Thursday May 31 |
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| Event: Ukrainian Championships
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 | Orienteering 50:00 [3] | |
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| Long training with Pippa and Rach after Pippa and I got bitten by a dog.
Did more controls that all the scaredy-cat boys (apart from Oli who managed to complete the course and somehow not get mauled)
Nice afternoon spent in a Kiev hospital getting told we couldn't drink alcohol for 9 months! |
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| C • The dog 7 |
| Orienteering 55:00 [3] | |
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| Middle training at Bukovenia. Nice forest seemed more undergrowth than a couple of days ago! |
Wednesday May 30 |
| Orienteering 20:00 [3] | |
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| Nice sand dune course as warm up. |
| Orienteering race 40:00 [5] | |
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| Mass start gaffled course with Swiss Team with Harris relay type sections. good fun but I got left behind a bit in the middle. |
| Orienteering 25:00 [5] | |
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| ran two mini courses twice to see how much time we could save. really interesting - saved quite a lot! Need more confidence still... |
| Running warm up/down 20:00 [3] | |
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| jog to start and back and around a bit |
Tuesday May 29 |
| Running intervals 20:00 [5] | |
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| Track session at 8am on the track next to our YH with Oli. Slow possibly as we'd only got up about 10mins earlier!! Hot even at this time...
3 x 600m 2.11, 2.13, 2.14
3x 400m 1.23, 1.23, 1.23 |
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| C • Keener! 4 |
| Running warm up/down 30:00 [2] | |
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| jog through forest and to market (for water) pre session then a few laps of the track (as some speedy looking athletes were warming up) to warm down |
| Running 25:00 [3] | |
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| jog from hotel slavutich with HB, Pip, Oli and JD |
Monday May 28 |
| Orienteering 1:00:00 [4] | |
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| Bukovenia West, got a taxi there and a mashrutka back. Nice control pick. Hot but stormy. |
Sunday May 27 |
| Orienteering 1:20:00 [3] | |
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| first session in the Ukrain, my bag didn't arrive so wearing Oli's kit and my trail shoes! really hot
ran to Bukovenia East, did a loop course and ran back. Really nice. |
Saturday May 26 |
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| travelling all day, had time for a trip into Prague to see the bridge, clock and have pancakes and a beer en route to Kiev |
Friday May 25 |
| Biking 40:00 [1] | |
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| just work and back |
Thursday May 24 |
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| REST DAY although big sale at work so not much hope of rest! |
Wednesday May 23 |
| Biking 40:00 [1] | |
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| work and back |
| Orienteering 50:00 [2] | |
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| hanging and collecting in at Loxley, glad people enjoyed it. I was there from 4.50pm til 9pm I may not plan another Spring Cup for a while!! |
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| C • 9pm 5 |
Tuesday May 22 |
| Climbing 1:00:00 [1] | |
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| Team building with planetFear at Climbing Works (great place!). Arms tired, not looking forward to tomorrow am... |
| Running intervals 30:00 [5] | |
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| 1 x 4mins
4 x 500s (98, 104,106,106 oh dear!)
then 150m ish race and chase for 10mins
tired! |
| Running 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| to track and home slowly! |
Monday May 21 |
| Biking 40:00 [1] | |
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| work and back |
| Note | |
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| went to see Jason Donovan tonight with my sis - absolutely awesome!!!!!! |
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| C • Did he really grow back his mu... 9 |
Sunday May 20 |
| Running tempo 25:00 [5] | |
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| Time trial at Greno. Ran a bit quicker than last time! Felt rubbish when I set off but OK once I got going. 24.16 was my time. laps of 12.09 and 12.07... |
| Running warm up/down 45:00 [3] | |
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| a lap to warm up and down with Oli |
Saturday May 19 |
| Running 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| Rivelin hills plus Helen which was nice (but tough)
1. 4.12
2. 2.46
3. 5.54
4. 2.56
5. 2.02
slower than last week... not sure last night's tapas entirely agreed with me! |
Friday May 18 |
| Biking 40:00 [1] | |
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| work and back, windy |
Thursday May 17 |
| Biking 40:00 [1] | |
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| to and from work |
| Running intervals 30:00 [5] | |
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| reps on the field where the percy pud starts. some (20mins of in team of three so 7?) 52 sec reps (with a hill) then 3 x 70 secs ish (also with a hill) |
| Running 50:00 [3] | |
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| run to club house to the reps (Mike's stupid, ridiculously hilly route) and home again |
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| to the pub to see BJ, we lost the pub quiz and me and BJ had a selection 'discussion'! I reckon he should move to Sheffield... |
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| C • I'd call it... 4 |
Wednesday May 16 |
| Biking 40:00 [1] | |
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| bike to work and back via oing |
| Orienteering race 45:00 [4] | |
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| Rob's walkley spring cup. cool course but tired legs! |
Tuesday May 15 |
| Running intervals 45:00 [5] | |
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| what a track session - I blame it entirely on Oli for telling Ian he was going to do an extra km rep at the start as the session wasn't tough enough...
