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Saturday Sep 13, 2008 #
running warm up/down 20:00 [2]
All beforehand, as after I had to change quickly and hop in the car.
orienteering 35:31 [5] **** 5.4 km (6:35 / km)
ahr:185 max:196
Stockholm District Champs.
I'm home and the results aren't up yet! Didn't get split times either.
*edit* they are up now. 35:31 my actual time
35:40 is the time I recorded with Gramin, so my actual time was probably five seconds faster than that. Which I am happy with. GG ran 29:54, so 19% behind. 23rd place.
I didn't make any major cock-ups early on but hesitated and zigzagged a little and got caught leaving the 8th control by Göran from Täby who started last, three minutes after me. Incidentally, it didn't track up at all hardly so there wasn't really an advantage to starting late :(
I followed Göran to the circle and punched before him as he hesitated, overtaken again on way to ten, punched behind on 10,11. Followed most of the way to 12 but G made a wee mistake and I punched maybe 15 or 20 seconds before. Stayed ahead until halfway to 17... got the lead again going to 20 as G stayed too high. Followed the cable into the radio control at 21 and kept the lead into the finish...
between 8 and the finish I lost almost nothing, maybe it was possible to do a minute faster including a few hesitations and going a little off-line, but it was such fun orienteering. It was great having someone to run against too. Would never have done that on my own.
HR analysis:
Average was 185. but it was a game of two halves. Coming into the 7th control at around 13 minutes was the first time I hit 186, between 17:27 and the finish I didn't drop once below 188 and the average was something around 192.5. The last 1:50 I was constant 196!
Which is perhaps why I am tired now. But it was so nice having a run to cheer me up after Tuesday's rough training session :)
AQ ran 35:42
I'm home and the results aren't up yet! Didn't get split times either.
*edit* they are up now. 35:31 my actual time
35:40 is the time I recorded with Gramin, so my actual time was probably five seconds faster than that. Which I am happy with. GG ran 29:54, so 19% behind. 23rd place.
I didn't make any major cock-ups early on but hesitated and zigzagged a little and got caught leaving the 8th control by Göran from Täby who started last, three minutes after me. Incidentally, it didn't track up at all hardly so there wasn't really an advantage to starting late :(
I followed Göran to the circle and punched before him as he hesitated, overtaken again on way to ten, punched behind on 10,11. Followed most of the way to 12 but G made a wee mistake and I punched maybe 15 or 20 seconds before. Stayed ahead until halfway to 17... got the lead again going to 20 as G stayed too high. Followed the cable into the radio control at 21 and kept the lead into the finish...
between 8 and the finish I lost almost nothing, maybe it was possible to do a minute faster including a few hesitations and going a little off-line, but it was such fun orienteering. It was great having someone to run against too. Would never have done that on my own.
HR analysis:
Average was 185. but it was a game of two halves. Coming into the 7th control at around 13 minutes was the first time I hit 186, between 17:27 and the finish I didn't drop once below 188 and the average was something around 192.5. The last 1:50 I was constant 196!
Which is perhaps why I am tired now. But it was so nice having a run to cheer me up after Tuesday's rough training session :)
AQ ran 35:42
Friday Sep 12, 2008 #
running 25:00 [3]
morning jog. strangely the sun was shining...
did some short fast fartleky bits
big knuckle above the ball of my right foot still hurts - hope it won't complain too much this weekend.
did some short fast fartleky bits
big knuckle above the ball of my right foot still hurts - hope it won't complain too much this weekend.
Tuesday Sep 9, 2008 #
orienteering 1:23:00 [3] 8.6 km (9:39 / km)
ahr:164 max:190
Includes 15+ minutes of path running to and from...
First 20 minutes I averaged 178HRM... afterwards I was cold and miserable and not orienteering especially well and cold and miserable and I said that already. It was getting well dark by the time I gave up and I was cold and miserable. My right big toe is sore above the ball of the foot on the joint from whatever way I was running and hitting the stony ground with that bit of the foot.
I'm not a big fan of cold evening wet orienteering followed by over an hour of transport to get home, only 25 minutes of which is in a warm car.
At least I had rhubarb crumble when I got home.
First 20 minutes I averaged 178HRM... afterwards I was cold and miserable and not orienteering especially well and cold and miserable and I said that already. It was getting well dark by the time I gave up and I was cold and miserable. My right big toe is sore above the ball of the foot on the joint from whatever way I was running and hitting the stony ground with that bit of the foot.
I'm not a big fan of cold evening wet orienteering followed by over an hour of transport to get home, only 25 minutes of which is in a warm car.
At least I had rhubarb crumble when I got home.
Sunday Sep 7, 2008 #
running 59:00 [3] 10.1 km (5:50 / km)
running.
Rained yesterday. I sat in front of the computer long enough to feel like crap while waiting for the rain to stop. I ended up inside most of the day... and half of it it was just pretending to rain Went into town in the evening and watched The Dark Knight. It was good.
Today instead of getting up at an ungodly hour to help out with a competition, I stayed in bed till eleven, went for a run at 2, had lunch fast and then headed into town to watch the second half of the All-Ireland Hurling Final between Waterford and Kilkenny.
The game was over before I arrived. And it was only half time. Kilkenny obliterated Waterford. Destroyed them!
The second half reduced to an exhibition of Kilkenny talent and hard work. Already winning by a historic margin they kept fighting for every ball and firing over the points. And not hitting wides. Only 2 in the whole match. Unreal.
Rained yesterday. I sat in front of the computer long enough to feel like crap while waiting for the rain to stop. I ended up inside most of the day... and half of it it was just pretending to rain Went into town in the evening and watched The Dark Knight. It was good.
Today instead of getting up at an ungodly hour to help out with a competition, I stayed in bed till eleven, went for a run at 2, had lunch fast and then headed into town to watch the second half of the All-Ireland Hurling Final between Waterford and Kilkenny.
The game was over before I arrived. And it was only half time. Kilkenny obliterated Waterford. Destroyed them!
The second half reduced to an exhibition of Kilkenny talent and hard work. Already winning by a historic margin they kept fighting for every ball and firing over the points. And not hitting wides. Only 2 in the whole match. Unreal.