago at an OK Nuts Trophy race). Rob then started 2 minutes ahead of me, but blew the first control, so just as I was approaching it he was arriving from the opposite direction. He then sprinted off towards number 2, and I did my best to hang on to him. I managed to hang on, but only just - he was doing the navigation, and I was map reading only enough to know roughly where we were if it all went wrong.
On a leg through some crappy bushy stuff he took a different route and I got ahead, but I then hesitated and he came by again. He did finally break away at the end, to finish 20 seconds before me. Had I not got a tow, Rob would have won by a deecent margin.
Saturday Jan 5, 2013 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 1:18:13 10.18 km (7:41 / km) +34m 7:34 / km
ahr:157 max:176
Oceania Festival Day 2, Osgiliath, M45A. 9th.
Another sand dunes area, and another good run apart from one control, which was really bad. This time I binned 7 minutes on the penultimate (#22), and dropped from 5th to 9th.
Another sand dunes area, and another good run apart from one control, which was really bad. This time I binned 7 minutes on the penultimate (#22), and dropped from 5th to 9th.
Friday Jan 4, 2013 #
12 PM
Orienteering race 48:15 8.15 km (5:55 / km) +19m 5:51 / km
ahr:168 max:177
Oceania Festival Day 1, Fusilier, M45A. 7th.
A nice sand-dunes area, with some low vis stuff near the coast. I was leading after 2 controls but managed to bin 4 minutes at #3, when I had spotted it would be difficult.
A nice sand-dunes area, with some low vis stuff near the coast. I was leading after 2 controls but managed to bin 4 minutes at #3, when I had spotted it would be difficult.