Training Log Archive: mikeyA

Before and after mobility laps of the meadows.

Alistair's mobility session on the meadows. Some rather amusing exercises that I'm sure provided the hundreds of people on the meadows with plenty of entertainment.

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Don't know if I can say that I really ran in these shoes...

Steady out the start and nailed #1. Good stuff. Knew exactly what I was doing on #2 but somehow overshot it and had to turn back losing 30 seconds. Good all the way through to 7. Lost some time through bannanas but I think this was mainly just picking nice lines through the rubbish instead of poor compass. #8 I crossed the spur much higher up than I though and so spent ages above it trying to work out what I'd done. I even turned around and saw the control but didn't think it was mine until I spotted a wild Bash coming into it. Lost maybe 1.30. It was at this point where I chased after Sasha to #9 that my shoe started to fall apart as I could feel the sole on the right shoe slipping. It was essentially all I could do was to follow Sasha and try and not put too much stress though my right shoe. Ended up missing #11 by 30 seconds being to high. The shoe survived the track run to #12 but descending down the hill to #12 did it and my foot went all the way through and so the shoe was doing nothing and actually hindering me by being stuck around my ankle so I removed it on the way to #13, approximately 2/3 of the way around. Kept Sasha in sight until #15 but then I had to literally hop down the gravel track to #15 and lost sight of him. Hobbled/hopped around the rest of the course losing bucket loads of time on every leg. The splitsbrower graph is amusing as I'm in a pack at #15 and then drop off rather sharply. At #15 I was in a pack of people with the times and so I suppose you'd say that if I hadn't lost my shoe I would have finished with them so around a time of 36.30 but I think that with Sasha to push me on through the rest of the course (plus I'd have noticed the sneaky tunnel route, nice one Bash ;)) I think that I'd have probably done a time of about 35.30 which would have been 3rd. I think that this makes me even more frustrated as a 3rd in the forest would have, in my opinion, probably got me into the JWOC team whereas now I only have good enough results in the sprint which I'm not sure is enough to get selected from as only running 1 discipline isn't really ideal. I've emailed Jackie to explain what happened and I just have to hope that she looks on it kindly and has some sympathy for the situation. But yeah the same situation applies to the British and so I just have to make sure I run well there and put myself in as strong a position as I can.

Results - http://www.clok.org.uk/events2016/nchamps/160417_M...
Routegadget - http://www.clok.routegadget.co.uk/gadget/rg2/#112&...

Side note, the sole of my right foot is pretty bruised and fairly sore to walk on. Not ran on it yet but I'm hoping with a bit more cushioning and not running on hard stuff it will be alright.

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Event: Northern Champs Weekend
 

Whitby Sprint and 2nd JWOC Sprint selection race. Really good run again. Took the wrong route on 2 by going left losing 20 seconds but everyone did so luckily not lost anything. Apart from that good routes and executions, maybe some slightly wrong routes that weren't quite 50/50 but nothing more than 5 seconds. Good 3rd place so two 3rds in the sprint selections that gives me a good shout. A good result in one, preferably both, of the remaining forest races should give me a very strong shout for JWOC hopefully...

Results -http://www.clok.org.uk/events2016/nchamps/160416_W...
Routegadget - http://www.clok.routegadget.co.uk/gadget/rg2/#113&...

Small meadows lap, about 10 - 15 minutes of drills and then a big meadows lap with the same guys as yesterday.

Very relaxed gym session. Mainly did mobility stuff.

SSS with Bash, Tim and Ali before a very enjoyable breakfast club at Sasha's.

Easy on the seat with Tim, Ali, Bash and Jonny. Wore the wrong shoes, quite muddy out.

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Taper session (from my HUGE miles recently) with Tim. Efforts of 1km, 2 x 500m and 4 x 250m with 2 minutes rest between everything. Distances are rough as we just split a 1km loop into half and then quarters. Forgot to time the 1km effort so just added on 3.10 and 1km of distance (duhh).

Down and then to the gym for my choice of drug, a sauna.