Saturday Jun 7 |
 | Orienteering race (Shrewsbury) 16:18 [5]2.9 km (5:37 / km) +50m 5:10 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Technical urban sprint-o, no mistakes on the routes i took, but missed a few of the better routes. Managed to get #5 right, though, which caught quite a few people out. Got caught by Scotia at #9 and just about kept in touch till the end, funny how he looks like he's jogging and still absolutely caning it. |
| Running warm up/down 54:00 [3]9 km (6:00 / km) +150m 5:32 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Lots of warming-up and cooling down with some strides and drills for both races. |
| Orienteering race (Weston Heath) 46:34 [5]**** 6.1 km (7:38 / km) +270m 6:15 / km | |
| spiked:16/25c shoes: Inov8 Mudclaw 270 |
| Felt fine after this morning's race, fully recovered. However, lack of racing meant i was very unprepared for this. Went off just trying to run fast rather than orienteering fast. Got the first couple of controls fine, then a schoolboy error at #3. Got to control (between boulders) and thought it was a crag, didn't check code and ran off. Came back to it again, still didn't check code and went downhill, came back again when i realised it was mine - 1.20 lost. Sprinted uphill to #4 and made another error as hadn't planned leg. Too low for #5. 6-8 were fine, then didn't check bearing leaving #8 and was in wrong re-entrant for #9. Too high for #10. Next couple were fine, but big mistake on #13 where i didn't check compass after leaving path, and got caught by Ant. V.bad route choice to #15 where i had to fight my way through bracken rather than taking the faster path route. Managed to catch Ant back up on the way to #17 and managed to gain a bit of control and was clean from 16-24. Another stupid mistake right at the end as ran past last control without seeing it, got to field before realising and had to go all the way back to punch it. Very disappointing race, head wasn't screwed on. Running well though. Had to go for a bit of a run afterwards to clear my head. |
Friday Jun 6 |
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| Event: GBR WOC Selection Races (Middle and Sprint)
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| Road running 29:00 [3]3.8 mi (7:37 / mi) +65m 4:30 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Run to work via Lucy's house to pick keys up. Went through Burley Park where i did a few strides. Legs felt fine. |
Thursday Jun 5 |
| Road cycling 21:00 [3]8 km (2:38 / km) | |
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| Cycle to work and back until i got a puncture, grr... |
| Road running 10:00 [3]1.3 mi (7:41 / mi) +40m 4:22 / km | |
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| Run home from Arthur's after dropping bike off there. Legs felt good. |
Wednesday Jun 4 |
| Orienteering 45:00 [4]*** 6.3 km (7:09 / km) +255m 5:56 / km | |
| spiked:18/21c shoes: Mizuno Wave Harrier |
| Went to do the AIRE district event from Sunday. Still very wet so slipped down a lot of slopes. Got the fastest time by about a minute which was pleasing as i made a couple of mistakes, including a couple of mins lost at #7 due to not having AP. Felt good, though both shins are quite sore. Stomach was fine so hopefully will stay settled this weekend. Quite excited now, proper orienteering!!! |
| Orienteering warm up/down 15:00 [1]2 km (7:30 / km) +100m 6:00 / km | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Harrier |
| 5 min warm-up, 10 min cool down. |
| Road cycling 14:00 [3]5.2 km (2:42 / km) | |
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| Cycle home from work |
Tuesday Jun 3 |
| Road running 50:00 [3]6.3 mi (7:56 / mi) +80m 4:45 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Very wet morning run with Sarah, very steady pre-work leg loosener. |
Monday Jun 2 |
| Running 45:00 [4]6.3 mi (7:08 / mi) +150m 4:08 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Faster steady run home from work. Went via Cromer Terrace but no-one there, so did more of an off-road run as shin was still a bit sore. Did a couple of hill efforts in Meanwood and Becketts, legs felt ok. |
Sunday Jun 1 |
| Running 44:00 [3]5.8 mi (7:35 / mi) +105m 4:28 / km | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Harrier |
| Run with Matt and Laura from work up to Becketts Park along the canal, and then run home from Becketts after session. Right shin quite sore. |
| Orienteering 10:00 [4]1.4 mi (7:08 / mi) | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Harrier |
| Urban sprint training round Becketts Park. Unfortunately i was using an out of date map and part of the course i'd planned was now a building site, grrr. Realised when i got home that i'd actually missed a control out. Oh well, best to do it in training... |