Training Log Archive: ArnoldIn the 7 days ending Feb 1, 2020:
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Saturday Feb 1, 2020 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 35:13 [5] 3.0 km (11:44 / km) +200m 8:48 / km
Stockholm Indoor Cup, Day 1.
Mentally not really ready for this today so took me some time to get into the map, and way too long to figure out the “really hard leg” (8 minutes when really it should have been 4-5.) The rest was better, but I doubt I’ll be 14th again like last year.
Still an amazing race though. This year’s extras included controls in a sauna and on a piano, both the attic (bizarrely full of pot plants) and the basement service corridor (full of pipes), external fire escape stairs, some cross country skiing projected at full volume onto a wall, and the Benny Hill music as you ran down a narrow corridor.
Edit: 33rd place of about 220. About what I deserved this time around.
Mentally not really ready for this today so took me some time to get into the map, and way too long to figure out the “really hard leg” (8 minutes when really it should have been 4-5.) The rest was better, but I doubt I’ll be 14th again like last year.
Still an amazing race though. This year’s extras included controls in a sauna and on a piano, both the attic (bizarrely full of pot plants) and the basement service corridor (full of pipes), external fire escape stairs, some cross country skiing projected at full volume onto a wall, and the Benny Hill music as you ran down a narrow corridor.
Edit: 33rd place of about 220. About what I deserved this time around.
Orienteering 55:07 [3] 6.76 km (8:09 / km) +77m 7:43 / km
ahr:150 max:173
Bless the good people of Sweden, who provide a Långpass (forest training O) in addition to the Indoor-O.
It’s all pretty relaxed, with no timing and only tapes in the forest. In contrast to the previous two years, this time the forest was really nice and runnable so it was pure joy especially when the sun came out.
Ran with Anthony and we took turns leading. The nav was a bit shaky but got better eventually. Either way, brilliant fun.
It’s all pretty relaxed, with no timing and only tapes in the forest. In contrast to the previous two years, this time the forest was really nice and runnable so it was pure joy especially when the sun came out.
Ran with Anthony and we took turns leading. The nav was a bit shaky but got better eventually. Either way, brilliant fun.
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020 #
12 PM
Orienteering 1:04:47 [3] 11.39 km (5:41 / km) +110m 5:25 / km
ahr:149 max:173
Hawley and Hornley Military League, Brown, 9.9 / 180
I’m back! Almost the perfect run (20’ circumnavigating a thicket excluded) and tough, but doable, running despite the efforts of yesterday.
Lovely to be out in the sunshine and map, course and controls were all bang on. What fun!
I’m back! Almost the perfect run (20’ circumnavigating a thicket excluded) and tough, but doable, running despite the efforts of yesterday.
Lovely to be out in the sunshine and map, course and controls were all bang on. What fun!
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020 #
7 AM
Cycling 30:53 [3] 11.87 km (2:36 / km) +32m 2:34 / km
ahr:109 max:143
Woke up tired so took it easyish. Lots of (bike and car) traffic in the second half giving me a good excuse to slow down a bit, although I was lucky with the lights this time.
6 PM
Cycling 9:21 [3] 3.13 km (2:59 / km) +2m 2:59 / km
ahr:112 max:133
Tired.
Orienteering 30:11 [3] 5.56 km (5:26 / km)
ahr:135 max:177
Barnes Night-O
Decent race except for one 30’ banana and a couple of 10’ wobbles meant 4th place and some nice scalps.
Love Barnes at night, it’s always tricky even after 10+ visits. Speed seemed better than it felt (which was hard work.) Also wrong choice of footwear (trainers) given that the first half was a mudfest.
Decent race except for one 30’ banana and a couple of 10’ wobbles meant 4th place and some nice scalps.
Love Barnes at night, it’s always tricky even after 10+ visits. Speed seemed better than it felt (which was hard work.) Also wrong choice of footwear (trainers) given that the first half was a mudfest.
Cycling 26:00 [3] 8.54 km (3:03 / km) +44m 2:58 / km
ahr:132 max:166
Even tireder going back from the orienteering. Headwind didn’t help.
Sunday Jan 26, 2020 #
11 AM
Orienteering 49:56 [3] 7.59 km (6:35 / km) +78m 6:16 / km
ahr:135 max:168
GO Middle Distance Farley Heath Black course, 6.4/150
First proper orienteering event in ages, and it wasn't a classic. The area was grotty and the map a bit approximate, which meant some of the controls weren't quite where I expected them.
As a bonus, the new-looking O shoes I found in the cupboard completely fell apart over various stages of the race - first the sole came off shoe 1, then the underlay came off too, so by the end my toes were poking out. Shoe 2 managed to last a bit longer, but the sole was still halfway off by the end.
Having said that my orienteering was rusty so I lost a good 4 minutes on 3 biggish mistakes. The fitness was better than expected, especially in the second half. And the calves were fine.
So on balance, something to build on.
First proper orienteering event in ages, and it wasn't a classic. The area was grotty and the map a bit approximate, which meant some of the controls weren't quite where I expected them.
As a bonus, the new-looking O shoes I found in the cupboard completely fell apart over various stages of the race - first the sole came off shoe 1, then the underlay came off too, so by the end my toes were poking out. Shoe 2 managed to last a bit longer, but the sole was still halfway off by the end.
Having said that my orienteering was rusty so I lost a good 4 minutes on 3 biggish mistakes. The fitness was better than expected, especially in the second half. And the calves were fine.
So on balance, something to build on.