Training Log Archive: ColmM

Was planning on doing some oing, but hadn't organised anything, and decided I was happy to take a rest day.
Then later in the evening I didn't feel great, so it felt like a run would help, which it did.

Pine forest - Fairy Castle tempo
Legs not feeling the best, but kept solid pace.
Good times.

Meelmore training
Warm up orienteering - donuts.
2 short controls, then a short course with 3 controls.

Windows course - 2,7km.
Mostly good, and making good use of what was on the map, but didn't stick on the compass enough into 4, and lost 1.30min on going too low.

Mass start race with 350m +climb run out to the maps, then 1.6km course.

Fell behind Jan Troeng and Paddy Higgins on the run-out, but not much. We split as myself and Paddy had the forward loop, while Jan had the reverse.
Was with Paddy for the first 3, punched 1 & 2 just behind, and 3 just ahead.
We turned downhill and after battling up the climb, I picked it up going back down, 4 was easy - saw Jan here coming against us. Still ran hard & strong to 5, but it was a tricky control, didn't have the best contact the whole way, but kept the pace high, stayed on my compass, and hit the marsh just before the control well, so flew into it - funny case of not my perfect orienteering, but quicker split than I would have had if I'd been reading more.
The last two controls were easy, so I just pushed hard on the compass hoping I would sneak in in front of Jan.

Allan said it was tight, but then Jan missed the last control.
Fun race, good orienteering, and a nice confidence booster.

C • Not perfect Oing 1

Collected 2 controls with Paddy & jogged a little bit back towards the cars with Áine & Peter.

Short slow warm up with Clo

8 * fast hellfire hillreps
Short and sharp.
Intended to do 10, but they were tough, and I could tell out there that 8 was enough.
Started quick, and after 2 & 3 were 48 and 49 seconds respectively, I tried to keep them all sub-50.
That turned out to be not too hard as I realised most of the time lost was on the crest, and as it flattened out, so I just pushed hard there.
Good session, on not the freshest legs after last night.

Progress

Jog with CillinC

Kippure Hill race - handicap
Hadn't finished the league, so went in the 8 o'clock 'punter start'.
Started quick, ran alright on the climb but eoin dropped me, and ran a strong enough descent, but not perfect.
Didn't kill myself today, but ran hard.

with champ Cian May, CillinC, eoinmcc, roar & Brian.

Checked controls and some spots on the map in phoenix park.