Thursday Jul 31 |
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| travelling |
Wednesday Jul 30 |
| running 15:00 [3] | |
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| Munich. After dinner run on my last evening, boring streets around hostel in suburbs so didnt go very long! Knees and legs bit sore from hiking. |
Monday Jul 28 |
| running 25:00 [3] | |
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| Spent all day hiking above 2000m...awesome amazing super cool... anyway also ran for 25mins once I had decended 1500m and the tracks were a bit smoother. Think I´v killed my poor green nike zooms. |
Sunday Jul 27 |
| running (Innsbruck) 34:00 [3] | |
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| Possibly the coolest run ever..big claim for a 30min run!
Maybe I was still on a high from my morning paragliding!
PS spent all day wandering thru the villages surrounding Innsbruck
wonderful day!!
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Thursday Jul 24 |
| riding (Danube) 4:10:00 [3]87 km (2:52 / km) | |
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| Krems to Vienna |
Wednesday Jul 23 |
| riding (Danube) 5:40:00 [3]124 km (2:45 / km) | |
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| Rode from Mauthausen to Krems. It was really nice in the morning along the river and thru the fields and villages, saw lots of cool things, however it started raining at lunch and didnt stop all day.
I was going to ride all the way to Vienna (80k extra) because I no dry clothes at all but I had a stack coming into Krems and decided there was no way Id get back before dark.
Awesome stretch from Melk to Krems with steep hills covered in terraced vineyards and castles on top! I was rushing thru a bit though because It was so wet. |
Tuesday Jul 22 |
| riding (Danube) 2:00:00 [3]40 km (3:00 / km) | |
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| I borrowed Michaela Gigon's bike to ride from Linz to Vienna along the Danube. First I rode to the train station in Vienna then from Linz to Mauthausen along the Danube in the evening. |
Monday Jul 21 |
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| (rest day) |
| hungover... |
Sunday Jul 20 |
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| (rest day) |
| relay spectating...got sunburnt and ate sausages! |
Saturday Jul 19 |
| orienteering race 1:49:00 [5] | |
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| WOC long. Started well but was caught at 6. Went right on the long leg which was good but lost time in the beginning running in the wrong direction. Felt really tired after running up the steep to 13 and struggled a bit from there, Jo caught me and I couldnt keep up. Some mistakes too but never much more than 1 min.
Bit disappointing to be so far behind but not really too bad, I just have to be able to run faster for that long-probably my longest race.
WOCs all over!! My right ankle is glad... |
Friday Jul 18 |
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| (rest day) |
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Thursday Jul 17 |
| orienteering race 29:45 [5] | |
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| WOC middle qualifier.
Started quite well but lost a min or so on the long leg- direction was slightly off and I stopped early. OK in the green at the end but was quite hesitant on a few. Legs felt really tired at the end.
Relived to make it, it was a pretty close heat. |
| orienteering race 43:31 [5] | |
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| WOC middle final.
This was a really cool race even though I was a bit disppointed to stuff up. Didnt start so well, it was really tricky and i was pretty hesitant, then I caught the german girl who started 2mins infront and together we stuffed up no 6 by at least 3mins. I just didn't read the rock and didnt relocate well, I guess i wasn't careful enough. A few more misses before the spectator controll, then I did the last loop through the green well.
Physically felt much better than I thought!
33rd. Luckily I had an early start so got to watch the rest of the race, and the other girls doing so well! |
| running warm up/down 30:00 [3] | |
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| C • Top work 2 |
Wednesday Jul 16 |
| running warm up/down 10:00 [3] | |
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| at model event |
| orienteering 12:00 [3] | |
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| model for middle
ran lots of controlls mostlı downhill
feeling incrediblı tired todaı nd have a headache, dont reallı feel like doing anıthing, so slept and read. it doesnt make sense, iv had plentı of sleep! |
Tuesday Jul 15 |
| orienteering race 54:50 [5] | |
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| woc long qualifier. started well phzsicallı and navigationallı then died a bit in the middle of the course, it seemed quite tough and i think the nerves maıbe took some of mı energı. onlı had a little bit of trouble with a few, in particular 12 where i didnt slow down enough and ran to another controll in the green. verı relived to qualifı as i didnt feel like it was such a good run but reallı it wsnt too bad i guess.. |
| running warm up/down 20:00 [3] | |
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| felt bit tired warming up
legs felt dead afterwards |
Monday Jul 14 |
| running 10:00 [3] | |
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| at model event, running to start and some surges after |
| orienteering 20:00 [3] | |
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| Model event for long qual, ran some downhill legs fast and tried to have good routing in anbd out of controlls, other than took it slow. Nothing unexpected, definately have to avoid anything yellow or hashed.
