Saturday May 31 |
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| Run with Kazza - she usually doesn't agree to a run with me, but my request for a short, easy run this afternoon, prior to lil nic's 'sleepover' mates arriving, was granted. Big problem - how does Kazza define 'easy'? - she's an absolute bloody maniac. Thank goodness we agreed on a definition for 'short'.
NOTE: found out to-day that the 10km last Saturday, which I thought was more like 9.6km, was in fact advertised as 9.2km on the results board displayed before to-days relays - talk about a brutal and deflating reality check!!! |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 8:00 [1] | |
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| Jogging, stretching - Kazza no where to be seen. Did she even raise a sweat? |
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| C • Yeh she did raise a sweat. ... 1 |
Thursday May 29 |
| Running long 1:14:21 [3] | |
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| Slow but steady longer run on a magnificent Ashtonfield morning. Kept myself honest up the frequently encountered long / gradual climbs. Wish we had more forest trails for this sort of run in our neck of the woods - hard to escape the bitumen for anything other than short periods of time. |
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| C • Do my Google Earth eyes deceive me ... 4 |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 12:00 [1] | |
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| Jogging, running patterns, stretching to complete a pleasing mornings work. |
Wednesday May 28 |
| Running 34:31 [3] | |
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| Short run around Ashtonfield. Looks like I've pulled up alright from the weekend. |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 15:00 [3] | |
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| Jogging, running patterns, resistance work, stretching. |
Sunday May 25 |
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| Event: NOY 4 - Wallaroo Forest
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| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm up) 10:00 [1] | |
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| Jogging and running patterns - Newcastle OY4 at Wallaroo State Forest. |
| Orienteering race 1:03:15 [4] *** 6.5 km (9:44 / km) +165m 8:38 / km | |
| spiked:11/16c |
| First time I have run on the 'Wallaroo' map, another great map from Dennis. Heard club coach Geoff Todkill talking about 'traffic light' O'ing at the orange to red coaching day yesterday. Yesterday arvo, after X-Country, Joshwa told me he reckons I'm running strongly at the moment. So to-day I really tried to do more in terms of speed on the 'green' part of my route choice. Might have been beneficial, though probably negated too often by some pretty slow
navigation around the control circle and slow exit direction decisions - but sadly I have grown to expect that. Great area, really enjoyed David Kitchener's course, and very pleased with my effort overall. Over 100 entries again to-day - perhaps the momentum generated on National 'O' day has continued. |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 6:00 [1] | |
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| Minimal amount of very slow jogging. Slack effort - too busy chatting. Hope I don't pay the price over the next couple of days. |
Saturday May 24 |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm up) 12:00 [2] | |
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| Jogging, running patterns, stretching before to-days Newcastle Cross Country event at Rathmines. Magnificent afternoon by the lake. |
| Running race 39:13 [5] 9.2 km (4:16 / km) vdot: 50.5 | |
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| This race was advertised as 10km - it most definitely was not, or I have reversed the tyranny of getting older by some 19 years. During my warm down I overheard a lot of conversation about the distance. Many runners with the GPS style watches seemed to be agreeing that it was more like a 9.6km course - 2.4 km out / return / then repeat. So the distance is a bit of an informed guess. Very happy with my splits though - 9:50, 9:50, 10:03, 9:30 - irrespective of the distance. Quicker in the second half left a smile on the face that's for sure. |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 15:00 [1] | |
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| Very cautious / very slow - jogging, running patterns, stretching - left calf felt a bit dodgy in the last 2.4 km of the race. Will apply ice a couple of times this arvo / tonight - local club Orienteering event tomorrow which I would like to have a go at. |
Friday May 23 |
| Running 31:49 [3] | |
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| Haven't felt great all week - throat and chest infection. Decided to-day that it was time to get going again. Usual short run around Ashtonfield. |
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| C • the word infection makes th... 1 |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 10:00 [3] | |
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| Jogging, running patterns, stretches. |
Sunday May 18 |
| Orienteering race 1:12:13 [4] **** 7.1 km (10:10 / km) +340m 8:12 / km | |
| spiked:11/17c |
| Thank you to 'Ophir Diggings' for returning some enjoyment and dignity to what was threatening to be a totally humiliating weekend. Thought I ran quite strongly, and worked hard at map orientation and rough compass direction. Got a bit sloppy 11 to 15, in the intricate gold mining detail - short legs/direction change, and wished I had pushed a bit harder physically 15 to finish. Great area for an Orienteer of my limited abilities - a real "bring me back next weekend" experience (and I really needed that). Interesting note: overheard many conversations around the results board in which people described how they went underground from what was 215 to 217 on my course. Apparently, if you looked in the right direction after punching 215 you could see another control in what was clearly "the light at the end of the tunnel" - saved anywhere from 30 secs to 1 minute it seems - not bad on what was a straight line distance of no more than 50 metres. Exciting stuff!! |
Saturday May 17 |
| Orienteering race 1:21:02 [3] ***** 4.4 km (18:25 / km) +150m 15:44 / km | |
| spiked:12/18c |
| If I could just view the glass as half full I would say to myself that I did a pretty reasonable job in a demanding area on 16 controls, and that I should take heart from that. But the glass is half empty got me during whatever it was that I was trying to do to-day. The perfect combination - no ability, deteriorating eyes, rain (wet glasses), and no sunlight for reading - if only I could accept that I am not improving, abandon that absurd prospect, and stop ruining physical activity by putting a map in my hand. Experienced a lot of crushing feelings at times to-day. 'Kahli's Rocks' 3, me 1. This map has an impressive destruction rate of 75%!! |
