Saturday Jun 14 |
 | Running tempo 1:01:10 [3] | |
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| Slow at times, and quite cautious. Even though I got through the QBIII OK from a physical point of view, my calf muscle has me worried, and was tight and tender by the end of this run. It was great to be out again though, after a week of rest for the injury, and no other alternative than a stack of reporting writing and checking. Nice to get some lifestyle balance again. |
| Warm Up/Warm Down warm up/down (warm down) 8:00 [1] | |
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| Some careful jogging, running patterns and stretching. Had to rush though, as I was heading to watch 'lil Nic' at Netball. |
Monday Jun 9 |
| Orienteering 46:17 [4]*** | |
| spiked:12/19c |
| 'Limekiln Creek'. Final day of QBIII, and back out at the site of probably my worst 'O' debacle yesterday. Was a 45 minute score event, but I didn't take my watch. Estimated the distance I hoped to cover if I went OK, and stuck to the loop I planned - quite pleased to only cop a 20 point penalty in the end. I stayed away from the problem areas of yesterday (not as much guts as Joshwa), and set myself a task that I thought would leave me with positive thoughts and a bit of confidence again. Kept myself in the less technical areas overall. Got myself looking forward to next weekend, so glad I went out. |
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| C • kick a man while he's down 3 |
Sunday Jun 8 |
| Orienteering race 2:39:19 [3]**** 9.3 km (17:08 / km) +210m 15:24 / km | |
| spiked:3/12c |
| 'Limekiln Creek for Big Kids'. In a moment of intense despair, as I was walking on the safety bearing, confused and absolutely shattered, I wondered how to log to-day. Decided at that time to just write "forget it and move on". It helps to talk I guess. Actually really enjoyed first seven controls, and the feeling of finding controls on long legs through good reading of the contours. Got sloppy in circle 6 and 7, but got it together on 8. Knew exactly where I was half way to 9-don't know what happened then. It was like a switch got turned off in my head. Lost map contact in vague/green area and panic set in. A bit later panic became frustration, and I was gone from a thinking point of view. Then came that pathetic "woe is me" and started walking. Then started walking the safety bearing - I am ashamed to admit it, but at that moment I had given up. Then, quite unexpectedly, I fluked a relocation, gave it another go and finally got 9 - 58 minutes after punching 8!. But then couldn't get 10 cleanly-pathetic response mentally again-straight to frustration mode and just not thinking. Relocated 3 times before finally getting the bloody thing - 22 minutes! In summary-half way to 9 through to 10 was a straight line distance of approx. 900 metres, and it had taken me 80 minutes!!! I was so into the map one minute, then completely lost the next, and couldn't make head nor tail of anything. Just couldn't think. Now it is time to move on. |
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| C • #9 3 |