Training Log Archive: carolineheloiseIn the 10 days ending Jul 7, 2017:
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Friday Jul 7, 2017 #
Running warm up/down 10:30 [2] 0.8 km (13:07 / km)
slept:8.5 shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Orienteering 55:07 [3] 3.8 km (14:30 / km) +22m 14:06 / km
shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Learnt a lot from this. Know that I need need need to be focused before I start and maintain focus the whole time. Need to catch myself when I am losing focus and snap back into it. There was good things and not good things but overall another good learning session.
Running warm up/down 5:00 [2] 0.5 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Thursday Jul 6, 2017 #
Running warm up/down 15:00 [3] 2.0 km (7:30 / km) +5m 7:24 / km
slept:7.25 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 20
Orienteering 19:15 [4] 3.2 km (6:01 / km) +130m 5:00 / km
23c shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 20
I think most of my routes were fine, though I missed the last of the barriers because I couldn't distinguish between it and the stairs as the blue pen blended in to the ink.
Happy with this and know what I can do better for next week.
Running warm up/down 10:00 [3] 1.1 km (9:05 / km) +5m 8:53 / km
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 20
Wednesday Jul 5, 2017 #
Note
slept:7.5 (rest day)
Tuesday Jul 4, 2017 #
Orienteering 29:33 [3] 2.1 km (14:04 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Line course: not great, I think I was going too slowly and noticing too much detail and getting bogged down in it. Got really confused at one point but was eventually okay. I needed to take this a bit faster and simplify more in my head.
Orienteering 30:20 [3] 2.8 km (10:50 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
First three were good, planned before I started and hit what I wanted to well. Was slightly just after leaving #1 but that just meant I hit the ride earlier which was fine, and then just before #3 was a few direction changes to avoid steep cliffs and junk on the ground but I knew where I was the whole time.
Mucked up #7 a bit, must've ran past it without seeing it and ended up at the ride junction just past it. Was a bit confused in the vague throughout the leg though, and I think that my brain just crashed a bit after I left #3 which caused this. Went in too early on #9 because I wasn't concentrating and reading the map enough.
Good session this morning though, learnt a lot and am starting to feel a bit better in the terrain.
Running warm up/down 5:00 [3] 0.5 km (10:00 / km)
slept:7.75 shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Running warm up/down 10:00 [3] 1.3 km (7:42 / km) +10m 7:24 / km
shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Orienteering 32:45 [4] *** 3.0 km (10:55 / km)
10c shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Local event at Punkalaidun by punkalaitumen kunto.
I really really liked this and am happy with my run.
We did proper starts again and I was up first yay. Focused well on the right things before starting which got me in a good headspace and was on the right track by the first control. Planned good routes and stuck to them, picked out the big features which I needed and ignored most of the rest and was moving though at a good pace where I was still in control.
Slipped up on #8 after crossing the open I didn't double check where I was along the track and in stead continued to the next track which meant that I didn't know exactly where I was along there either. Started running up the hill, but knew it was wrong so I went back and was able to relocate from a veg boundary nearby. Probably lost about 2 mins total on this leg. I think this was from my brain fading a bit and also just being a bit lazy and not making the effort to stop and check which would save time.
Overall really happy with this, it was the little confidence boost which I really needed and I know now that when I focus and do what I need to, I can orienteer well.
Yay for a good day.
Running warm up/down 5:00 [3] 0.5 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Monday Jul 3, 2017 #
Orienteering 37:11 [3] 3.0 km (12:24 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Map walk with the group to the first two controls, then in pairs talking through it for the next part. Following the green line until #8.
Was paired with Toby who was a fair bit faster which was good to show me how fast I could be going and still noticing all the necessary features. It was good to talk about the best route and picking out what features were there, and also good to do things a bit faster but still confidently because there was someone else with me double checking everything.
Another really nice map!
Running warm up/down 7:00 [3] 0.5 km (14:00 / km)
slept:8.5 shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Orienteering 1:06:00 [3] *** 4.0 km (16:30 / km)
10c shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Running the 16s course from the grano games, with 3 min starts.
