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Tuesday May 10, 2016 #
Running - Road/Track (Evening jog) 49:32 [3] 8.93 km (5:33 / km) +48m 5:24 / km
shoes: Nike Pegasus 32
Gentle jog with Daryl.
Haven't decided whether to do Bitton 5k or the o tomorrow yet.
Will have a look at the map of penpole in a bit to refresh my memory...
Haven't decided whether to do Bitton 5k or the o tomorrow yet.
Will have a look at the map of penpole in a bit to refresh my memory...
S+C 6:00 [5]
Monday May 9, 2016 #
Note
(rest day)
It was a bit raining. Also my knee was a bit sore.
Regretted not going to track until about 8:15pm where it suddenly became a lot raining and I was glad to be indoors.
Regretted not going to track until about 8:15pm where it suddenly became a lot raining and I was glad to be indoors.
Sunday May 8, 2016 #
Orienteering - Forest race (Aberedw Rocks) 1:04:41 [5] 9.2 km (7:02 / km) +297m 6:03 / km
shoes: X-Talon 190 (blue)
http://www.mid-wales-orienteers.org.uk/results-arc...
7th/15
Dire. Should have come 4th. Ran off the map and lost 10 minutes! Literally.
Not only that but ran right past the control, but ignored it because it was 300m away from where I thought it was going to be. Looking at Garmin I ran an extra 1.4km+. This was not my finest hour. Basically caused by mistaking one set of big rocks for another set of big rocks. But the large, obvious path I was on, next to the rocks, is not on the map. I didn't really get on with the map in general - but that does not excuse my rubbishness.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1159369...
Rest of the course - I have some good splits and some bad ones, but tbh it was all a bit eclipsed by the above.
Getting pretty hot out there - 28 degrees at one point.
7th/15
Dire. Should have come 4th. Ran off the map and lost 10 minutes! Literally.
Not only that but ran right past the control, but ignored it because it was 300m away from where I thought it was going to be. Looking at Garmin I ran an extra 1.4km+. This was not my finest hour. Basically caused by mistaking one set of big rocks for another set of big rocks. But the large, obvious path I was on, next to the rocks, is not on the map. I didn't really get on with the map in general - but that does not excuse my rubbishness.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1159369...
Rest of the course - I have some good splits and some bad ones, but tbh it was all a bit eclipsed by the above.
Getting pretty hot out there - 28 degrees at one point.
Saturday May 7, 2016 #
Running - Road/Track race (Parkrun - Pomphrey Hill) 18:32 [5] 5.0 km (3:42 / km) +72m 3:27 / km
shoes: Adidas Adios 3
PB by 10 secs or so on this course so pretty happy with this - did not feel good at any point, though; I think longer distances are just more my thing.
Very good conditions. 2nd behind some 14ish year old.
Note on shoe selection: I have now come full circle - my first pair of proper running shoes were the original Adios. After two successful pairs of those I fell under the spell of believing that shoes were magic - and tried inov8, saucony, asics, mizuno, nike... but it's good to be back wearing the Adios :)
Very good conditions. 2nd behind some 14ish year old.
Note on shoe selection: I have now come full circle - my first pair of proper running shoes were the original Adios. After two successful pairs of those I fell under the spell of believing that shoes were magic - and tried inov8, saucony, asics, mizuno, nike... but it's good to be back wearing the Adios :)
Running - Trail race (Steam Bunny Stomp) 1:07:43 [5] 11.34 km (5:58 / km) +541m 4:49 / km
shoes: X-Talon 212 (Jan16)
First race entering as MDC!
http://pontypoolrunners.co.uk/Steam%20Bunny%20Stom...
Parkrun not the best prep. Quads full of lactic after about 100m. Walked up hills I'd normally have run up (at the start; later I'd have been walking anyway). It was hot and sunny. Felt bad most of the first half. Lunch at 10am (4 hours before!) is still not a big enough gap.
Tbh didn't think it was a great race; nothing like as scenic as a race in the Beacons. And it was very badly signed (I know it was a fell race, but if the map you distribute is just black and white google maps, you need good signs). Also we were told to take our own lines...but not the locations of the checkpoints or even how many there were. I only didn't get lost by just following the people around me. Ended up coming 4th as 2nd got lost. Clare ran an extra 2km. When I left there was still at least one person out there somewhere (and this is after the sweeper was back). I don't think this is a race to do again unless they sort themselves out.
http://pontypoolrunners.co.uk/Steam%20Bunny%20Stom...
Parkrun not the best prep. Quads full of lactic after about 100m. Walked up hills I'd normally have run up (at the start; later I'd have been walking anyway). It was hot and sunny. Felt bad most of the first half. Lunch at 10am (4 hours before!) is still not a big enough gap.
