Wednesday Feb 28 |
 | Run warm up/down 20:00 [2] | |
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| Run 16:00 [4] | |
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| Very productive fartlek tonight. Gound still a bit damp under foot from the rain during the day. Got further than I have before, and I must have taken it easy, as I got back with about 15 seconds to go. |
Monday Feb 26 |
| Riding-MTB 1:10:00 [2] 21.5 km (3:15 / km) | |
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| Very gentle ride out through Nerrina, and along some of the single track. Good just to get out there on a cool evening and roll the legs over after a long, hard run on Sunday, and a bloody busy day at work today. |
Sunday Feb 25 |
| Orienteering race 1:36:00 [4] 14.7 km (6:32 / km) | |
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| Fantastic race. Ran the first loop with Troy, then ran the first part of the second with Blair until I cracked, and couldn't get back as the next control involved a 2km odd run on a track. One of the best classic distance courses I have run in the past year, even though I have run in the area many times before. |
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| C • Good effort 2 |
Saturday Feb 24 |
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| Event: Bendigo 2 Day
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| Run warm up/down 12:00 [2] | |
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| Warm up indicated that it would be a very bad race. |
| Orienteering race 18:25 [5] 3.6 km (5:07 / km) | |
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| Could have been a lot worse considering how crap I felt for most of the day. Not the most technically difficult sprint, but I certainly could have made up a place by crossing the creek in more suitable places. |
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| C • Didn't you ever have cross cou... 2 |
Thursday Feb 22 |
| Run 45:00 [3] | |
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| Very nice terrain run, despite the fact that it was very humid. Almost couldn't be stuffed going, but I was glad that I got out into the forrest for a while. |
Wednesday Feb 21 |
| Run warm up/down 15:00 [2] | |
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| Had to cut the warm up short, as there were a couple of claps of thunder, and I thought it was a good idea to get the session underway. |
| Run 16:00 [4] | |
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| Very warm and humid for this fartlek session, and sweated more than I usually do. Got to the same place as last week, so not to bad. |
Monday Feb 19 |
| Run 45:00 [3] | |
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| Felt like crap for most of the run. My secret hoard of blackberries are still not fully ripe. Will have to revisit in a few days. |
Sunday Feb 18 |
| Riding-MTB 1:18:00 [2] 23.5 km (3:19 / km) | |
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| Quite an easy ride with Clare as she went to do some running in the middle of the ride. Kept riding, but had to dodge more dogs than I think I have ever seen before at Kenny Res. |
Saturday Feb 17 |
| Riding- Road 1:19:00 [2] | |
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| Nice ride once it got going. Out and around the Juvenille. Started to get a bit warm in the last 15 minutes. |
| Riding-MTB 20:00 [2] | |
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| Riding to collect road bike, inner tubes, wheels etc. |
Friday Feb 16 |
| Riding-MTB 45:00 [4] | |
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| A very short ride out around some of the single track behind Spring Gully Res. Was getting pretty dark and had to be home before Clare's curfew. |
Wednesday Feb 14 |
| Run warm up/down 15:00 [2] | |
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| Got out of the car and I was pretty much already warmed up. |
| Run 16:00 [4] | |
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| A good solid Clara fartleck tonight. Even found out some better routes to some of the MTBO control sites. Was very humid when I finished. |
Monday Feb 12 |
| Run 40:00 [3] | |
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| Went for a run through Kensington and down to the river. Was boring as hell and all the concrete was a bit hard on the legs. Was still pretty hot even at 6:30. |
Sunday Feb 11 |
| Riding-MTB race 1:17:00 [4] | |
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| Better than yesterday, but still spent a lot of time standing still and swearing. Would have had an alright time if I had known which track I was on |
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| C • Would have been better if you ... 2 |
Saturday Feb 10 |
| Run 50:00 [3] | |
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| After two days of doing nothing, I thought it might have been nice to get out for a run. Very flat patch in the middle (probably due to the fully laden blackberry bush I found), but started to get going on the way home. Out around the bottom of Black Hill, up the creek for a couple of ks, and then home back over the top of Black Hill. Thought it may rain at one stage, but only got a few drops. |
| Riding-MTB race 38:00 [4] 14.77 km (2:34 / km) | |
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| First MTBO event. Had difficulty without a map board. Map tore in half and made it pretty hard. Have to go back tomorrow as I have already paid for it. |
| Riding-MTB 17:00 [3] 9 km (1:53 / km) | |
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| Rode to and from the event. Flew home with a tail wind, but pretty windy on the way there. |
Wednesday Feb 7 |
| Riding-MTB 1:19:00 [3] 26.5 km (2:59 / km) | |
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| Quite a chilly ride. Not good when you start to think thermals might have been a good idea in the middle of summer. |
Tuesday Feb 6 |
| Run warm up/down 20:00 [2] | |
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| Run 16:00 [4] | |
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| Not one of my better efforts. Got out further than last week, but thought about giving up on the way back. The legs just didn't want to move. I did end up getting back, so it wasn't all bad. |
Sunday Feb 4 |
| Orienteering race 59:10 [4] | |
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| Felt pretty good today after yesterday. Went out pretty hard, and then eased up for the middle section, as I didn't think I would be able to make it all the way at the initial pace. Sat with Jymbo for a while, until I headed off to a control, and had to go back for the one before. Pushed hard to try and catch back up, and almost managed it but ran much too far around the hill above the control. After that it was all over. |
Saturday Feb 3 |
| Orienteering 15:00 [3] | |
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| Peg race with L-train, Jymbo and Fell. Felt alright for the first couple of hundred metres, and then it all went to shit. A dip in the lake afterwards certainly aided the recovery. |
| Orienteering 45:00 [3] | |
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| A longer run this time with a map change towards the end, both with a change of scales and a lack of tracks. Was running much better in this exercise, and caught Fell, but couldn't pass him as I kept leaving controls at funny angles. |
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| C • tactics 1 |
Thursday Feb 1 |
| Orienteering 20:00 [4] | |
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| Was just going to go for a 40 minute run after work, but my starting point ended up being the meeting area for some Eureka orienteers training. A good technical course on Nerina. Was actually supprised that I was able to run OK without a compass. |
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| C • No compass 2 |
| Orienteering 30:00 [3] | |
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| Another exercise with the Lawfords et. al. Not quite so intense, but started to suffer a bit towards the end with a lack of water, and the warmer weather. |