Feeling good for tomorrow, have my start time, even got a newhaircut! Cant wait! |
Sunday Jul 13 |
| running 20:00 [3] | |
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| Easy run, feeling good. |
Saturday Jul 12 |
| running 34:00 [3] | |
| slept:9.5 |
| Run from the accom, doing some intervals and reading a map in the slow sections. 6w/u 1on 2rec 1on 2rec 2on 10rec 3on 1rec 1on .5rec .5on 5w/d.
Didnt push body too hard but tried to get my legs going fast. Feeling really good and the legs are happy to have a few days out of the terrain. Cold shower afterwards..it was pretty hot out there! |
Friday Jul 11 |
| orienteering 45:00 [3] | |
| slept:10.0 |
| Last session in the forest, back out on the map where we had the long race last weekend. Focussed on using compass especially entering and exiting controlls, was mostly pretty good, and its really important when theres so much vegetation. Feeling a little bit tired in the forest, ran some legs a bit harder and some sections easy. |
Thursday Jul 10 |
| orienteering 45:00 [3] | |
| slept:9.0 |
| Middle. Hard to run fast, lots of controlls, compass. Mostly good, feeling ok too.
Picked lots n lots blueberries after. |
Wednesday Jul 9 |
| running 13:40 [3] | |
| slept:10.0 (rest day) |
| Very easy run with map |
Tuesday Jul 8 |
| orienteering 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Long training on the map where the Czech trials were. Physically felt really tired. Some interesting route choices, nav mostly ok though got confused by un mapped towers when I wasnt really reading the other details properly. Nice forest |
Monday Jul 7 |
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| (rest day) |
| Rest day, went to the awesome caves including a nearly vertical gondola and undergroud boat trip. Feeling really tired and sort of weak all over. Maybe I need more sleep or maybe its the heat? |
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| C • FUN 2 |
Sunday Jul 6 |
| orienteering race 38:40 [5]5 km (7:44 / km) | |
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| Moravian middle race. Had a good run, was switched on and more careful coming into controlls. Didnt have controll descriptions and lost 1.5mins at one controll where I wasnt sure if it was the right number as the map seemed a bit off. All the other controls I was confident about, though had a bit of trouble finding one (40sec)
So couldve had a quicker time but technically a good run.
Physically I felt tired especially at the start, I was pushing better after about 5mins so maybe I need to warm up harder?
Still a bit iffy about track vs forest options even over short distances
Third 30 secs behind two Ukranian runners |
| running warm up/down 16:00 [3] | |
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| saw blue berries! |
| strength and cond 12:00 [1] | |
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Saturday Jul 5 |
| orienteering race 1:02:40 [4]7.3 km (8:35 / km) | |
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| Moravian Long race. OK run, I thought I understood the map quite well but lost about 1min on 6 controls which is really not very good, mostly not being careful enough entering them especiall in the green, so silly avoidable mistakes. Also I think I ran in the forest when the tracks were better options on some legs. 9mins behind fastest swiss and 6 behind Jo so I have more confidence and just need to take more time/care to get things right.
Physically made a big effort to push hard running on tracks. Still felt good towards the end. |
| running warm up/down 18:00 [3] | |
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Friday Jul 4 |
| orienteering 30:00 [3] | |
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| Awesome middle map in the mountains. Put out some tapes on the way up then ran a star course up the top (17mins) Then a cool downhill course (11mins) |
| running 25:00 [3] | |
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| Jogged 250m up to the top. |
| strength and cond 15:00 [3] | |
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| core |
Thursday Jul 3 |
| orienteering 45:00 [4] | |
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| Long/relay trainingmap with Jo and Kathryn. Did 4 short courses at short start intervals, quite fast.
It was quite hot so it felt quite hard. Good fun and the map was easy to understand with less detail than yesterday. |
| running warm up/down 13:00 [2] | |
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Wednesday Jul 2 |
| orienteering 40:00 [3]3.5 km (11:26 / km) +110m 9:53 / km | |
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| First run in Czech, middle distance qualifier for the Czech team, though i ran it for familiarisation not a race. Lots of vegetation detail which is a bit different. Clear is much slower than green and the ground was really rough. Got to see all features and even make a few mistakes (compass) |
| orienteering 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Afternoon middle.
Made bad mistakes on 2 and 3 (no plan and dodgy compass, was close but unsure and hard to relocate when thick) Ran better for the rest, though lost a bit in the green short legs, walked the long leg as I was a bit tired and then ran the last short legs faster. Had some Swiss girls around at the end which was good fun, running a bit faster.. they didnt really seem to orienteer any faster than I could.
Physically felt tired on the hills. |
Tuesday Jul 1 |
| running 48:00 [3] | |
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| Prague, ran in the morning across the river and up the hill. Took it easy and felt pretty good, though got tired a bit quickly uphill. Lots of walking and stratches in between. |