Sunday Mar 9 |
 | Orienteering race (Burbage District Event) 49:45 [5]9 km (5:32 / km) | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| As Oli says, not much chance of either of us making any mistakes on here. I ran hard, felt really good and didn't miss at all, and so did Oli. 4 seconds seperated us and the furthest we were apart during the race was 19 seconds. Splits all pretty much the same, and 4-5 was the only leg that one of us didn't win (credit Mr Pinker). Good hard run, with a tiny bit of technique practice. Exchanged pleasantries with Marcus at the top of the climb from 17. Then went to the Sportsman and had a meat and potato pie and a pint of Landlord. That has to beat racing at 8am and having a cinamon toast and coffee after ;o) Guess the weather evens things out. |
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| C • the weather was great though 1 |
| Running warm up/down 30:00 [2] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| 15mins before and 15mins after. |
Saturday Mar 8 |
| Running long 2:00:00 [3] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| Longun from Grindleford caf, up onto Eyam, through Stoney Middleton and up to White Edge. A bit of a blowy day, and felt heavy for a lot of it. Freshened up though towards the end. On Froggatt Edge I joined in a fell race and started going through some back markers. Felt quite smug and superior for a bit, then asked someone what race it was, and he said it was the Grindleford Gallop and they were on mile 19 out of 21. Fair play, I hadn't run nearly that far. |
Friday Mar 7 |
| Running intervals 40:00 [5] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| 20x90secs (30 secs rec) Foxdal style. Just got going up Rivelin when a spritely runner crossed my path - hoped he/she wouldn't turn the direction I was running as I wasn't that keen on getting in a race. Then it transpired that it was Oli and he was gonna go the way I came, so I got the benefit of a nice chat in my recovery. Rest of the run went ok and I felt a bit better than yesterday. Last few reps downhill through Crookes weren't much good dodging traffic etc. |
| Running warm up/down 25:00 [2] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| Out to Rivelin with Gracie, then the jog back down to the flat. Gracie was still hammering out hill reps when I got home, so I sat on a curb and watched. |
Thursday Mar 6 |
| Orienteering 39:00 [4]6.5 km (6:00 / km) | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| Did the Vasteras training course on Tankersley. First hit out on Neil's little baby - there was a gate missing which should've been mapped, but the rest was okay. Terrain probably a bit better than I expected (based on Hesley). Technique was pretty good - flow, hitting the controls (plastic bags) etc. Grace told me I was naughty for not having a compass all this time, but I'm not really missing it any more. Didn't feel like I was running very comfortably though. |
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| C • heeley or hesley? 3 |
| Running 51:00 [3] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| Warm up, then collecting some of the bags in (i.e. re-ran most of the course). Tried a couple of slightly different routes - reckon out to the path, along, and in, is the best technique here (unfortunately). At home in the evening I spent some time trying to find drawing errors in the map but frustratingly didn't get anywhere. |
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| C • neenaw neenaw 1 |
Wednesday Mar 5 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
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Tuesday Mar 4 |
| Running intervals 40:00 [4] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| 10 x 3mins (1min off) on tracks in Wharncliffe. Wasn't really up for it and despite trying fairly hard, felt like I wasn't going anywhere quick. Got in a boo with my watch and took it off and threw it on the ground in frustration. It picked up a few scratches, but seemed to work better after. |
| Running 20:00 [3] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
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Monday Mar 3 |
| Note | |
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| Went to see Kim about my hip. I'm going to live. |
| Running 1:00:00 [1] | |
| shoes: Nike Air Zoom Vomero +2 |
| In the rain/sleet/snow/wind/cold on roads in the dark with Gracie. Needless to say, we both got in a boo. Realised that my gloves made my hands colder than they would have been if I hadn't worn them, so threw them away when I got home. Neil gave us a telly tonight, so we lasted 2.5 days without one. Too long. Why anyone would be silly enough to consider needlessly lasting longer than that is beyond me. However, Neil's telly doesn't have a remote or aerial, and the manual controls are jammed. Therefore we can't watch it. Frustrating. |