Training Log Archive: Craney

At Woodhill again, 1st this time with a much better run. Legs felt good and, but for a shaky section mid course, was clean. Cool terrain with sand dunes on a steep hillside for most of it. Pulled back all but 1sec of the margin to Rune so he will start last in the final.

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Long - Qualification 2 - Men 35 Heat 1 - Splits

At Woodhill, came 4th, +4:11 to Rune. Not a great run - tried to just enjoy it at a comfortable pace but didn't feel comfortable at all. Plus made a few errors. Still, I did enjoy it, which was the main thing. Some cracking fast pine dunes with some tricky (slow and tough) open areas to mix things up.

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Long - Qualification 1 - Men 35 Heat 1 - Splits

Late arvo run exploring the Shakespear Regional Park. Quite nice in a rolling fields with lots of cows kind of way. Legs felt pretty rubbish though.

Stoked to get the win! A great day out that will stick in the memory. Very tight race with Rune that just turned out in my favour.

Felt proper nervous before the start, which I tried to enjoy for the novelty. The first three controls were flat out through the park, which gave me a chance to calm my nerves with some fast easy running. Although I managed to clunk my head on a low hanging branch, which hurt a bit.

Fairly straightforward campus orienteering through to #12, where I felt fairly smooth through the controls. Lost a few secs hesitating here and there (e.g. not identifying I had to go through a building on the way to #4).

The underpass caught a lot of people out because of the iffy overprint (I think the map itself was fine). I was one of those people losing a crucial 11secs to Rune. Could've been worse I guess. Good after that though through quite a windy bit, finally getting onto the back of the Austrian at the second last control.

Some buzz from the crowd and commentary as I punched the last, so sprinted quite hard to the finish and was delighted to hear that I had just done enough.

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C • Woo hoo 8

Sprint Final - Men 35 Final A - Splits

Cracker sprint race. Creaky legs but kept it clean and managed to win the heat.

Sprint Qualification - Men 35 Heat 1 - Splits

Event: World Masters Orienteering Championships 2017
 

Now I've got that persistent cough back. Well at least it's forced me to do a 100% taper for WMOC, and hopefully tomorrow's sprint qual will act as a reasonable warm-up without setting me back too much.

Cold dragging on. Frustrating. Nice relaxing day out though exploring the Tawharanui Regional Park.