Saturday Apr 5 |
 | Running warm up/down 30:00 [1]4 km (7:30 / km) | |
| shoes: Swoops |
| Warmup - jog to start and back to field, then back again checking out spectator and finish. Did some dynamic stretching
Warmdown - jog around the field then to spectator for a stretch and back to field after.
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| Orienteering race (British Middle Champs) 55:46 [5]***** 6.5 km (8:35 / km) +230m 7:17 / km | |
| spiked:17/23c shoes: Swoops |
| Found the terrain really tough - not a fan of brambles/brashings, need to do 2 things: get a bit more agile to be able to pick my route through (wasn't feeling very agile on Sat!) and buy some bramble bashers (sadly)
Started ok, no mistakes on 1/2, but thhen lost 3mins @ 3, convinced myself that the two bushes short of the control were the 2 trees near it, oops. In my anger I nailed the next 5/6 legs, felt ok going up the hills too. Then another big mistake on 11, but not the same mistake others made. I had successfully located the correct spur, but was too high up it, too near the trees and turned left rather than right losing lots of time (maybe a minute)... Lost another 3 mins or so at 13, the one before the spectator control, hit the path near it and turned away from the control having convinced myself I knew where I was. Got confused coming out of 15, thinking I was coming out of 16 so lost some time having forced myself onto a crap route choice. Nailed the route choice leg (17) and the one after it where I passed a guy looking confused on the wrong spur, which was nice. Plodded round the last few feeling a bit annoyed with myself for a poor run.
Not really used to this kind of terrain either, will come with practice. |
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Men's Open (Course A) - Splits |
Friday Apr 4 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| bit of a rest day
At work until 4.30 then the long drive south (via Teviothead), where we were greeted by awesome hospitality, thanks to the Hallidays! |
Thursday Apr 3 |
| Running 30:00 [2]6 km (5:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 |
| gentle 'commute' home |
Wednesday Apr 2 |
| MTB 20:00 [1]5 km (4:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Specialized Hardrock (Bike) |
| traffic dodging trip in to work, good rat race prep this commute thingy |
| MTB 50:00 [3]16 km (3:08 / km) | |
| shoes: Specialized Hardrock (Bike) |
| work -> training, worked hard cos I thought I was late. turned out I wasn't, oh well
then home after training at a more sedate pace |
| Orienteering 25:00 [4]4 km (6:15 / km) | |
| shoes: Swoops |
| sprint training at Lauriston Castle
I planned the session and being a blubbering idiot planned it in such a way I couldn't really join in the first half.... oops.
time / distance probably a bit inaccurate as I did bits and bobs, then a 2k 'race' thingy at the end which I belted round hence the '4'. ran in new swoops to wear them in a bit before saturday |
Tuesday Apr 1 |
| MTB 25:00 [2]7 km (3:34 / km) | |
| shoes: Specialized Hardrock (Bike) |
| cycle to work via Merchiston to pick up some o-maps from my mum for training on wed night |
| MTB 1:05:00 [3]19 km (3:25 / km) | |
| shoes: Specialized Hardrock (Bike) |
| cycle home from work, was going to do another half an hour but feeling a bit weak having not eaten enough since lunchtime
gmap pedometer decided it didn't want to let me save my route... |
| Stretching 15:00 [0] | |
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| when i say stretching i really mean both stretching and strength building exercises in my legs, knock on from some itb problems last year as well as general leg strength work |
Monday Mar 31 |
| Stretching 15:00 [0] | |
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| some early morning stretching to get the muscles working |
| Running 40:00 [3]8 km (5:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 |
| slow jaunt around town, calf muscles feeling a bit tight |
| Stretching 15:00 [0] | |
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Sunday Mar 30 |
| Stretching 20:00 [0] | |
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| feeling a bit crap after lots of stuff yesterday so just went to watch the world xc and chilled out afterwards |