JK2008 - Sprint
Photos
Sprint: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11
String Course and Tempo
Sprint Prizegiving: 1 - 2 - 3
My Run
At the World Cup spectator races, in 2005, I had a really good run around the University of Surrey and I was hoping for a repeat performance this time. I started slowly, struggling to pick up where the first control was on the map. I then ran well for a few controls before being slow for a few controls. At 14 I made a small mistake by overshooting the correct building and circling the wrong one.
Towards the end I had picked up the pace and was running well, before throwing a good result away. Three controls from the end I misread the map and ended up going round in a big circle, before realising where I was meant to be going. This cost me 150 seconds and meant I finished in just under 23 minutes instead of the the sub20 I should have achieved.
My route shows the problem towards the end. For some of the controls in the middle of the course the route shows where I think I would probably have gone, as I struggled to remember the exact route I picked!
The prizegiving for this event got curtailed just before my father was to collect his bronze medal. It had been fairly sunny, with a strong wind. However, a hail storm blew in part way through. The picture in this post shows the start of the hail.
