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Sunday Feb 19, 2006 #
Orienteering race 1:37:00 [3] 12.3 km (7:53 / km) +250m 7:10 / km
spiked:20/29c shoes: New Balance RX Terrain
Egypt Woods and Burnham Beeches is one of southern England's finest areas. The whole area is generally very runnable, although Burnham Beeches to the south has a fair smattering of holly bushes. There are also a few small areas of contour detail towards the south of the map.
The map had been specially extended to the north of Egypt Woods, and this is where the courses started. I quite enjoyed the first bit, perhaps because I spiked all the controls in it!
The silliest mistake I made by a long way was on the way to number 10. I headed away from number 9 in what seemed to be the right direction, and found a control in the same kind of feature. There should have been a thicket by the control but there wasn't. Since the number was on my description holder I just punched it without realising. Then, I headed off towards number 11. I can't be sure exactly where I went, but I eventually found the control. It was then that I thought "hold on a moment, this looks familiar". I had found number 11 and punched it twice without finding number 10! Cursing, I then ran from 11 to 10 and then back to 11 to punch it for the third time!
One consequence of this was that my SI card would not register the time I punched the last control, and hence I wouldn't know my run-in split. Using my stopwatch, I estimated it to be about 15 seconds.
13 was a long leg (1840m) which I screwed up towards the end, getting confused by three parallel paths. 19 was another long 1km+ leg and running through some slow-run forest was not a particularly good idea, although as I emerged from this block of forest I could see the control.
I got very tired towards the end, which definitely had an adverse effect on leg times, but other than that I enjoyed my run. Luckily the swelling wasn't being much of a problem either.
The map had been specially extended to the north of Egypt Woods, and this is where the courses started. I quite enjoyed the first bit, perhaps because I spiked all the controls in it!
The silliest mistake I made by a long way was on the way to number 10. I headed away from number 9 in what seemed to be the right direction, and found a control in the same kind of feature. There should have been a thicket by the control but there wasn't. Since the number was on my description holder I just punched it without realising. Then, I headed off towards number 11. I can't be sure exactly where I went, but I eventually found the control. It was then that I thought "hold on a moment, this looks familiar". I had found number 11 and punched it twice without finding number 10! Cursing, I then ran from 11 to 10 and then back to 11 to punch it for the third time!
One consequence of this was that my SI card would not register the time I punched the last control, and hence I wouldn't know my run-in split. Using my stopwatch, I estimated it to be about 15 seconds.
13 was a long leg (1840m) which I screwed up towards the end, getting confused by three parallel paths. 19 was another long 1km+ leg and running through some slow-run forest was not a particularly good idea, although as I emerged from this block of forest I could see the control.
I got very tired towards the end, which definitely had an adverse effect on leg times, but other than that I enjoyed my run. Luckily the swelling wasn't being much of a problem either.
Friday Feb 17, 2006 #
Running 35:00 [3] 7.5 km (4:40 / km) +90m 4:24 / km
This was my first training run in over a week due to the swelling(?) on my right heel, to a nearby mobile phone mast and back. The time is a complete guess as I forgot to stop my watch when I got back!
I haven't run since last Wednesday due to this blasted swelling on my right heel. Since I have over 12km to run on Sunday, I figured I'd better get some training in! During the week I bought myself some new socks, in the hope that they would provide more cushioning between my heel and shoe than current pairs and thus hurt the swelling less. That plan seems to have worked. Whilst running, I did notice the swelling, but it was more of a niggle than anything painful. It didn't really slow me down to any extent. I felt that I ran pretty well, although in places I was slowed by the paths being their usual muddy selves.
I haven't run since last Wednesday due to this blasted swelling on my right heel. Since I have over 12km to run on Sunday, I figured I'd better get some training in! During the week I bought myself some new socks, in the hope that they would provide more cushioning between my heel and shoe than current pairs and thus hurt the swelling less. That plan seems to have worked. Whilst running, I did notice the swelling, but it was more of a niggle than anything painful. It didn't really slow me down to any extent. I felt that I ran pretty well, although in places I was slowed by the paths being their usual muddy selves.
Tuesday Feb 14, 2006 #
Circuits intervals 1:00:00 [3]
Had hoped for circuits without equipment this week, but sadly it didn't happen. A fairly standard session: 50s on 10s off for one circuit + 3. It felt harder than last week, due to the longer intervals and my lack of exercise this last week. The swelling or whatever on my heel wasn't such a problem (felt it most during Fast Feet) but that could be because I was wearing my circuits-only trainers.
There were noticeably less people there than usual, what with it being Valentine's Day. That was a good thing in one way - you can do sprint-the-long-sides-jog-the-short so much better when there are a lot less people to bump into.
There were noticeably less people there than usual, what with it being Valentine's Day. That was a good thing in one way - you can do sprint-the-long-sides-jog-the-short so much better when there are a lot less people to bump into.