okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Today's training
When I was in Sweden in June, I made a bunch of mistakes because I ran too fast (which is the same, I guess, as thinking too little) on the last bit of a leg. In most of the places I've run this year, you don't get penalized for running the last bit fast. In fact, in most midwest terrain, you get penalized if you slow down as you approach a control.
To run well at the 5-Days in a few weeks, I think I'll need to be prepared to shift gears when needed. So, I'm working on that these next few days.
Today's main session was running a course where I picked clear attackpoints, ran to the attackpoints, and then walked the last bit to each control (reading the detail on the map and making sure I didn't just wander toward the control). My hope is that it'll set my O' brain into the right mode.
posted by Michael |
6:46 PM
