Training Log Archive: BrandNewMeIn the 31 days ending May 31, 2015:
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Sunday May 31, 2015 #
6 PM
Trail running 46:35 [3] 5.53 mi (8:25 / mi)
slept:7.0
Braids and blackford. Not the usual route. Didn't feel great - coughing, lots of gunk too still - but not so bad considering that yesterday was quite active and I still have a cold.
Saturday May 30, 2015 #
Note
Oh how ironic. I had some bloods done this week for lymes disease. I couldn't remember the last time I had a tick, but I have been feeling so crap. So far today I have found 4!
Mini training camp over. Thanks to GG for the courses, nick for the printing. Time away from the family was good. I got some thinking and sleeping done. I like to think I am back on the right track.
Mini training camp over. Thanks to GG for the courses, nick for the printing. Time away from the family was good. I got some thinking and sleeping done. I like to think I am back on the right track.
11 AM
Trail running 15:00 [3] 1.5 mi (10:00 / mi)
slept:9.6
Spent the night on the wee glen road south of kenmore. Great views of shiehallion and nice and quiet.
Errochty for some training, I think from a junior squad weekend. Some windblow and a big chunk of felling, otherwise v nice. Warm up
Errochty for some training, I think from a junior squad weekend. Some windblow and a big chunk of felling, otherwise v nice. Warm up
Orienteering - training 49:00 [3] 5.2 mi (9:25 / mi)
Errochty training.
I'd only ever been here for the SHI's in 2012, and this race was the peak of my burn out / pissed offness / depression with orienteering. I won the race, but found it a v tough forest, so I was interested to see how it was going to go.
It was rocky underfoot which I was not expecting, but it was massively fun, and I was navigating and planning really well (until I got cocky on one of them). Good. Really my sort of forest. Felt strong.
Windblow not bad at all, but they have felled a big bit of the middle of the forest. Shame.
I'd only ever been here for the SHI's in 2012, and this race was the peak of my burn out / pissed offness / depression with orienteering. I won the race, but found it a v tough forest, so I was interested to see how it was going to go.
It was rocky underfoot which I was not expecting, but it was massively fun, and I was navigating and planning really well (until I got cocky on one of them). Good. Really my sort of forest. Felt strong.
Windblow not bad at all, but they have felled a big bit of the middle of the forest. Shame.
3 PM
Trail running 10:00 [3] 1.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
Dalrunzion training.
Warm up. Past lots of windblow and felled. Mmm!
Warm up. Past lots of windblow and felled. Mmm!
Orienteering - training 41:00 [3] 4.1 mi (10:00 / mi)
A course GG sent me. I think this was a british junior squad training weekend course. I'd be surprised if they got everyone back. Boy was this rough! The first 8 controls were on the hillier but and was fun apart from a bit of felled. The flatter bit was windblow-tastic in places. I think the course was well planned to avoid it if you could stay on line, but there were some bits where I just kept going round and round and round windblow and ended up totally offline. Hard to see any of the detail with so much windblow in the forest too, so it was tricky. I did well on many controls, but could have done better on some. I needed to change my tactics for the windblow.
6 PM
Orienteering - training 48:00 [3] 4.8 mi (10:00 / mi)
Hermitage (aka Creag V)
So after my tour of scottish windblow and felled areas I was not massively up for this one. It has always been a horrid forest. But actually these two courses (2.3k, 2.5k) were really well planned, good training in decent(-ish) forest (ok so it was v steep, and tough). Fun fun fun. Navigating well and feeling strong despite the map being utter crap in places, and my legs feeling tired!
There were some td5 permanent controls in the forest too. I might see if I can get a map of them.
So after my tour of scottish windblow and felled areas I was not massively up for this one. It has always been a horrid forest. But actually these two courses (2.3k, 2.5k) were really well planned, good training in decent(-ish) forest (ok so it was v steep, and tough). Fun fun fun. Navigating well and feeling strong despite the map being utter crap in places, and my legs feeling tired!
There were some td5 permanent controls in the forest too. I might see if I can get a map of them.
Trail running 15:00 [3] 1.5 mi (10:00 / mi)
Jogging about.
Friday May 29, 2015 #
10 AM
Trail running 15:00 [3] 1.6 mi (9:22 / mi)
Warm up.
Drills 10:00 [3]
Orienteering - training 1:05:00 [3] 6.1 mi (10:39 / mi)
Polmaise. Good. Still can get that patch of 'tessa' green right.
3 PM
Note
slept:7.0
Saw the sports dr at scottish institute of sport. Talked through a lot of stuff, did more blood tests. Checked out my heart issues but he doesn't have the proper equipment so referred me to a cardiologist. This is good as it is quicker than the NHS (3/4 months) and unlike BUPA I'll hopefully get someone who knows sport. Hopefully when I get back from world cups.
Good to talk issues through though. Think I have made a lot of progress in a lot of areas just by an hour's chat. Blood test results by Monday. Forgot to mention another health issue - Lucy's given me nits again!!!
Good to talk issues through though. Think I have made a lot of progress in a lot of areas just by an hour's chat. Blood test results by Monday. Forgot to mention another health issue - Lucy's given me nits again!!!
