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Training Log: GlenT

In the last 7 days:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m				load
Orienteering	5	4:59:46	16.4	(18:17)	26.39	(11:22)	805	30 /	38c	78%	94.9
Hiking	5	3:38:00	5.9	(36:56)	9.5	(22:57)	424				29.5
Walking	4	1:59:10	4.51	(26:26)	7.26	(16:25)	106				10.3
Total	11	10:36:56	26.81	(23:45)	43.15	(14:46)	1335	30 /	38c	78%	134.7
[1-5]	11	9:40:25

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Friday Jul 26 #

12 PM

Walking 10:43 0.8 km (13:23 / km)
ahr:70 max:84 shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

Car to arena.

Walking 17:39 1.39 km (12:42 / km) +47m 10:53 / km
ahr:99 max:132 shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

Arena to start, including a ~200m doubleback when I realized I didn't have my compass.

Orienteering race 51:06 *** 5.21 km (9:48 / km) +130m 8:43 / km
ahr:132 max:162 spiked:9/10c shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

Croeso 2024 Day 5. Llangynidr map, 1:7500, 5m contours. Course 8, 4.7k, 75m climb. Open and rough open area. Lots of smallish cliffs in areas with short grass along some ridge tops, but the majority was rough open (taller grass, heather, some gorse) with many pits and depressions and moderate contour detail. It was partly sunny and in the 60s, so visibility was very good. Six of the ten controls on the course were in the short grass, so those were fun. Three longer legs were across rough open, so those were a bit of a slog.

Very good run. Winsplits shows me with no errors, but I know I missed on control 5 when I checked out some rocks on a spur one over from what I wanted - cost about a minute. Some hesitation in the control circles for 4, 8 and 9. Finished 11th out of 53, seven seconds out of top ten, about 10 minutes back of the fastest M70 on the course.

2 PM

Walking 13:05 0.55 km (23:58 / km) +11m 21:48 / km
ahr:75 max:90 shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

Back to the car from arena. Includes some time stopped talking with John and Amy.

Thursday Jul 25 #

11 AM

Orienteering race 1:08:21 *** 6.03 km (11:20 / km) +186m 9:49 / km
ahr:126 max:162 spiked:8/12c shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

Croseo 2024 Day 4. Pen Rhiw Wen map. 1:7500, 5m contours. Course 8, 4.4k 145m climb. Rough open (mostly grass) with lots of pits and depressions. An area with remnants of a quarry with big cliffs and complex contours. Upper 50s, breezy, light rain and drizzle - cagoules compulsory. Visibility generally less than 100m due to fog.

Not a great run. Big mistake in the quarry area (to control 10) where I didn't read things carefully for my route into the area and got way off. Lost 8-10 minutes figuring things out. Several smaller time losses trying to find pits or depressions in low visibility conditions. 24th out of 52 in M70L, so it looks like others also had trouble.

3 PM

Hiking 45:01 0.8 mi (56:07 / mi) +74m 43:36 / mi
ahr:72 max:99 shoes: NB Hierro v7 GTX (Black)

Hike to Henrhyd Falls, the highest waterfall in South Wales (90ft).

Wednesday Jul 24 #

1 PM

Walking 23:27 0.5 mi (46:53 / mi) +17m 42:20 / mi
ahr:64 max:88 shoes: NB840v4 - Blue

Walk to Tinkinswood Burial Chamber which features a 40 ton rock somehow lifted on top of other rocks by neolithic people about 6000 years ago.

Other touristy stuff today (with no GPS tracks) included a visit to Caerphilly Castle, the largest castle in Wales, built in the late 13th century.

Tuesday Jul 23 #

Hiking 25:00 [3] 1.1 km (22:44 / km)
shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

From finish to download.

11 AM

Hiking 49:08 2.57 km (19:07 / km) +183m 14:06 / km
ahr:86 max:126 shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

Walk to start. First km fairly flat, then ~200m climb in the next 1.5km. Nice views from the top.

Orienteering race 59:28 *** 5.45 km (10:54 / km) +185m 9:19 / km
ahr:135 max:175 shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

Croseo 2024 Day 3. Carreg Goch map. 1:7500, 5m contours. Course 8, 4.7k, 150m climb. All open terrain (mostly rough open) with many pits and depressions and areas of limestone pavement. Undergrowth was low blueberry, grass and heather. There were a few areas of bracken mapped as vertical green. Partly sunny, upper 60s, no rain.

Good run. Lost about 3 min on the first control when I missed in to the left and searched a bit. Pretty clean on the rest. Might have been a bit quicker on the long leg from 5-6 with a different route choice or cleaner execution of the route I did take. Occasionally helped by herd paths and seeing people at controls (usually disappearing into a depression then reappearing). Finished 18th out of 53 in M70L. Tied for fastest finish split with the overall winner of the class (who did ~43 min).

Hiking 42:22 [1] 2.3 km (18:25 / km)
ahr:86 max:106 shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

From finish back to download. All downhill.

Monday Jul 22 #

10 AM

Hiking 31:29 1.14 km (27:38 / km) +167m 15:57 / km
ahr:90 max:116 shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

To start from arena. Steep.

11 AM

Orienteering 55:41 *** 4.55 km (12:14 / km) +165m 10:21 / km
ahr:107 max:164 shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

Croeso 2024 Day 2. Cribarth map, 1:7500, 5m contours. Course 7, 3.3k, 120m climb. Today's courses were billed as Middle distance. Open area with lots of rock features and contour detail. Upper 50s, breezy, with some light sprinkles.

Not a good run. Lost map contact going to 1, 6 and 9. Sloppy and/or hesitant on 8, 10 and 11. At least 10 minutes total error. 40th out of 57 on M70L.

12 PM

Hiking 25:00 [3] 1.1 km (22:44 / km)
shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

From finish to download.

Sunday Jul 21 #

Event: Croeso 2024

11 AM

Walking 24:16 1.9 km (12:46 / km) +14m 12:19 / km
ahr:79 max:91 shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

Walk to start.

Orienteering race 1:05:10 ***** 5.14 km (12:40 / km) +139m 11:10 / km
ahr:134 max:172 spiked:13/16c shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

Croeso 2024 Day 1. Merthyn Mawr map, 1:7500, 2.5m contours. Course 8, 4.0k, 110m. Sand dunes! Complex contour detail, mostly open with low vegetation of varying runnability (herd paths were useful to reduce physicality, but not for navigation). Mid 60s, sunny.

An OK run in terrain where loss of map contact could be very costly. Went to 10 on my way to 7, then went to 7 on my way to 10, costing about 3 minutes on each. Lost a minute on 15 on a bad bearing. Lots of hesitations to be sure I was staying in contact. About 8 minutes total errors. 23/57 in M70L. Winner was 48.

Walking 30:00 1.81 km (16:32 / km) +18m 15:47 / km
ahr:99 max:119 shoes: VJ Falcons Blue

Finish to arena.

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