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Training Log Archive: ba-ba

In the 7 days ending Mar 25, 2008:

	activity	#	time	miles		km		+m				load
	Orienteering	4	3:51:55	12.24	(18:57)	19.7	(11:46)	660	64 /	64c	100%	861.5
	Running - Road	4	45:00	1.49		2.4						90.0
		1	5:00									5.0
	Total	4	4:41:55	13.73		22.1		660	64 /	64c	100%	956.5
averages - sleep:8.1

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Tuesday Mar 25, 2008 #

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slept:10.0 (rest day)

Bumming around Sheffield before getting a lift back.

Really enjoyed the JK, can't wait til the next O event I can get to - with a bit more technical nouse I reckon I can run longer courses without the fear of being out there at night-fall! Just by concentrating this weekend, I managed to considerably better my performance at BUSA!

C • Nicely 1

Monday Mar 24, 2008 #

Running - Road warm up/down 5:00 [2]
slept:8.5 shoes: Decathlon Kalenji Kapteren XT

Orienteering race (JK Relays - Eridge Park) 1:06:08 [3] *** 4.1 km (16:08 / km) +150m 13:38 / km
spiked:12/12c shoes: Decathlon Kalenji Kapteren XT

By the time I took over from Mummy F-R, The round was covered in snow and I was just glad to get moving to keep warm! Wasn't in a great mindset as I entered the waiting pen too early so got bored. Running OK, but a far from clean run - especially control 6 which took 21 minutes. (also miss-read my codes, so spent a bit of time running around a control I thought I didn't need, when that was my control... not clever). Wasn't too keen with the map or the area for that matter. After that, took every leg safe, working from paths and fences when in the woods. Finished with a 'somersault' (if it can be called that) over the line as ShUOC Rambo 1, 2 & 3 were presented with their men's short winners' medals. Personally, an iffy finish to a fantastic weekend!

Sunday Mar 23, 2008 #

Running - Road warm up/down 10:00 [2] 0.6 km (16:40 / km)
slept:8.0 shoes: Decathlon Kalenji Kapteren XT

Run to start in melting snow - got some nice snowey pictures when I went down earlier though.

Orienteering race (JK Day 3 - Ashdown Forest) 1:08:59 [4] *** 6.6 km (10:27 / km) +270m 8:41 / km
spiked:15/15c shoes: Decathlon Kalenji Kapteren XT

It had stopped snowing by the time I started, and I warmed up pretty quickly on the way to number 1. Overshot it by a bit, but as all the flags were fairly easy to spot it didn't matter too much. Was running and navigating well (the change in scale from the day before once again took a bit of getting used to) until a small faff on 10 lost me a minute, then a massive error on 11 -seeing a control I went to it. It wasn't mine, but I re-positioned myself on the map 50yrds further east than I actually was, resulting in my running 300m or so into out-of-bound and back when I was virtually stood on top of my control. D'oh! Lost me a good 6 minutes or so! Regrouped for the last 3 controls, but the run-in was bloody slippy and knackering!
Without the major faff I would have been bloody close to Faz, and made the top 5 on the M20 short overall!

Saturday Mar 22, 2008 #

Running - Road warm up/down 15:00 [2] 1.8 km (8:20 / km)
slept:7.0 shoes: Decathlon Kalenji Kapteren XT

jog/walk to mid start

Orienteering race (JK Day 2 - Leith Hill) 1:15:05 [4] *** 6.4 km (11:44 / km) +180m 10:17 / km
spiked:18/18c shoes: Decathlon Kalenji Kapteren XT

probably only my second wooded O event, so was fairly rusty when it came to the technical aspects. Felt I was running well, and some navigation was OK, but 4 minutes on control one sort of set the trend - technically, I got to the control circle, then ran like a headless chicken in any direction, with seldom thought about where the control may have been! No massive errors, but muchos little ones! Some iffy route choice as well. The size of the 'little' paths didn't really help matters either, but no 10+ minute legs, and a strong 51sec finish as I was feeling good :D
Liked the area, but took a bit of time getting used to the scale of the map after the previous day.

Friday Mar 21, 2008 #

Event: JK 2008

warm up/down 5:00 [1]
slept:7.0 shoes: Decathlon Kalenji Kapteren XT

Running - Road warm up/down 15:00 [2]
shoes: Decathlon Kalenji Kapteren XT

Pootling around the assembly field before/after run, stopping off at spectator control every now and then for banter

Orienteering race (JK Sprint Course10 (open)) 21:43 [4] *** 2.6 km (8:21 / km) +60m 7:29 / km
spiked:19/19c shoes: Decathlon Kalenji Kapteren XT

University of Surrey, Guilford.
Good start to the weekend, beating faz :D
Pretty clean run, save a fairley major mistake on the way to control 1, following slightly past the control on 15, and the same error everyone seemed to make on number 16 - what with map and control descriptions seemingly contradicting eac other. Control descriptions were right. poo!
Good day though - glad we just missed the hail.

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