Training Log Archive: TheInvisibleLog

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weight:79.3kg

Running 1:12:00 [3] 9.3 km (7:45 / km) +150m 7:10 / km
shoes: ASICS Kayano 22 Green

Back, core and achilles 25:00 [1]

MTB (Not O) 1:07:00 [3]

Back, core and achilles 25:00 [1]

Running 45:14 [3] 5.04 km (8:58 / km) +210m 7:26 / km
shoes: ASICS Kayano 22 Green

Back, core and achilles 25:00 [1]

Running hills 5:13 [5] 1.0 km (5:13 / km) +80m 3:44 / km
shoes: ASICS Kayano 22 Green

Running warm up/down 9:21 [2] 1.43 km (6:32 / km) +20m 6:07 / km
shoes: ASICS Kayano 22 Green

MTB (Not O) 45:00 [2]

Back, core and achilles 25:00 [1]

Running 32:02 [3] 4.66 km (6:52 / km) +150m 5:55 / km
shoes: ASICS Kayano 22 Green

MTB (Not O) 2:00:00 [3]

Back, core and achilles 25:00 [1]

Walking 1:45:00 [1] 6.8 km (15:26 / km)

Walking 5:00:00 [1] 20.5 km (14:38 / km)

Running 43:00 [3] 6.3 km (6:50 / km) +150m 6:06 / km
shoes: ASICS Kayano 22 Green

Walking 1:40:00 [3] 6.83 km (14:38 / km)

Walking 1:10:00 [3] 4.4 km (15:55 / km)

Back, core and achilles 25:00 [1]

Walking 1:20:00 [1] 5.5 km (14:33 / km)

Running 46:28 [3] 7.0 km (6:38 / km) +85m 6:15 / km
shoes: ASICS Kayano 22 Green

Walking 2:55:00 [1] 8.25 km (21:13 / km) +100m 20:00 / km
shoes: ASICS 21 Green

Walking 2:10:00 [1] 8.4 km (15:29 / km) +130m 14:22 / km
shoes: ASICS 21 Green

Real Orienteering race (Browns Reef) 55:48 [3] 7.6 km (7:21 / km)
shoes: ASICS Kayano 22 Green

Score event on Browns Reef. The motto of the Mahers Barr (Mars Bar) Cup is that everyone is a winner. Which is convenient as I made a massive error. Hey.. I missed 70, better go back. Hey I recognise this, no I haven't missed 70. Pity about the last six minutes.
Aggravated the PF as well.

Walking 1:45:00 [1] 6.9 km (15:13 / km) +50m 14:41 / km
shoes: ASICS 21 Green

Running 27:53 [3] 4.25 km (6:34 / km) +15m 6:27 / km
shoes: ASICS Kayano 22 Green

Walking 3:03:00 [1] 10.33 km (17:43 / km) +50m 17:18 / km
shoes: ASICS 21 Green

MTB (Not O) 45:00 [2]

Walking 1:47:00 [1] 6.4 km (16:43 / km) +60m 15:58 / km
shoes: ASICS Kayano 22 Green

Walking 1:30:00 [1] 6.0 km (15:00 / km)
shoes: ASICS Kayano Grey

Real Orienteering race (Lyell Forest) 47:40 [4] *** 6.32 km (7:33 / km) +145m 6:46 / km
spiked:8/9c shoes: ASICS Kayano Grey

Lyell Forest.
Inaccurate on first control. The remainder were routine redlining appropriate for this terrain. Like last Saturday, I started to fall apart after 5 kilometres, though the collapse wasn't nearly as severe. Virus is still with me though in a muted form. Like last Saturday I went to bed and slept after arriving home and showering.

Walking 1:45:00 [1] 7.3 km (14:23 / km)
shoes: ASICS Kayano Grey

Back, core and achilles 25:00 [1]

Walking 1:10:00 [1] 4.6 km (15:13 / km)
shoes: ASICS Kayano Grey

Back, core and achilles 25:00 [1]

Real Orienteering (Chapel Flat) 1:07:22 [3] 6.67 km (10:06 / km) +225m 8:39 / km
shoes: ASICS Kayano Grey

Probably shouldn't have run today. But my target for the year was the national ranking. A tenth place within 20% of the winner would be cause for celebration given the circumstances. So I dosed up on drugs and started with an open mind. Made a few tactical choices early in the first leg-
1. The forest was fast, even if I wasn't. Take the direct route as first preference. I think few of the wide track options were all that attractive.
2. I could not run with any speed. My red line threshold was very low. Any more than a brisk jog and I would collapse in a heaving heap. So I would have to rely on good navigation.
So the race progressed slow and steady until control 11 with only one minor nav blemish that lost me maybe 30 seconds. At this point I was in 11th place and close to my target time. All that was left were a control in a major gully and the final control at the spectator chute- and a big hill in green. In this short remaining segment of the course I lost five minutes and slipped 4 places. Basically, my body gave up. My mind followed. At times I had to hold on to a friendly tree to remain standing. I had nothing left for navigation. Came very close to giving up. The top of the hill appeared as I was considering the option.
Probably shouldn't have run. I thought afterwards of my grandfather who had a cold and insisted on digging post holes on a hot afternoon. He came home, went to bed and died. He was 70. It might be alarmist to have this thought, but after the finish, my pulse wouldn't drop below 100 despite a prolonged bout of sitting. Felt crap. Crappier than after any race ever. Numerous people came over and asked if I was OK, so I must have looked the part I was feeling. Slept most of the way home in the car, showered, went to bed and slept till 6.00 pm.
The QR trace is below so you can see how close I was to the finish before the consequences of my choice to run came home.
Next year will try again for the top ten ranking. ACT and Qld.
Have decided I don't want to feel like this again, so no relay tomorrow.

Real Orienteering race (St Patricks) 14:00 [4] 2.06 km (6:48 / km)
shoes: ASICS Kayano Grey