Training Log Archive: AdventureGirl!In the 7 days ending Aug 6, 2017:
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Sunday Aug 6, 2017 #
Running warm up/down 12:00 1.02 km (11:46 / km) +59m 9:07 / km
ahr:137 max:169 shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280 (2)
Orienteering race 1:29:27 11.09 km (8:04 / km) +270m 7:11 / km
ahr:173 max:188 shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280 (2)
Feeling tired going into this race so I took an easy trail route to number 1, which was a nice long leg. I had time to focus and warm myself up.
The first part of the race was in some pretty flat, open area with marshes and open rock (so much fun!). A lot faster running than the area from yesterday, that we went through later in the course. In the first part there were also tons of long legs that was pretty draining mentally. I managed not to have any mistakes in this area, just one hesitation on 3.
Just before the spectator control I made a mistake on 8, coming too far left and almost missing the knoll I was looking for.
After the spectator control there was a ton of climb, but much shorter legs which was nice. I slowed down a lot here because of the rocky terrain again, but there was a section of 3 controls that was beautiful white forest just like the DV.
On one of these controls I managed to get a stick or something stabbed into the right arch of my foot. I thought at first I had just bruised it on a rock or something. But it turns out it did pierce my shoe (only a tiny little hole) but it made a pretty deep cut into my foot. Ouchie.
Hobbled along the next few controls, and made another mistake on 16. Must have been right near it and only slightly missed it.
Pushed really hard to the end for a solid time on the longest long I've probably run so far...! I really like the mental and physical challenge of the long races though, something to train for!
Running warm up/down 3:00 0.43 km (7:01 / km) +26m 5:24 / km
ahr:156 max:163 shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280 (2)
Saturday Aug 5, 2017 #
Stretching 5:00 [0]
Running warm up/down 20:00 2.4 km (8:20 / km) +16m 8:03 / km
ahr:141 max:173 shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280 (2)
Orienteering race 43:59 4.75 km (9:15 / km) +148m 8:01 / km
ahr:176 max:197 shoes: Inov8 Oroc 280 (2)
Took this one pretty cautiously since I didn't want to break an ankle or two in the rocky ground. This was kind of frustrating at times because I wanted to run much faster than I was able to. On the good side it meant that my navigation was fairly clean the whole race. A few bobbles here and there and bigger mistakes at 10 and 16. At 10 I was off my bearing and also read the control description wrong so I wasn't looking at the bottom of a cliff. 16 I came across a hillside too far to the left and instead of going right I went left again and missed the control by maybe 20m.
Was able to push it to the end and battle Tori up the (hella steep) finish line !
Thursday Aug 3, 2017 #
Stretching 20:00 [0]
Running warm up/down 25:00 3.79 km (6:36 / km) +1m 6:35 / km
ahr:144 max:174 shoes: NB Vazee Summit
Orienteering race (Sprint ) 15:56 3.37 km (4:44 / km) +1m 4:43 / km
ahr:184 max:199 shoes: NB Vazee Summit
Super fun course in Perth! Some city streets, downtown area and a park complete with a river crossing. Started out in a good zone and was flowing really well through the first part of the course to the spectator loop. I almost got hit by a car at the road crossing since I was entering the crosswalk right when the guard left. Got pretty rattled by this and made a mistake on the next control. Was still pretty shook and took a few controls to get back into it. In the park I was a little hesitant because I struggled to match up the different rock gardens and stuff, and lost even more time debating on going through the river. The last 3 or 4 controls I picked it up again and hammered as hard as I could to the finish.
Solid run, but need to improve on using compass and looking up in park areas.
Really enjoyed this course!
Running warm up/down 5:30 0.75 km (7:22 / km) +1m 7:19 / km
ahr:165 max:177 shoes: NB Vazee Summit
Wednesday Aug 2, 2017 #
Note
(rest day)
Tuesday Aug 1, 2017 #
Water running 10:00 [1]
Monday Jul 31, 2017 #
Running 32:30 5.0 km (6:30 / km) +3m 6:29 / km
ahr:169 max:188 shoes: Saucony Guide 10
Tested out some different combos of anti-blister socks, glide cream and tape to see what hurt my little feetsies the least. Looks like all of the above is the best option...
Stretching 5:00 [0]