Training Archive: Spike

running 20:00 [2]

Warming up by jogging to the start. The question is, did I (a) have the discipline to do a proper warm up or (b) miss the bus?

orienteering race 1:34:43 [4] ***
26c

Long M21 at Batona. I had a decent race - far from perfect, but not too terrible. I started a little easy with the idea that I'd have a bit extra left for the last 5 km. I think it worked well. I ran away (or navigated away?) from Hutch. That felt good.

Blue - Splits

running 20:00 [2]

Jogging to warm up, including taking a minute or two to look at the little bit of map we got in our packets.

orienteering race 54:21 [4] ***
22c

M21 at Batona. Fun stuff, but I got really tired after about 30 minutes. Most of the run went well - decent concentration and moving ok.

orienteering 12:34 [3] ***
12c

The longer sprint course. I ran at a little bit below an honest effort. A little sloppy, but not too bad. I started a minute or two behind Anna. She boomed early and I passed her without seeing her.

orienteering 7:01 [3] ***
10c

I decided to run the shorter sprint race, too. I should have warmed up, but was a bit too lazy. That was dumb. I planned to start easy and keep an easy, steady pace. At the 2nd control I looked up and saw 3. As I headed toward 3, I thought, "I bet Anna ran fast on this stretch." That got me to speed up and I picked up the pace for most of the rest of the course (it helped to spot a couple of Walkers in the woods ahead of me).

Picking up the pace meant that I beat Anna. I was 2-0 against Anna for the day. So, I let her know about it (which is pretty sad, if you think about it). I'm probably a marked man, now.

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Day 1 Blue - Splits

Note

Travel day. I almost went for a short jog.

running 50:00 [2]

Jogging around at PNS - a good test of my new aerodynamic hair cut.

running 10:00 [4]

3 x 3:20 old man intervals (with the pannlampa). I ran a little easier than usual, figuring that it'd be a little easier on my legs.

cycling 30:00 [1]

The usual on the trainer. I fel a lot better today than I did yesterday.

running 50:00 [2]

Slow jogging at PNS (with the pannlampa). I didn't really feel very good, not sure why. Maybe I'm just a bit worn out from not sleeping very well for a week or so.

cycling 30:00 [1]

Enough to break a good sweat.