Training Log Archive: jonnyq

Dalgan Park.
Picked the map up at the start and there was loads of controls but no lines, so I was like "Oh, they changed it to a score". Proceeded to run around all the controls and when I downloaded it turned out I had DNF'd. Apparently you were meant to run in order of the numbers but they didn't put the lines in because it was too confusing. What a crock of shit! But it looks like what i did was much more enjoyable. Straight line distance was 7.4km so all the running around would maybe have been 10km around the blandest area and the most boring course. Poor.

Ran around a few controls.

Easy road run to break in the new shoes.

O-intervals in Belfield. Planned three short courses~2km with a jog recovery in between. Ran well on the first and second one but sustained a pain on the third at the back of my knee so jogged the rest. It's the shoes, I got this pain last week aswell when running fast in these old Asics. Getting new Asics and O-shoes on Saturday thank god. Wasn't running very fast because the rain was horrible.

O-training in Three Rock. Not running fast just focusing on hitting the controls and getting the best routes. Made 3 mistakes but only adding to maybe 1minute. Really enjoyed this and good technical training.

Easy recovery run up to and around Deer Park. Felt really good and enjoyed it.

Day 3 5.6km.
Started strong to catch the Swede and caught him at 2. Took different routes to 3 and I got to the area maybe a minute before him. Was looking in some unmapped crags so he caught back up. Went a bit off line to 4 so lost about 30seconds. Opened a big gap to 5 running well and spiked it perfectly. Suffered up to 6 but got it good. Good to 7. Decided to go around the big marsh to 8 but went way too far right so lost maybe a minute. Stopped too short to 9 so lost another minute there. Good to 10. Went way off line to 11 so the Swede got ahead after catching up at 9. Took a better micro route choice to 12 but it was in the wrong place too far around the hill in the boulder cluster but didn't lose any time. Took a better route to 13 so got about 30 seconds on him here. Road to 14 but there was another control close to my one so lost a couple of seconds checking it. To the finish.
Gained 6mins on Aonghus today because he had a bad day, still didn't catch him.
Need to use my compass more and be more aggressive in the control circle. Enjoyed the weekend a lot.