Training Log Archive: Craney

Booooooooooooooooooo. Wasn't expecting to get in the WOC team after the weekend, so not surprised, and knew that this might happen prior to the weekend (being behind 4 deadcerts and only 5 places up for grabs), so was prepared for a WOCless year. But despite my recent downward spiral, if I had seen the flag at number 8 in the sprint as I passed within 50cm of it, I would've won the sprint and would be in the team. I should have been a lot higher in the middle, but that was my own fault for not orienteering properly. There is definitely a skill to doing courses in crap like that, but it's not one that I've practiced or raced in the last few years, and not one that will be needed at WOC. I was tired and dehydrated on Sunday and never stood a chance feeling like that. The selector has decided not to let me run in the World Cup in Norway despite that fact that I'm going to it and there will be 5 unused spots.

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Event: HOC National Event, Brown Clee
 

Some of the long race til I blew up. I'm glad I didn't read the pre-race details as I might have felt a slight twinge of guilt as I continued crossing all of the fences regardless.

WOC sprint trial. Winning at #7 then the silliest mistake ever at #8 which cost me it. Route choice to #6 looks to have cost me 10secs. Other than that I ran really well, so on any other day I would've been really pleased with myself.

WOC middle trial. 7th, but was up in 3rd at #14. Very scrappy after that - probably as I was trying too hard and didn't feel like I was doing very well (in terms of mistakes and shape, I wasn't doing very well, but it looks like no-one else was). Should've done better. Can't say I enjoyed that course very much - it looks great on the map, just pants in real life.

Event: GBR WOC Selection Races (Middle and Sprint)
 

10x 90sec intervals (30secs rec) at lunchtime round Meanwood. Felt pretty good, got a decent comfortable pace going on. Drank too much coffee pre-run.

Before and after. Way too humid in the showers at work and still sweating as I got back to my desk despite having a cold shower.

Meanwood and the uni area after work. Found another burnt out car that I hadn't seen before.

Giving the achilles some recovery and trying to catch up on rest. After Grace's alarm got us up at 7.20am, I was eating my brekkie and commented to Grace how strange it was that both my watch and phone said it was 5.30am (thinking there'd been some weird clock-stopping power surge or something). She then realised her phone was on Latvian time and we'd gotten up 2 hours early. We laughed and laughed and laughed and went back to bed.