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Wednesday Jun 2, 2021 #
10 AM
Running 48:54 [2] 9.45 km (5:10 / km) +76m 4:58 / km
ahr:124 max:145 shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus Lite 2
Some easy meadows catching up with Euzie, good times. Ciao Edinburgh, always a pleasure.
5 PM
Orienteering 1:00:52 [2] 6.37 km (9:33 / km) +289m 7:48 / km
ahr:130 max:154 shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280
A really nice local event on Newton Fell by LOC.
Took one look at the hillside and under-rated the area immediately. Picked up the map and started off with all the wrong mindset as I tried to decide what was best to do with my legs on this (intervals / easy). Ended up deciding to take the hills very chill and then pick it up for some trickier controls. On the way to #3 the map got really quite tricky and I got dragged into following some elephant tracks instead of picking my own route and making a huge mess of it. Lost about 5mins, and then decided I would just be jogging around and getting the navigation right. This was a bit better, but I still proceeded to make another 5min parallel mistake on #10 by rambling around a marsh short of the control.
Anyway, able to navigate for parts, but some disasters out there. I think some of that would be eliminated by the full-focus of a race, but a good wakeup call nonetheless so will try and make sure I get controls cleanly over the next day or two and maybe restore a bit of confidence.
On a side note - that was a cracking little area and would be really cool to seriously race in, makes me feel a tiny bit better that Ali T was also making some mistakes in the forest-y stuff (albeit not comparable mistakes).
Got dragged into maybe a little too much social running to have nailed the taper, but legs are feeling alright now, and I think 2 easy days will do the job nicely.
Also - hurt my rib a little bit playing sports at a BBQ on sunday, seems to be fine while running, but could feel it a bit today while orienteering, it just doesn't like certain movements, and the pushing around of the terrain does that a little. Not the most serious, and I think I won't notice in the adrenaline of racing, but it felt worth mentioning here before I forget.
Took one look at the hillside and under-rated the area immediately. Picked up the map and started off with all the wrong mindset as I tried to decide what was best to do with my legs on this (intervals / easy). Ended up deciding to take the hills very chill and then pick it up for some trickier controls. On the way to #3 the map got really quite tricky and I got dragged into following some elephant tracks instead of picking my own route and making a huge mess of it. Lost about 5mins, and then decided I would just be jogging around and getting the navigation right. This was a bit better, but I still proceeded to make another 5min parallel mistake on #10 by rambling around a marsh short of the control.
Anyway, able to navigate for parts, but some disasters out there. I think some of that would be eliminated by the full-focus of a race, but a good wakeup call nonetheless so will try and make sure I get controls cleanly over the next day or two and maybe restore a bit of confidence.
On a side note - that was a cracking little area and would be really cool to seriously race in, makes me feel a tiny bit better that Ali T was also making some mistakes in the forest-y stuff (albeit not comparable mistakes).
Got dragged into maybe a little too much social running to have nailed the taper, but legs are feeling alright now, and I think 2 easy days will do the job nicely.
Also - hurt my rib a little bit playing sports at a BBQ on sunday, seems to be fine while running, but could feel it a bit today while orienteering, it just doesn't like certain movements, and the pushing around of the terrain does that a little. Not the most serious, and I think I won't notice in the adrenaline of racing, but it felt worth mentioning here before I forget.
10 PM
Strength and Conditioning 5:00 [1]