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Saturday Apr 23, 2022 #
10 AM
Orienteering race (West Point Middle) 55:52 [4] *** 4.3 km (12:59 / km) +160m 10:57 / km
19c
Woke up this morning with a crazy sore throat and felt like complete crap after yesterday's sprint where I couldn't push myself at all. I honestly was worried on the bus there that I wouldn't be able to breathe enough for running. But oh my god I had a blast on the middle. Middles are my favorite anyways, and it's been so long since I ran a proper middle, and it's been so long since I ran in West Point terrain, I missed it so much. Yeah, I could've definitely been faster in some spots, but minus a few hesitations and unnecessary control checks, I had a clean run (for West Point standards).
I caught up to Matt Smith on #5 (which was the only box that didn't have SI air turned on) and I kept seeing him ahead of me and I was trying so hard to catch up to him. He would make a mistake, like overshooting a control, and I'd catch up, and then he'd run faster than me and pull away, and repeat. Then at the end whe raced eachother in the finish chute which was nice (he beat me because I was right on his heels but didn't have any power left to sprint past him). I haven't gotten to properly race anyone in the finish like this in a while, so it was really fun. I was a bit worried I overdid it on the middle and that I'd be too tired for the sprint, but thankfully that turned out to not be true.
I caught up to Matt Smith on #5 (which was the only box that didn't have SI air turned on) and I kept seeing him ahead of me and I was trying so hard to catch up to him. He would make a mistake, like overshooting a control, and I'd catch up, and then he'd run faster than me and pull away, and repeat. Then at the end whe raced eachother in the finish chute which was nice (he beat me because I was right on his heels but didn't have any power left to sprint past him). I haven't gotten to properly race anyone in the finish like this in a while, so it was really fun. I was a bit worried I overdid it on the middle and that I'd be too tired for the sprint, but thankfully that turned out to not be true.
3 PM
Orienteering race (West Point TT Sprint) 27:16 [4] *** 3.11 km (8:47 / km) +98m 7:35 / km
ahr:83 max:93 17c
I was so nervous. I thought it was going to be like yesterday's sprint but oh how wrong I was.
I passed Oriana (who started 2 mins before me) on my way to 3 because she went the wrong angle after leaving the road. It was a bit of a shock to me to be running in the woods because I had prepared myself for urban spring orienteering so much that I almost forgot how to navigate in the woods, and I was worried it would be painful because I didn't notice the trails at first. Then, with the trails, it was perfectly fine.
For the rest of the course I was trying my absolute best to stay ahead of Oriana. I know she's a stronger runner than me, and she can last way longer than I can. I was dying up hills and constantly looking over my shoulder to see 1. if I can see her and 2. how quickly she's closing the gap. By 8 I thought she'd blow past me but somehow I apparently kept my lead, all the way into the finish. I noticed that yesterday she beat me on the sprint almost purely because of the last 5 controls, so today I was making extra sure that I kept pushing, even at the end. Honestly, without Oriana there, I don't think I would have been able to run that much, and I don't think I would have enjoyed the sprint so much.
I had a clean race except for one little confusion at 6, but that definitely cost me less than 30 seconds. Other than that I was quadruple checking control descriptions and codes because I knew that with Oriana behind me like that, if I made a single mistake she'd pass me and then I'd lose my motivation and I'd crash, so I was checking every corner if it's on the inside or outside and if the control is above or below. I'm very proud of this sprint, and I think despite my kinda slow pace, it's up there as one of the best sprints I've ran in quite a while.
I passed Oriana (who started 2 mins before me) on my way to 3 because she went the wrong angle after leaving the road. It was a bit of a shock to me to be running in the woods because I had prepared myself for urban spring orienteering so much that I almost forgot how to navigate in the woods, and I was worried it would be painful because I didn't notice the trails at first. Then, with the trails, it was perfectly fine.
For the rest of the course I was trying my absolute best to stay ahead of Oriana. I know she's a stronger runner than me, and she can last way longer than I can. I was dying up hills and constantly looking over my shoulder to see 1. if I can see her and 2. how quickly she's closing the gap. By 8 I thought she'd blow past me but somehow I apparently kept my lead, all the way into the finish. I noticed that yesterday she beat me on the sprint almost purely because of the last 5 controls, so today I was making extra sure that I kept pushing, even at the end. Honestly, without Oriana there, I don't think I would have been able to run that much, and I don't think I would have enjoyed the sprint so much.
I had a clean race except for one little confusion at 6, but that definitely cost me less than 30 seconds. Other than that I was quadruple checking control descriptions and codes because I knew that with Oriana behind me like that, if I made a single mistake she'd pass me and then I'd lose my motivation and I'd crash, so I was checking every corner if it's on the inside or outside and if the control is above or below. I'm very proud of this sprint, and I think despite my kinda slow pace, it's up there as one of the best sprints I've ran in quite a while.