Sunday Sep 21 |
 | Running warm up/down 12:00 [2] 2 km (6:00 / km) +30m 5:35 / km | |
| shoes: Adidas Swoop II |
| Warm up for Qld Long Champs. Run to start plus a couple of run throughs. Feeling tired. Only about 4 hours sleep last night partly because I was looking at my computer clock which was still set on Perth time so didn't go to bed until midnight. |
| Orienteering race 1:29:17 [4] *** 14.5 km (6:09 / km) +430m 5:22 / km | |
| spiked:13/19c shoes: Adidas Swoop II |
| Queensland Long Champs. Felt more relaxed as soon as I picked up the map and saw a long leg to number 1 but was a bit too relaxed about it. I recognised that the control site was exactly like the ones I had stuffed up yesterday and thought that I need to be conservative and aim off but I jsut didn't do it, stuffed it up exactly the same way and lost about 1:30. Pretty annoyed with myself and not in a very positive frame of mind now. Caught David Brownridge at 2 but he was leaving me behind running to 3 which didn't help my frame of mind. Came into 5 together and I don't think either of us could really understand the map there but I worked it out faster and got clear which immediately got me running a bit more positively. Hit 6, 7, 8 cleanly although my route into 7 wasn't the best. Had a bit of trouble with 9 but didn't lose much time and was disappointed to find no water left. Brief hesitation on the unmapped gully north of 10, otherwise good through to 14. Route choice to 15 was determined by my legs refusing to go up the hill out of 14 but it worked out well as it was actually quite good running through the green around the end of the first 3 spurs but I lost about 30-40 seconds missing to the left at the end. Not feeling very strong but still moving ok through to the finish. Aimed to hit the track near the junction on the last leg but misread some gullies and actually hit it South of the straight line but it probably only cost about 10 seconds. Finished 3rd which is my equal best NOL result and is pretty encouraging for what felt like a solid but unspectacular run. I know I'm still capable of better, just hope I can produce it next Saturday. |
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| C • Congrats 2 |
Saturday Sep 20 |
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| Event: 2008 Australian Championships
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| Running warm up/down 14:06 [2] 2.35 km (6:00 / km) +40m 5:32 / km | |
| shoes: Adidas Swoop II |
| Warm up for middle distance champs. Run to start plus a couple of hills and run throughs. Feeling reasonably good. |
| Orienteering race 43:50 [4] **** 6.9 km (6:21 / km) +220m 5:29 / km | |
| spiked:13/19c shoes: Adidas Swoop II |
| Australian middle distance champs. Not the best run, in fact probably the worst, I've had this year. Lost about 45s on 1, 1.45 on 3, 30s or so on 13 and 15 and a bit less on 5 and 8 so about 4 minutes all up. Annoyed with myself for being distracted by others at 3 and 13, both times I missed slightly, turned the right way and then turned around when someone ran towards me. Felt terrible on the hills from very early in the course and was about ready to quit by number 8. Finding it hard to imagine running well in the long race on Sunday as I struggled over the spur leaving 16 but had a little good patch from 17 to the finish. Ended up 7th which was much better than I expected but there was a gap of over 2 minutes to 6th (equal 5th actually). |
Friday Sep 19 |
| Running 35:00 [2] 5.66 km (6:11 / km) +110m 5:38 / km | |
| slept:0.0 shoes: Adistar Cushion 6 blue |
| Easy jog around and through Police Paddock Conservation area in Maryborough with Rachel after no sleep on the midnight flight from Perth and drive up from Brisbane. Felt somewhat better at the end than at the start. Went from thinking racing tomorrow would be completely impossible to vaguely possible. |
Thursday Sep 18 |
| Running 38:37 [2] 6.9 km (5:36 / km) +130m 5:07 / km | |
| slept:6.2 weight:68.9kg shoes: Adistar Cushion 6 blue |
| Easy run out to O'Connor Rd and back with 3 x hill springing and sprint off the top. Feeling a bit better again but still not great. |
Wednesday Sep 17 |
| Running 44:16 [2] 8.7 km (5:05 / km) +100m 4:49 / km | |
| shoes: Adistar Cushion 6 blue |
| Usual lap of KP but alone this time as Ivan's MBA classes have started again and Ben is away at a conference. Felt a lot fresher in the first 100m but had to prop a couple of times because of dodgy stiff knees and then never really got going again. Had some ok patches but felt a bit tired and stiff most of the time. |
Tuesday Sep 16 |
| Running 52:35 [2] 8.83 km (5:57 / km) +160m 5:28 / km | |
| shoes: Adistar Cushion 6 blue |
| Easy long loop with Rachel plus a loop back after Rachel's toilet stop. Nothing sore but tired enough for Rachel to drop me on every hill. |
Monday Sep 15 |
| Running 47:42 [2] 8.7 km (5:29 / km) +100m 5:11 / km | |
| slept:6.3 weight:70kg shoes: Adistar Cushion 6 blue |
| Usual lap of KP with Ivan. Feeling pretty stiff, sore and tired. I'm not sure my feet were actually getting clear of the ground at all in the early stages but I was feeling a lot better by the end of the run. Actually felt slightly tempted to throw in some surges towards the end but I resisted. |