Training Log Archive: caitlinirvingIn the 7 days ending Sep 6, 2018:
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Thursday Sep 6, 2018 #
running warm up/down 5:35 [2] 1.05 km (5:19 / km) +3m 5:15 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Pegasus 34
orienteering race 27:35 [4] 5.01 km (5:30 / km) +39m 5:18 / km
20c shoes: Nike Zoom Pegasus 34
Was going great til 17 where I thought I ran to the gap in the brambles but the other side was covered so just fought through it n shredded my legs up badly aha. Then faffed trying to get to end of fence as the grass was dead long here and couldn't run fast so binned 40s. Then messed up 18 cos I thought the best route was through the open grass but turns out theres a massive wall there and can't get through. Didn't see it when running cos the line wasn't as thick as I would have expected for an uncrossable wall. Lost like 1min 30 here lol great.
So annoying because lately its just bad run after bad run. It goes great for 90% of the course and then I always blow it. Was doing things right tonight and focussing on things I'm trying to work on so its just such a shame. Starting to think I'm just not very good at this anymore :))))
running warm up/down 5:23 [2] 1.0 km (5:23 / km) +3m 5:18 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Pegasus 34
stretching & rolling 7:30 [0]
Wednesday Sep 5, 2018 #
Note
(rest day)
Tuesday Sep 4, 2018 #
running 23:01 [4] 5.0 km (4:36 / km) +35m 4:27 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Pegasus 34
Stopped so it doesn't count as a PB but still good to be able to see that I will more than likely be able to go faster at a park run when I'm not solo. I know its still not a fast time for 5K but hoping I can bring my actual PB down over winter probs.
stretching & rolling 5:00 [0]
Sunday Sep 2, 2018 #
running warm up/down 10:12 [2] 1.77 km (5:46 / km) +4m 5:42 / km
shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280
orienteering race 32:00 [4] 4.16 km (7:42 / km) +50m 7:15 / km
16c shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280
everything was going really well for the first 6, i was lying 2nd only 15s off 1st. Then wasn’t confident enough in my self and binned 2 mins at 7 going to the right place, not seeing the control and then running around like a headless chicken. Managed to bin another 2 mins at 9, not reading the map in enough detail and not seeing a reentrant before the hill, which our control was behind. Spent ages searching in the first reentrant until i eventually realised.
Then was a bit mentally dead so messed up at the end twice not concentrating at all and not really pushing anymore because the race was long gone anyway.
In the future i think i need to stop putting so much pressure on myself and to relax before a big race as in races like this i tighten up and don’t run as well as i know i can.
This weekend is one to forget results wise but also one to use in order to learn and improve in the future :) (also sorry for the big write ups for these 3 races)
running warm up/down 4:06 [1] 0.67 km (6:07 / km) +6m 5:51 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Pegasus 34
Saturday Sep 1, 2018 #
running warm up/down 9:43 [2] 1.68 km (5:47 / km) +14m 5:33 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Pegasus 34
orienteering race 16:59 [5] 3.1 km (5:29 / km) +24m 5:16 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Pegasus 34
Pretty clean with only 2 minor (10s??) mistakes. I had good control flow and concentrated well.
I think because I was thinking more about the nav instead of running it went well, and this is something I need to do in all sprint races. It took the bad final race to work this out unfortunately...
running warm up/down 2:03 [1] 0.35 km (5:51 / km) +5m 5:28 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Pegasus 34
running warm up/down 8:58 [2] 1.41 km (6:22 / km) +4m 6:16 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Pegasus 34
orienteering race 18:39 [5] 3.16 km (5:54 / km) +31m 5:38 / km
shoes: Nike Zoom Pegasus 34
Really just blew it, knew I was in with a chance and just didn't perform well enough.
Hit the technical layer part with a rough plan of how I was getting through it but when the lighting changed to darker I found it hard to read the map and run fast at the same time so faffed a bit. Also messed up 8 really badly by running up the stairs and getting so confused, even though I knew the passage was on the service level and not on the top. It just didn't fit at that moment and I panicked and legged it lol. Anna then over took me and I was chasing at this point.
Didn't feel like I was moving very quickly (and I wasn't...) and I think I was thinking too much about running and not enough about orienteering well.
In future I think better results will come if I focus on being confident in where I am going, and speed will follow (I hope). After all it worked well in the heat.
Also at the end pulled my groin as I must have twisted my leg weirdly. Was so annoyed as knew I'd fucked it anyway but that was the final straw. This quite possibly lost me 3rd place as I could barely run along the final parts and was grimacing like hell lol. Think it shall be fine for tomorrow as long as a warm I up properly.
stretching & rolling 11:00 [0]
Note
Leg wise it keeps tweaking sometimes when i move but will just race tomorrow and grim and bare it for now if it hurts.
Friday Aug 31, 2018 #
stretching & rolling 10:00 [0]
yoga 15:00 [0]