Sunday Jul 15 |
 | Trail run 49:20 [2] | |
| shoes: Asics Torana |
| Run in the rain with Boyzone, Aishy and Jonny. Bit of an effort to get out but eventually made it, usual Rivelin circuit but at a relaxed pace aside from the hill up from the stables - Boyzone has too much base speed for me... |
Saturday Jul 14 |
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| Event: planetFea Ultra Sprint at Cliffhanger, Graves Park
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| Orienteering race 20:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Inov8 |
| planetFear ultraSprint. Sheffield. Four rounds of intense orienteering on a 1:1,000 map. Two heats, semi-final and final. Four went through from the first heat, same again in the second, leaving 8 remaining people for the two semis, the first two of each semi making the A final. phew. The terrain consisted of an open field with losts of fences and a steep section of woodland with lots of paths and bushes.
Courses were between 600 and 800 metres and had between 14 and 33 controls, with butterfly loops in the semis and finals.
Heat 1a: 3.28 1st
Heat 2b: 6.50 2nd
Semi D: 4.49 1st
Final B: 4.58 2nd
Started well, started in group with RobB, Nails and Craney and got back second behind a very quick and smooth Craney. Second heat was a nightmare, seamed to switch off, thankfully (aside from Craney who won my heat), everyone else seamed to have problems as well. Semis went well, much harder with the butterfly loops (trying to work out which order and direction to run the loops in), had a good run and got into the lead and the end of the last butterfly following a small mistake by Craney which was enough to let both me and MikeS slip through and knock him out. Final was fun, we all got through the first butterfly together and the second pretty much as well. Lost contact at the end of this and the other three confused me when they left the control in the wrong direction. By the time I'd worked it out I was 3-4 seconds off the pace and hadn't worked out the next butterfly. Got the next control to see robB cursing as he'd stated the wrong loop, got back into the fences in the field to see MikeS way ahead and Nails behind him, saw Nails rushing madly backwards but didn't know what he was up to. Got to the finish to see MikeS on his own and Nails re-running the last butterfly!
Great fun and very technicially challenging. Physcially easy as there was so little time spent running, most of it was keepin on eye on the map and the terrain - 60 controls in a 100m2 means that they are everywhere. |
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| C • Cool! 2 |
| Warm up/down 20:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Inov8 |
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Friday Jul 13 |
| Strength exercises 15:00 [3] | |
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| Road run 35:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Ascis Gel GT 2110 |
| Fulwood lower road and back along the hig road. Wet and orrible, happy that I managed to make enough effort to go out. Still feeling flat but getting better. One run (especially not a race) shouldn't make me tired three days later! |
Thursday Jul 12 |
| Trail run 48:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Ascis Gel GT 2110 |
| Anti clock into Rivelin. Quads felt like they were missing, no energy at all but did feel better once warmed up. Cloudy but muggy and a little damp, not a bad day to be out but nothing to recomend it either. |
| Strength exercises 18:00 [3] | |
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Wednesday Jul 11 |
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| No time (for real today), Car MOT, Fayes got her house, Had to sort allotment out for dissertation and then paint a room in Faye's house. Home at 10 and starving! |
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| C • Rest day...? 2 |
Tuesday Jul 10 |
| Trail run 1:44:20 [3] | |
| shoes: Ascis Gel GT 2110 |
| Long slowish run at a decent enough pace - driven out, round Redmires, up to Stanage and back home along the top of Rivelin. Felt pretty good but wouldn't have been happy if I'd tried to go any faster. Was only plannning on 90 minutes, sowas tired for last 15. |
Monday Jul 9 |
| Strength exercises 15:00 [4] | |
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| Trail run 1:14:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Ascis Gel GT 2110 |
| Rivelin dam clockwise. Fairly slow, enough energy but no oomph. Cracking afternoon, happy to be out, aside from face planting on a rough track - someone needs to cut the bracken back... |