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Wednesday May 10, 2006 #
Biking 15:00 [2]
Biking up to Shotover with OUOC.
Running warm up/down 18:22 [2]
shoes: Orange O-Shoes
Jogging the flat grassy paths on top of Shotover Hill before and after the race.
Orienteering 42:00 [4] 5.15 km (8:09 / km)
shoes: Orange O-Shoes
EVENT: The first of the TVOC Summer Series sprint events, this one at Shotover.
COURSES: Each "sprint" in the summer series consists of three loops: X, Y, Z. So really, the event is not so much a sprint as three consecutive sprints without any breaks. Each person has a different order of the loops (I had YXZ) and comes back to the start/finish after each loop to exchange maps.
COURSE LENGTHS: X was 1.41 km, Y was 1.77 km, Z was 1.97 km.
MY RUN: This event was fantastic fun and I felt great after finishing! There was a mass start and I was confused about the start triangle and direction and therefore ended up standing at the start for 10 seconds, then taking the straight (and bad) route choice to the first control, so everybody was ahead of me then. But then I caught up to Helen, who had the same exact forking (YXZ) that I did and we kept passing each other during the first two loops (mostly because I was faster but she had better route choices), then finally I got ahead at the end of X and stayed ahead for Z. This is the first time I beat Helen and even though this was just a short event on a map we've both run on before, it's still significant. I'm really happy about it!!!
I had some bad route choices during the first two loops (I ran through a swamp, went through the green, went way around (which included a lot of extra climb) on one long leg, etc, but I sort of got it together for the last loop (even though I still had some questionable route choices there). It definitely helped that I've ran on this map a few times already - I at least had a general idea of where stuff was. Obviously I didn't know it well enough to have a clean run, but I still felt great during and after the race. Very fun!!
COURSES: Each "sprint" in the summer series consists of three loops: X, Y, Z. So really, the event is not so much a sprint as three consecutive sprints without any breaks. Each person has a different order of the loops (I had YXZ) and comes back to the start/finish after each loop to exchange maps.
COURSE LENGTHS: X was 1.41 km, Y was 1.77 km, Z was 1.97 km.
MY RUN: This event was fantastic fun and I felt great after finishing! There was a mass start and I was confused about the start triangle and direction and therefore ended up standing at the start for 10 seconds, then taking the straight (and bad) route choice to the first control, so everybody was ahead of me then. But then I caught up to Helen, who had the same exact forking (YXZ) that I did and we kept passing each other during the first two loops (mostly because I was faster but she had better route choices), then finally I got ahead at the end of X and stayed ahead for Z. This is the first time I beat Helen and even though this was just a short event on a map we've both run on before, it's still significant. I'm really happy about it!!!
I had some bad route choices during the first two loops (I ran through a swamp, went through the green, went way around (which included a lot of extra climb) on one long leg, etc, but I sort of got it together for the last loop (even though I still had some questionable route choices there). It definitely helped that I've ran on this map a few times already - I at least had a general idea of where stuff was. Obviously I didn't know it well enough to have a clean run, but I still felt great during and after the race. Very fun!!
Strength Training 9:00 [3]
Stretching 5:00 [1]