Tbh didn't think it was a great race; nothing like as scenic as a race in the Beacons. And it was very badly signed (I know it was a fell race, but if the map you distribute is just black and white google maps, you need good signs). Also we were told to take our own lines...but not the locations of the checkpoints or even how many there were. I only didn't get lost by just following the people around me. Ended up coming 4th as 2nd got lost. Clare ran an extra 2km. When I left there was still at least one person out there somewhere (and this is after the sweeper was back). I don't think this is a race to do again unless they sort themselves out.
Note
My app worked!! I'm a proper developer now.
Friday May 6, 2016 #
Note
(rest day)
More ice and stretching, etc
I have successfully* finished writing an app for my Garmin which will calculate and display the change in altitude between a set point and where you are now. In theory this can help you contour in mountain marathons where altimeters are allowed.
In practice I had this feature on my Suunto and it wasn't particularly helpful - but it could have been, in the fog or something.
Plus it was a good exercise in coding... and patience...
*okay so it may not work yet; I need to test it on a hill - but it doesn't break the watch, and that's a success in itself!
I have successfully* finished writing an app for my Garmin which will calculate and display the change in altitude between a set point and where you are now. In theory this can help you contour in mountain marathons where altimeters are allowed.
In practice I had this feature on my Suunto and it wasn't particularly helpful - but it could have been, in the fog or something.
Plus it was a good exercise in coding... and patience...
*okay so it may not work yet; I need to test it on a hill - but it doesn't break the watch, and that's a success in itself!
Thursday May 5, 2016 #
Running - Trail race (Wrington Woodland) 39:55 [5] 9.49 km (4:12 / km) +265m 3:41 / km
shoes: Nike Pegasus 32
11th/116 - http://www.tach.org.uk/s/Wrington-Woodland-2016-co...
About 30s faster than last year - hooray!
Very dry conditions meant trainers were definitely the right choice. Several steps were very muddy but less than 1% of the course.
B&W came 3rd team behind Weston and Southville.
Stayed ahead of Clare Prosser... Just. It felt very strange to be pushing hard for the whole race; massive contrast to the marathon.
Good course, especially the last km downhill through the woods at the end.
Knee felt fine, but will keep icing and exercising just to make sure.
About 30s faster than last year - hooray!
Very dry conditions meant trainers were definitely the right choice. Several steps were very muddy but less than 1% of the course.
B&W came 3rd team behind Weston and Southville.
Stayed ahead of Clare Prosser... Just. It felt very strange to be pushing hard for the whole race; massive contrast to the marathon.
Good course, especially the last km downhill through the woods at the end.
Knee felt fine, but will keep icing and exercising just to make sure.
Wednesday May 4, 2016 #
Orienteering - Urban race (Uni Halls Sprint) 23:28 [5] 5.0 km (4:42 / km)
shoes: Nike Pegasus 32
2nd/60.
http://www.bristolorienteering.org.uk/sites/defaul...
About 50s down on Matt Whipple...But he did plan here last year. But still - even with a perfect run I only lost 30s or so in total looking at splits, so fair play to him, he's running well. I actually had a really good run myself so pretty happy. Courses very well planned.
Good to beat Geoff - he was 30s up and then had one disaster and lost 2mins on #9. I'm sympathetic because it's usually me that this happens to... Since I started 90s down, I caught him here, and I was quick enough to stay with him/slightly ahead and get away from him with a better route choice. He caught me back up on the penulttime control - but I got past him again up the hill (not my strong suit). So that was really good, and it was great to have some head-to-head racing and not go totally to pieces - good relay practice!
No knee pain which was a massive surprise!
I think I must have stopped gps at some point during the run by mistake, so no idea how far I ran. Looks like it happened in the trees I unwisely cut through; probably got pressed by a branch or something.
http://www.bristolorienteering.org.uk/sites/defaul...
About 50s down on Matt Whipple...But he did plan here last year. But still - even with a perfect run I only lost 30s or so in total looking at splits, so fair play to him, he's running well. I actually had a really good run myself so pretty happy. Courses very well planned.
Good to beat Geoff - he was 30s up and then had one disaster and lost 2mins on #9. I'm sympathetic because it's usually me that this happens to... Since I started 90s down, I caught him here, and I was quick enough to stay with him/slightly ahead and get away from him with a better route choice. He caught me back up on the penulttime control - but I got past him again up the hill (not my strong suit). So that was really good, and it was great to have some head-to-head racing and not go totally to pieces - good relay practice!
No knee pain which was a massive surprise!
I think I must have stopped gps at some point during the run by mistake, so no idea how far I ran. Looks like it happened in the trees I unwisely cut through; probably got pressed by a branch or something.