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Training Log Archive: Vaala

In the 7 days ending Nov 4, 2009:

activity

time

miles

Orienteering

3:39:12

12.92

20.8

Climbing

2:30:00

Gym

1:55:00

Run

1:04:57

Peloton (Spin) class

45:00

Rowing Machine

8:49

1.24

(7:06)

2.0

(4:25)

Total

10:02:58

14.17

22.8

3:29

0:00

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Wednesday Nov 4, 2009 #

Rowing Machine warm up/down 8:49 [4] 2.0 km (4:25 / km)

Terrible! Thought my arms were going to break off!

C • Now you're just trying to m... 4

Gym (weights and core) 1:20:00 [3]

KB 2km TT - Splits

Tuesday Nov 3, 2009 #

Orienteering race (SS Auckland Domain) 53:03 [3] 6.7 km (7:55 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 4

First of the summer series. Made a few silly mistakes with route choices (somehow managed to completely disorient myself getting to #12 on the hospital map...was impressed I could get myself so confused on such a course!). Legs felt tired especially after the climb up to the museum from right down the bottom. It was good fun though and I bet Allan by 1 second so that's a point to me. Yeah! Let the competition begin!
Me = 1; Allan = 0.

Run warm up/down 5:00 [2]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 4

Monday Nov 2, 2009 #

Peloton (Spin) class intervals 45:00 [4]
shoes: Louis Garneau Monte Rosa MTB

Couldn't face the thought of running after the weekend but felt like I ought to do something so thrashed myself at spin. Always a good way to kick-start your Monday!

Gym (core and stretches) 15:00 [2]

Sunday Nov 1, 2009 #

Orienteering race (TONIC - Long) 52:37 [4] 4.8 km (10:58 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 Roclite 285

Back to running W21A. On a larger scale so everything came up much quicker than yesterday. Reading the contours really well which was good 'cause my compass skills sucked! Was mostly okay apart from trying to fight my way to #10 through the damn maze and then losing confidence a bit at #16. I should learn to trust my judgement of where I am more (and not listen to other people).

C • Damn 2

Run warm up/down 10:00 [1]
shoes: Inov-8 Roclite 285

Afterwards 'cause my legs were achey and I hadn't warmed down or stretched at all yesterday which made getting up this morning hard!

Saturday Oct 31, 2009 #

Orienteering race (TONIC - Middle) 1:00:28 [4] 6.1 km (9:55 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 Roclite 285

My first experience of running elite. Was super fast out there and I had a bit of a panic and floundered at #1 but managed to get my head back into it and made it all the way until halfway to #10 before I got confused, thought I'd gone to far and decided to aim for the road and relocate...until I realised I hadn't come nearly far enough. Silly! Then proceeded to make a handful of mistakes all over the show generally being in the rough vicinity of the control but not quite in the right place to work out what was going on. Overall though I had fun which was the main aim. I think running elite will be good for me.

Orienteering (TONIC - Novel Night Race) 25:34 [3]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 5

Heaps of fun despite my fear of the dark! I followed lots of lights! Ended up getting 21...a bit over the 18 I was supposed to get. Almost followed Tane to get the last 3 but then thought the better of it! Was super cold and windy out on the course so I ran a bit faster than I really felt like just to keep warm!

Friday Oct 30, 2009 #

Event: TONIC09 - North Island Champs

Orienteering race (TONIC - Mini Sprints) 27:30 [4] 3.2 km (8:36 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 5

Not my finest. Stuffed up the route choice to #2 on the first map which lost me a fair bit of time. Was pretty slow on the second map with a ridiculous mistake just getting to the finish...clearly was trying to go faster than my brain was capable of. The third map went a bit better but was buggered by then so had no speed and still made a few not so good route choices.

Run warm up/down 10:00 [2]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 5

After the sprint.

Note

Does chasing Keisha round the dog park for an hour count as training?!

Thursday Oct 29, 2009 #

Run 39:57 [2]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 5

From the gym round the domain twice. Yay for it being light enough to go down along the forest tracks at ungodly morning hours. It was drizzling but nothing compared to the rain coming down when I'd got up. Thank goodness because I seriously couldn't face the treadmill this morning. First time in a while I really enjoyed a training run.

Gym (core and stretches) 20:00 [3]

Climbing (indoor - TR) 2:30:00 [3]

With Chris. Epic. Took us a lot of warming up as we felt so unco! There were some new climbs so we tackled them (easy as pie). I finally managed the silly 17 that defeated me last time too. As usual managed to spill blood. Did my first real overhang in, well, forever. Had to cheat a bit on the final part 'cause my arm was in pain but I was determined to get to the top. Next time...

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