Training Log Archive: ndobbsIn the 7 days ending Jul 26, 2008:
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Thursday Jul 24, 2008 #
running 43:00 [1] 6.5 km (6:37 / km)
jog nad wisle with Natalia. Caught in a thunderstorm on the way back :)
Wednesday Jul 23, 2008 #
trail run 2:12:21 [3] 22.2 km (5:58 / km)
ahr:144
running north along the vistula, then went into las bielanski for the first time. nice extension to the run... lots of forest trails... if i'd discovered this a long time ago i might have trained more...
longest non-orienteering running training i've done since february at least, maybe since last summer
longest non-orienteering running training i've done since february at least, maybe since last summer
Note
ok, feb 22 i ran 2:18 in Corsica... less distance but with lots of climb.
long run once every three weeks minimum next year?
long run once every three weeks minimum next year?
Tuesday Jul 22, 2008 #
running 44:00 [1] 6.9 km (6:23 / km)
ahr:120 rhr:43
easy run in warsaw. ran at 6pm having only eaten a few slices of bread and banana chips earlier in the day. guh.
Note
watching wc results on oringenlive
reckon on a good day i could have run 17 flat, which would be top 60, just.
looking forward to seeing the map! Nice to see TG has recovered enough to come third.
Wow, map looks fun! Thanks to MatsT for posting it and his route.
reckon on a good day i could have run 17 flat, which would be top 60, just.
looking forward to seeing the map! Nice to see TG has recovered enough to come third.
Wow, map looks fun! Thanks to MatsT for posting it and his route.
Monday Jul 21, 2008 #
Note
A short night's sleep and a hangover-free trip to Warsaw.
Reasonably happy with the week's running. I made a couple too many mistakes in the Long and middle, but in the middle I was really orienteering well for lots of the race and have finally reached striking distance of qualifying for Finals. My Sprint race was close to perfection... just not fast enough!
Given I did no orienteering over the winter and was only learning to read a map again in April/May when I was still physically weak, I did as good as could be reasonably expected.
Going to get faster and stronger this coming year and learn to orienteer at a slightly higher intensity too. By Norway I'll be making Finals...................
Reasonably happy with the week's running. I made a couple too many mistakes in the Long and middle, but in the middle I was really orienteering well for lots of the race and have finally reached striking distance of qualifying for Finals. My Sprint race was close to perfection... just not fast enough!
Given I did no orienteering over the winter and was only learning to read a map again in April/May when I was still physically weak, I did as good as could be reasonably expected.
Going to get faster and stronger this coming year and learn to orienteer at a slightly higher intensity too. By Norway I'll be making Finals...................
Sunday Jul 20, 2008 #
running warm up/down 15:00 [1]
warm
dunked my head under the cold shower a couple of times while waiting. definitely a good idea.
just jogged a couple of minutes after the race. tired and too hot.
dunked my head under the cold shower a couple of times while waiting. definitely a good idea.
just jogged a couple of minutes after the race. tired and too hot.
orienteering race 1:09:54 [4] 8.5 km (8:13 / km) +350m 6:49 / km
WOC Relay 2008
Olsana, Czech Republic.
Patrick came in before Jamie (just), so we didn't get lapped this year. The race wasn't much fun in the first half. For some strange reason I started enjoying it more during the big climb on the long leg, not normally my favourite part of a race. I guess I was still going well at that point. Saw the Serb and Croat runners at this point and they had about a 10 minute lead at this point (one loop ahead) so it didn't look like I was going to catch them.
Probably made 4 or 5 minutes of mistakes total including a couple of dodgy routes, but not unhappy with my run. I didn't kill myself in the first half because Andrew had problems with dehydration and there was only one drinks control 46 minutes into the race for me... except there were only cups left -- well this isn't exactly true. There were lots of used and broken cups around, one cup with orange liquid and a big fly that wasn't particularly appetising and one cup with water and some forest material in it. I went for that one, taking just a couple of sips and trying to filter out the gunk. Great.
I was suffering towards the end and orienteered badly to controls 23 and 24. Paused on the run-in for the British anthem, cost me 25 seconds.
Was completely unaware of the helicopter and Thierry's problems until after the race. Awful luck. How many times has he gone for a run in the forest without swallowing a bee? After the perfs of Gonon and Damien they were definitely en route to gold... so sad.
Olsana, Czech Republic.
Patrick came in before Jamie (just), so we didn't get lapped this year. The race wasn't much fun in the first half. For some strange reason I started enjoying it more during the big climb on the long leg, not normally my favourite part of a race. I guess I was still going well at that point. Saw the Serb and Croat runners at this point and they had about a 10 minute lead at this point (one loop ahead) so it didn't look like I was going to catch them.
Probably made 4 or 5 minutes of mistakes total including a couple of dodgy routes, but not unhappy with my run. I didn't kill myself in the first half because Andrew had problems with dehydration and there was only one drinks control 46 minutes into the race for me... except there were only cups left -- well this isn't exactly true. There were lots of used and broken cups around, one cup with orange liquid and a big fly that wasn't particularly appetising and one cup with water and some forest material in it. I went for that one, taking just a couple of sips and trying to filter out the gunk. Great.
I was suffering towards the end and orienteered badly to controls 23 and 24. Paused on the run-in for the British anthem, cost me 25 seconds.
Was completely unaware of the helicopter and Thierry's problems until after the race. Awful luck. How many times has he gone for a run in the forest without swallowing a bee? After the perfs of Gonon and Damien they were definitely en route to gold... so sad.
Note
Actually only counted three and a bit minutes of mistakes, but I also lost time on not being agressive enough and sharp enough...
On the first leg Andrew got badly dehydrated and had to really battle the second half of the course.
On the first leg Andrew got badly dehydrated and had to really battle the second half of the course.