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Training Log Archive: cousteau

In the 31 days ending Oct 31, 2015:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Orienteering	8	9:28:30	44.24	(12:51)	71.2	(7:59)	920	78 /	81c	96%
Hashing	6	5:26:00	40.08	(8:08)	64.5	(5:03)	250
Steady Run	5	3:51:00	28.58	(8:05)	46.0	(5:01)
Cycling	4	2:00:00
Warm up/down	7	2:00:00	10.19	(11:47)	16.4	(7:19)
Stretching/Core Stability	4	45:00
Intervals	2	37:00	4.35	(8:30)	7.0	(5:17)
Total	31	24:07:30	127.44		205.1		1170	78 /	81c	96%

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Saturday Oct 31, 2015 #

10 AM

Orienteering 3:00:00 [3] 20.0 km (9:00 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 Mudclaw 2014

A great days training. Started off by checking some of the most vulnerable controls, which went out late last night. Then ran the exercises with the lads doing various bits of shadowing. I started off with some of the 'virgins' to sand dunes for the first couple of courses, before moving to work with the more experienced folk. Everyone was doing well, and it was a great days training, in glorious warm weather!

Friday Oct 30, 2015 #

3 PM

Orienteering 1:30:00 [3] 11.0 km (8:11 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 Mudclaw 2014

Hanging controls for tomorrows TBGS training at Hayle. World Class terrain; some of the most challenging hanging there is to be done...especially the last few controls when it was almost dark!!

Thursday Oct 29, 2015 #

7 PM

Hashing tempo 55:00 [4] 11.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: More Mile Cheviot 2015

A good hash from the Bowd Inn, laid by Pubes and family. We went straight into Harpford Woods and stayed there, with plenty of looping around, the usual collection to steep Harpford hills and some nice bits of terrain running. Good fun!

Wednesday Oct 28, 2015 #

7 PM

Steady Run 1:00:00 [3] 11.0 km (5:27 / km)

Bit of a random running club session - basically a steady run with some hill efforts thrown in.

Tuesday Oct 27, 2015 #

Note
(rest day)

Monday Oct 26, 2015 #

Cycling 25:00 [3]

Sunday Oct 25, 2015 #

11 AM

Hashing tempo 1:09:00 [4] 14.0 km (4:56 / km)
shoes: Asics FujiAttack4

A good City of Exeter hash from Haldon Obelisk. There were loads of fish hooks where, coz I was the fastest there by quite a bit, I sometimes had to go back the best part of a kilometre! (hence the distance).

Really nice warm, almost summer like, day for it, and fantastic views too!

Saturday Oct 24, 2015 #

Note
(rest day)

Friday Oct 23, 2015 #

Cycling 30:00 [2]

Cycling - stuff around town.

Thursday Oct 22, 2015 #

7 PM

Hashing tempo 50:00 [4] 10.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Asics FujiAttack4

A good hash from the Talaton, laid by Porky and Freewheeler. Some good hills and periods of fast running as well as some tough areas of cow shit or newly planted fields! There were less people there than last week; apparently, something to do with a queue at one of the immigration points to cross the A30 into Talaton and 'The North'!

8 PM

Warm up/down warm up/down 5:00 [2] 0.8 km (6:15 / km)
shoes: Asics FujiAttack4

Warm down jog with Jonty.

Wednesday Oct 21, 2015 #

7 PM

Steady Run warm up/down 20:00 [3] 4.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Asics FujiAttack4

Running club - warm up run for an interval session on Salcombe Hill.

Intervals intervals 15:00 [4] 3.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Asics FujiAttack4

Two sets of 500ish metres on the gravel path on top of Salcombe Hill. Largely flat, but with a slight climb on each effort and a period of cross wind as well. Fun, and so much better than doing it on road or, even worse, around a track!!

Steady Run 20:00 [3] 4.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Asics FujiAttack4

Cruise back to the Sailing Club.

8 PM

Stretching/Core Stability 15:00 [1]

Stretching.

Tuesday Oct 20, 2015 #

5 PM

Steady Run 38:00 [3] 9.0 km (4:13 / km)
shoes: Asics FujiAttack4

Its a really nice summer day, so I couldn't resist a post work run on Mutters Moor (needed to wear in some new shoes too!).

6 PM

Stretching/Core Stability 10:00 [1]

Stretching.

Monday Oct 19, 2015 #

Note
(rest day)

Sunday Oct 18, 2015 #

11 AM

Warm up/down warm up/down 15:00 [3] 2.5 km (6:00 / km)
shoes: Mudclaw 2015/16

Warm up stuff for a QO event at Triscombe on the Quantock Hills.

Orienteering race 43:28 [5] *** 5.9 km (7:22 / km) +320m 5:48 / km
spiked:18/20c shoes: Mudclaw 2015/16

Really nice day for a run on the Quantocks, and enjoyed this on the whole. As always, it had the usual collection of "QO-isms" on the course!!; in this case, it was two controls where only some of the stuff on the ground was actually mapped!...thus, making the final approach to the control rather a lottery! Think I lost about 90 seconds in total to this. Oh well, it was the same for everyone, and it was a nice day!

Warm up/down warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.3 km (7:42 / km)
shoes: Mudclaw 2015/16

Short warm down jog to work out what the hell was going on at number 1 (one of the "QO-isms"!!)

Saturday Oct 17, 2015 #

Note
(rest day)

Friday Oct 16, 2015 #

4 PM

Orienteering 45:00 [2] 6.0 km (7:30 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 Mudclaw 2014/15

East Devon training session at Joney's Cross. I went out to put punches at a couple of controls and then shadowed around the score course.

