Friday Apr 18 |
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| It is 23/4, and I am ammending a training log entry following a 'sledge' from Joshwa, obviously concerned that his title of best trainer in the house is now under serious threat. At least I have the pleasure of knowing I figured out what to do to make a change to my log without his help!
Junior training camp finished to-day. Supervised kids during 'beep test', ladder drills and resistance work with light hand weights. Has been a great week I think. Couldn't hand pick a better group of young people to spend the first week of your holidays with. Hope to have a report on the OANSW website real soon. |
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Thursday Apr 17 |
| Orienteering 40:00 [2] ** 2.5 km (16:00 / km) | |
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| Day 4 of the training camp. Relay sprint interval in the morning at 'Maitland Park' - all i had to do was drive the bus, time and lead a warm down. Kids were super keen, and responded well to this activity. Out to 'Walka Water Works' in the arvo for middle distance courses. Started and timed again, but at least got some control collection in at the end of the session. |
| Running 25:00 [2] * 4 km (6:15 / km) | |
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| Jogged around Tocal College before tea, using the basic map they give to visitors. Newcastle Club is thinking of approaching the College to make a sprint map, and I just felt inclined to have a look around. Reckon the area has great potential, particularly if a paddock to the south can be mapped as well - a little bit of bush thrown in, just like Radford College in the ACT, though the buildings would not be quite so intense to navigate in and around at speed. |
Wednesday Apr 16 |
| Orienteering 20:00 [0] 0.3 km (1:06:40 / km) | |
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| Day 3 of the training camp. 'Camp Champs' on 'Shotgun Avenue'. Thanks to Geoff T and Rob P senior putting out controls, and the squad, Karen and Darvo bringing them in, all I had to do was start and time. Very positive day once again, but if things remain this 'low key' for me I'll have to be careful what I eat for tea out at Tocal. The evening meals have been sensational, but I'm not exactly 'burning it off'. |
Tuesday Apr 15 |
| Orienteering 45:00 [3] *** 3 km (15:00 / km) | |
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| Day 2 of the Training Camp. Spent most of my time with the seniors, timing a round robin of 5 sprint intervals between 1.0km to 1.5km in length. A short jog in to the training area, and some control collection. Very easy day for me, but the squad worked really hard - very pleasing to see. 'Rural Acres' and 'Wattle Ponds Road' out at Singleton were great areas for to-days activities, particularly with the tracks taken off the map. Juniors responded well to a day of training using mainly the contours. |
Monday Apr 14 |
| Orienteering 1:30:00 [2] *** 4 km (22:30 / km) | |
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| Day 1 of the Junior Training Camp on 'Poppethead Decapitated'. Shadowing Glen and Alexander. A few problems, but the boys did some good things to. Plenty of productive pre and post leg discussion. |
Sunday Apr 13 |
| Orienteering race 1:13:02 [4] *** 7.5 km (9:44 / km) +280m 8:12 / km | |
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| SL4 on 'Brokenback Slopes' - new map from Dennis, and another great job. Enjoyed Russell Rigby's course. Plenty to be pleased with once again, but the hills brought me to my knees on a couple of occasions. Throw in some poor route choices, and I did make things harder than they needed to be. But I guess I worked within my limitations. |
| Orienteering warm up/down (Resistance training) 20:00 [2] | |
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| Packing the bus for the training camp. Had no idea 17 juniors could have so much stuff with them. Bloody hard work, so I'm claiming the effort as training!! |