Training Log Archive: Joshosh

Event: Mourne Mountain Marathon 2013
 

Through the usual start routine, punch the start and the fun began. We grabbed the co-ordinates and found a flat place to plot the points. First control was easy, up along the wall and in along the clearing to the foot of the crag, had to reassure rob that this was the right crag as the control was around the corner. Then we tried to go through the forest but bailed back out to the mountain, found the wall, along to the stream, bearing, perfect hit the clearing but no sign of a control. Spent 15minutes or so mucking around until we decided to try across the river where the control was. Back on track to 3 and following the stream into the fog. Nice downhill leg to 4 and a quick feed stop here. Then the long leg to 5. Started well, out of the forest up the stream and over the fence. Followed the bearing but I missed it and we had to relocate losing maybe another 5-10minutes here as everything looked the same in the fog. No came the scatter controls. We decided to take the one in the quarry first to avoid climbing so much and then hit the crag. Got the both clean. Along the slope to 8 where rob began to wobble a bit but we got a gel into him and he perked back up. Across the wall and we came thundering down to the control only to both flop into a marsh much to the amusement of everyone else around. Down to the stile and straight up Slieve Muck. Became MrMotivator here as I made sure rob kept moving on the climb. Down the other side and out to the spur. Along the wall, through the rocky ground and came a bit to the right of control 11 but knew where I was. Then we dropped to the reservoir in search of good running and there was none at all. Frustrating run/walk/bushwack to the finish.

Not the best day, too many errors but live and learn

easy one on grass ahead of the weekends racing in the Mournes with Robrunner

Easy run with Gruff, Mark H and Laura Crowe talking about training, racing etc all the usual stuff runners jabber about. Was talking to Laura about her Diamond league races and running pbs in 800 (2:00:98) and 1500 (4:12) since going pro earlier this year. Nice relaxed pace which everyone was happy with

Nice handy warm up

Decided to do a tempo today seeing as i will be missing the tempo fun tomorrow night. First one of the season, was jumping between intensity 3 (for most of the run) and intensity 4 (occasionally, and towards the end when i trained the kick with 400m to go) Weather was glorious and just bashed out the laps. Very boring running the 25laps alone but a solid time all the same, was aiming for 6min/mile and was bang on that by the end.

(logging as intensity 4 as i did reach that intensity).

around the pitches to cool down along with bringing up the 10miles for todays workout as i planned

calves were a bit tight so just loosened them and the quads+hamstring out ahead of the weekend

Putting out controls for our 'How to' event tonight with UCCO, hopefully we have a good turn out and get some interest generated and some publicity with people running/walking the 2 courses around the main campus.

Long day recruiting for UCCO, then down to the track to meet up for the 70minute run, Gruff etc (just back from injury) michael, eric and ben took off and myself and john left them away and did our own thing, keeping the pace handy. Gruff damaged whatever injury he had by running to fast and ben rolled an ankle pushing too hard when maybe he shouldnt have. Handy evening and a grand ol chat again with John as we knocked out the miles

Going to get 10miles in again tomorrow morning, then do some shopping and back to campus to set up the orienteering for all the new recruits in the College. Then thursday some of the guys are doing a tempo but with the mournes i plan on finding someone who is running for 70mins and tagging along with them, then easy run friday morning. Race hard for the weekend but train straight through

easy recovery run, few laps of the mardyke and playing pitches area

Brigade orienteering champs in kilworth. pretty good race to start the season, small miss on 5 just into the wrong depression first, miss on 8 where the map is sketchy as the earth wall is not really there as a feature but I definitely picked the optimum routechoice on this leg, a route nobody else appears to have even seen it on the map other than me, and a small loss on 13 aswell. Maybe 90sec-2mins of mistakes. Map needs updating though lots not on it and some stuff on it that isnt there. Weather was bad, fog, driving rain and high winds. Got the win by 20mins and just under the EWT of 60mins, and sub 5min.kms on Kilworth is good to start the season


Fastest km was 3min54 and the slowest was 6min17, not too shabby