6 PM
Trail running 10:00 [3] 1.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
Warm up
Orienteering - training 52:00 [3] 4.5 mi (11:33 / mi)
The first (west) half of this was windbloageddon. Totally exhausted, and did my ankle a bit. The eastern bit was much nicer.
Wednesday May 27, 2015 #
Cycle commute 1:00:00 [3] 4.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
slept:8.0 (sick)
Proper ill today. Got a cold. This is nice for a change. At least I know what a cold is, and it is not too bad, and it will be away by next week, and I am feeling more upbeat about things.
The supremely resourceful Dr Rollins has managed to get me an appointment at Stirling SIS to get all current health issues checked out. This is good. I look forward to getting all of my current moans ticked off, being told to stop malingering and get on with it. This does mean that I won't make it to Inverness - boo. The appointment is on Friday afternoon, so I think instead I will take the van into deepest darkest Stirlingshire for some orienteering on Thursday night and Friday morning, before heading Pitlochry way after the appointment. Email me if you care to join me for some / all or have accomodation / training session suggestions. Happy to pre-run / reccy SOL 5 as I am at a wedding that day so can't run.
The supremely resourceful Dr Rollins has managed to get me an appointment at Stirling SIS to get all current health issues checked out. This is good. I look forward to getting all of my current moans ticked off, being told to stop malingering and get on with it. This does mean that I won't make it to Inverness - boo. The appointment is on Friday afternoon, so I think instead I will take the van into deepest darkest Stirlingshire for some orienteering on Thursday night and Friday morning, before heading Pitlochry way after the appointment. Email me if you care to join me for some / all or have accomodation / training session suggestions. Happy to pre-run / reccy SOL 5 as I am at a wedding that day so can't run.
Tuesday May 26, 2015 #
8 AM
Cycle commute 1:00:00 [3] 4.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
slept:6.5
Stayed up late last night looking at Norway maps, after a fun geeking session with Nick.
Monday May 25, 2015 #
6 PM
Trail running 1:16:00 [3] 7.9 mi (9:37 / mi)
slept:7.0
Ray is away so I have to make the most of my afternoon off and go running. I worked from home. Started at 9:30-ish, finished at 1:00-ish, leaving 90mins for running. Just went for a bit of a nap beforehand and woke up at 2:45. Damn. Late to get the kids, and no running time. This is what sisters are for.
So I dropped the kids at Fran's in Morningside, ran up Braidburn Valley Park, and on up to Allermuir. Headed straight to Dreg from the top, hoping to find a path to guide me down the steep bit. Failed. V steep descent in trainers with zero grip. Nice. Dreg, titted around the streets of Oxgangs for a bit, then to the summit of the lesser-known Craiglockhart Hill and back to Fran's - a bit late. Sorry! Felt surprising chirpy. Legs ran every step - no matter how steep or rough - with no complaints whatsoever.
Went to the GP and did the test for Lymes disease. I'll find out in a few weeks. Not much progress on the other front though.
So I dropped the kids at Fran's in Morningside, ran up Braidburn Valley Park, and on up to Allermuir. Headed straight to Dreg from the top, hoping to find a path to guide me down the steep bit. Failed. V steep descent in trainers with zero grip. Nice. Dreg, titted around the streets of Oxgangs for a bit, then to the summit of the lesser-known Craiglockhart Hill and back to Fran's - a bit late. Sorry! Felt surprising chirpy. Legs ran every step - no matter how steep or rough - with no complaints whatsoever.
Went to the GP and did the test for Lymes disease. I'll find out in a few weeks. Not much progress on the other front though.
Sunday May 24, 2015 #
11 AM
Orienteering - race 38:00 [3] 4.9 mi (7:45 / mi)
slept:8.0
Scottish relays. Very much just getting around. Stopped trying to stay with the pack at the road crossing, then pootled around by myself, admiring the lovely views. Usual illness. I am going to get a gp appointment for tomorrow hopefully, and discuss lymes disease. The fever / chills, aches, nausea, tiredness etc all fits in. Then got home to a letter from BUPA with another, much more serious possible health problem. Nice. I am sure they are just 'up-selling'. Hopefully I'll be able to arrange a consultation before Norway...
Off-road running 15:00 [3] 1.5 mi (10:00 / mi)
Rather unintentional warm up frantically trying to find my mum, who had a red bib on her bag, but thought she was second leg, and had disappeared 10 mins before the start. Great! Turns out she had picked up the wrong bib. It's like having another child in tow.
Then after the race I jogged back to the campervan parking to pick it up and drive down to the kids.
Then after the race I jogged back to the campervan parking to pick it up and drive down to the kids.
Saturday May 23, 2015 #
2 PM
Orienteering - race 1:10:53 [3] 9.3 mi (7:37 / mi)
slept:8.0
Scottish champs w21e
This was an odd performance. I was feeling so ill, but my mum's start was midday, mine mid afternoon, I was giving her a lift so had to go to the event, and trekked to the assembly with the kids and all the stuff. It made sense to start the race as it was the easiest thing to do logistically. Yup, someone said the hardest decision to make was to drop out, so I took the easy decision.