Started well, happy with the first 2 controls. Start of the third leg was good, then crossed the creek slightly too far left so I missed the big gully. I think I was still on track mostly but ended up at a control further along on a cliff on the side of the hill. Unfortunately my watch still isn't working and I didn't have time to grab my phone before my start so I have no way of checking with gps track. Relocated and decided to go back to #2 and start again and focus and do it properly. And it was fine when I concentrated and followed my plan. Careful to #4 which was fine, then not so much to #5 which lost me time again, but I was finding it hard to distinguish what was mapped and what not, because there was so much there. When I got to the control I think I must've been close the first time I went over, but not quite far enough to over and left to see it. Then I went right and back before returning back over the gap and starting again. #6 was fine, slightly confused just after crossing the creek but checked compass and was fine. #7 was fine, decided to go high to have more visibility out of the green and then went down to the control from the bare rock. Was a bit confused by the rocks for #8, there was a lot more in the terrain than I was expecting from the map. Curved north a bit much but was able to correct thanks to the vegetation boundary.
I learnt a lot from this. There were good bits when I was focusing, and then bad bits as soon as I lost focus. Super annoyed about the lack of a gps track because my Garmin has given up on me. I need to look up more and also just to think more and think quicker. It was good to run a bit more on this course, though my legs are feeling fairly tired now.
For tomorrow, I want to have better contact all the time and work on exit direction and get into some better control flow.
Sunday Jul 2, 2017 #
Note
slept:9.0 (rest day)
Saturday Jul 1, 2017 #
Running warm up/down 13:47 [3] 2.5 km (5:31 / km) +50m 5:01 / km
slept:9.5 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 20
Orienteering 19:25 [4] *** 3.0 km (6:28 / km) +125m 5:21 / km
22c shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 20
Good to do, especially as its really relevant, being right next to the jwoc sprint area.
Was super motivated after watching the woc sprint which definitely helped me up the massive hill in the middle.
Need to think more though, found that I was running faster than I could think and that I kept overrunning things, and also missing small passages as it was hard to distinguish between what was out of bounds and what wasn’t. Ran through an uncrossable fence because the line didn’t look thick.
Absolutely died on the big hill, but also in general I was struggling to breathe and my legs were quite heavy and sluggish. Need a bit of speed to kick more. Next time will definitely be better.
Good to do a hard session though, even if I didn’t feel great, and the view was so nice at the top of the hill!
Running warm up/down 18:36 [3] 2.4 km (7:45 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 20
Running 1:12 [4] 0.35 km (3:26 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 20
Legs were dead and had no lift and struggled to breathe again.
Running warm up/down 3:30 [2] 0.5 km (7:00 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 20
Friday Jun 30, 2017 #
Orienteering 58:52 [3] *** 4.6 km (12:48 / km) +31m 12:23 / km
13c shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
This was good I think, goal was to navigate well and then work on only running when I was confident in where I was and could keep contact. This really helped and I was more focused and concentrating better on the right things.
Brain died at #13 (45 mins in) and so things weren't as great after that.
Another really nice area though, this was just so much fun and would've liked to stay out longer.
Running warm up/down 5:30 [3] 1.3 km (4:14 / km)
slept:7.0 shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Thursday Jun 29, 2017 #
Note
slept:7.0 (rest day)
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017 #
Running warm up/down 4:00 [3] 0.5 km (8:00 / km)
slept:7.0 shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
Orienteering 39:55 [3] *** 3.7 km (10:47 / km) +16m 10:34 / km
9c shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
This map was just soo nice! Really nice running and quality map which was just so nice especially after yesterday. Was still pretty stop-start-y still but found that I was more confident and running better. Felt like I could understand the terrain better and was interpreting the map better.
Orienteering 59:24 [3] 4.3 km (13:49 / km) +84m 12:35 / km
10c shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212
This was more of an adventure than the morning.
After the first 5 or so controls, the orienteering part got okay, but maybe that was because I was taking super safe routes and making the most of the tracks. The first part though was not great. Just super confused as the map was out of date and there were some flags/tapes but not necessarily at the same control sites as were on the map. I don’t think any of us actually found #5, but looking at the route gadget I was way too high up on the slope, though I’m fairly sure the map was not great in this area either.
Running warm up/down 5:29 [3] 0.7 km (7:50 / km) +7m 7:28 / km
shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 212