Training Log Archive: Kseniya

Event: West Point A-meet
 

Feeling like poop this morning and trying to hide from sunlight but still going out on the course in hopes that it may make me feel better. Fast course today, so unusual by WP standards, fun but not all that exciting. Didn't push myself, just plodding along, wiping liquids from my nose and eyes. I am proud to say I checked every clue description and every control code today, even multiple times at times because my concentration was dodgy.
After I finished I felt very sickly so decided to take some antibiotics once home.

RouteMap

Saturday Classic, Red Y - Splits

Was feeling feverish all night and woke up with severe sore throat. No planned swimming today.

Back in Spain I remember Greg was telling me that Portugal and Spain compete for who organizes O-events the best. It seems this time they are competing for who puts on the worst events. sigh.

West Essex trail, fartlek style. Tried to really open up my stride, yoga is helping with this.

I'm going to try to make morning yoga into a habit via this jet lag thing. Balance is nonexistent today.

So sleepy.. stayed on wide and gravel trails at eagle rock, legs only slightly sore

This was what I believe is my first mp ever.

MiddleWCspain

The Bulgarians feed me well again last night and I'm sufficently hydrated and recuperated from yesterday's race, sore, of course, but not as bad as from TT middle course. Mentally I feel calm and ready. Physically, however, I am not ready and I notice that I am running too fast the first few controls. And I don't stop...and I make mistakes. First on #4 where I unsuccessfully try to contour around the hills and lose contact with the map. And I proceed to really blow it on #6, not paying enough attention to the compass, so easy to get thrown of the proper direction in those sinuous "streams". No clue where I am, cliffs help but not enough, aha, a Russian girl, on the other hand, is big help, and I follow her to the control. No more mistakes I tell myself but the focus is gone and I'm still frazzled. I hit what I think is my #7, don't check control code, major fail as I find out at the finish. Rest of the course was slow but mostly accurate.
Quite dissapointed, of course. My performance was worse than I expected. Sulking does not do me any good, and so I take away from these races the motivation to train harder. This was a tremendous experience for me, my first world cup, a beautiful disaster that I will treasure as continue on this journey of becoming the best orienteer that I can be. Plus, this competition was great fun, hanging out in sunny Spain, making new friends, enjoying the amazing terrain and scenery, eating delicious food..

C • Very cool that you made it ... 4