Training Log Archive: Arnold

Got my JK exam results (ranking points) back on Thursday and they were predictably poor - only the 5th, 8th and 10th best scores of the season (middle was best).

But I’ve made peace with the results - partly I was unlucky in terrain selection (sprint too fast - hadn’t done any intervals: middle/long too slow - hadn’t done enough rough running). And partly I hadn’t done enough orienteering training / wasn’t hungry enough for orienteering. So when normally I’d gain minutes on navigation this time I lost them, particularly on the long.

I do need to sort my neck and shoulders out though.

Still pumped for running as well and am looking forward to Richmond Half in early May.

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Still quite hard work (but sunny and dry for a change). Rather apprehensive about Sunday now, but then I have 2 months for some good training.

Morning run in Richmond Park. Slower than I thought, but it was really really muddy

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JK Long. 13th today / 11th overall, so it got worse not better. Crappy forest but can’t really use that as an excuse any more. Probably about 3-4 mins of mistakes which is definitely too much.

I am rather perplexed about how I can be so quick around Richmond Park and so slow in the forest- or at least no quicker than before. Possible explanations:
1. I’ve done almost no Orienteering and hence no proper terrain training over the winter. So in brashy / muddy forests that shows.
2. The neck injury I picked up falling over skiing in February, which has made me feel pretty tired, for some reason impacts orienteering more than running
3. I’ve picked up some other mystery illness in the week - unlikely
4. My motivation for orienteering is low, meaning I could maybe run faster but I don’t

Most likely it’s 1 and a bit of 4. I do need to get my neck sorted out though so will see the osteo again tomorrow.

And next weekend I’m doing the Austrian Ultralong champs - mass start M40 but only 11k in hilly terrain. So it looks like I’ll get my arse kicked, oh well.

Separately I’ve entered a half marathon first weekend of May and I’m pumped about that one.

White course “shadowing” Tobi, who it turns out can run really fast when he wants to, and promotly came 1st of about 30 kids. Not exactly fair as without me he would have gone totally the wrong way a couple of times. But he’s pumped.

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