So the usual weak, very achey joints, going hot then cold, then hottie-cold, then coldy-hot, feeling nauseous. Blah blah blah. Jogged to the start. Felt faint. Oh crap this is a crap idea! I'm going to die in the forest. 'She died doing something she loved' - no I bloody well didn't - have you been to this area? It's shit!
Anyway, I tried to have a positive goal that was not winning related, as if I tried to win I was going to get ill. Nail the first 6 then jack suggested Jon M. Good plan. I like it. I had lots of process stuff to think about anyway. I saw number 1, decided it was way too low, went up a bit more, came down 1 min later. Number 2 looked all wrong too, but I'd learnt my lesson and checked the code - nice, it's mine. I'll not argue. Nice descent through the forest out of 2, then the moor. Feeling ill and achey but kept going. Fluffed 4 a treat by being offline on compass. Quite a lot junked here. Got a bit confused in the midway bit to 5, but relocated well. 6 fine. 7 hidden by a tree. I was prefect to it, but had a good hesitate when I didn't see it.
To 7, hmm shall I jack here? Well I haven't got 6 controls cleanly yet, let alone the first 6. Got confused by the paths to 8 but fine on the contours. 9 was good but I was feeling weak. Ditto the rest of the race really. By 10 I thought it was worthwhile checking out the forest at the far end. It was quite nice, but I was jogging along the tracks so slow my splits are really crap.
The tussocks to 16 needed strength, and I didn't have any. Hollie caught me 4 mins here. I was surprised. I assumed she had past me long before. Needless to say there was no way I was interested in trying to keep up. Crap to 17, the rest were fine except 21 which I didn't see - behind a tree again.
The thinking behind not running was that it is hard to see what I would gain from running. If you put in 50% how do you judge what a good run is? But I think it was worth it anyway. Interesting to see the result from jogging around without a care in the world gets. And I didn't really feel worse when I was running. I didn't go space cadet with exhaustion like I thought I would. I think that must be the massive scotjos chocolate cookie that comprised my lunch (cake - foodstuff least likely to make you boke).
No warm up or down obviously. That was the run in. I think the run in was probably so bad it will be highlighted in red on winsplits... Back to dad's boat to google all the things that might be wrong with me. Lymes disease. Maybe that one that gives you a flushed face.
This was an odd performance. I was feeling so ill, but my mum's start was midday, mine mid afternoon, I was giving her a lift so had to go to the event, and trekked to the assembly with the kids and all the stuff. It made sense to start the race as it was the easiest thing to do logistically. Yup, someone said the hardest decision to make was to drop out, so I took the easy decision.
So the usual weak, very achey joints, going hot then cold, then hottie-cold, then coldy-hot, feeling nauseous. Blah blah blah. Jogged to the start. Felt faint. Oh crap this is a crap idea! I'm going to die in the forest. 'She died doing something she loved' - no I bloody well didn't - have you been to this area? It's shit!
Anyway, I tried to have a positive goal that was not winning related, as if I tried to win I was going to get ill. Nail the first 6 then jack suggested Jon M. Good plan. I like it. I had lots of process stuff to think about anyway. I saw number 1, decided it was way too low, went up a bit more, came down 1 min later. Number 2 looked all wrong too, but I'd learnt my lesson and checked the code - nice, it's mine. I'll not argue. Nice descent through the forest out of 2, then the moor. Feeling ill and achey but kept going. Fluffed 4 a treat by being offline on compass. Quite a lot junked here. Got a bit confused in the midway bit to 5, but relocated well. 6 fine. 7 hidden by a tree. I was prefect to it, but had a good hesitate when I didn't see it.
To 7, hmm shall I jack here? Well I haven't got 6 controls cleanly yet, let alone the first 6. Got confused by the paths to 8 but fine on the contours. 9 was good but I was feeling weak. Ditto the rest of the race really. By 10 I thought it was worthwhile checking out the forest at the far end. It was quite nice, but I was jogging along the tracks so slow my splits are really crap.
The tussocks to 16 needed strength, and I didn't have any. Hollie caught me 4 mins here. I was surprised. I assumed she had past me long before. Needless to say there was no way I was interested in trying to keep up. Crap to 17, the rest were fine except 21 which I didn't see - behind a tree again.
The thinking behind not running was that it is hard to see what I would gain from running. If you put in 50% how do you judge what a good run is? But I think it was worth it anyway. Interesting to see the result from jogging around without a care in the world gets. And I didn't really feel worse when I was running. I didn't go space cadet with exhaustion like I thought I would. I think that must be the massive scotjos chocolate cookie that comprised my lunch (cake - foodstuff least likely to make you boke).
No warm up or down obviously. That was the run in. I think the run in was probably so bad it will be highlighted in red on winsplits... Back to dad's boat to google all the things that might be wrong with me. Lymes disease. Maybe that one that gives you a flushed face.
Friday May 22, 2015 #
Note
Another morning of waking up shivery, limbs aching, headache etc. This is nuts. I am pretty sure it is just side effects from medication, and should not last for many more weeks, but this is crazy. Just got to go with it. If I wake up like this tomorrow though, I will not be running. As someone who likes logistics to be planned out days in advance, it's infuriating!
