Training Log Archive: BrandNewMe

slowish w sandra on the nice paths by comrie where hbt are staying for new year. great crowd. great to see my friends more. reminds me there is more to life than just oing. hbt is the greatest running club ever.

on v muddy paths. great fun. got dark really early so dodn't do as much as i might have wanted to.

2011 has been a cool year. first ever woc and some great races. shocked at how well it went. every race i thought i would do pretty badly as i wss pretty undertrained but was pleasantly surprised every time.did some fun trips abroad. my interest is still seeing how much i can improve as an orienteer, seeing how well i can perform.

i need to concentrate on being more disciplined with technique to get better results. looking forward to seeing where 2012 can take me if i can keep injury free. 2011 has meant:

new 5k pb: 18.03
new 10k pb: 37.51
fra 2nd with hbt
picked for scotland in mountain running, coming 9th i think in the commonwealth champs.
british middle o champs
2nd in the jk
31st in woc off a truly shite run.
woc in scotland 2015 - i'll be 38...
esoc's most improved orienteer
sol brown course winner
heading up british rankings (tho the formula seems to be flawed. get lots of urban races in next year and i might have a chance of staying top)
won uk cup

some geeky stats:

uk cups fastest split in 91 of the 284 splits in the races i ran (32%).
selection races fastests splits in 47 of the 183 races (25%).
no fastest run ins unsurprisingly and biggest mistake was the 4:47 that cost me the british long!

bring on 2012

C • esoc 3

park run. ran 18:17. new pb for the course. was chuffed as i have been so despondent about my training recently and this cold was lingering. was not going to go but ray said to go and lay down a time to work on. then tessa turned up which meant i had to make an effort. damn. really surprised. good to see lots of esoccers there.

early morning with sula. hard run on the grass. runs with sula are always hard. round meadows and links a few times.

from home 2laps of the meadows and back. so much crap in my throat i had to stop and retch it up. nice!

still got a cold. jog from ray's folks

nice walk round n london w auntie rache. no running as ill still

still have a bit of a cold - sore sinuses - but this was really nice. walton on the hill, bansted common, north downs way, box hill and back an alternative route to make a loop. seriously undulating and exceptionally muddy. we were slipping all over the place in trainers, hence the poor mins/mile. great to do this as in april i did this but only managed part of it before turning back with bad achillies. today i had no such problem, though my glutes were hurting at the end and they had been fine recenrly.