Monday Jun 30 |
 | Jogging warm up/down 12:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Orienteering race (JWOC Sprint) 17:21 [5]2.6 km (6:40 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
| NOT a good run. I lost 1 min 30 on one control and also about 30 seconds on another, putting me in 95th place. |
| Jogging warm up/down 10:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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Sunday Jun 29 |
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| Event: JWOC 2008
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| Orienteering 30:00 [2] | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| Bit of a jog around the military base controls. Did the first part with a few others and we stopped at the top of the hill to look at the view of the sea. |
Saturday Jun 28 |
| Running intervals 38:00 [4]6.5 km (5:51 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
| 6 x 200m intervals with 200m easy between, includes warm up and warm down so cant mark the whole thing down as 5... |
Friday Jun 27 |
| Orienteering 18:30 [4]3 km (6:10 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
| Sprint distance, on the same place as last week but I did the mens course this time. Got a bit tired at the end! Wasted quite alot of time looking for controls which werent actually there... = S |
| Orienteering 15:00 [2] | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| Really easy little wander on the map where we staying. Dont actually know how long it was. |
Thursday Jun 26 |
| Orienteering intervals 52:00 [4]5 km (10:24 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| Middle with intervals. Including warm up. |
Wednesday Jun 25 |
| Orienteering 33:00 [3]2 km (16:30 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| Relay training with New Zealand, got really lost on this one, really slow!! |
| Orienteering 22:00 [3]2 km (11:00 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| Much more steady, though still not very fast. |
Tuesday Jun 24 |
| Orienteering intervals 1:15:00 [4]6.5 km (11:32 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| We did long legs at race pace and then had lots of rest between. Was pretty happy with my route choices, got a bit bogged down in some of the marshes. |
Monday Jun 23 |
| Orienteering 45:00 [2]4 km (11:15 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| Map "walk" on Gertryggn. Jogged every second one, was in a pair with krystal. Went pretty well! |
Sunday Jun 22 |
| Orienteering long 1:18:00 [3]8 km (9:45 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| We took two trams and a bus out to Sisjon-Kallered and did a long course which Krystal set for me. Struggled, especially with the last few, though my first couple went quite well. Was raining the whole time! |
Saturday Jun 21 |
| Jogging warm up/down 5:00 [3]0.8 km (6:15 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
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| C • Good luck 2 |
| Orienteering tempo 45:00 [3]6 km (7:30 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| A good, small-ish course on Skatås, the map next to where we are staying. Felt fairly fast and beginning to read quite well! |
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| Last night a man broke in to the club house where we are staying. It is just Krystal, Bridget, Lachie and I staying there, and it totally freaked us out. He opened the door with what looks like must have been like a chisel and then walked around and knocked stuff over and then he mumbled something through the door to us and then left. He came back half an hour later and then left again. Then he came back but didnt come in at 5 and then at 7 and then about 8 15 so we called the police. We havent seen him since...the police just took a description and looked at the door...we took all our valuables with us today and hid our other stuff! Very scary but no one hurt and nothing stolen... |
Friday Jun 20 |
| Jogging warm up/down 5:00 [3] | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
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| Orienteering 25:00 [3]4 km (6:15 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| Me, krystal and bridget did sprint training on Gothenburg Uni. Went pretty hard at the start but got pretty lost on one control so overall it wasn't too hard. |
| Jogging warm up/down 10:00 [3] | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
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Thursday Jun 19 |
| Orienteering intervals 1:00:00 [4] | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| We did 4 1km long orienteering intervals as well as a warm up and warm down. |
| Orienteering 1:00:00 [3]6.5 km (9:14 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| Me and Bridget took it in turns leading and describing our attack points and the features around us. A bit all over the place on the routes but getting alot better at reading the map. This was GMOC training as well. |
Wednesday Jun 18 |
| Orienteering long 1:20:00 [3]5 km (16:00 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| This was a REALLY slow exercise on one of the long training maps. Did a few well but still getting familiar...did a lot of stopping and discussing. |
| Orienteering race 16:20 [4]3.5 km (4:40 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
