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Saturday May 4, 2013 #
Running 6:00 [3] 1.0 km (6:00 / km)
slept:6.0 (injured) shoes: inov8 Mudclaw300 Yellow1
Fast jog to start as running late
Orienteering race (British Champs) 1:19:54 [3] 10.6 km (7:32 / km) +310m 6:35 / km
(injured) shoes: inov8 Mudclaw300 Yellow1
British champs at Winterfold. 8.4km 21 short course.
Didn't get in to this at all well. The hurried rush to the start meant I was in wrong frame of mind and then finding faults with the map on way to first control got me concerned.
Really struggled getting through the wind blown stuff and ankle really complained right up until I lost feeling in it at around 4. Best route always seemed to be long path rather than straight.
On long leg to 7 tried cutting corners so lost loads of time on what I would have managed going to the bottom of the map and around the paths. Overtaken by Mark but without me to follow he made a huge mess within the circle at 7.
Could feel my foot again after 11. Didn't see best route to 12 and took one that required a lot of thinking. 14 to 15 should have gone straight rather than round.
No real mistakes but terrain too unpleasant for me to be able to run so didn't enjoy this at all. This was my first British champs and had expected there to be some sort of atmosphere. Thought the Briyish was supposed to be something special?
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/308761266
Didn't get in to this at all well. The hurried rush to the start meant I was in wrong frame of mind and then finding faults with the map on way to first control got me concerned.
Really struggled getting through the wind blown stuff and ankle really complained right up until I lost feeling in it at around 4. Best route always seemed to be long path rather than straight.
On long leg to 7 tried cutting corners so lost loads of time on what I would have managed going to the bottom of the map and around the paths. Overtaken by Mark but without me to follow he made a huge mess within the circle at 7.
Could feel my foot again after 11. Didn't see best route to 12 and took one that required a lot of thinking. 14 to 15 should have gone straight rather than round.
No real mistakes but terrain too unpleasant for me to be able to run so didn't enjoy this at all. This was my first British champs and had expected there to be some sort of atmosphere. Thought the Briyish was supposed to be something special?
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/308761266
Wednesday May 1, 2013 #
Orienteering - Urban race (Coombe Dingle Urban) 42:41 [3] 8.05 km (5:18 / km) +30m 5:12 / km
slept:6.0 (injured) shoes: Saucony Powergrid Triumph 10 g
Urban race from Coombe Dingle. 5.8km long course.
Still didn't feel like there was any pace in my legs so very slow through first controls around the pitches. Then slow through the hard to read bit.
Took west road route 10-11 as didn't want to jump the stream. Then tired out by now so took it easy for the rest of the course.
Went back on myself 13-14, then up the steps and along the road - the people behind saw me and followed. Along the main road 15-16 rather than down the steps.
Fairly steady for the remainder.
Lovely day to be outside and some good legs to make you think. The amount of running I've done this last week has come as a bit of a shock to my body so rest until Saturday would be good.
Ended the day with a 15 minute shift on download. Think I should be charging contractor rates for this now?
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/306287009
Still didn't feel like there was any pace in my legs so very slow through first controls around the pitches. Then slow through the hard to read bit.
Took west road route 10-11 as didn't want to jump the stream. Then tired out by now so took it easy for the rest of the course.
Went back on myself 13-14, then up the steps and along the road - the people behind saw me and followed. Along the main road 15-16 rather than down the steps.
Fairly steady for the remainder.
Lovely day to be outside and some good legs to make you think. The amount of running I've done this last week has come as a bit of a shock to my body so rest until Saturday would be good.
Ended the day with a 15 minute shift on download. Think I should be charging contractor rates for this now?
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/306287009
Tuesday Apr 30, 2013 #
Running - off road (BOK training run) 1:08:32 [3] 11.56 km (5:56 / km) +85m 5:43 / km
slept:6.0 (injured) shoes: Saucony Powergrid Triumph 10 g
BOK training run from Littleton on Severn.
