Running warm up/down (Road/XC) 9:15 [2] 1.9 km (4:52 / km)
slept:7.5
Orienteering race (Urban/Forest) 16:24 [4] *** 2.9 km (5:39 / km)
spiked:22/26c
Warwick Uni - West Campus. As usual with sprint races (having only ever done alright in one (qualifier last year) and having had a total f-ing nightmare in every other) I wasn't really looking forward and found myself wishing it was 12km thru a crap forest instead, even moorland. Anyway the nightmare continued...
1. Ran str8 past the control, checked a couple of other trees b4 sorting it - 40secs.
2. Ran str8 past the control, realised a bit quicker this time - 10secs.
8. Chose to ignore the tracks and make my own, on a bad line. Found 151 in a ditch so used that as an attack point - 35secs.
14. Almost ran to 17 from 13 - 5secs.
My lower back was a bit painful again but I'm not sure it slowed me down like it did thru the terrain yesterday. Think I'm just slow generally on sprint races.
Running warm up/down (XC/Road) 4:45 [1] 0.8 km (5:56 / km)
Running warm up/down (Road) 4:15 [2] 0.9 km (4:43 / km)
Orienteering race (Urban) 15:49 [4] *** 3.0 km (5:16 / km)
spiked:24/24c
Warwick University - Central/Eastern Campus. Very happy with my run - technically perfect and no back pain whatsoever. It feels good to not describe any time loss for a change.
Not that happy with the result tho. I always maintain that the reason I don't really like urban sprints is because it isn't traditional o-ing etc even tho I really quite enjoy running them. Maybe the real reason is cause I'm simply not as competitive because my strengths lie in terrain navigation/running whereas others run faster on road/paths and can obv utilise their speed more when there are big area features (like buildings) to navigate by. This doesn't apply to the proper elites tho who are always ahead of me in the results - they run and navigate fast whatever so maybe I should stop moaning and sort my running speed out.
My 'look for the flash' EMIT punching technique suffered a bit of a blow today with a few of the stakes being somewhat less than vertical.
Running warm up/down (Road) 4:15 [2] 0.9 km (4:43 / km)
Cycling warm up/down (Road) 12:40 [2] 5.9 km (2:09 / km) +10m 2:08 / km
To gym.
Strength Training (Barbell) 22:30 [1]
weight:87kg
5*20...
IP - 25kg
LP - 10
FP - 30kg
Small workout today as the burger and chips I had at the 'AutoGrill' after o-ing just wouldn't die.
Cycling warm up/down (Road) 18:40 [2] 6.3 km (2:58 / km) +95m 2:45 / km
From gym. Feeling quite bright cycling back up BVR but the quantity this weekend hasn't exactly measured up to the last couple.