| This was one of the sprints. Didn't take it 100 percent because I didnt want to be stuffed! Didn't make any mistakes but a few hesitations. |
Tuesday Jun 17 |
| Jogging 20:00 [2]3.5 km (5:43 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
| Really easy morning jog...heart wasnt really in it! Walked up one hill... |
| Orienteering 45:00 [3]4 km (11:15 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| The middle test race. Took it fairly slowly, did pretty well except for one control which I took ages and ages to find! |
| Jogging warm up/down 10:00 [3]1.8 km (5:33 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Running intervals 4:00 [5] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
| Not sure how far I got. These are intervals with the Gothenburg-Majornas O Club. |
| Jogging warm up/down 3:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Running intervals 4:00 [5] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Jogging warm up/down 3:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Running intervals 4:00 [5] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Jogging warm up/down 7:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Running intervals 1:20 [5] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
| Didn't think I was up to doing another 4 minutes so I waited for the others to catch me and did the end of that interval. |
| Jogging warm up/down 15:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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Monday Jun 16 |
| Orienteering 30:00 [3]3 km (10:00 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| A few controls on the map which we are staying on. |
| Jogging 28:00 [3]5 km (5:36 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| Ran around the tracks on the map and had a look at the terrain etc. Found this cool lake and ran up this massive hill called the goat's back. |
Saturday Jun 14 |
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| Event: Jukola 2008
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| Jogging warm up/down 10:00 [3]1.9 km (5:16 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
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| Orienteering race 1:18:00 [4]9.8 km (7:58 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| Venla! Lots of people.
Malungs! |
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| C • Go team! 2 |
Thursday Jun 12 |
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| Event: Forssa Games
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Wednesday Jun 11 |
| Jogging 35:00 [3]6.5 km (5:23 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
| Second day in Helsinki. Today we (olly, nicko and I) went on a cruise around the archipelago and looked at the maritime fortress which was built on 6 islands, and a whole lot of other cool stuff. We had a look around the market which is next to the dock, and took some photos of the massive cathedrals and this other impressive building which had huge columns, but I don't know what it was because I can't speak finnish. Then we went to the National Museum which has a statue of a bear out the front. It was pretty cool and the celing in the atrium was fairly amazing. We had lunch at a restaurant/bar called "virgin" which I have suspicions is a strip club at night but it seemed pretty respectable when we ate there, hehe.
Found a cheaper supermarket today...yesterday we paid about 8 aussie bucks for a packet of cheerios but our tea and snacks all up only cost about 25 bucks today and we found ice-creams for 0.39 euro. Guess it was a finnish equivalent of Aldi.
People drive on the wrong side of the road here! Hehe. The tram and bus system is awesome though.
This run was done around a park north of where we are staying, at the Helsinki 1952 olympic stadim. There is a hostel in there now. It would be a good area for a sprint, we reckon. Turned out to be pretty hilly and also got slightly lost but it was good fun. Saw a massive theme park which we just might visit tomorrow before we head off to the Forssa games.
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| C • trophy 1 |
Monday Jun 9 |
| Jogging warm up/down 5:00 [3]0.9 km (5:33 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
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| Orienteering race 1:14:00 [4]8.9 km (8:19 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| Madcap Melville, at Melville Caves. Wasn't thinking or planning right today, also got frustrated with the thickness. Guess I was just a bit tired and excited about jetting off! |
| Orienteering race 51:00 [5]5 km (10:12 / km) | |
| shoes: VJ Intergrator O-Shoes |
| First day at Sorlandsgaloppen (was actually day 2 but we missed day 1). Very rainy, pretty cold, very muddy. Today was a mass start and it included a butterfly loop. Was good fun! Not many in my age group...just 7 including Belinda and I. They had a sort of Tour de France system where there was a shirt for the overall leader and a shirt for the person with the most points. You earned points by being the fastest in certain parts of the course. Did okay but had a very stupid route choice to number 10. There were lots of track options today! |
Sunday Jun 8 |
| Jogging warm up/down 5:00 [3]0.9 km (5:33 / km) | |
| shoes: Silva O-Shoes |
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| Orienteering race 1:00:35 [4]8.6 km (7:03 / km) | |
| shoes: Silva O-Shoes |
| Winter Classic Day 2 at Melville Caves.