Thursday May 15 |
| Running long 1:07:33 [3] | |
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| Great afternoon around Ashtonfield, but I never really felt comfortable. Left knee and right calf not happy, but I persevered and got the job done - though very slowly at times!! Really looking forward to the challenge of SL 6 / 7 in Orange this weekend - just hope the body is too. Good luck to those competing in the WOC trials / NOL events down in Tassie this weekend. |
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| C • Snow... 2 |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 15:00 [1] | |
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| Jogging, running patterns, resistance work, stretch. |
Tuesday May 13 |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm up) 20:00 [2] | |
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| Jogging, running patterns, stretching, drills |
| Running intervals 16:00 [5] | |
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| 'Jimboghetti' session at Walka Water Works with Joshwa. Felt pretty good, and no real indication of any side effects from Saturday's effort. Enjoyed the challenge yet again. Walka is a great place to train. |
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| C • whats 2 |
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| C • Guess who? 1 |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 16:00 [1] | |
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| Jogging, running patterns and stretches to complete this session in the dark!! |
Saturday May 10 |
| Warm Up/Warm Down race (warm up) 15:00 [2] | |
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| Jogging, running patterns, stretching, couple of stride throughs. |
| Running race 52:49 [5] 12 km (4:24 / km) vdot: 47.0 | |
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| Newcastle Cross Country event at Walka Water Works ( billed as the 'Millington Championships'! ). The opportunity for golf was long gone, and given this is such a handy venue for Maitland residents, decided to try a second consecutive cross country event - as things turned out, I was so glad I did. During warm up decided to aim for 54 minutes. 12km to-day / 10km last weekend. Grass trails, gravel, little bit of bitumen to-day / Redhead Beach last weekend. Couple of nuisance climbs to-day / flat at Redhead. 3 laps of a 4 km loop - 17:26, 17:39, 17:44 - calves were screaming at the end - hope I don't pay for it too much over the next few days! |
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| C • Top run 3 |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 15:00 [1] | |
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| Very slow jogging, running patterns and stretching in the superb afternoon sunshine. |
Thursday May 8 |
| Running tempo 32:51 [2] | |
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| Usual short run around Ashtonfield. Slow to start, slow at the finish. Quads, knees and calves feeling tender and agitated. Couldn't find any rhythm. Maybe the pressure of making Mother's Day something special is starting to take its toll! |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 10:00 [3] | |
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| Jogging, running patterns, resistance work - no time to stretch. Had to get up to Thursday night shopping - the spouse at the gym, and Mother's Day Sunday! |
Tuesday May 6 |
| Street Orienteering tempo 59:59 [3] * | |
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| Dropped Joshwa near Broadmeadow Race Course for more 'pain by Hans'. Ran from here onto the 'Merewether' Street 'O' map and visited some control sites from an event held in the 2006/07 series ( I think!). Lots of traffic at times, and plenty of dogs walking their owners to avoid, but the Merewether - Bar Beach stretch of coastal scenery towards the end of the run made it all worth while. A nice atmosphere about this area of Newcastle. |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 10:00 [1] | |
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| Jogging / running patterns, stretching |
Sunday May 4 |
| Orienteering race 59:39 [4] *** 6.2 km (9:37 / km) +140m 8:39 / km | |
| spiked:11/18c |
| At 'Brush Creek'. Great mapping, setting and organisation from Dennis yet again. It has been a long time since I broke 10min/km at a local club event, so feel quite satisfied. Managed to ignore the myriad of tracks and concentrate on the contours for most of the course. Four short/sharp legs with directional changes at the end of the course cost me 2-3 minutes - need to stick to my plan for a full course, and respect the challenge of each leg, irrespective of distance and how 'easy' it might look. National Orienteering Day to-day - the club went through over 130 maps - a real positive for our sport in the Hunter. Hope we see a few back again. |
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| C • did u change ur name 3 |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warmup) 15:00 [2] | |
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| Jogging,drills,stretching. |
| Warm Up/Warm Down race (warm down) 10:00 [1] | |
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| Very slow jog and some stretches with lil nic. |
Saturday May 3 |
| Running race 45:28 [4] 10 km (4:33 / km) vdot: 44.7 | |
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| Newcastle Cross Country race at Redhead Beach. 2.5 km south, 2.5 km north, then repeat! Put up with very wet socks/shoes, or put up with very soft sand. Opted for the former - many ran in bare feet, which in hindsight might have been an interesting choice. Don't do much of this any more - had nothing to offer in the final 2.5 km - very glad to see the finish. Enjoyed watching the battle up in front between Steveo and a 'female assassin' - boy she was clinical ,cold and brutal in the last 2.5km! |
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| C • never had a chance 1 |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm up) 20:00 [1] | |
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| Jogging, drills, stretching. |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 15:00 [1] | |
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| As per warm up |
Friday May 2 |
| Golf 40:00 [1] | |
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| Wedges down at the Common. Mat Jones, local legend and trainee pro was down there. Felt I spent most of the time watching him. The ball flight of a great golfer is fantastic to watch. |
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| C • Intense... 2 |
Thursday May 1 |
| Running tempo 30:59 [3] | |
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| Very late run around Ashtonfield. Squeezed out as much time as I could before it just got too dark. Felt good, and glad I made the effort. |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 15:00 [1] | |
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| Jogging, drills, stretching. |