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In the 31 days ending Jul 31, 2021:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Running - Trail	17	9:28:55	47.69	(11:56)	76.76	(7:25)	1753
Orienteering - Forest - Race	5	4:05:58	17.55	(14:01)	28.25	(8:42)	1558	60 /	73c	82%
Orienteering - Forest - Training	5	3:26:50	16.26	(12:43)	26.18	(7:54)	458
Total	24	17:01:43	81.51	(12:32)	131.18	(7:47)	3769	60 /	73c	82%

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Saturday Jul 31, 2021 #

9 AM

Orienteering - Forest - Training 49:30 [4] 6.83 km (7:15 / km) +59m 6:57 / km

Back home at Ryssbergen. Training course connecting boulders from spring 2020. Running felt good and fast, but 1:30 slower than first time, probably due to a hook at 5 (new clearcut) and 15 (dark green).

Sunday Jul 25, 2021 #

9 AM

Orienteering - Forest - Race 1:00:46 [4] **** 6.8 km (8:56 / km) +437m 6:46 / km
spiked:10/13c

Day 5 chase. Started in 3rd with 5 min to 2nd and 3 min back to 4th. Made a massive parallel error to control 3. Climbed up the wrong ravine and at the top was a control on the same type of feature. Got so confused and when I guessed what must have happened I completely botched the recovery and climbed up way above my control and got even more confused. It's really difficult when you lose it on these 45 degree slopes with gigantic cliffs and spurs all around. Lost 7 minutes here. Eventually caught back up to the 5th guy and we were together for the crazy climbs towards the arena. Took a different route choice to the second last control, around the ravines, and passed him there to finish in 4th.

The spell is broken! Finally finished a Bohemia 5-days after 15 years...

https://obpostupy.orientacnisporty.cz/zavod/511b14...

C • Maps? 2

11 AM

Running - Trail 30:00 [3] 3.0 km (10:00 / km)

Shadowing Alex on his course.

Saturday Jul 24, 2021 #

8 AM

Running - Trail 11:49 [2] 1.39 km (8:32 / km) +34m 7:36 / km

Easy warm-up.

9 AM

Orienteering - Forest - Race 36:38 [4] **** 3.68 km (9:58 / km) +265m 7:19 / km
spiked:14/16c

Day 4. Was really really tired yesterday so it was good this was a middle. No big problems today, just lost map contact on the way to 4, but otherwise just a bit slow and perhaps some sub-optimal routes here and there. Crazy much climb towards the end of the course. 4th place today.

https://obpostupy.orientacnisporty.cz/zavod/16fc60...

Friday Jul 23, 2021 #

10 AM

Running - Trail 24:00 [1] 2.5 km (9:36 / km)

Shadowing Alex.

11 AM

Running - Trail 6:17 [2] 1.08 km (5:48 / km) +22m 5:16 / km

Warm-up.

12 PM

Orienteering - Forest - Race 57:01 [4] **** 6.51 km (8:46 / km) +430m 6:35 / km
spiked:15/16c

Day 3. Better today. Borrowed a small magnifier from babicka which I had in my pants pocket (couldn't find any compass magnifier that fit on my str8 compass at the arena). Took it out 4 times and it helped a little bit. Really tough stage with lots of climbs and ravines. Only one significant time loss on 11 where I didn't notice that the controls was above the cliff band and there was no way up until some 50 meter passed it. When I eventually climbed up I didn't know where I was exactly. Lost almost 3 min on this, but with no other mistakes that was enough for 3rd and climbed all the way up to 3rd overall as well. Two runners ahead of me mispunched, including the overall leader from Estonia.

https://obpostupy.orientacnisporty.cz/zavod/92d382...

Thursday Jul 22, 2021 #

10 AM

Orienteering - Forest - Race 37:31 [3] *** 4.37 km (8:36 / km) +122m 7:32 / km
spiked:11/15c

Day 2. So bad. Couldn't read/understand the 1:10 map at 4 and 6 in the detailed rocks and lost loads of time. In both cases I had full control into the circle but the flag placement was malign. At 4 I came down a rock chute to find my control on the left cliff below, but there was nothing so I scrambled over to the right cliff on the other side but nothing there either. Back again to the left cliff and further along it but nothing. Turns out that 0.5 mm below the big cliff on the map is a tiny one (which is impossible for me to see) and the flag was on this cliff, half a meter high and lower than the ferns around it. Silly. Then similar trouble at 6, ran straight to the correct chute where it looked to me that the flag should be, went down into it but nothing. Climbed back up and thought I somehow was one chute off after all so went down the next chute but still nothing. Turns out the flag was on top of the first chute, but behind a "boulder", which didn't look like a boulder in the terrain and on the map just blended into the cliff band. After this I really lost the spirit and half jogged making some more silly mistakes just being unfocused.

9th place on the day and dropping to 11th overall, but a bunch of people within a couple of minutes so might be able to climb up some.

https://obpostupy.orientacnisporty.cz/zavod/575fc8...

