Sunday Apr 13 |
 | Orienteering race 49:15 [4]*** 8 km (6:09 / km) | |
| spiked:19/21c |
| Moravian champs relay. Tired and stiff-backed from the day before so I took last leg as BJ and he ran first as me. Took it as steady as possible on the gratuitously steep course (well over 6% climb). Made a couple of sloppy mistakes and laboured on the hills. Caught Nick B on his second time round the course (after a week of ludicrous training volume hanging all the controls and running the training courses) running first and last leg. I expected to execute an easy overtaking maneuver but to my amazement he stepped up the pace and pulled away. Hardcore.
Results |
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| C • Ahhhh... 3 |
| Running warm up/down 25:00 [1]4 km (6:15 / km) | |
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| Slow and easy, very tired lags. |
Saturday Apr 12 |
| Orienteering race 1:26:39 [5]*** 18 km (4:49 / km) | |
| spiked:25/28c |
| Moravian champs long race at Ptensky Zleb. A long distance (16.7km straight line) but it quickly became apparent that it wasn't going to be a full classic race. Very fast terrain and some long legs with direct path routes (including 3km gradually uphill along a forest road - ughhh) helped to make it a quick winning time. Ran at a decent pace but tried not to kill myself. The back got a bit stiff at around half way but was no worse by the finish. Great race from Scott who was not so far behind Wingsted's impressive time.
Results |
| Running warm up/down 25:00 [3]4 km (6:15 / km) | |
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| A decent warm up and very slow warm down. |
| Circuits 10:00 [1] | |
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| Core strength circuit session led by Liba. |
Friday Apr 11 |
| Orienteering 45:00 [3]**** 7 km (6:26 / km) | |
| spiked:19/22c |
| Middle distance training on Helisova skala, a rocky area with a few pockets of green. Nice tricky course, ran at a moderate pace and kept good control. Still managed to make a couple of mistakes in the green areas. |
| Running Drills 15:00 [1]2 km (7:30 / km) | |
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| Warm up jog followed by the usual drills. Getting a bit of a stiff back on the right-hand side. |
Thursday Apr 10 |
| Orienteering 35:00 [2]**** 4 km (8:45 / km) | |
| spiked:14/15c |
| Slow run around Ledkova Hut, a technical rocky area with some steep climbs. Skipped part of the course and explored the most interesting part at an easy pace. |
| Running Drills 15:00 [1]1 km (15:00 / km) | |
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| Short warm up jog followed by running drills. |
| Orienteering race 16:05 [5]*** 4 km (4:01 / km) | |
| spiked:17/18c |
| Moravian Champs sprint around Prostejov. Very straightforward course around some apartment blocks and some flat forest. Pushed hard but lost a bit of motivation. Clean run until no. 15, where I ran right past a control that had temporarily fallen over in a gully, but only lost 10 secs or so. Fairly disappointing result and a long way behind GG who had a great race. |
| Running warm up/down 35:00 [2]6 km (5:50 / km) | |
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| Lots of warm up needed for my tired legs. |
Wednesday Apr 9 |
| Orienteering 1:05:00 [4]**** 12 km (5:25 / km) | |
| spiked:23/26c |
| Mass start long training with some of the Russian team. Tried to run steady but got caught up in the fun and pushed a bit harder than intended. Some rocky clusters with fast white forest in between and some really tough hill climbs. At the finish we had a quick transition from 1:15 to 1:5 for a sprint in a small area of detail. Skipped the ultra-long option that was on offer after that. |
| Running warm up/down 15:00 [2]3 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Up a big hill to the start and a reluctant jog with GG after. |
| Running Drills 10:00 [1] | |
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| Secret Czech running drills. |
Tuesday Apr 8 |
| Orienteering 1:10:00 [3]*** 10 km (7:00 / km) | |
| spiked:13/14c |
| Long-style course in a really nice forest near Suchy. Loads of details on the map but almost nothing on the ground. Cut short near the end when my energy ran out. |
| Running Drills 15:00 [1]1 km (15:00 / km) | |
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| Warm up plus some secret Czech running drills led by Liba. |
| Orienteering 35:00 [5]**** 6 km (5:50 / km) | |
| spiked:20/21c |
| 3 trains-style courses on a tough and rough green area near the accommodation. Ran a bit harder and just about managed to stay in control through the bushes. |
| Running 25:00 [2]4 km (6:15 / km) | |
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| Warm up and warm down and running between trains. |
Monday Apr 7 |
| Orienteering 25:00 [2]*** 4 km (6:15 / km) | |
| spiked:7/7c |
| Easy orienteering in some forest en route from Prague to Brno. Started in a motorway service station. Pretty tired after the races and travelling so just an easy jog really. |
| Running 20:00 [2]3 km (6:40 / km) | |
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| Easy running on a forest road to the far point of the orienteering. |