Orienteering tempo 36:52 [4] 7.5 km (4:55 / km) +200m4:20 / km
Melbourne Forest Loop terrain trial.
New season best - 36:52. Started a little conservatively, and increased the tempo progressively, finishing off strongly. Given the recent storm damage to some parts of the course I was very happy.
Good for confidence for next week.
5 x 1000m at the tan
3:20 - conservative start up hill
3:03 - flying
3:31 - paid for the second one here up the hill
3:10 - smooth
3:09 - missed #5, but made up for it in #6.
Long terrain run at Yarra Bend.
2 laps of the Melbourne Forest Loop at long distance orienteering pace. About 42 minutes for each lap.
The recent storms have caused a few uncrossable trees to fall on the terrain loop. As a consequence the course is now probably 30 seconds slower than 6 weeks ago.
Very tired at the end of the run. The rest of the family have head colds, and I can start to feel one coming on. I may take it easy for a day or 2.