Training Log Archive: philm64In the 7 days ending Feb 7, 2018:
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Wednesday Feb 7, 2018 #
12 PM
Orienteering race 1:05:34 [5] 10.93 km (6:00 / km) +147m 5:37 / km
shoes: Mud Claw 333
Army MLS south event - New forest, Hollands Wood, my first time with the "BOK Army", Brown 9.9km, 65:34, 4th. Richard Barrett 3rd, not far ahead.
Course easy, as area easy, but even so. Some of the terrain was energy sapping, ie wet, bracken, tussocks, ditches. Other parts were blissfully new forest runnable. Sometimes going straight was a joy; later on, I was getting fed up of it.
Felt a bit rough but decided to plough on & give 100% and see how it went. No real errors, faceplanted completely after leaving no 12 (as in face splatted into marsh)
Tiring later on, and started taking paths rather than going straight, eg. no 14. V tired en route to 15, lost a minute I think.
Lovely day out with other BOK seniors, and frankly I will try to do more of these, as they seem to be technically easy, & if I'm honest that's what I really enjoy doing. It means faster Army runners will beat me, but whatever.
http://www.baoc.info/sites/default/files/2018/02/0...
https://www.strava.com/activities/1396023365
Course easy, as area easy, but even so. Some of the terrain was energy sapping, ie wet, bracken, tussocks, ditches. Other parts were blissfully new forest runnable. Sometimes going straight was a joy; later on, I was getting fed up of it.
Felt a bit rough but decided to plough on & give 100% and see how it went. No real errors, faceplanted completely after leaving no 12 (as in face splatted into marsh)
Tiring later on, and started taking paths rather than going straight, eg. no 14. V tired en route to 15, lost a minute I think.
Lovely day out with other BOK seniors, and frankly I will try to do more of these, as they seem to be technically easy, & if I'm honest that's what I really enjoy doing. It means faster Army runners will beat me, but whatever.
http://www.baoc.info/sites/default/files/2018/02/0...
https://www.strava.com/activities/1396023365
C • Jealous 10
Tuesday Feb 6, 2018 #
12 PM
Note
Liz's birthday - walk from Severn Beach to Aust, & back a slightly inland way.
Took her out in the VW camper van, which was great fun.
Legs really tired at the end - post-NGOC still - hard to recover age 53! Hoping for BOK Army new forest Brown course tomorrow tho. No one can accuse me of "knocking it on the head" anymore! ha ha. Ha.
The walk was advertised as 7 miles/3 hours but was well over 9 miles including a bit where the maps were wrong, and took 3:20 hrs plus rests.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1394438696
Took her out in the VW camper van, which was great fun.
Legs really tired at the end - post-NGOC still - hard to recover age 53! Hoping for BOK Army new forest Brown course tomorrow tho. No one can accuse me of "knocking it on the head" anymore! ha ha. Ha.
The walk was advertised as 7 miles/3 hours but was well over 9 miles including a bit where the maps were wrong, and took 3:20 hrs plus rests.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1394438696
Monday Feb 5, 2018 #
Note
(rest day)
Essential.
Sunday Feb 4, 2018 #
12 PM
Orienteering race 1:28:53 [5] 12.78 km (6:57 / km) +182m 6:30 / km
shoes: VJ Integrators
NGOC Brown gallopen. Mallards pike.
hungover / curryover; having slept in a camper can in a car park in Chepstow
Really tired, & v v cold, but fine despite a bit slow, until no 17. Bingo. No idea. Nothing. GPS track says i went to no 19, but i don't think so ("Auto"-fit?).. Final insult was when Stephen Horlser, WIM, caught me 3 mins - he ran straight to the bingo control as i finally saw some else approach it. Crazy. sped up to try to hold him off - succeeded all the way to no 20, then no 21 - lost 3 mins; clueless - just shattered. Nothing left, mentally or physically. i went in at the right spot but thought i was too far north; Stephen says he saw me go within 10m of the control & not see it; bottom line was my tank was now empty.