Thursday May 21, 2015 #
2 PM
Tempo run 48:25 [3] 5.88 mi (8:14 / mi)
slept:6.5
Pentlands time trial. Going for it, not least cause I am really pushed for time today... Pleased to go sub 50, not sure sub 45 is at all realistic.
Wednesday May 20, 2015 #
Trail running 36:00 [3] 4.8 mi (7:30 / mi)
Weary legs at first but they got into it. Back via the shop to get some paracetamol. Inflamed sinuses.
7 AM
Cycle commute 1:00:00 [3] 4.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
slept:7.0
Lovely morning for it.
Tuesday May 19, 2015 #
6 PM
Intervals - long endurance 57:00 [3] 7.2 mi (7:55 / mi)
slept:7.0
Reps with Kirsten and Rachel. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1 with half recovery. Great to have company. My legs were suffering, but in a good way (I hope). Stomach too. I should definitely do more of this!!! :-)
Monday May 18, 2015 #
Note
My cold is just about ready for running but today was a bit too exhausting.
Up at 6, get Lucy some breakfast, get out of the house by 7:30, drive to the pentlands where Ray and Laurence were camping, pick them up, drop Ray off at an Edinburgh bus stop, drive to Fife, drop the kids off with my Dad (schools are shut, for no understandable reason) drive to work, work half a day, drive to the shops for lots of to do list things, drive to BUPA, do health assessment, finished at 4:30, drive to Fife, pick up the kids, bring them home, bath, stories bed then send some emails and speak to Nick. Running just didn't fit in.
The health assessment was all v interesting as I had done it last time almost exactly 3 years ago so I had stats to compare with. So more interesting than I thought it would be, and I actually got some things to work on.
Up at 6, get Lucy some breakfast, get out of the house by 7:30, drive to the pentlands where Ray and Laurence were camping, pick them up, drop Ray off at an Edinburgh bus stop, drive to Fife, drop the kids off with my Dad (schools are shut, for no understandable reason) drive to work, work half a day, drive to the shops for lots of to do list things, drive to BUPA, do health assessment, finished at 4:30, drive to Fife, pick up the kids, bring them home, bath, stories bed then send some emails and speak to Nick. Running just didn't fit in.
The health assessment was all v interesting as I had done it last time almost exactly 3 years ago so I had stats to compare with. So more interesting than I thought it would be, and I actually got some things to work on.
Sunday May 17, 2015 #
Note
(rest day)
Definitely got a cold. Hopefully only minor. By back is excruciating anyway.
Saturday May 16, 2015 #
12 PM
Trail running 26:00 [3] 3.0 mi (8:40 / mi)
slept:7.0
V short on time, feeling ill and coldy and seem to have trapped a nerve in my bad. Ray sent me out for a bit, and I didn't argue as I needed the stress relief.
Top of Arthur's seat and back. Up the steps and down via the path that goes around the front. I will try a quicker route next time and maybe do it as a tempo. I'm intrigued to see if I can get from my front door to the top and back in under 20mins.
Then off to Stevie's wedding, where there was lots of trotters and cakes, and scones, and ice cream and sweets and hyper micro trots. with this and the black rock and the meadows 2 miles I've seen lots of my HBT friends this week. I'm looking forward to lots and lots and lots of post-WOC running races. I have enough orienteering in me to motivate myself full throttle to woc still, but after that, sod the orienteering and the crappy mispunches, and the map scales debate, and Emit, and GPS and BOF and everything else that is shit about the sport!
Top of Arthur's seat and back. Up the steps and down via the path that goes around the front. I will try a quicker route next time and maybe do it as a tempo. I'm intrigued to see if I can get from my front door to the top and back in under 20mins.
Then off to Stevie's wedding, where there was lots of trotters and cakes, and scones, and ice cream and sweets and hyper micro trots. with this and the black rock and the meadows 2 miles I've seen lots of my HBT friends this week. I'm looking forward to lots and lots and lots of post-WOC running races. I have enough orienteering in me to motivate myself full throttle to woc still, but after that, sod the orienteering and the crappy mispunches, and the map scales debate, and Emit, and GPS and BOF and everything else that is shit about the sport!
Friday May 15, 2015 #
7 AM
Cycle commute 1:00:00 [3] 4.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
slept:7.0
Glorious morning for a cycle.
Achillies v slightly unhappy this morning. Something to watch.
Pete Kidd stayed over last night. We haven't seen him for ages. He only did the JK sprint and we didn't see him there as he spent most of the day in a&e. Someone ran into him around a bend, and he got 6 stitches in his chin. He said last night though that he also chipped a load of his molars with the force of the impact, and that was still giving him trouble. Ouch! Anyway, he and Ray decided that with my hattrick of mispunches I can definately call myself the worst orienteer in Britain.
Achillies v slightly unhappy this morning. Something to watch.
