Sunday Oct 14 |
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| Event: NOC Compass Sport Cup Final
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 | Orienteering race 1:00:00 [5]** 12 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| CSC final at Blidworth. The terrain was as bad as it sounds, nothing but brambles and a grid of paths and the map was wildly inconsistent. I had one goal: not to get in a boo. This lasted for about 10 minutes until I made a big mistake, then my motivation and energy gradually ebbed away along with the blood seeping out of my scratched legs - I ripped my tights open from knee to crotch at about half way. No trendy young Swede would dare to run here without full leg cover - no need for rules, just a case of self preservation. GG annihilated the rest of the field and I got 2nd place, over 6 minutes down. Not sure which club won yet...but it was looking close. Scratch that, just found out we didn't win and came third. Boo. |
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| C • I'm sure Llewellyn promised... 2 |
| Running warm up/down 20:00 [2]4 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| My legs were screwed after two hard races so I didn't bother with much of either. On the plus side it was beautiful sunshine and warm. |
Saturday Oct 13 |
| Running race 1:20:00 [5]15 km (5:20 / km) vdot: 38.3 | |
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| FRA relay on first leg for a very strong DPFR team. After an embarrassing 4th place last year we had to make amends. I ran leg 1 with Randy, which was long and pretty tough with 4 ascents of around 200+m and some rough peat. I was worried about this race as my training hasn't been great and I know Phil is in good shape. He set a good pace from the start (ie fast but not too fast) and then we settled into a pack of 4 or 5 teams, although Pudsey had run off the front already. A bit of tough peat running at about half way gave me an advantage over the runners and it started to feel a bit easier after that, which was a surprise. We came in 5th, which the team then pulled up to 2nd (esp Lloyd on last leg) - a great result! |
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| C • Beast 4 |
| Running warm up/down 20:00 [2]4 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| A bit of panicking at the start when we couldn't find our race numbers. Then not much warm down. My legs are pretty sore. |
Friday Oct 12 |
| Running 35:00 [2]6 km (5:50 / km) | |
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| Easy run in summery weather up to Bolehill and stables. Resting up for a day of pain at the FRAs tomorrow... |
Thursday Oct 11 |
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| (rest day) |
| Well not so much rest really. Walking around Eccy woods making a new map. I only got lost a couple of times. I'm starting to understand why I always get lost there now. I'm sick of holly bushes. |
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| C • Finished? 6 |
Wednesday Oct 10 |
| Running 50:00 [2]10 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Pretty tired from track, but it could have been worse (it can always be worse). Ran up to Loxley Common and ran around for a while amongst the packs of dogs and dog owners. |
Tuesday Oct 9 |
| Track session intervals 30:00 [5]6 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Hallamshire track session. Left the house in bright sunshine then noticed a massive rainbow over Sheffield. Should have turned back then really...it chucked it down for the entire session but it was kind of OK actually, although my times were pretty bad. 6x100 strides then 3x1500 off 6 minutes in, 4.51, 4.53, 4.56 then 1x1000 in a spectacularly rubbish 3.24. It started OK but I filled up with lactate mid way through the third rep and never recovered after that. Still, it's a start and I was pretty happy just to survive it. |
| Running warm up/down 55:00 [2]10 km (5:30 / km) | |
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| To track and back with Mike and Jenny. In the rain. |
Monday Oct 8 |
| Running 1:15:00 [3]15 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Up to Loxley Common, fisheries, Spoon Lane, Rivelin. Really nice autumnal evening, but very cold. Felt quite motivated tonight for a change and ran further than I planned. |
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| Hallamshire team meeting to discuss training and plans for the winter. Good to get some team goals sorted, I can't quite believe I'm actually kind of looking forward to the x country season this year...All quite motivating, Ian is a legend.
After a few weeks of messing around I think it's time to start 'training to train' - getting in some regular track sessions, gym, drills, etc, before increasing the volume for the winter. |
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| C • Nice one Oli, good to see y... 9 |
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| C • Ian is a legend 2 |