Sunday Sep 16 |
 | Orienteering 1:00:00 [3] | |
| (sick) shoes: jalas o-shoes |
| Austrian Long Champs. Had a time limit of 95mins to run the 13.5km course with 600m climb (in shit terrain). Probably was about possible. Not being in the best frame of mind for o-ing at the mo, but annoyed about the lack of decent running in the past month, I set off at a fair pace. But as soon as I made a massive cock up (which was bound to happen with the attitude I currently have) I got in a boo and realised I'd never get round in time, so jogged back to the finish. Then the Austrian commentator interviewed me. I didn't want to give too much away so I told him that there were some long legs and some short legs. |
Saturday Sep 15 |
| Orienteering race 45:00 [4]6 km (7:30 / km) +300m 6:00 / km | |
| (sick) shoes: jalas o-shoes |
| Austrian relay champs. GG set me off with a healthy lead. I was feeling a bit better, but cocked up early on, hurt my ankle in some shit, took a bad route, then cocked up again. Finally Speakey caught me 4.5mins (after I'd been out only 25mins) and we did the rest of the course together and that was a lot more fun and, although I was going a lot faster than before, it didn't really feel like I was trying very hard. |
Friday Sep 14 |
| Orienteering 51:00 [3]5.5 km (9:16 / km) | |
| (sick) shoes: jalas o-shoes |
| Almost got excited by the prospect of a downhill course in Czech rocky-outcrop terrain. Well it was a nice, sunny day, and I did see a lot of rocks. But I also got in a boo cos the downhill course had a lot of up hill in it, and I still had no strength for that. And the bits that actually were downhill had a lot of brashings on them, so I was careful on them not to break an ankle. Also there were some newly felled areas which made things a bit nastier than the map suggested. Also I was shit and made a lot of mistakes. |
| Note | |
| (sick) |
| Had a rest in the arvo while the rest continued to train like nutters. Good for them. Wish I felt as keen and motivated. |
Thursday Sep 13 |
| Orienteering 34:00 [3]5 km (6:48 / km) | |
| (sick) shoes: jalas o-shoes |
| Long sprint course round some spa place on a slope. Lots of buildings and zigzaggy paths and stuff made it quite tricky. GG soon caught me up, but I was going slower and being more accurate so I stayed with him for a fair while until I accidentally ran from 14-17 much to his amusement. Speakey didn't see the line courses on the map which caused much hilarity. The good thing about jogging round courses is that you don't need to bother warming up or warming down. Still ill. |
| Orienteering 26:00 [4] | |
| (sick) shoes: jalas o-shoes |
| Pretty minging area, but we did some trains and mass-start stuff which livened things up a bit. I felt a bit better, but still snotting a lot, and no energy in my legs up hills. Didn't get drawn into the young boys race-off on the last one. It was hard enough holding off Pippa. |
| Orienteering warm up/down 40:00 [2] | |
| (sick) shoes: jalas o-shoes |
| I'll stick 40 mins in here to cover my warming up and down for the week. Liba also took us through a few drills. I know this seems a dodgy tactic for racking up training, but I'm fairly sure this underestimates how much I did and, anyway, I'm not fussed about hours at the mo so boohoo. |
Wednesday Sep 12 |
| Orienteering 54:00 [3]7.5 km (7:12 / km) | |
| (sick) shoes: jalas o-shoes |
| Cruised round some forest near Hradnice or something that had a big castle on a hill. That bit of the course was quite steep and mapped a bit dodge. But the rest of the course was pretty nice, and the green was very runnable. Distinctive trees aren't distinctive. Still got a cold so didn't do the long option, and took it slow. |
| Orienteering 29:00 [3] | |
| (sick) shoes: jalas o-shoes |
| Middle race somewhere else. Bit brambly and yucky. Did the first leg hard as it was long and downhill and I felt a bit better. But couldn't find the distinctive tree in the green so lost motivation, legs siezed up, felt tired and ill, and so I jacked. |
Tuesday Sep 11 |
| Orienteering 24:00 [3] | |
| (sick) shoes: Brooks Cascadia somethings |
| "Sprint" training in Prostejov. I got a cold so I just jogged. GG wanted it to be a yellow jersey race but it wasn't. There were lots of kids who were very friendly and helpful. There was a big road and a bridge that had moved and confused us all. I was bumbling along to myself thinking how easy sprint-o was when you jog, when all of a sudden I got a little bit lost. I conclude that sprint-o is easy if you jog and you concentrate (and not so easy if you jog and think about how easy it is). |
Monday Sep 10 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Bit of a sore throat so didn't do owt cos going Czech bright and early in the morning and it would suck if I'm ill while I'm away. |