Sunday Feb 3 |
 | Orienteering race 1:09:24 [5] **** 15 km (4:38 / km) | |
| spiked:23/27c |
| POM day 2 WRE right next to Faro airport. Very detailed area of sandy spur-gully terrain, covered in small sandy paths, not too different to some of the army training areas in the UK. It felt like hard work all the way and without much tree cover it was hot in the sun. Managed to avoid any big mistakes and finished 2nd. Very tired. |
| Running warm up/down 30:00 [2] | |
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| Pretty bouncy before the race but dead afterwards. |
| Swimming 25 [1] | |
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| It was raining and pretty cold by the afternoon but made it into the pool for 3 lengths out of sheer stubbornness. |
Saturday Feb 2 |
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| Event: Portugal O-Meeting 2008
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| Orienteering race 36:00 [5] *** 7 km (5:09 / km) | |
| spiked:20/23c |
| POM day 1 middle distance. Went out hard and had a pretty good run with some small mistakes when I tired towards the end. Scratchy, bushy terrain and hard to nail the controls. 3rd, but a long way down on Nordberg. Great race from Mike for a top 10 and some good scalps. |
| Running warm up/down 35:00 [2] 6 km (5:50 / km) | |
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| Not much space to warm up but a longer warm down out into the area. I was just thinking how nice it felt to be running around in the warm sun when the clouds piled in and it started to rain. |
| Swimming 15 [1] | |
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| Managed 2 lengths. |
Friday Feb 1 |
| Orienteering 45:00 [2] *** 6 km (7:30 / km) | |
| spiked:11/12c |
| Very early start to catch the flight out to Portugal. checked in to our palatial villa (nice one Rob) and took in the POM model event. Ran round with all the lads. Typical coastal spur gullies in scrubby forest. Pretty hard in places. |
| Swimming (ice bath) 5 [1] | |
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| One length of our super-cooled pool. Did not make such a big fuss as Nails. |
Thursday Jan 31 |
| Running 50:00 [3] 10 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Up to Loxley and round the small paths. Keeping a decent pace mainly to keep warm in the icy wind. I need some sunshine! |
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| C • Fancy going to Portugal? 4 |
Wednesday Jan 30 |
| Orienteering 1:05:00 [3] 9 km (7:13 / km) | |
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| Checking out the revised map of Stanton for BUSA. It's really challenging terrain and a lot of fun! |
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| C • revised or scratched? 2 |
| Running 10:00 [2] 2 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Up a big hill to the start. |
| Climbing 1:00:00 [1] | |
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| Session at the works with Nails, Al and Gareth. Took on some harder stuff than usual, including a strange route requiring a leap of faith...didn't manage it this time. |
Tuesday Jan 29 |
| Running 30:00 [2] 5 km (6:00 / km) | |
| (rest day) |
| A steady loop of Bolehill park. Feeling dead tired from the weekend so a rest today. |
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| C • Oli, you're the only person... 2 |
Monday Jan 28 |
| Circuits 40:00 [3] | |
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| ShUOC session with a couple of new exercises. I was knackered after a day surveying at Stanton. |
| Running 40:00 [2] 7 km (5:43 / km) | |
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| To S10 and back plus the indoor warm up. |