Saturday Jun 14 |
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| Event: Jukola 2008
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 | Fell running race (Durisdeer) 1:33:00 [5]10.5 mi (8:51 / mi) +1205m 4:03 / km | |
| shoes: Inov8 Mudclaw 270 |
| Very tough race in same location as last year's OMM event in glorious weather. Started off at a reasonable pace up to the first big hill. Running well, and just about managed to get my legs going again on the very steep descent down to the road. Legs turned to jelly when i hit the road, but having overtaken some decent people just before getting there i took it steady and waited for them to catch me up. Struggled to keep up with the pace along the steady climb up the river valley, and then grinded it out on the climb up to the col NW of Steygail. Caught sight of Rob L in front of me and managed to catch him on the tricky trod down to CP4. Found the last major climb very tough and got caught by a group of 6-7 runners. After CP5 was losing ground on the flat and uphill, but gaining it all back on the descents. Managed to gain 3 places on the last descent, but coudn't quite gain the ground back on Ben, but pleased with my run. Feet are very sore now, though, with blisters on both big toes. |
| Running warm up/down 8:00 [2]1.2 km (6:40 / km) | |
| shoes: Inov8 Mudclaw 270 |
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Friday Jun 13 |
| Road running 50:00 [3]6.3 mi (7:56 / mi) +140m 4:37 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Steady run after work with Jess, legs felt good, looking forward to fell race tomorrow. |
Thursday Jun 12 |
| Running 1:10:00 [3]10.0 mi (7:00 / mi) +250m 4:02 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Run after work, trying to keep pace up hills. Route Work-Meanwood Ridge-Meanwood Park-Adel Woods-Boddington-Ireland Wood-Hawksworth Wood-Home |
Wednesday Jun 11 |
| Running 1:06:00 [3]8.5 mi (7:45 / mi) +260m 4:24 / km | |
| shoes: Brooks Infiniti |
| Decent run after work, puting effort in up a few hills. Route Work-Urban Farm Valley-Meanwood Ridge-Meanwood Park-Adel Woods-Meanwood Park-Weetwood-Becketts Park-Home |
Tuesday Jun 10 |
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| (rest day) |
| Nice easy day off work, recovering from last night (head) and recovering from the weekend (legs). |
Monday Jun 9 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| It's my birthday, no need to train! |
Sunday Jun 8 |
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| Event: HOC National Event, Brown Clee
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| Orienteering race (Brown Clee National) 1:48:35 [5]**** 14.8 km (7:20 / km) +545m 6:12 / km | |
| spiked:19/30c shoes: Inov8 Mudclaw 270 |
| Legs had recovered well after yesterday, but knew the course would be tough, espeiclaly in the heat. Was happy with the way i ran, keeping it steady to start with. Thorn in my shoe lost 1.30 on the way to #3, and no plan led to a big mistake at #5 (4mins). Marcus caught me here but i pulled away a bit on the next few controls and we took a different route to #8. A bit sloppy on #11 as i'd already been past it earlier in the course but got complacent. Very rough-o on the long leg led to being trapped in some green, but was running well. Pulled it together a bit after this as i saw Oleg behind me on the hill up to #13. Clean through to #19 where i didn't check my bearing from the top of the slope down to the control and ended up on the road past #20. Hammered the leg as well, should have taken a bit more time in hindsight. Lost 2 mins. Oleg and Shane caught me back up here. Took different route to #21 but arrived same time. Shadowed Oleg through to #23 then lead changed a few times but i led through spectator control to the finish. Very sloppy in the last loop though, 15 secs on #28 and 29. Very sloppy orienteering, but running well. Took a couple of gels (one on the way to #12, another just before drinks at #22) which worked well. Very happy with fitness, shame i didn't have a great run. Need to do a lot more work with a map for next year. Onto the fells now :) |
| Orienteering warm up/down 10:00 [1]1.0 mi (10:00 / mi) +100m 4:44 / km | |
| shoes: Inov8 Mudclaw 270 |
| Warm-up, no cool down as was shattered and leg bloodied from brambles. |