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Sunday May 4, 2014 #
12 PM
Orienteering race 1:29:21 [4] **** 11.64 km (7:41 / km) +417m 6:31 / km
spiked:26/30c shoes: X-talons 212 (Blue/orange)
Northern Champs M21L - Routegadget
Legs weren't feeling too rested so the plan for this was to first, enjoy it, and second run a good technical race even if it meant I was slower.
Succeeded in enjoying it, really good course and the area was just amazing. It was like 3 completely different areas and you really had to change your technique between each one.
I want to be really critical when I look at my map reading over the next few months so I can polish up on my technique. So in terms of that, it didn't really go to plan. I was bad in the control circle to 1, 14 and 24. I made 2 route choice errors, the first on 23 when I should have gone right on the path and the second on 26 where I should have gone left up the marshes and under the cliffs. I also made a 2 minute mistake on 16 where I just lost map contact for a bit.
I lost nearly 5 minutes to number 5, but i'm honestly not worrying about it. I don't know if its how the maps printed but to me it still looks like a wooded hill (where in reality it was nearly all open) and it just completely put me off when I got to it. I did actually loop back round to have another go seen as I was primarily training and it was still pretty inaccurate on my second go.
Legs weren't feeling too rested so the plan for this was to first, enjoy it, and second run a good technical race even if it meant I was slower.
Succeeded in enjoying it, really good course and the area was just amazing. It was like 3 completely different areas and you really had to change your technique between each one.
I want to be really critical when I look at my map reading over the next few months so I can polish up on my technique. So in terms of that, it didn't really go to plan. I was bad in the control circle to 1, 14 and 24. I made 2 route choice errors, the first on 23 when I should have gone right on the path and the second on 26 where I should have gone left up the marshes and under the cliffs. I also made a 2 minute mistake on 16 where I just lost map contact for a bit.
I lost nearly 5 minutes to number 5, but i'm honestly not worrying about it. I don't know if its how the maps printed but to me it still looks like a wooded hill (where in reality it was nearly all open) and it just completely put me off when I got to it. I did actually loop back round to have another go seen as I was primarily training and it was still pretty inaccurate on my second go.