Pete Kidd stayed over last night. We haven't seen him for ages. He only did the JK sprint and we didn't see him there as he spent most of the day in a&e. Someone ran into him around a bend, and he got 6 stitches in his chin. He said last night though that he also chipped a load of his molars with the force of the impact, and that was still giving him trouble. Ouch! Anyway, he and Ray decided that with my hattrick of mispunches I can definately call myself the worst orienteer in Britain.
8 PM
XC / road / hill race 29:20 [3] 4.32 mi (6:47 / mi)
Black rock 5 ('5' what though, as it is 4.3miles?).
A mile on the Tarmac, 2 miles on the beach, then a mile back on Tarmac. It's the beach that gets me every time. I am shite at it! All the sandy wet ridges. I stayed as strong as possible though, and the race was ok for me.
Fun! Achillies felt ok too! 5th.
A mile on the Tarmac, 2 miles on the beach, then a mile back on Tarmac. It's the beach that gets me every time. I am shite at it! All the sandy wet ridges. I stayed as strong as possible though, and the race was ok for me.
Fun! Achillies felt ok too! 5th.
Road running 1:00 [3] 1.0 mi (1:00 / mi)
Warm up / down. Token effort, due to late getting bib, and sore stomach after.
Thursday May 14, 2015 #
4 PM
Trail running 1:25:33 [3] 9.06 mi (9:27 / mi)
slept:7.0
Working from home so no cycle.
My legs were burning all night after the race. Luckily they felt ok this afternoon. Blackford, braids, craigmillar, Duddingston, crow hill and Arthur's seat and home. Nice, and I was trying to take it easy as I have black rock tomorrow, but it was a bit too hilly to be totally easy.
My legs were burning all night after the race. Luckily they felt ok this afternoon. Blackford, braids, craigmillar, Duddingston, crow hill and Arthur's seat and home. Nice, and I was trying to take it easy as I have black rock tomorrow, but it was a bit too hilly to be totally easy.
Wednesday May 13, 2015 #
8 AM
Cycle commute 1:00:00 [3] 4.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
slept:7.0
Got some useful information from Dr Rollins about why I might have been feeling so dire recently, so now I am a bit more up beat.
7 PM
Road running 30:00 [3] 3.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
Warm up / down
XC / road / hill race 11:38 [3] 2.0 mi (5:49 / mi)
God squad 2 mile race. Meadows.
Quite pleased with the time. I had no idea what I have run for this in the past, but it was better than expected. 2nd to Rachel Mrs Haines who did 11:20. Felt strong in the second lap.
Ran in my f-lites which haven't seen action for a few years due to injury fears, but it was ok.
Tessa - my brown vest was in the wash, so I had a choice of old brown vest which was a self dye singlet, or brown crop top. Crop top won!
Quite pleased with the time. I had no idea what I have run for this in the past, but it was better than expected. 2nd to Rachel Mrs Haines who did 11:20. Felt strong in the second lap.
Ran in my f-lites which haven't seen action for a few years due to injury fears, but it was ok.
Tessa - my brown vest was in the wash, so I had a choice of old brown vest which was a self dye singlet, or brown crop top. Crop top won!
Tuesday May 12, 2015 #
Note
(rest day)
Really wiped out. I want to run fresh, not tired.
I've been feeling not right for the last couple of months, and kept thinking that I was just tired and it would get better, but it hasn't and it has been ages (since maybe early March) so I am going to do something about it now. So a GP appointment tomorrow, and I've booked into a BUPA healthcare assessment on Monday. We get these free with work, and they are a bit of a waste of time (you do things like the sit and reach test, and the VO2 max on a bike) but the handy thing is that they do a fairly comprehensive set of blood tests at the start of the assessment, and have the results ready by the end. Hopefully I will find something out.
I've been feeling not right for the last couple of months, and kept thinking that I was just tired and it would get better, but it hasn't and it has been ages (since maybe early March) so I am going to do something about it now. So a GP appointment tomorrow, and I've booked into a BUPA healthcare assessment on Monday. We get these free with work, and they are a bit of a waste of time (you do things like the sit and reach test, and the VO2 max on a bike) but the handy thing is that they do a fairly comprehensive set of blood tests at the start of the assessment, and have the results ready by the end. Hopefully I will find something out.
8 AM
Cycle commute 1:00:00 [3] 4.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
slept:7.0
Feeling ill.
Monday May 11, 2015 #
7 AM
Cycle commute 1:00:00 [3] 4.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
slept:7.0
7 PM
Road running 24:00 [3] 2.8 mi (8:34 / mi)
Went to mpc but nobody turned up. Just as well. My legs were not up for anything. I had a little jog and went home. Feeling :-(. I'm going to have to take a break from orienteering for a bit.
Drills 10:00 [3]
Sunday May 10, 2015 #
12 PM
Orienteering - race 33:00 [3] 4.6 mi (7:10 / mi)
slept:7.0
British middle.
Mispunched again! I properly missed out number 21. I was having a ridiculously poor run anyway.
I need to get a grip. I feel like I am slowly going mad.
Mispunched again! I properly missed out number 21. I was having a ridiculously poor run anyway.
I need to get a grip. I feel like I am slowly going mad.
