Training Log Archive: rickyp

Event: BOK Trot & ASO Orienteering
 

Warm up and drills

BOK Level C at Brierley.

Routegadget

Running down to Short Brown as I only wanted to be running for around 60 mins with the aim of keeping going at all times but not pushing.

Didn't feel particularly fast (as i haven't had a good weeks training) or fit (due to yesterdays illness). Nav wasn't that great but i was trying to visualise the controls more. Just happy to be running painfree. Would have benefited by wearing dobs. Could have saved at least 5 mins if I was clean:
3. Got distracted by BOK junior who I knew was on my course (thinking they were right, which they weren't) and made a parallel path error.
4. Slight miss not following bearing
11. Hesitant, didn't have a plan
12. Lost time attempting to scale a 4ft vertical bank. Managed to get up in the end but in hindsight i would have detoured.
15. Wasn't a fan of the vague green mapping both on the approach and in the control circle
19. Got ahead of myself and instead of contouring round the large valley, i dived in and was then very confused.

Warm down

Event: NGOC League 2
 

Picked up a stomach bug similar to the one that kept me from going to the Alc-o last year. Probably something I ate at lunch yesterday.

Turned out ngoc league was canceled due to waterlogged parking field so at least i didn't miss out at that. When I finally felt better I went to watch EUHH at BUCS XC. Here's a very muddy calummc loving life.

VE 30 mins. Itching to do more and to go faster. No sign of the calf problem of last week. Plan for the weekend is therefore to jog round the courses, switching down from black to blue on Sunday as I don't want to be running for over an hour .

2.67km

No chance for swimming as the pool was packed with kids. #shouldn'ttheybeatschool #whyaretheyusingthehiltonpool

2.687km
Went off far too hard, absolutely spent

Saw a physio. He predicted the niggle was a result of calf overloading. Gave me some different exercises to do and some ultrasound. Setting BUCS as a goal, it would be best if I didn't race this weekend which is annoying and build up progressively. Will probably go to NGOC League and maybe BOK Trot but just jog round.

I'm just scared to start running again now as whenever i've gone for a run recently i've felt fine in advance.

2.63km

Hopefully seeing physio soon so played it safe and only did a swim. Wanted to do more but forgot I had to refuel the car and the first garage I chose wasn't open yet. All a bit of a faff.