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Training Log Archive: bradc

In the 7 days ending Apr 3, 2011:

	activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
	Orienteering	1	1:53:55	8.39	(13:35)	13.5	(8:26)	519
	Running	3	1:20:50	9.84	(8:13)	15.83	(5:06)	347
	Strength training	2	1:00:00
	Total	5	4:14:45	18.22		29.33		865
averages - sleep:6.5

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Sunday Apr 3, 2011 #

Event: SOL 2 - Polmaise, Sauchie Crags & North Third

Running warm up/down 9:21 1.42 km (6:35 / km) +60m 5:26 / km
ahr:148 max:163 shoes: Inov8 O-Roc 350

Warm up jog to the start at SOL2 (well, OK, I walked/slithered up the steep slope at the end!). First starter.

Orienteering race (Race) 1:16:58 9.63 km (8:00 / km) +333m 6:49 / km
ahr:156 max:172 shoes: Inov8 O-Roc 350

SOL2, Polmaise and Sauchie. Brown - 7.7/335.

Positives - I was running pretty strongly, attacking the terrain more than I usually do, and got quite a lot of it right. It was lovely underfoot.

Negatives - several silly mistakes, and consistently poor control flow with no forward planning. Particularly annoyed at myself for running from #3 to #4 and then back to #3 again - argh! bye, bye 3 mins; concentrating too much on running on the long leg joining Polmaise to Sauchie, and not enough on route choice, throwing away far more than was gained by running hard; and binning 2m30s minutes on penultimate control #23, which was a crap control site, but I just wasn't careful enough. I was in the circle but didn't realise it, as there was no feature there of any note.

So - enjoyed it, but with just a bit more care could have saved a chunk of time, and with a bit more technique and control flow could have saved a lot more. I still couldn't have got anywhere near Steve N and Claire W though. Respect.

Running warm up/down 3:33 0.52 km (6:50 / km) +11m 6:11 / km
ahr:129 max:138 shoes: Inov8 O-Roc 350

Jog back from the finish with Hazel.

Orienteering (Training) 36:57 [2] 3.87 km (9:33 / km) +186m 7:42 / km
ahr:66 max:66 shoes: Inov8 O-Roc 350

Control collecting. Much shuttling back and forth - my hands are too wee to successfully carry 14 T-bars, a Finish bar and lots of tape! - until rescued by Rog.

C • You know what they say about men with wee hands?? 2

Saturday Apr 2, 2011 #

Event: Erskine Urban Race

Note
(rest day)

Disappointed not to get to Erskine today - Jamie ill.

Thursday Mar 31, 2011 #

7 PM

Running (Road and trail) 32:31 6.63 km (4:54 / km) +90m 4:36 / km
ahr:149 max:165 slept:6.0 shoes: Asics Gel Cumulus 12

The nice thing about turning the clocks back is that you can get out for a run after putting the kids to bed. The bad thing is that it takes some thought and planning. Things like not eating too much when you sit down with the kids, and remembering to drink enough and stretch beforehand. Poor planning on all of the above led this evening's escapade to be a twighlit trundle rather than a dusky dash. Still - better out than n'owt.

Tuesday Mar 29, 2011 #

6 PM

Running (Trail) 35:25 7.26 km (4:53 / km) +186m 4:20 / km
ahr:152 max:166 slept:7.0 shoes: Walsh Spirit Peak

It was beginning to look like another "all work, no play" day, but I managed to squeeze in a short evening trip to the Gathering Stane before getting the kids to bed. Despite still feeling pretty weak and slow, SportTracks tells me that this is the third fastest of the 14 times I've run this exact route since mid 2009, so I must be gradually getting better. If I hadn't spent 15 seconds calming down a boisterous puppy, I'd have set a PB without really trying.

Lovely evening for it.

C • This is a fast time 3

Monday Mar 28, 2011 #

6 PM

Strength training (Pilates) 35:00 [2]

Quiet session tonight - just two more weeks to go, peeps, let's keep at it!

7 PM

Strength training (Circuits) 25:00 [3]
shoes: VIbram 5-Finger Speed

A light session - 30/5 and 20/5. Not too sweaty.

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