Training Log Archive: the_latvian

Interland competition (Germany - Netherlands - England - Belgium) near the border between the Netherlands and Belgium. Participated out of competition. Bad organization, had to stand at the start (outside) for about an hour before I was allowed to start. Irrespective of that, I was not happy with my race (well, loosing 35 minutes to the winner might be one of the things). I made big errors to the first three controls and afterwards I just did not have it in me to concentrate on the race properly. It might be the 4 months without orienteering races that played a role there. At the second half of the race I got blisters on both heels (have to change my running shoes) and it was painful and even more decreased my motivation to race hard... The map was nice and more technical than I ecpected - the area was a military poligon, thus many interesting little details and lots of open/semi-open places, which were tough to run through because of the undergrowth.

Warmup before the race, running to the start. Did not do much good to me since I had to wait at the start for an hour afterwards.