Saturday May 9, 2015 #
Note
I'm not sure I am enjoying orienteering just now. I am a bit worried about how ambivalent I was about today's performance. I need to get myself into the correct mindset before tomorrow.
12 PM
Orienteering - race 16:45 [3] 3.2 mi (5:14 / mi)
slept:7.0
British sprint heat.
Caught alice at 5 and relaxed the rest.
Caught alice at 5 and relaxed the rest.
Road running 30:00 [3] 4.0 mi (7:30 / mi)
Warm up / down after. This mainly consisted of the warm down after the final, jogging to the station, then from Wallington station back to Ray's folks. This was funny as Ray was feeling fresher than me so he ran carrying both our bags as I jogged beside.
4 PM
Orienteering - race 14:54 [3] 3.3 mi (4:31 / mi)
British sprint final.
Woeful. Got confused to 2 when I was doing well - 10secs. 6 was astonishingly bad - 30 secs. Confused at 8 - 5 secs. Missed best route to 10. Titting around at 11 - 10secs. Went to the wrong 15! Dire!
Sprint pisses me off a lot of the time, and this was one of those times
Woeful. Got confused to 2 when I was doing well - 10secs. 6 was astonishingly bad - 30 secs. Confused at 8 - 5 secs. Missed best route to 10. Titting around at 11 - 10secs. Went to the wrong 15! Dire!
Sprint pisses me off a lot of the time, and this was one of those times
Friday May 8, 2015 #
3 PM
Trail running 55:55 [3] 7.02 mi (7:58 / mi)
slept:6.5
Run with Ray. Fun. He had a 8kg rucksack on, as he was only running with a girl. Had to get a workout somehow. Actually he was in Icelandic OMM training.
Legs felt tired, stomach felt bad. Tomorrow will be better.
Legs felt tired, stomach felt bad. Tomorrow will be better.
Thursday May 7, 2015 #
Note
1. Did the training via wanted (sort of)
2. 10min afternoon nap - what a treat.
3. Kids seem to be enjoying themselves.
2. 10min afternoon nap - what a treat.
3. Kids seem to be enjoying themselves.
Note
Sprint racing. Shit. What us that all about? I have looked at the start lists for Saturday and apparently I must be quite highly seeded as I am one of the last starters. I was looking to see how many sprint races I have completed since woc 2012 when I came 7th in the sprint:
World cups sept 2012 - 4 races
JK sprint 2013
British sprint qualification race 2013 (too crocked for the final)
Prologue for an interlopers sprint, feb 2014
WOC sprint selection race 2014
RTC night warm up
RTC Edinburgh
ESOC sprint prologue Jan 2015
MSR POM feb 2015
Hmm. Is it like riding a bike? Does it come back to you? Sprint seems to have moved on in its geekery over the past few years. I am worried!
World cups sept 2012 - 4 races
JK sprint 2013
British sprint qualification race 2013 (too crocked for the final)
Prologue for an interlopers sprint, feb 2014
WOC sprint selection race 2014
RTC night warm up
RTC Edinburgh
ESOC sprint prologue Jan 2015
MSR POM feb 2015
Hmm. Is it like riding a bike? Does it come back to you? Sprint seems to have moved on in its geekery over the past few years. I am worried!
10 AM
Road running 45:21 [3] 5.7 mi (7:57 / mi)
slept:6.5
Wallington jog
5 PM
Intervals - short and speedy 42:00 [3] 5.0 mi (8:24 / mi)
Husbands are tiresome creatures! I had my reps planned for this afternoon. Short jog, 10mins drills, 20 x 1min on 30secs off, short jog back. All on road. Ray wanted to butt in. Can we go to some playing fields and do them on grass? Please??? Ok then...
So we ran and ran and ran to these blinking playing fields, which were in the heart of bandit-land Croydon. 2.2 miles to a playing field with long grass, seeing as the people around here don't seem to do any playing, unless you count dog fighting. So drills were off as the grass was too long to do anything, and Ray was moaning that all the prancing around was ruining his garmin trace (strava addict). Then the reps were a bit crap as the grass was so long, and I bloody object to grass reps. Asphalt every time. Spent a lot of energy working just to keep moving forward. Doesn't make you feel speedy. Then for company there were 2 Doberman, 2 Alsatians, a Jack Russell, 3 springer spaniels, 3 Staffies, a boxer and two things that definatly looked banned. Ray decided that cause I was so grumpy we were going to just do ten, which we did well, then we got the hell out of there! I had cheered up by the end.
So we ran and ran and ran to these blinking playing fields, which were in the heart of bandit-land Croydon. 2.2 miles to a playing field with long grass, seeing as the people around here don't seem to do any playing, unless you count dog fighting. So drills were off as the grass was too long to do anything, and Ray was moaning that all the prancing around was ruining his garmin trace (strava addict). Then the reps were a bit crap as the grass was so long, and I bloody object to grass reps. Asphalt every time. Spent a lot of energy working just to keep moving forward. Doesn't make you feel speedy. Then for company there were 2 Doberman, 2 Alsatians, a Jack Russell, 3 springer spaniels, 3 Staffies, a boxer and two things that definatly looked banned. Ray decided that cause I was so grumpy we were going to just do ten, which we did well, then we got the hell out of there! I had cheered up by the end.
