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Sunday Jan 5, 2014 #
11 AM
Running 1:07:15 [2] 5.8 km (11:36 / km) +168m 10:07 / km
Out on Achtermarak
Honestly set out on the first loop not quite in the right place in my head and though I was making a plan I wasn't forming it into a useful picture to help me get round. At 9 I restarted and put more emphasis on using my compass and looking at it frequently and then I much improved, the plan came together with a picture and good direction.
Then Pippa shadowed me round the next control pick.
I was near perfect on the binary system! Having that focus there someone to tell the plan to, who is watching you! I can improve by making my plans before the previous control so don't need to stand waiting at the control.
Honestly set out on the first loop not quite in the right place in my head and though I was making a plan I wasn't forming it into a useful picture to help me get round. At 9 I restarted and put more emphasis on using my compass and looking at it frequently and then I much improved, the plan came together with a picture and good direction.
Then Pippa shadowed me round the next control pick.
I was near perfect on the binary system! Having that focus there someone to tell the plan to, who is watching you! I can improve by making my plans before the previous control so don't need to stand waiting at the control.
6 PM
Running 31:43 [2] 3.58 km (8:52 / km) +64m 8:08 / km
Compass exercise on Roseisle started badly with low confidence and worrying about bumping into army men. but restarted and after that it went much better. Hit my point bang on just keeping looking at compass when I got to the edge of the light beam.
Saturday Jan 4, 2014 #
12 PM
Running 8:37 1.36 km (6:20 / km) +10m 6:06 / km
ahr:155 max:164
Warm up before orienteering session.
Orienteering 2:08:58 17.6 km (7:20 / km) +118m 7:05 / km
ahr:156 max:220
Whole of long qualification session including jogs between starts and waiting to start.
On the 2nd loop I felt like I couldn't run anymore and one the 4th one think I cooled down a bit and felt tight all the way up both legs.
Looking at my analysis things improved on the 3rd loop we did. I actually started to plan and make a picture, this was after talking to Liz and admitting it wasn't going so well and that I had managed fine on Thursday when I had been orienteering on Loch Vaa. I realised what I was doing differently.
The biggest change from the first time round to the second time round (doing a similar but gaffled loops) was that I made plans all the time, I think this is because it was easier I knew good and bad lines, it took less time to make them and so it was easier to invest time in planning. But it is so worth it!
Also direction tended to be better maybe I had my head up more?
On the 2nd loop I felt like I couldn't run anymore and one the 4th one think I cooled down a bit and felt tight all the way up both legs.
Looking at my analysis things improved on the 3rd loop we did. I actually started to plan and make a picture, this was after talking to Liz and admitting it wasn't going so well and that I had managed fine on Thursday when I had been orienteering on Loch Vaa. I realised what I was doing differently.
The biggest change from the first time round to the second time round (doing a similar but gaffled loops) was that I made plans all the time, I think this is because it was easier I knew good and bad lines, it took less time to make them and so it was easier to invest time in planning. But it is so worth it!
Also direction tended to be better maybe I had my head up more?
Friday Jan 3, 2014 #
10 AM
Running 1:12:19 12.1 km (5:59 / km) +258m 5:24 / km
ahr:191 max:232
Running with Doug and John at Loch Garten. Mostly feeling fine just a couple of the uphills stretched me to keep up with them.
Thursday Jan 2, 2014 #
1 PM
Running 9:35 [1] 1.52 km (6:18 / km) +15m 6:00 / km
Jog warm up.
Orienteering 47:26 [2] 6.08 km (7:48 / km) +40m 7:33 / km
Orienteering a wee course Doug planned for me on Loch Vaa to practise visulaising and looking up for those things on my bearings. Things tended to fall apart when I decided to stop looking at my compass and just use the features as its quite vague there and need good direction.
Running 8:11 [1] 1.15 km (7:07 / km) +5m 6:58 / km
Warm down.
4 PM
Running 46:31 8.21 km (5:40 / km) +208m 5:02 / km
ahr:157 max:224
Running up to the masts above Dulnain Bridge in the last of the daylight. Lovely view from the top. The climb was ok sometimes feeling tight.
Wednesday Jan 1, 2014 #
3 PM
Running 54:18 6.31 km (8:36 / km) +200m 7:26 / km
ahr:141 max:174
Collecting controls on from a SEDS training. Visualisation good in the detail but not so good on the slopes.
Tuesday Dec 31, 2013 #
9 AM
Running 37:27 5.7 km (6:34 / km) +183m 5:40 / km
Morning run round the hill at the farm not wet but still pretty windy. Struggling on the steep hills maybe tightness in quads from yesterday.
Monday Dec 30, 2013 #
11 AM
Running 1:16:34 9.57 km (8:00 / km) +492m 6:22 / km
Was not enjoying this run to begin with wet and windy felt like hail in my face but Jess and I got left to do our own thing headed in the forestry and then came back down and then over bowanhill and it was nice ended up quite enjoying myself and the open hill. Not something you get in Sweden.