Saturday Apr 19 |
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| Event: British Long Champs
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 | Orienteering race 1:21:20 [5]***** 17 km (4:47 / km) | |
| spiked:28/34c |
| BEOC at Culbin. I had an inexplicably good feeling in my legs today and all the back stiffness of the last couple of weeks had completely disappeared. It's not often that it feels so easy to run. I made a handful of smallish mistakes but just about stayed in control the whole way. Saw Ewan, who was a big help in the middle part of the course - he was going hard and navigating more cleanly than I was. The most nervous moment came when I missed in the green at the end and came close to re-locating in the wrong place, but I hesitated a little longer and worked it out. What a great bit of terrain - it must rank as one of the best areas in the country.
Route Gadget |
| Running warm up/down 30:00 [2]5 km (6:00 / km) | |
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| Feeling pretty nervous. |
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M21E - Splits |
Friday Apr 18 |
| Running 30:00 [2]6 km (5:00 / km) | |
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| Long drive up to Carrbridge with a car full of sickos. Did a load of back stretching and went for a gentle run from the Slochd. Got a bit lost and had to cross a railway and a big river vally to get back. Beautiful snowy mountains and great weather - who would have believed it? |
Thursday Apr 17 |
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| (rest day) |
| Got a sniffle after last night so took a rest. |
Wednesday Apr 16 |
| Orienteering 40:00 [4]**** 7 km (5:43 / km) | |
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| SYO spring cup at Tankersley. Ran at a decent pace and nailed most of the controls, really enjoyable course by Mr Lightfoot. |
| Running warm up/down 15:00 [2]2 km (7:30 / km) | |
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| A spot of jogging. |
Tuesday Apr 15 |
| Running 40:00 [2]7 km (5:43 / km) | |
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| Steady run round the Loxley valley circuit. |
Monday Apr 14 |
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| (rest day) |
| Good and proper rest day. |
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. |