Training Log Archive: MagicIn the 7 days ending May 6, 2013:
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Monday May 6, 2013 #
11 AM
Run - Orienteering race 36:19 5.81 km (6:15 / km) +220m 5:16 / km
ahr:165 max:175 shoes: VJ Falcons 11
IOC Relays, Mens Open, Leim Oirthiar, 5.3km, 170m, 19 controls. 3leg leg with Boyzone and CillinC. Boyzone had a great first leg, running with a pack and running fast, the only problem was he failed to check one code... One code was all it took. Cillin was solid enough (he wouldn’t be half bad if he did some training!) which set me off about 6 minutes behind Roar for CNOC. They knew and I knew that there was nothing to race for so I just enjoyed myself and kept it clean, closed the gap a bit but without the pressure of running scared Roar was never going to lose much time. With a healthy Dooby and a healthy in the head Boyzone the game would certainly have been on.
Quality weekend, the type of technical and physical terrain that you just can’t get in Britain – crossing a couple of fences were the only liner features that I saw all weekend, every footstep was in terrain (and very soft and wet it was too) and every leg demanded attention. Definitely one of the best areas that I’ve run on for some time and I look forward to going back, though hopefully when it doesn’t rain all weekend – have been spoilt by good British weather for too long and had forgotten when the forecast in the west of Ireland says a chance of cloud, it means that it will be wet, not heavy rain but just very damp air!
Map , Routegadget and Results
Quality weekend, the type of technical and physical terrain that you just can’t get in Britain – crossing a couple of fences were the only liner features that I saw all weekend, every footstep was in terrain (and very soft and wet it was too) and every leg demanded attention. Definitely one of the best areas that I’ve run on for some time and I look forward to going back, though hopefully when it doesn’t rain all weekend – have been spoilt by good British weather for too long and had forgotten when the forecast in the west of Ireland says a chance of cloud, it means that it will be wet, not heavy rain but just very damp air!
Map , Routegadget and Results
Run - Trail warm up/down 15:16 2.53 km (6:03 / km) +75m 5:16 / km
ahr:131 max:149 shoes: VJ Falcons 11
Easy with Roar on the forest road.
Sunday May 5, 2013 #
11 AM
Run - Trail warm up/down 11:16 1.58 km (7:08 / km) +78m 5:43 / km
ahr:147 max:171 shoes: VJ Falcons 11
Up to the start. Thought I'd gone the wrong way and was following tapes from a kids course as there was no one else around, minor panic!
12 PM
Run - Orienteering race 1:38:28 15.87 km (6:12 / km) +377m 5:33 / km
ahr:166 max:178 shoes: VJ Falcons 11
IOC Classic, Lough an Cogair, M21E, 13.6km, 350m, 27 controls. Lovely area, wet but runnable with plenty of boulders and hills but nothings too steep, . Really enjoyed it. Ran steady but not too strong for first half with a few small (but acceptable!?) errors. Started pushing harder after about an hour and was going well until #21 when the brain fell apart, had no plan and resulted in having no idea where I was, had to return to the previous control and start again, 6 minutes lost!!! Pushed hard thereafter as I'd nothing to loose and ran really well to the finish. Sort of figured that everyone would loose some time do was still hoping for a decent result. Think my 8th classic title was just that. Very pleased to be able to keep ahead of all the young boys for another year - next year is going to be much harder though.
Map (part 1) , Map (part 2) , Routegadget , Results and SplitsBrowser
Map (part 1) , Map (part 2) , Routegadget , Results and SplitsBrowser
C • Kudos! 11
Saturday May 4, 2013 #
5 PM
Run - Orienteering race 36:21 5.96 km (6:06 / km) +188m 5:16 / km
ahr:173 max:182 shoes: VJ Falcons 11
IOC Middle, Cnoc Mham na mBo, M21E, 5.2km, 170m, 17 controls. A great area, though it wad very hard to read the ground shapes through the black detail. Started feeling quite sluggish but running okay. Once into it I tried to accelerate a bit but bananaed a leg and although I never stopped I dropped about 45 seconds. Similar mistake and time lose a couple of legs later which was quite annoying! Happy enough with the run bit just not clean enough to beat Conor who was about 30 seconds quicker.
Map , Routegadget , Results and SplitsBrowser
Map , Routegadget , Results and SplitsBrowser
Run - Trail warm up/down 12:19 2.45 km (5:01 / km) +83m 4:18 / km
ahr:160 max:173 shoes: VJ Falcons 11
Stomach heavy (but not very full) after a rich lunch. Tried to get the body going.
Friday May 3, 2013 #
Note
Off to Ireland for the IOC, looking forward to what promises to be a great weekends orienteering. Good luck to everyone who's taken a poorer option and doing BOC - I know it's poorer as it's my map....
Thursday May 2, 2013 #
Note
Need to get a few more APers to get a team in for this:
http://rcukgiro.fantasyleague.com/Index.aspx
Once you've chosen you're team you can then join the AP league:
Fantasy League - Private league name = Attackpoint, PIN=20070
http://rcukgiro.fantasyleague.com/Index.aspx
Once you've chosen you're team you can then join the AP league:
Fantasy League - Private league name = Attackpoint, PIN=20070
Wednesday May 1, 2013 #
7 AM
Run - Trail 31:46 6.52 km (4:52 / km) +24m 4:47 / km
ahr:149 max:163 shoes: Asics 2140 (10)
IW. Another cracking morning but legs felt like fudge. Was so busy drawing last night I forgot to enter the 6-day before prices went up today :-(
Tuesday Apr 30, 2013 #
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(rest day)
Walked in and out of work again ('tis 40 minutes each way) but had a meeting after so was too late to run, was the plan anyways.