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Wednesday May 11, 2016 #
Orienteering - Forest race (Penpole) 38:29 [5] 6.75 km (5:42 / km) +126m 5:13 / km
shoes: X-Talon 212 (Jan16)
Decided to do this rather than Bitton as will do Weston Prom tomorrow.
Nowhere near as bad as last event here - the map still has issues in places, but all the controls were in the right place this time.
2 main losses; +1min on #3, control was on an unmapped path which was so major I assumed it must be the mapped path. And +90s #14, picked the darker green rather than the lighter green side to climb the hill (why?!) and got pushed over to the crag; ended up climbing up in the steepest place - it was a hands and knees job.
Otherwise good, and splits other than those were within a few secs of Phil. Still 7 minutes behind Ben, but what can you do...
Nowhere near as bad as last event here - the map still has issues in places, but all the controls were in the right place this time.
2 main losses; +1min on #3, control was on an unmapped path which was so major I assumed it must be the mapped path. And +90s #14, picked the darker green rather than the lighter green side to climb the hill (why?!) and got pushed over to the crag; ended up climbing up in the steepest place - it was a hands and knees job.
Otherwise good, and splits other than those were within a few secs of Phil. Still 7 minutes behind Ben, but what can you do...
C • Why? 1
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.