Didn't feel like I was running well at all but kept going. Ground very dry and rough so pleased that ankle held out. Got a bit lost by the end.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/305783129
Journey back was stuck behind one of the worst drivers I have seen in a long time - black range rover registered something like EU59FHP, driving at around 20mph, not indicating at junctions, randomly slamming brakes on, most of the time driving down the middle of the road. Then going up the hill out of Tockington decided to go completely onto the other side of the road and floor it around a blind bend. Any one would have thought he was trying to have an accident...
Didn't feel like I was running well at all but kept going. Ground very dry and rough so pleased that ankle held out. Got a bit lost by the end.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/305783129
Journey back was stuck behind one of the worst drivers I have seen in a long time - black range rover registered something like EU59FHP, driving at around 20mph, not indicating at junctions, randomly slamming brakes on, most of the time driving down the middle of the road. Then going up the hill out of Tockington decided to go completely onto the other side of the road and floor it around a blind bend. Any one would have thought he was trying to have an accident...
Monday Apr 29, 2013 #
Note
I see the new ranking list is a complete joke after all. An ok run at St Albans gives me my worst score for well over two years. Same mins per k on any other course would have scored me at least 100 points more. If my age class is still being horrendously under ranked compared against the older age groups then it'll obviously help incentivise all those 20 somethings to take up and stick at orienteering...
Sunday Apr 28, 2013 #
Event: St Albans City Race
Orienteering - Urban race (St Albans Urban) 55:51 [4] 10.06 km (5:33 / km) +105m 5:17 / km
slept:6.5 (injured) shoes: Saucony Powergrid Triumph 10 g
St Albans - 7.5km course.
Had tweaked ankle three times earlier in the morning so not sure whether it was going to hold up, but it survived ok.
Slow to 1 - miscounted buildings then took some time to make sure I was in the right place. Went around the top to 3, east route to 8, west up to 10. Quite liked the downhill on the grass to 13 - and was the right side of the fence.
Fairly tired by now and slowed down for the grassy bit beyond the river saw Mark was only about 3 mins behind me and knew I hadn't the energy to keep going to hold him off on the long leg 17-18 so took the obscure far south off-road route and walked the bits where nobody could see me - seems this may well have been the best route after all but nobody else went that way!
Uphill quite a struggle afterward but glad to be heading back toward the finish. No real mistakes but testing route choices 21-22 suggests that east would have been better than west (thrown off by contour level and map scale both being different to yesterday). Put in a bit of effort for the run in.
Think today's race has been the worst for being held up by traffic - could have easily lost over a minute across the course. Nearly got run over a few times - some people really were not looking where they were driving at all.
As per yesterday, about 15 mins behind the winner and 10 behind Mark. Feels like the exams and injury have taken a lot more out of me than I had first thought. At least this weekend should go some way to building up fitness for BOC next week.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/304587091
Had tweaked ankle three times earlier in the morning so not sure whether it was going to hold up, but it survived ok.
Slow to 1 - miscounted buildings then took some time to make sure I was in the right place. Went around the top to 3, east route to 8, west up to 10. Quite liked the downhill on the grass to 13 - and was the right side of the fence.
Fairly tired by now and slowed down for the grassy bit beyond the river saw Mark was only about 3 mins behind me and knew I hadn't the energy to keep going to hold him off on the long leg 17-18 so took the obscure far south off-road route and walked the bits where nobody could see me - seems this may well have been the best route after all but nobody else went that way!
Uphill quite a struggle afterward but glad to be heading back toward the finish. No real mistakes but testing route choices 21-22 suggests that east would have been better than west (thrown off by contour level and map scale both being different to yesterday). Put in a bit of effort for the run in.
Think today's race has been the worst for being held up by traffic - could have easily lost over a minute across the course. Nearly got run over a few times - some people really were not looking where they were driving at all.
As per yesterday, about 15 mins behind the winner and 10 behind Mark. Feels like the exams and injury have taken a lot more out of me than I had first thought. At least this weekend should go some way to building up fitness for BOC next week.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/304587091