Not really too sure what I was expecting from this
trip…first orienteering after JWOC and I still wasn’t sure I was going to enjoy
it again/wanted to be doing it. Hahaha had a complete mare getting to the
airport, waking up at 5 getting tom to give me a lift to Southampton train
station cept we couldn’t find Southampton Airport Parkway…went to Southampton
Central instead. Then we couldn’t get out of Southampton quick enough, so tried
to chase the train down to Basingstoke but failed so Tom ended up taking me all
the way to London Gatwick :S WHUPPSS…the rest of journey went smoothly and the
plane to Oslo was A MASSIVE one!! With nine seats to a row and TV’s and
everything!! Never ever been on one like that before J
Landed in Oslo and got the train to Lillestrom where I was staying with Matt and
Elin. That evening there was Lillomarka training in an area similar to that of
NightHawk (Il Tyrving), so ran on that along with some other clubs J That was good fun,
terrain pretty similar to some parts of the lakedistrict/scotland and by the
second loop I’d got the hang of it J
watched a bit of Sherlock that evening with Norwegian subtitles, helping me
learn some more of the language before bed. The next day I had the house to
myself as Matt and Elin both had work, went for a run on a local area
(Skjettenkollen) which was ridiculous that there are areas so close!! Literally
nothing like that here in England, and if we do the areas are a pile of crap
and not worth going to! I came back from that and then moved into a different
part of Oslo to stay with Ingvild and her family J
In the evening we watched some TV series ;) and took their dog for a walk –
again around a local area which was gorgeous!! And then before bed had oh my
gosh BROWN CHEESE! Which I love…miss it so much :L The following day (Friday)
was the first day of nighthawk but it wasn’t until the evening so I went for a
little cycle ride around the area we walked around before and having been used
to road bikes, was not used to a mountain bike and how hard it gets on the up
hill :L Showered and chilled out in the day…also had compulsory ice cream to
help with Ingvilds sore throat ;) In the evening we made pizzas…which I failed
pretty badly at, couldn’t make the base work. It just stuck to everything!!
Stupid thing! They turned out pretty yummy and then Ingvild worked her magic on my hair..doing some crazy ass braiding before Siri picked me up for the
race that evening.
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| Hair braidingg.. |
It was the first Nighthawk Event and I was running in both
the night and day in a 5 man relay with a twist. The night part was a massive
mass start with three runners from each team all starting together with their
times added up…giving an overall time which then set apart the teams for the
chasing start the next day.
The race itself was 4.7km in the dark – so I had a headtorch
and the area was SO WET and muddy! I fell over loads and in the Lillomarka
relay white suit it didn’t go down well! At one point I was wading around in
this river trying to find the edge again without getting stuck in mud and
marsh! It went well, really enjoyed it, especially in the parts where you could
pick up the pace a bit instead of battling the green and crawling around on the
floor. As a team we had done pretty well and headed off home after the race,
looking and probably smelling like a drowned rat :P The next day I was the
middle leg runner and we were racing on the same area as the day before. Siri
had done well pulling up a couple of places which I basically lost again as
soon as I left :P it was at control 3. I was basically there and then had a
sudden lack in confidence convincing myself I was completely lost and had run
in the wrong direction so then ran 90degress wrong before realising I was a
fool and running back to the control.
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| Event Area |
The rest of the course was pretty solid
except I was so so tired from the race the night before as well. After Linn had
run and finished we ended up 4th which I thought was pretty good :D
and we won a waterbottle woooohhh, which I think they were handing out for free
afterwards anyway -_-. The winners got running shoes!!! I was very jealous :P
That evening I went to Nightflash where we ate the winners pig :P and there
were challenges for groups to do, while everyone was drinking :L pretty amusing
but I was knackered and happy when I got to bed!
Andrine and Vidar picked me up the next morning and we
travelled to Rauland where there was a camp for juniors in areas similar to
JWOC 2015 (which I will be too old for but decided it would be good quality
training to do anyway!).
