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Saturday Oct 27, 2012 #
Running 1:00:00 [1] 10.0 km (6:00 / km)
shoes: Marc's Mizunos
A nice hangover run on Nåsten trails with Alli, Cristina, and Melissa. Beautiful sunny day, lots of sheep, and even a few cows. Feels so incredible to be done.
Friday Oct 26, 2012 #
Note
1) The world's greatest orienteer came to my PhD defense.
2) I successfully defended!!!
2) I successfully defended!!!
Tuesday Oct 23, 2012 #
Note
Back in Uppsala after a whirlwind trip to the US for NAOC. It was so amazing to go back and see everyone! The CSU cabin was the place to be, and I felt like I was just soaking in the experience the entire weekend. Getting to see my parents made it even more awesome.
DVOA made this event easily the best ever held on North American soil, and Clem, Dasha, Sandy, Doug, Vadim, Tom, Ed, Eddie, and many others deserve all the credit in the world!
Team USA - I am so proud and happy for my teammates! It was an awesome feeling to see us retain the cup and win all 6 individual races. In particular, I am really proud of Ross for coming back after a tough year with a broken elbow and no WOC, and kicking butt in style with two gold medals!
The juniors were inspiring too, led by Andrew's awesome sprint race, Isabel's lead-off leg in the relay, and the Breton twins' premiere on a big stage. Erin really seems to have a good thing going, and I am excited to see where this goes!
As for my own races, well, I did not expect too much coming in with pretty sporadic training this fall, overshadowed by trying to finish my thesis. I did, however, hope for my first NAOC medal. I fell just short in the middle (25 seconds) and sprint (6 seconds), and was further out in the long (3:11). I am disappointed by my races, especially the middle. I had high hopes and thought the terrain suited me, but I started the course too stressed out and made mistakes early on that killed my chances. The sprint was a really good race for me, and there is little I could have done better. The long - I am happy I survived and finished strong, but there were too many mistakes along the way (in particular, 1:30 on 8 and at least 2 minutes on the route choice on 13) to call it a good race.
If I have to take away something positive from my own performance, it's the fact that I managed to score points for the BK Cup team in all four races. I am happy with being able to help out the team and contribute to Team USA's win.
On to 2014 in Ottawa! Team Canada is young and hungry and getting better, so this will be a great challenge. I hope we are up to it!
DVOA made this event easily the best ever held on North American soil, and Clem, Dasha, Sandy, Doug, Vadim, Tom, Ed, Eddie, and many others deserve all the credit in the world!
Team USA - I am so proud and happy for my teammates! It was an awesome feeling to see us retain the cup and win all 6 individual races. In particular, I am really proud of Ross for coming back after a tough year with a broken elbow and no WOC, and kicking butt in style with two gold medals!
The juniors were inspiring too, led by Andrew's awesome sprint race, Isabel's lead-off leg in the relay, and the Breton twins' premiere on a big stage. Erin really seems to have a good thing going, and I am excited to see where this goes!
As for my own races, well, I did not expect too much coming in with pretty sporadic training this fall, overshadowed by trying to finish my thesis. I did, however, hope for my first NAOC medal. I fell just short in the middle (25 seconds) and sprint (6 seconds), and was further out in the long (3:11). I am disappointed by my races, especially the middle. I had high hopes and thought the terrain suited me, but I started the course too stressed out and made mistakes early on that killed my chances. The sprint was a really good race for me, and there is little I could have done better. The long - I am happy I survived and finished strong, but there were too many mistakes along the way (in particular, 1:30 on 8 and at least 2 minutes on the route choice on 13) to call it a good race.
If I have to take away something positive from my own performance, it's the fact that I managed to score points for the BK Cup team in all four races. I am happy with being able to help out the team and contribute to Team USA's win.
On to 2014 in Ottawa! Team Canada is young and hungry and getting better, so this will be a great challenge. I hope we are up to it!