Sunday Feb 17 |
 | Orienteering race (Beaudesert Regional Event) 56:30 [5] 9.7 km (5:49 / km) | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Got halfway to the start and realised I'd have to go back to the car and get my gloves. Very cold icy day, but sunny. Ran pretty good except for a mistake of nearly a minute at number 6. Terrain and hill strength isn't all that at the mo but speed on tracks felt alright. Felt dirty looking at the results and seeing SYO next to my name. |
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| C • Welcome... 4 |
| Running warm up/down 20:00 [2] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
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Saturday Feb 16 |
| Running 1:02:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia Pivot |
| Took Gracie out for a wee jaunt round some of my old haunts. From home, along the canal, over Milford Common up to Brocton Coppice, down to Brocton and back to Walton via Jacobs Ladder. Lovely crisp, frosty, sunny winter day which I think even Gracie warmed to slightly after a bit. Saw some o-kites on the coppice and then bumped into Marcus and some others, which was nice. |
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| C • Old haunts eh! 2 |
Friday Feb 15 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Flying and sleeping. |
Thursday Feb 14 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Packing and flying. |
Wednesday Feb 13 |
| Orienteering race (Majura) 27:51 [5] 5.7 km (4:53 / km) | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| Last race in Oz for some time, and it was a cracker I thought. Nice and fast, not many paths, bits of tricky detail. Felt like I was running well but a few small wobbles cos not used to being able to orienteer at that speed. Got beat by Trevor Jacobs on the handicap. |
| Running warm up/down 10:00 [2] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
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Tuesday Feb 12 |
| Running race (Acton Ferry 5km) 15:58 [5] 5 km (3:12 / km) vdot: 64.7 | |
| shoes: Nike Air Zoom Vomero +2 |
| Put a lot of effort into this one, thinking it would be a faster course than the Stromlo XC. And it was judging by the times of those around me. But I was 18 secs slower, probably cos I haven't as good a build-up, and probably cos I did the first half too fast. That was BJ's fault though. BJ did a good job of talking up how slow he was gonna be and how he was just gonna sit behind me, before nailing the first 2km. I foolishly stuck with him until he suddenly dropped off, and I gradually died all the way back. Still, really pleased to be sub-16 again, and I did this course in 16.06 in March 07. I think I just run quicker on grass. |
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| C • yep yep 1 |
| Running 1:00:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Nike Air Zoom Vomero +2 |
| 15min warm-up, then a 45min jog home with Gracie. Really nice warm evening - gonna have to wait a while til I get another one of them. |
Monday Feb 11 |
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| (rest day) |
| Spent 6hrs at UC doing contours and corrections, then a long walk home. Tired tired tired. |
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| C • map 10 |