Wednesday May 6, 2015 #
9 AM
Cycle commute 1:00:00 [3] 4.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
slept:6.5
Insomnia. Stress of an oh-so-fun 8am meeting with the school headteacher. Pedalling the stress away.
12 PM
Road running 30:00 [3] 4.0 mi (7:30 / mi)
Jog to hw and back.
Orienteering - training 21:01 [3] 2.55 mi (8:14 / mi)
Reruning the ESOC sprint final course, backwards so it is not too familiar. Fun. Jogging cause my left achilles was 'twitchy' after Monday.
5 PM
Road running 28:00 [3] 3.8 mi (7:22 / mi)
Portobello
1. Lots of nice running
2. Nice cycle too
3. No work for four days!!!
1. Lots of nice running
2. Nice cycle too
3. No work for four days!!!
Tuesday May 5, 2015 #
1 PM
Off-road running 52:10 [3] 5.9 mi (8:51 / mi)
slept:7.0
Pentlands tt again. Totally different run due to the weather. Strong wind, stinging rain, and lots of lovely mud. Great fun (except capelaw where the rain was really sore) and felt good.
1. Mud
2. Mud
3. Mud
1. Mud
2. Mud
3. Mud
Monday May 4, 2015 #
7 AM
Cycle commute 1:00:00 [3] 4.0 mi (15:00 / mi)
slept:6.0
I have lost the ability to sleep. V tired and grumpy.
5 PM
Hills 1:03:00 [3] 5.0 mi (12:36 / mi)
I've been a misery all day, so as a means of semi constructive self harm I jogged to Duddingston car park and did 3 x crow hill. They were all in 8:10-8:25. About half a mile and 200m climb. The jog down took as long as the effort up. Maybe next time I'll add in the descent to improve my descending. The efforts were more 'keep running at a decent pace the whole way rather than all out. Felt better, but legs felt worse!
Today was nothing but crapness.
Today was nothing but crapness.
Sunday May 3, 2015 #
8 AM
Off-road running 11:00 [3] 1.0 mi (11:00 / mi)
slept:6.0
Stayed at cambus omay. Laurence woke me at 2:30. Struggled to get to sleep again.
Morning jog, tho I seemed to have done something to my big toe tendon on my right foot, as the first 5 mins were spent walking in a lot of pain. It gradually eased off, and i decided I'd better quit while I was ahead.
Morning jog, tho I seemed to have done something to my big toe tendon on my right foot, as the first 5 mins were spent walking in a lot of pain. It gradually eased off, and i decided I'd better quit while I was ahead.
11 AM
Orienteering - race 1:12:33 [3] 9.5 mi (7:38 / mi)
Sol4 Glen Dye brown
Took the early start today. I was glad. It was cold and chucking it down, so I wanted to get it over with. It was ok. Too high to 5, got a bit swallowed in a marsh to 8, then coming out of 9 I could not unfold my map (cold hands v very wet map - map wins). So took the bearing out of 9, then turned the map over for the rest of the leg. I got a bit confused though and stopped too early. I caught Lillian 3 mins at 10, then we were running togetherish. I was taking better routes, she was v smooth through the controls. It was getting a bit tiresome though, so when my lace came undone at 17 I stopped and lost time on her and wasn't!5 too bothered. It came undone again at 20 so she was nearly out if sight.
The bit at the end of the course was fairly pointless. I wasted more time at the last one through another map fold problems. Couldn't unfold it to take a bearing, so sort of guessed and ended up on a knoll nearby who's contours had been wiped off my map. Bag required!
Stomach really bad still from the illness last week, and legs suffering from yesterday but lungs ok.
My goodness - I just realised I ENJOYED a Gramp event! Wow! That's a first.
1. This bad stomach must be doing great things for my core stability - all that clenching!
2. The campervan really comes into its own on days like this. Kids watch DVDs as I make cheese on toast and endless cups of tea while waiting for Ray.
3. Fun to see Hakan and Lillian.
Took the early start today. I was glad. It was cold and chucking it down, so I wanted to get it over with. It was ok. Too high to 5, got a bit swallowed in a marsh to 8, then coming out of 9 I could not unfold my map (cold hands v very wet map - map wins). So took the bearing out of 9, then turned the map over for the rest of the leg. I got a bit confused though and stopped too early. I caught Lillian 3 mins at 10, then we were running togetherish. I was taking better routes, she was v smooth through the controls. It was getting a bit tiresome though, so when my lace came undone at 17 I stopped and lost time on her and wasn't!5 too bothered. It came undone again at 20 so she was nearly out if sight.
The bit at the end of the course was fairly pointless. I wasted more time at the last one through another map fold problems. Couldn't unfold it to take a bearing, so sort of guessed and ended up on a knoll nearby who's contours had been wiped off my map. Bag required!
Stomach really bad still from the illness last week, and legs suffering from yesterday but lungs ok.
My goodness - I just realised I ENJOYED a Gramp event! Wow! That's a first.
