Training Log Archive: Gil

Event: ROC - Seneca Park [2012 Sprint Series #5 Score-O]
 

Sprint-O

Making a mistake on #1 set the tone for rest of the course. I was doing "a ok" afterwards till #10 where I punched in #13 even I strongly suspected that it's not #10, followed up by overshooting #10, going too low after overshooting. I give below satisfactory execution on this course.

Score-O. I tried to be course mentor for Andrew who warned me before that he wants to "burn some calories". To which I replied - I can run. First 20 minutes or so I was just trying to match Andrew's speed while he was running next to me like it's a walk in the park, asking me all kinds of questions related and unrelated to orienteering. I thought that even if he is better runner I will compensate with navigational experience by cutting corners, not stopping to look at the map, etc. No such luck - Andrew clearly was not experienced orienteer but his pauses were just few seconds long. At the furthest north point I had to tell him to go ahead since physically I was done.

I still tried to keep up good clip but Andrew just took of and disappeared from my sights in less then a minute. That was discouraging... I think that demoralized me and I started to make one navigational mistake after another. Later on I realized that Score-O sequencing was not the best and probably cost me about another 3-4 minutes.

After taking off Andrew admitted making few other navigational mistakes that probably cost him first place.

Even Andrew new park very well he still showed outstanding navigational skills for second time at orienteering course (first time was 10 years ago with family). When picking route he said he was checking if one sequence provides less climbing then another.... what??? Newbies struggle figuring out how to read elevation. On another flag he knew that control is at the end of the marsh. Even park is his playground you got to be able to interpret map.

Looking for Carl.

I think this is my first 100+ mile week ever.

Weight after I got home from park but after I ate about 2-3 watermelons at ROC meet and about 7-8 glasses of lemonade....

Sprint - Splits

I think I came up with every excuse possible not to run today but I knew that I should. I thought I'd to at least 3 miles outside

Tried to run outside but was not feeling it...

Longish tempo

Mix in intervals, hills, tempo

Webster Orienteering camp. First 3.5 miles - warmup. First orienteering loop - shadowing Luke L., second look - pickup up flags. I could not figure out why Luke would slow down within 20 yards of flag after almost flawless execution, but after we finished he said he looks up control descriptions just before picking up flag.