C • Don't hide the flags 2

Wednesday Jul 21, 2021 #

9 AM

Orienteering - Forest - Race 54:02 [4] *** 6.9 km (7:50 / km) +304m 6:25 / km
spiked:10/13c

Bohemia 5-days, day 1. Started really well in easier continental type terrain. After control 5 we were in the insanely steep ravines with rocks and did well the first controls there, running correctly up and around to 8, but then losing 1 min in the circle. Was close to the lead at the 7th control and still at the 8th but then I took the wrong route to 9, climbing up over the ridge and around the valley behind, losing 2:30 compared to going down to the road and then up to the control from below. Then OK again until a meltdown approaching the last control where I got turned around by the creek instead of going straight and losing another minute. Not too happy with dropping 4:30, 7th place and 5:38 behind.

https://obpostupy.orientacnisporty.cz/zavod/8b6abd...

11 AM

Running - Trail 30:00 [1] 3.0 km (10:00 / km)

Jogging behind Alex on his course, after my run.

Tuesday Jul 20, 2021 #

9 AM

Running - Trail 17:02 [2] 2.02 km (8:25 / km) +29m 7:52 / km

Warm-up.

10 AM

Orienteering - Forest - Training 22:38 [4] 3.5 km (6:28 / km) +60m 5:58 / km

Andrea's W40 course again, but this time I really didn't need to read the map, so it was like a time trial. 3:30 faster than 10 days ago and 2 minutes faster than two years ago when I had to navigate for the first time. So fitness is probably comparable to that time.

Running - Trail 6:38 [2] 1.07 km (6:13 / km) +10m 5:57 / km

Saturday Jul 17, 2021 #

11 AM

Orienteering - Forest - Training 1:06:31 [2] 6.8 km (9:47 / km) +177m 8:39 / km

With Andrea on one of the WOC training maps with crazy rocks and crazy steep ravines. Very pretty though.

C • IOCO 2

Friday Jul 16, 2021 #

2 PM

Running - Trail 1:39:11 [2] 13.02 km (7:37 / km) +332m 6:45 / km

Easy jog/hike with Andrea back home from Jedlova train station, after having hiked with the kids to the top and then to Tolstejn castle ruins. The entire way between Nova Hut and Klic is completely gutted with clear cuts and beetle kill.

Thursday Jul 15, 2021 #

5 PM

Running - Trail 53:58 [3] 8.69 km (6:13 / km) +274m 5:22 / km

Twice around the loop at Samoti údolí (lonely valley), plus one extra climb up the ridge at the end. Felt like I had my normal energy back.

Monday Jul 12, 2021 #

2 PM

Running - Trail 1:27:02 [2] 12.66 km (6:53 / km) +423m 5:53 / km

Easy trail run from Lesni Divadlo (Forest Theatre) in a wide loop back to Novy Bor. Got a bit lost on the 1:35000 topo map a few times. Felt strangely exhausted again and had to walk here and there even on the flats. Time for a couple of rest days perhaps.

Sunday Jul 11, 2021 #

11 AM

Running - Trail 21:00 [2] 3.0 km (7:00 / km)

Jog down a creek ravine with Andrea's brother Otik to get back to the cars (after having hiked up the ravine with the kids to a waterfall).

4 PM

Running - Trail 14:09 [2] 1.85 km (7:40 / km) +102m 6:01 / km

Warm-up.

Orienteering - Forest - Training 42:08 [4] 5.45 km (7:44 / km) +105m 7:03 / km

Another of Andrea's W40 courses from past Bohemia 5-days. Navigated OK but felt tired. Boy, this terrain can make you feel out of shape sometimes. When it's not in the rocks the navigation is easy but the running is very tough and hilly. It's easy to see where you want to go but you just can't get there as fast as you want, just power walking up hills gasping for air....

5 PM

Running - Trail 6:18 [2] 1.06 km (5:55 / km) +2m 5:52 / km

Cool-down, feeling exhausted.

Friday Jul 9, 2021 #

Note

Chatted with Will and Eric in the WOC Long Arena!

1 PM

Running - Trail 41:18 5.2 km (7:56 / km) +135m 7:02 / km

10 hill repeats in the forest beside babicka's apartment.

Thursday Jul 8, 2021 #

1 PM

Running - Trail 1:30:27 [2] 11.92 km (7:35 / km) +298m 6:45 / km

Easy run/bushwhack with Andrea. Got dropped off somewhere above. First down to Rousinov, then along the slopes above Svor, then up to the saddle of Klic and finally into Novy Bor.

Tuesday Jul 6, 2021 #

2 PM

Running - Trail 12:05 [2] 2.35 km (5:09 / km) +30m 4:50 / km

Warm-up to start.

Orienteering - Forest - Training 26:03 [4] 3.6 km (7:15 / km) +57m 6:43 / km

First training in CZ. Re-ran one of Andrea's W40 courses from Bohemia 5-days 2019, which I also ran as a training 2 years ago. Had a cold last week, first with a bit of a sore throat and then a runny nose, so I did not push too hard. Knew the course and did not miss anything more than a hook approaching 13. 1:40 slower then 2 years ago. Let's try to get into better shape in the next 10 days before the 5-days start.

3 PM

Running - Trail 17:41 [2] 2.96 km (5:59 / km) +62m 5:25 / km

Jog back home.

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