Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Saturday, June 22, 2002 Running fast...too fastJohn Fredrickson is a U.S. junior who is in Norway training for orienteering and preparing for the Junior WOC. He ran the Norwegian Sprint Champs a few days ago and wrote about it on his training log at Attackpoint. In the race, he struggled with the balance between running fast and running the right pace. Here is what he wrote about his race:Today was the Norwegian Sprint Championships. I ran with the 16s for the first time. I went out very fast, since I had a chance to read over the course for a minute before starting. I managed to get a good look at the first 5 controls. They went smoothly, and very fast. Unfortunately, I ran too fast, and neglected to take the time to look ahead. When I came to the 5th control I had no idea what I was going to do for the 6th, except for the direction. Instead of stopping for a few seconds to figure it out, I ran out fast in the direction of the control. When I hit the area the control was in, I had no idea where I was, and couldn't attack it. I had to relocate which took some time. I ended up losing over four minutes on the control. After that, I gave up since it was such a short course. I then blew the next two controls. In total I made close to 10 minutes of error. The winning time was just under 23 minutes, so even if I had had a perfect time, I would have had a run for my money. I will have to be more careful on Sunday. The thing that surprised me is that my Average Heart Rate was 176 even though I spent quite a lot of time wandering around at a low heart rate. This means that I was moving way too fast to be fully concentrated. 176 is about what my AHR is when I have a good race. I don't have John's course, but to give you an idea of the terrain, take a look at the elite women's course with routes. posted by Michael | 12:02 PM 
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