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Training Log Archive: joshblatch

In the 14 days ending Oct 2, 2008:

activity

time

miles

Orienteering

5:33:07

30.14

(11:03)

48.5

(6:52)

1210

61 /

89c

68%

Running

1:49:56

Stretch

1:05:00

Sprint Orienteering

19:50

2.49

(7:59)

4.0

(4:58)

27 /

29c

93%

Total

8:47:53

32.62

52.5

1275

88 /

118c

74%

1:45

0:00

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Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 #

Running (beachhh) 29:56 [3]

ran along the beach in bare feet and board shorts :D haha. great fun. only bit of proper, non walking around excerise on hols though.
surfers is pretty awesome. drank lots of boosts, and ate lots of pizza and gelato :D

Stretch 5:00 [1]

Monday Sep 29, 2008 #

Note
(rest day)

hmm...so. family holiday until friday after what i reckon was a pretty successful week. whilst some results could have been better im still pleased. i actually think the main thing that let me down was mistakes. so ill keep working on my fitness the way i am atm coz it seems to be coming along nicely. have to try and do some technical training before NZ. im so pumped!!!!! :D :D :D

Sunday Sep 28, 2008 #

Running warm up/down 10:00 [2]

not much today.

Orienteering race (Aus Relays) 47:20 [5] *** 8.2 km (5:46 / km) +240m 5:02 / km
ahr:175 max:186 spiked:14/20c shoes: VJ Falcons

running 3rd leg for the 2nd stingers team. thought the 8.2km or whatever was gonna be pretty epic before i started but didnt turn out to be too bad. but i was glad to finish.
lost serious time on #16. was like...the second one after the spectator. so pretty annoyed about that. also a bit disappointed time was so far off :( ah well...

Stretch 10:00 [1]

Saturday Sep 27, 2008 #

Running warm up/down 10:00 [2]
shoes: VJ Falcons

warm up after catching the fancy bus to the start :P

Orienteering (Aus Long Champs) 1:25:41 [5] **** 11.1 km (7:43 / km) +370m 6:37 / km
ahr:170 max:183 spiked:12/19c shoes: VJ Falcons

eurgh. absolutely pathetic. felt flat and had now flow running through the bush whatsoever. very slow. and the mustakes i made didnt help me either. stuffed up real bad early on. losing lots on #1 and #4. then more at #11. real exhausted although it was good to do the last few with kurt.
so VERY unhappy about this run :( grrrr.

Stretch 10:00 [1]

Friday Sep 26, 2008 #

Running warm up/down 10:00 [2]

quarantine was pretty lame.
wore my flats in the sprint!!!! ahhhh. i love them :P

Sprint Orienteering race 19:50 [5] *** 4.0 km (4:58 / km) +65m 4:35 / km
ahr:182 max:193 spiked:27/29c shoes: Lime Shoesss (Asics Racers)

argh. so annoyed i screwed that first spectator control by about 45secs!!!!! gah. was running good other than that. ah welll. and just quietly im really pissed duncan beat me >->

Note

today was the day i forgot to stretch :(

Wednesday Sep 24, 2008 #

Running warm up/down 10:00 [2]

there wasnt much room. plus intense spectator viewing meant i was stopping and starting lots :P

Orienteering race (Aus Schools Relays) 33:34 [5] *** 6.1 km (5:30 / km) +110m 5:03 / km
spiked:12/15c shoes: VJ Falcons

went out a bit behind but i wasnt really bothered. took the pressure off :)
another pleasing run. managed to have the second quickest leg time overall even though i was running by myself the whole way. legs felt a bit flat to begin with but i was still moving pretty good. no real mistakes either. bit cautious on 10. thats about it. very pleased :)

Stretch 10:00 [1]

Tuesday Sep 23, 2008 #

Running warm up/down 15:00 [2]

good warm up and down. belinda made me walk allllllllll the way to the toilet with her!!!

C • aww 1

Orienteering race (Aus Schools Champs) 52:35 [5] *** 8.5 km (6:11 / km) +220m 5:29 / km
spiked:13/18c shoes: VJ Falcons

had a good run today. i did lose time but not THAT much. felt good running again which is another good sign. and i wasnt as nervous as i thought i would be :P
got most the controls alright. lost a little bit on #9 when i was up higher hitting the watercourse than i thought i was. and had bad exit direction out of 10 coz of the lantana. this forced me into a fairly bad route choice on the long leg. losing time to most the other stingers here i think (the splints arent up). but main stuff up was after the spectator control where i came over the spur too early and ended up in the wrong gully. losing about 45secs. which gave me a very nervous wait at the finish for lachy to finish after he was only about 30secs behind at the spectator. i feel bad for beating him by 1 second :(

Stretch 10:00 [1]

Sunday Sep 21, 2008 #

Running warm up/down 15:00 [2]

to the start with max and warm down with belinda.

Orienteering race (QLD Long Champs) 1:17:31 [5] **** 9.9 km (7:50 / km) +270m 6:53 / km
ahr:175 max:186 spiked:10/17c shoes: VJ Falcons

hmm....positives and negatives about this run.
i felt good running for the most of it. going well up the hills and stuff. only in the last part di i start to get exhausted.
and i think the results show this aswel coz i was still competitive despite making HEAPS of mistakes in the circle. i reckon i lost about 6mins all up over the course. even on #1 where i had the quickest split after losing 30+sec :S proceeded to screw up #2 much the same way by stopping early. more time lost here. lost time at #6 even though i had already been through here on the way to 1. 7 was pretty tricky but lost more time. and then ran past 10 by aaaaages :( bit hesitant into #11. and bit too much time in the green at #14.
still...pleasing result. if only i hadnt stuffed up eh.... :(

Stretch 10:00 [1]

Saturday Sep 20, 2008 #

Event: 2008 Australian Championships

Running warm up/down 10:00 [2]
shoes: VJ Falcons

fair jog to the start if i remember correctly

Orienteering race (Aus Middle Champs) 36:26 [5] 4.7 km (7:45 / km)
ahr:179 max:192 shoes: Lime Shoesss (Asics Racers)

hmm....solid start to the carnival. lost time on some legs and splits show that. #12 in particular. was our last control in the complex stuff and i screwed it. probs lost about 2mins. silly.
4 was a bit bad. through too much green in the circle. then lost time on 5 aswel coz i went round the hill too much i think. 6 a bit dodgy and hesitant into 8.
so...could have been better but i was happy enough with that result.

Stretch 10:00 [1]

Friday Sep 19, 2008 #

Note
(rest day)

intense water polo ish game was enough.
QLD had started!!! woot woot :D :D

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