Sunday Feb 10 |
 | Orienteering (Nerrina/White Swan) 1:30:00 [3]10 km (9:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Teva X1 Stability |
| Orienteering training organised by Roch Prendergast.
First course I ran in pairs with Blair. One person navigating to a determined area, then handing over to other person who had to relocate and find a control. I felt like I hadn't orienteered for ages and was very careful to begin with.
2nd exercise was a sprint course of about 2.5km and took me just under 20mins. I was really struggling with lack of food and had real trouble concentrating, particularly in the control circle. But it was great training, and is still one of the best maps going around. The dark green gorse is actually better than it was 10 years ago. |
Saturday Feb 9 |
| Run long (Yarra Bend to Essendon) 1:30:00 [3]17 km (5:18 / km) | |
| shoes: Nike Bowerman |
| I volunteered at the Kathmandu AR at Yarra Bent, when Kath and Kim won the women's class (and even beat the mixed team!). Dave's Colls won outright.
Ran back to Essendon via Merri Creek for about 50mins that was quite pleasant then through the streets. Legs were very flat but I tried (unsuccessfully) to run through it.
Note: Caught up with Troysie who has moved into an apartment in Port Melbourne. Went to Crown Casino, shit that place is big! and saw a movie. |
Friday Feb 8 |
| Run (Glenn Run) 1:00:00 [3]12 km (5:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Nike Bowerman |
| Glenn run, while waiting for Kathryn to run VIC 5km track champs. 2laps of the Tan, one easy, one hard, plus several other laps around the block and Olympic park to fill in time. |
Thursday Feb 7 |
| Run (Delburn forest) 51:35 [3]8.91 km (5:47 / km) | |
| shoes: Asic 2110 |
| afternoon run with Kathryn, with a few run throughs. |
Wednesday Feb 6 |
| Run (Delburn) 43:00 [2]7 km (6:09 / km) | |
| shoes: Asic 2110 |
| morning run with Kathryn. I was nearly awake by the end of it. |
Tuesday Feb 5 |
| Kayak (Patterson Lakes) 1:05:00 [3]10.39 km (6:15 / km) | |
| slept:6.0 shoes: K1 Kayak |
| early morning paddle with Big Dave. Was pretty tired but happy I dragged myself out of bed. 5mins w.u then 4x4mins with 1min rest. Worked on technique for the rest. I felt pretty bad in the boat due to lack of recent paddling. Lacking strength and not as stable in this boat. Nothing a few thousand hours of paddling won't fix... |
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| C • Coaching Posi 3 |
Monday Feb 4 |
| Run (Albert Park) 35:00 [3]7.05 km (4:58 / km) | |
| slept:5.0 shoes: new NORTH FACE Anurva |
| arrived on the Spirit of Tasmania at 6am and had some free time before my breakfast meeting with Silva Rep. Quick lap of Albert Park Lake on a really nice, but warmish morning. Legs felt good, but surprising how 5mins/km feels fast these days...
Then 7.30am breakfast meeting with SILVA rep. Great coffee and french toast coutesy of SILVA at Ali's Coffee Rosters in South Melbourne. Fully recommended. |
| Orienteering race (Melbourne Street-O) 44:10 [5]10.04 km (4:24 / km) | |
| shoes: Nike Bowerman |
| Melbourne Steet-O (my first!) Had to collect 18 out of 22 controls. Running late so not much of a warm up. Followed Adam Scammell for the first 15mins or so until we took different routes, he skipped 18. I made a few mistakes after that, not realising I couldn't get through to some streets. Happy with my legs, though I plan to get a bit faster in the next month. Certainly got out-Scamelled tonight! |