1. This bad stomach must be doing great things for my core stability - all that clenching!
2. The campervan really comes into its own on days like this. Kids watch DVDs as I make cheese on toast and endless cups of tea while waiting for Ray.
3. Fun to see Hakan and Lillian.
Saturday May 2, 2015 #
8 AM
Road running 10:00 [3] 0.8 mi (12:30 / mi)
slept:7.0
A bacon-buying jog with Laurence. I am noting it only cause I think it helped my legs in shaking off last nights late-night exertions.
2 PM
Orienteering - race 43:36 [3] 6.5 mi (6:42 / mi)
slept:7.0
Maroc suol (urban) around Aboyne
I usually put the distance in k's of orienteering as the distance in mileage in my training, and it was pretty close today. I started my garmin at number 3, and ran 5.75 miles after that. Maybe ran 6.2 miles in all?
Halfway to number four I realised why I don't run urban much (I think my last was in perth in feb 2014). They are a bit dull aren't they? And this one was not badly planned - not a bad job done - but the dead running is tiresome, and reminds you how painful road running can be; and well due to the scale of the map v the length of the course, the map can get more than a little flappy.
I got my start time wrong, and rocked up in a leisurely fashion only to get shoved through in 10secs to the start punch. Next time I'll just play dumb, be laid back and admit lateness when I have had time to calm down. My descriptions were all scrunched up, and I was in a bit of a flap, and it was f***ing emit. Punching start apparently. I never quite know what that means with emit, and there is no one there to watch when everyone else has run off, so I had to ask some stupid questions at the start. At least I got a time today.
Mistakes were that I fell for 8 (I didn't see that there was a tunnel on the map until I was there, on a bridge, with the control below. 50secs. Then a wobble at 15, 15 secs. Then I slowed compared to Ray at then end. I think this might be cause I was running with Tom Wilson for this bit (I think - the m18s are a blur to me) and was concentrating on keeping up with him, which made me tighten up and run slower for some reason.
Anyway, Ray got me by a bit, but I got Big Jon, HB and JayH. A fun afternoon, but if think I'll skip urban for a while...
I usually put the distance in k's of orienteering as the distance in mileage in my training, and it was pretty close today. I started my garmin at number 3, and ran 5.75 miles after that. Maybe ran 6.2 miles in all?
Halfway to number four I realised why I don't run urban much (I think my last was in perth in feb 2014). They are a bit dull aren't they? And this one was not badly planned - not a bad job done - but the dead running is tiresome, and reminds you how painful road running can be; and well due to the scale of the map v the length of the course, the map can get more than a little flappy.
I got my start time wrong, and rocked up in a leisurely fashion only to get shoved through in 10secs to the start punch. Next time I'll just play dumb, be laid back and admit lateness when I have had time to calm down. My descriptions were all scrunched up, and I was in a bit of a flap, and it was f***ing emit. Punching start apparently. I never quite know what that means with emit, and there is no one there to watch when everyone else has run off, so I had to ask some stupid questions at the start. At least I got a time today.
Mistakes were that I fell for 8 (I didn't see that there was a tunnel on the map until I was there, on a bridge, with the control below. 50secs. Then a wobble at 15, 15 secs. Then I slowed compared to Ray at then end. I think this might be cause I was running with Tom Wilson for this bit (I think - the m18s are a blur to me) and was concentrating on keeping up with him, which made me tighten up and run slower for some reason.
Anyway, Ray got me by a bit, but I got Big Jon, HB and JayH. A fun afternoon, but if think I'll skip urban for a while...
Road running 10:00 [3] 1.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
Token warm up / down. Cold is nearly totally gone, but sinuses are a bit inflamed after breathing in and out the cold air hard.
1. Ray was dead chuffed to have beaten me. I let him - honest!
2. Any day that includes the boat inn is good.
3. Nice café stop too!
1. Ray was dead chuffed to have beaten me. I let him - honest!
2. Any day that includes the boat inn is good.
3. Nice café stop too!
Friday May 1, 2015 #
8 PM
Road running 41:00 [3] 5.5 mi (7:27 / mi)
slept:8.0
Out to stiles and back via fran's for my poor stomach...
Orienteering - training 18:15 [3] 2.5 mi (7:18 / mi)
A course around stiles. Panic pre-british sprint training. It just reminded me how pettifogging sprint oob rules can be.
Today was shite in so many ways. 3 good things:
1. I didn't cry though I was tempted to on more than one occasion.
2. I just managed to restrain myself from sending an oh-too-bitchy email that I had typed when I was really pissed off. Phew.
3. GG sent me some good funnies, and also I watched the episode 2 of Peter Kay's car share on iplayer, and the dog walking mix up was hilarious. So a lot of laughing too.
Today was shite in so many ways. 3 good things:
1. I didn't cry though I was tempted to on more than one occasion.
2. I just managed to restrain myself from sending an oh-too-bitchy email that I had typed when I was really pissed off. Phew.
3. GG sent me some good funnies, and also I watched the episode 2 of Peter Kay's car share on iplayer, and the dog walking mix up was hilarious. So a lot of laughing too.