Training Log Archive: Sanders

Time for a quick one round the streets then off to the local Christmas markets - it's the Bohemian version in this suburb for some reason so there were many people with dreadlocks wearing clothes made out of felt and selling things made out of wax, ceramic or wood and there was lots of incense. I so did not fit in but it was fun.

wow it was really "warm" today! Made the most of it but just ran round the streets for a while. A man standing on his ladder decorating his christmas tree in his front garden waved to me and said hello.

It was light by the time I got my act together this morning and I enjoyed it today.

Finally got the amount of layers right - felt warm enough the whole way apart from the tips of my fingers.
Ran slowly though.

no training today because it's cold and I'm a wimp

Long run today, through some muddy forest bits, along the river beside the rowers, around one of the lakes where the wind was rather nippy and home again.

Local orienteering race - probably my last orienteering race this year so I was out to enjoy myself.
Got there a bit stressed because I managed to catch completely the wrong bus and it took me ages to figure out where I was supposed to go. I thought I would miss my start but when I got there, I found out that due to some technical problem, all the starts were two hours later than scheduled. Phew. I had a good pre-race carbo-loading of cakes and other sweet things at the local shop, with everybody else, which was a lot of fun and nice to be inside for a while because it was bloody freezing.

The race itself was in a nice area - I was surprised to see so many hilly bits on the map, because in general it's really flat around here. The course setter also did a great job of using the interesting bits of the map and put in some nice long legs with several route choices.
I was happy with my start - slow and steady to the first couple of controls but no problems. I took a wide track option on the first long leg which was easy navigating but maybe I should have been a bit more daring and gone straight through the forest. I noticed on that leg that the areas marked "green" on the map were in reality not so green because it's winter now. So on the second long leg I was a bit braver and took a few short cuts through the forest. Had no problems with navigation and was very proud of myself at one of the later controls, because I came across a group of people wandering around with no idea, but I managed to read the bigger features on the map properly and found the control quickly. Overall I was very happy because I felt like I was reading the map on the move the whole way - a great way to finish the orienteering year. I was pleasantly surprised to find myself exactly mid field in the results (eighth out of sixteen) sandwiched between two of my clubmates - less than three minutes behind one, and four seconds ahead of the other. It was a good race.

Rained this morning so cut it short. Also was feeling the effects of being out too late last night. Locals are putting up their christmas decorations, it's very pretty.

not sure why I did a double run day, but the weather was fine so I couldn't resist. Bit dark, though.

did not freeze today

"when the cat's away the mice dance on the table"

Nice to get in a long run mid-week but my ears and fingers froze. Will wear more layers tomorrow.

no chance

brrrrr it's cold today

C • How cold? 2

really struggled today, not sure why, probably just unaccustomed to running in daylight

skidded a few times on the ice but otherwise it was a good run.

It's snowing heavily today! Had to wear quite a few layers for this run.

C • Ahhhhh 2

well you never know your luck. This morning was practically summer compared to yesterday.

cold dark and raining
I already have the winter blues and it's only november

slow run because I'm still not feeling great
also it's quite tricky to get up some kind of pace on dark cobbled streets

on the plus side, I organised a Melbourne Cup "sweep" at work today, with chocolate prizes and everything. I was lucky enough to draw Efficient, what a champion! (and no the sweep wasn't rigged, I was just lucky for once)

better pace than yesterday but still not 100%

felt a bit slow today so just cruised round

too busy

easy run this morning round the streets