Training Log Archive: VaalaIn the 7 days ending Nov 15, 2009:
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Sunday Nov 15, 2009 #
MTB race (MTBO Champs - Long) 1:21:10 [3] 17.0 km (4:46 / km)
shoes: Skulls
No real mistakes, just a not so good route choice to #4. Would have been fine if the track wasn't so overgrown but I had to push the bike through and down parts of it where it was impossible to see the track! Silly me trying to avoid windy single-track which was apparently lovely! I enjoyed this course though 'cause it took us on some lovely tracks (as well as some rough hills on knarly gravel roads). Slow and steady. Clearly a winning tactic!
Saturday Nov 14, 2009 #
Event: NZ MTBO Champs
MTB warm up/down 25:00 [2]
shoes: Skulls
Biking to the start in the morning and to and from the start/finish in the afternoon. It's quite good having an enforced warmup 'cause I'm lazy on the bike!
MTB race (MTBO Champs - Middle) 1:11:46 [3] 11.0 km (6:31 / km)
shoes: Skulls
Rotorua. Bloody uphill to start!! Found the first control okay then got trapped in the one-way system on route to #2 and it took forever to fix. Did a 180 once I hit the road (lucky I fixed that pretty quick 'cause it was straight down!). Mostly okay after that but was super slow and careful. That stupid uphill cliff thingy where you had to carry your bike was cruel...lucky I got some help getting my bike up that otherwise I was kinda stuck! I need to get some strength!
MTB race (MTBO Champs - Sprint) 39:42 [3] 4.5 km (8:49 / km)
shoes: Skulls
This was just embarrassing! I think there was only 3 controls without some stupid mistake that cost heaps of time! Went round in circles for #5 (although so many other people got caught in the same trap which was pretty funny). Can't believe I missed the road option for #6 and ended up on some epic downhill trail! ARGH!!!
Friday Nov 13, 2009 #
Run 35:19 [2]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 5
Round the outer dirt track of OTH. Legs feeling like death and I wasn't feeling much better. It was good to get out though. Have I mentioned how much I hate the new fence crossings before?
Thursday Nov 12, 2009 #
Orienteering race (Great Ape Race) 25:00 [3]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 5
A rogaine format round the zoo with Craig, Owen and Sandra! Cool fun. I was put in charge of writing down the answers...my spelling sucks. We probably would have made it back in 20 minutes except Owen missed a control and we had to go back for it. Clearly he felt we hadn't been out long enough!
Wednesday Nov 11, 2009 #
Rowing Machine warm up/down 8:53 [4] 2.0 km (4:27 / km)
I almost chickened out but I'm tough! Wasn't too bad but seriously didn't feel like pushing it to try for a good time. Just made sure to keep a steady pace and make sure my time wasn't going to be over 9 minutes!
Gym (weights and core) 1:20:00 [3]
There's a very unwell-looking girl at the gym pretty much every time I'm there at the moment and it's really distressing me. I hate it how the gym staff aren't able to do anything and I hate how it stirs up memories.
Tuesday Nov 10, 2009 #
Peloton (Spin) class intervals 45:00 [5]
shoes: Louis Garneau Monte Rosa MTB
Girl power class with Janelle (and seriously loud music). Lots of hovering and endless hills which were a bit tough on my (still) tired thighs! It was good fun though.
Gym (core and stretches) 15:00 [3]
Orienteering race (SS Hamlins Hill) 53:33 [3] 5.5 km (9:44 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 4
I had nothing left in my legs tonight which was rather unfortunate since there were so many hills and quite a few longish legs. Running was made even more difficult by the ground being all cut up by cattle so I was a bit worried about my ankles! I don't think I've ever been on this map before so it was pretty cool, especially when you came up over the hill and were looking right down on the motorway.
Monday Nov 9, 2009 #
Note
(rest day)
Yay! Hanging out for claypot tonight. It would be nice if work wasn't so manic though...