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 | |
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| 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. |