Brilliant run actually. Hesitant on a few, including number 2 where I was a bit to the left on the wrong bare rock. Lost about a minute and a half on 9 where I was looking for the control too early. Had trouble bashing through the green, but then so did everyone. Pretty good really. |
| Jogging warm up/down 15:00 [3]2.4 km (6:15 / km) | |
| shoes: Silva O-Shoes |
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Saturday Jun 7 |
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| Event: Winter Classic, Kooyoora/Mt Korong
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| Jogging warm up/down 10:00 [3]1.8 km (5:33 / km) | |
| shoes: Silva O-Shoes |
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| Orienteering race 1:11:24 [4]8.8 km (8:07 / km) | |
| shoes: Silva O-Shoes |
| Winter Classic Day 1 at Kooyoora Spur. Had a dreadful run!
Got up to number 5 fine, except for a wiggle on 4.
Then headed off down the wrong spur on the way to 6 and would have become completely lost if I hadn't stopped and had a good look. Crossed over the saddle and then started trying to tick off features but I was in the wrong gully! Anyway worked it out and found it eventually.
Number 7, being annoyed from number 6, headed off in the wrong direction down the wrong spur and ended up in the wrong gully! Don't know how I worked it out but I guess I realised there shouldn't be a big rocky spur on my right.
Followed the "swirling vortex" and ended up at the wrong feature at 11, didn't waste too long though, then was looking for 15 at a feature that was hidden under the control circle = (.
Oh well! It's over! |
| Jogging warm up/down 9:00 [3]1.5 km (6:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Silva O-Shoes |
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Friday Jun 6 |
| Jogging 30:00 [3]6 km (5:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
| Easy roll the legs over. |
| Swimming intervals 1:20:00 [3]3.5 km (22:51 / km) | |
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Thursday Jun 5 |
| Swimming intervals 1:25:00 [3]3.8 km (22:22 / km) | |
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| Free 50's |
| Jogging warm up/down 15:00 [3]2.9 km (5:10 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Running intervals 1:46 [5]0.5 km (3:32 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Jogging warm up/down 3:00 [3]0.5 km (6:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Running intervals 1:45 [5]0.5 km (3:30 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Jogging warm up/down 3:20 [3]0.5 km (6:40 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Running intervals 1:44 [5]0.5 km (3:28 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Jogging warm up/down 3:30 [3]0.5 km (7:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Running intervals 1:45 [5]0.5 km (3:30 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Jogging warm up/down 3:30 [3]0.5 km (7:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Running intervals 1:46 [5]0.5 km (3:32 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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| Jogging warm up/down 20:00 [3]3.3 km (6:04 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
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Wednesday Jun 4 |
| Jogging hills 1:10:00 [4]12 km (5:50 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Runners |
| Tough-ish run up around Nerrina. Lots of hills. |
| Swimming intervals 1:25:00 [3]4 km (21:15 / km) | |
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| 12 x 200 IM mix-ups. |
Tuesday Jun 3 |
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| Spent today wandering around Melbourne looking for a cheap, decent tent. Turns out the ones we found in Ballarat are the cheapest and best! |
Monday Jun 2 |
| Swimming intervals 1:30:00 [3]4.1 km (21:57 / km) | |
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| Fairly tough IM set: 4x100free, 4x50breast, 4x25back,1x50fly, times three. |
Sunday Jun 1 |
| Orienteering long 1:30:00 [4]9.5 km (9:28 / km) | |
| shoes: Silva O-Shoes |
| Training on Mt Beckworth, steep and quite tricky. Fairly hesitant, especially around on the really steep side where I struggled with reading what was mapped and what wasn't. Anyway good, fairly tough training. |