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Saturday Feb 25, 2017 #
2 PM
Running warm up/down 1:02:00 [3] 12.7 km (4:53 / km)
shoes: Asics Gel Fuji Trabuco
10k to canal before, 2.6k in the puddles after.
Running race 35:02 [3] 10.0 km (3:30 / km)
shoes: Asics Hyper XC #3
Scottish National. 4th. PB.
4th!
Brilliantly muddy. Started moderate (top 15) and moved through to top 5 by end of first lap. Callum Hawkins and Kris were away off the front, Lachlan Oates and Jamie Crowe just ahead. Spent the second lap closing in on Jamie and passed him about 2/3s of the way. Put in a big effort at start of the third lap to move up to Lachlan. Got within 10m after the hill but then the effort took its toll and he pulled away again and held on to the finish. So 4th. A PB, a Scotland vest and quite a surprise!
But...
If it wasn't for Kris Jones I'd have won a medal.
If it wasn't for Kris Jones I'd have been the first orienteer to win a medal in the senior race.
That said, if it wasn't for Kris Jones I probably wouldn't have trained quite the way I have for the last 3 months. And the Scottish rugby teams gave some good consolation for getting beaten by a Welshman :-D
4th!
Brilliantly muddy. Started moderate (top 15) and moved through to top 5 by end of first lap. Callum Hawkins and Kris were away off the front, Lachlan Oates and Jamie Crowe just ahead. Spent the second lap closing in on Jamie and passed him about 2/3s of the way. Put in a big effort at start of the third lap to move up to Lachlan. Got within 10m after the hill but then the effort took its toll and he pulled away again and held on to the finish. So 4th. A PB, a Scotland vest and quite a surprise!
But...
If it wasn't for Kris Jones I'd have won a medal.
If it wasn't for Kris Jones I'd have been the first orienteer to win a medal in the senior race.
That said, if it wasn't for Kris Jones I probably wouldn't have trained quite the way I have for the last 3 months. And the Scottish rugby teams gave some good consolation for getting beaten by a Welshman :-D
Friday Feb 24, 2017 #
12 PM
Running 44:20 [3] 10.0 km (4:26 / km)
shoes: Asics GT2000 #8 - Blue
Easy lunchtime around Queen's Drive. Felt pretty good last night, less so today but moderately excited about tomorrow's race.
Thursday Feb 23, 2017 #
7 PM
Running tempo 1:18:00 [3] 16.5 km (4:44 / km) +440m 4:10 / km
shoes: Asics GT2000 #8 - Blue
Treadhill progression. 12km/hr 5mins @ 8->12% in 1% steps. Last level felt quite tough and wasn't wanting to overdo it so only did 2mins. 8km before and 4km after.
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017 #
6 PM
Running 1:30:00 [3] 19.5 km (4:37 / km)
shoes: Asics GT2000 #8 - Blue
Miles with Peter. Main topic of conversation: orienteering futurology.
Tuesday Feb 21, 2017 #
6 PM
Running 1:24:00 [3] 19.0 km (4:25 / km)
shoes: Asics GT2000 #8 - Blue
12x500m (1:30) off 30s. Time to increase the distance in prep for the 12 stage.
Monday Feb 20, 2017 #
6 PM
Running 1:19:30 [3] 16.1 km (4:56 / km)
shoes: Asics GT2000 #8 - Blue
Breaking even in Holyrood (flat). Felt less tight at the end than the start.
Sunday Feb 19, 2017 #
8 AM
Running long 1:38:00 [3] 22.0 km (4:27 / km)
shoes: Asics GT2000 #8 - Blue
Urban Orienteering 29:00 [3] 7.55 km (3:50 / km)
shoes: VJ iRock #2
Long run featuring the Armagh Urban race as the third quarter. Legs OK for most of it, apart from the hills on the urban. Nice length course for an urban race. It seems the effect of my decreptitude/mileage pre-loading roughly equals the hangovers the younger guys were nursing in terms of detriment to performance...