800m/600m/500m with 2mins recovery 2.38(pb!), 1.58, 1.39
6 x 300 in teams of 3 (so 1.53ish recovery) 53,56,53,55,55,55
6 x100m in teams of 4 19secs for all
Quite tired now!
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| Running 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| run to track and home, managed to not injure myself tonight! |
Monday May 14 |
| Running 25:00 [3] | |
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| home from work - it wasn't raining! |
Sunday May 13 |
| Running 40:00 [3] | |
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| Loxley run with Oli and Rob |
Saturday May 12 |
| Running 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| Introduced Kelly to Oli's Rivelin Hills route. Think she enjoyed it and we only had one rain shower so that was good. Need to get her some fell/trail shoes soon and then sign her up for Dark peak I reckon!
4.09
2.48
5.54
2.50
1.58 (did it wrong - missed half the hill - what a shame!)
for the hills. Ready for Jaimie and Al's wedding now - hope they are too!! |
Friday May 11 |
| Running 30:00 [3] | |
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| run home |
Thursday May 10 |
| Running 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| home from work to Middlewood Park and home |
| Running intervals 30:00 [5] | |
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| Tough reps round Middlewood Park - not enjoying racing Kelly!
3 long ones in 2.53, 2.56. 3.01 (must be slower going the other way round!?) then 1.20, 1.32 (longer half), 1.25
then some delightful short reps to finish.
Good job we had a recovery feast at Gareth and Kelly's later - thanks guys. |
Wednesday May 9 |
| Running 40:00 [3] | |
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| ran to Bingham park from work and did a bit of the course but sore quad, slipping everywhere in my trail shoes, wet from the rain and just generally lazy. Oli said I need to sort myself out. hmmm maybe I will! |
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| C • don't be too hard on yourself... 2 |
Tuesday May 8 |
| Running 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| to track and back along canal. doing map memory description thing with Rob and Mike on part of way home. i was rubbish at it. Also cut my eyelid open on a branch which freaked Kelly out a bit (not to mention Oli when I got home!) |
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| C • Nice injury 6 |
| Running 25:00 [5] | |
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| 4 x 600s as various random paced things 3 in 2mins and then 2.04 so decided to skip the last 2 as v.tired and ham string felt like it could pop at any second.
drills to warm up included too |
Monday May 7 |
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| rest day - feeling really crap. |
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| C • compass 6 |
Sunday May 6 |
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| Event: British Orienteering Champs - Relay
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| Orienteering race 40:00 [5] | |
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| Good running from Laura and Kim set me off in 3rd and I had a pretty good run (no real misses but a couple of hesitations) to take the win. Congrats to ShUOC for second place and to the entire men's open podium from Sheffield. Didn't push myself as hard as yesterday which was a shame as I could have given some M40s more of a run for their money I guess! |
| Running warm up/down 40:00 [3] | |
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| less of a warm up but a decent warm down with Rob, Neil and Oli |
Saturday May 5 |
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| Event: British Orienteering Champs - Individual
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| Orienteering race 1:05:00 [5] | |
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| agree with Becks and Kat, rubbish planning and even more rubbish controlling. Fortunately I'd got the game plan right and had decided to absolutely cane it and turn it into a shorter race as 9k wasn't long enough for W21E British Champs. Apart from falling head over heals into the only muddy puddle on the entire map on the way to the first control (i was very lucky the maps were bagged for the 1st time this season...) it worked a treat. Grateful the course wasn't voided though I suspect most agree it should have been. |
| Running warm up/down 40:00 [3] | |
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| good warm up but not much afterwards. |
Friday May 4 |
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| rest day, had to buy a new dress for Jaimie's wedding instead! |
Thursday May 3 |
| Biking 40:00 [1] | |
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| work and back |
| Running warm up/down 25:00 [2] | |
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| jog to Hillsborough park to meet Gareth and Kelly then round a bit and back home to help Oli cook tea.
Feeling sleepy at work all day so skipped intervals - mid week hen dos aren't the best idea!! |
Wednesday May 2 |
| Orienteering 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| nice course on the (closed) moors of the peaks. no smoke in sight. |
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| C • naughty naughty...
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Tuesday May 1 |
| Running 30:00 [2] | |
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| Girly run from Kim's house pre Jaimie's hen do. Really nice evening at Fine Food and Wines! |