So far behind Clive & Pete Ward, maybe this is the year I just knock it on the head.
oh well - enjoyed some of it, just felt such a marathon.
rest rest rest needed.
http://www.ngoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#109&cou...
hungover / curryover; having slept in a camper can in a car park in Chepstow
Really tired, & v v cold, but fine despite a bit slow, until no 17. Bingo. No idea. Nothing. GPS track says i went to no 19, but i don't think so ("Auto"-fit?).. Final insult was when Stephen Horlser, WIM, caught me 3 mins - he ran straight to the bingo control as i finally saw some else approach it. Crazy. sped up to try to hold him off - succeeded all the way to no 20, then no 21 - lost 3 mins; clueless - just shattered. Nothing left, mentally or physically. i went in at the right spot but thought i was too far north; Stephen says he saw me go within 10m of the control & not see it; bottom line was my tank was now empty.
So far behind Clive & Pete Ward, maybe this is the year I just knock it on the head.
oh well - enjoyed some of it, just felt such a marathon.
rest rest rest needed.
http://www.ngoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#109&cou...
1 PM
Orienteering race 48:35 [5] 6.68 km (7:16 / km) +109m 6:43 / km
shoes: VJ Integrators
NGOC Middle, Brown, 6km 24 controls. Mallards Pike,
Great fun, good planning, map great, no big errors, new shoes - VJ INtegrators (dobs - 1st pair ever!) which were superb & gave me soooo much more confidence than a pair of dying fading Innov8 "Mudclaws".
Up against the big boys (well, Adam & Ben & Megan are smaller than me, but you know what i mean), and annihilated by them, but glad / lucky to wreak revenge on the 2 who beat me in C Chase last w/e. :) had a sight of Adam for 1.5 controls, but little benefit. (he caught me 3 mins by no 7)
I don't even mind that Mark B beat me. Honest. Ok, i do . ;)
Ben & Megan ran times that are amazing, and I take my hat off to them. Great stuff!
routegadget . http://www.ngoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#107&cou...
Great fun, good planning, map great, no big errors, new shoes - VJ INtegrators (dobs - 1st pair ever!) which were superb & gave me soooo much more confidence than a pair of dying fading Innov8 "Mudclaws".
Up against the big boys (well, Adam & Ben & Megan are smaller than me, but you know what i mean), and annihilated by them, but glad / lucky to wreak revenge on the 2 who beat me in C Chase last w/e. :) had a sight of Adam for 1.5 controls, but little benefit. (he caught me 3 mins by no 7)
I don't even mind that Mark B beat me. Honest. Ok, i do . ;)
Ben & Megan ran times that are amazing, and I take my hat off to them. Great stuff!
routegadget . http://www.ngoc.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#107&cou...
Friday Feb 2, 2018 #
Note
(rest day)
Stomach sore but on the mend now....
Hips quite sore. Rest day very needed.
GP - quarterly diabetes review - I'm stable, even slightly improved - probably due to weight loss in last 6 months, now am close to skeletal. Helps the diabetes tho, so must be "good" for me. Right?
Sorting out a VW camper van to borrow for the Triple Gloucs w/e.... watch this space?
Hips quite sore. Rest day very needed.
GP - quarterly diabetes review - I'm stable, even slightly improved - probably due to weight loss in last 6 months, now am close to skeletal. Helps the diabetes tho, so must be "good" for me. Right?
Sorting out a VW camper van to borrow for the Triple Gloucs w/e.... watch this space?
Thursday Feb 1, 2018 #
2 PM
Running 46:06 [3] 9.0 km (5:07 / km) +122m 4:48 / km
shoes: Brookes Ravenna 8
Stomach (after 9 hours sleep/in bed with painkillers & hot water bottle) much improved this morning - but still sore.
Nice sunny day - steady run, Frome valley & Frenchay, tried to not get tired. Last 10 mins were bad, as stomach had had enough :-(
Tried to bump into Adam again, but again, failed.
Legs & stuff holding out well, considering.
1st km is toss as Garmin couldnt' find a signal & I got bored waiting.
Frenchay is beautiful in the sun. I need another £150k and I'm moving there.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1386320111
Nice sunny day - steady run, Frome valley & Frenchay, tried to not get tired. Last 10 mins were bad, as stomach had had enough :-(
Tried to bump into Adam again, but again, failed.
Legs & stuff holding out well, considering.
1st km is toss as Garmin couldnt' find a signal & I got bored waiting.
Frenchay is beautiful in the sun. I need another £150k and I'm moving there.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1386320111