Thursday Oct 15, 2015 #

7 PM

Hashing tempo 59:00 [4] 11.0 km (5:22 / km)
shoes: Saucony Excersion 2015

A good hash from Budleigh Stables, laid by Mad Max and Laidback. There was plenty of twisting around, and it soon turned into one of those trails where you ran a reasonable distance without actually going very far from the car! Good fun!

Wednesday Oct 14, 2015 #

7 PM

Steady Run warm up/down 18:00 [3] 4.0 km (4:30 / km)
shoes: Saucony Ignition

Warm up run for a hill interval session with running club.

Intervals hills 22:00 [4] 4.0 km (5:30 / km)
shoes: Saucony Ignition

A good hill interval session based around The Knowle.

Steady Run warm up/down 15:00 [3] 3.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: Saucony Ignition

Gentle cruise back to the Sailing Club.

8 PM

Stretching/Core Stability 10:00 [1]

Stretching on the sea front.

Tuesday Oct 13, 2015 #

5 PM

Cycling 25:00 [3]

Another summery evening.....another cruise down the beach after work!!

Monday Oct 12, 2015 #

4 PM

Cycling 40:00 [3]

Really nice summer evening here in Sidmouth; so couldn't resist a bike ride to the beach and around after work.

Sunday Oct 11, 2015 #

11 AM

Warm up/down warm up/down 20:00 [3] 3.0 km (6:40 / km)
shoes: Mudclaw 2015/16

Warm up stuff for a Kerno event at Hayle, on a nice sunny summer day!

12 PM

Orienteering race 54:37 [5] *** 9.0 km (6:04 / km) +170m 5:33 / km
spiked:28/28c shoes: Mudclaw 2015/16

Brown course; really enjoyed this. The new mapped helped make it much more enjoyable than the previous event there. Flowed well through all the controls, with no errors of any note.

Saturday Oct 10, 2015 #

Note
(rest day)

Friday Oct 9, 2015 #

4 PM

Orienteering 1:00:00 [2] 5.0 km (12:00 / km)
shoes: More Mile Cheviot 2015

East Devon training session at Joneys Cross on a nice warm evening!

Thursday Oct 8, 2015 #

7 PM

Hashing 48:00 [4] 10.0 km (4:48 / km) +250m 4:16 / km
shoes: Saucony Excersion 2015

A good hash, laid by EJ from Four Firs. Plenty of fast running on a nice warm late summer evening.

8 PM

Warm up/down warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: Saucony Excersion 2015

Warm down jog with Snowy, Sean and Meg.

Wednesday Oct 7, 2015 #

7 PM

Steady Run 1:00:00 [3] 11.0 km (5:27 / km)
shoes: Saucony Excersion 2015

A nice casual running club session - the first off road, night time run of the year. We went up The Byes, up Soldiers Hill and around on top of there and Salcombe Hill for a bit before heading back to town on the coast path.

Really nice warm summery evening for it - great views along the coast and of the loads of ships out to sea!

8 PM

Stretching/Core Stability 10:00 [1]

Stretching on the sea front.

Tuesday Oct 6, 2015 #

Note
(rest day)

Monday Oct 5, 2015 #

Note
(rest day)

Sunday Oct 4, 2015 #

10 AM

Warm up/down warm up/down 15:00 [2] 1.0 km (15:00 / km)
shoes: Mudclaw 2015/16

Warming up as best I could before the relay (the assembly area wasn't exactly inductive to a good warm up!).

Orienteering race 25:27 [5] *** 4.3 km (5:55 / km) +150m 5:02 / km
spiked:12/12c shoes: Mudclaw 2015/16

As is often the case, I had a good relay run. I was on last leg and my team, another English team and two Porridge Gobbler Teams went out pretty much together in the lead pack. One team got away a bit, but the rest of us where fairly close until I got 'done' by a gaffle which took me to the top of a massive hill that everyone else went around!.....managed to pull partially back into the pack, and held off one of the Scottish Teams.

England comfortably won the relay day and, therefore, won overall! A good weekends work!

Warm up/down warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.0 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: Mudclaw 2015/16

Warm down jog down the hill to download, followed by a walk back up the hill to assembly!

Saturday Oct 3, 2015 #

10 AM

Warm up/down warm up/down 20:00 [3] 3.5 km (5:43 / km)
shoes: Mudclaw 2015/16

Jog to the start and some other warm up stuff for the Home International Long Race at Llynnoedd Teifi.

Orienteering race 1:09:58 [5] *** 10.0 km (7:00 / km) +280m 6:08 / km
spiked:20/21c shoes: Mudclaw 2015/16

A good solid run; only time loss was on a control which was somewhat hidden and, thus, totally unfair. But, it seemed to cause most people problems as a result - so not a major drama; more irritation value really.

England finished the day just ahead of Scotland overall - with the English and Scottish guys drawing on, amusingly, 69 points. All to play for in the relays!

Warm up/down warm up/down 10:00 [2] 1.5 km (6:40 / km)
shoes: Mudclaw 2015/16

Short warm down jog.

Friday Oct 2, 2015 #

Note

Travelling to deepest, darkest Wales for the Home International.

Thursday Oct 1, 2015 #

7 PM

Hashing 45:00 [4] 8.5 km (5:18 / km)
shoes: Saucony Excersion 2015

A good hash from Newton Poppleford. After a lap around a field we headed over to Harpford and into Harpford Woods. Some good climbs in there before heading back to Harpford and along the river to the cars.

8 PM

Warm up/down 5:00 [2] 0.8 km (6:15 / km)
shoes: Saucony Excersion 2015

Social warm down jog with Harry, Snowy, Hugo, Harry, Meg and a few others.

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