Training Log Archive: bradcIn the 7 days ending Apr 26, 2011:
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Tuesday Apr 26, 2011 #
8 AM
Running (Trail) 52:47 8.23 km (6:25 / km) +37m 6:16 / km
ahr:125 max:144 shoes: Asics Gel Cumulus 12
As local tour guide, I was happy to lead out a small troupe of early morning runners from Dundrum around the lovely, grassy and sunny trails of Murlough. Very easy, chatting pace. Great way to start the day.
Monday Apr 25, 2011 #
10 AM
Orienteering race 41:12 7.04 km (5:51 / km) +73m 5:34 / km
ahr:161 max:170 shoes: Inov8 O-Roc 350
JK Relays, second string M120+ team, 1st leg (6.1km). Pretty pleased with my run. When I used to be fit, I'd always sprint off after the leaders on leg 1 and then get lost and duff up #1. This time, being too slow to do that, I trundled along in the back third of the pack and made a beeline through the hoardes of "Day of the Triffids" victims, nailing it. Yes! After that I was pretty much AOK, only a too hasty route decision on the long leg to #8 costing me 1 min, and one slight bit of carelessness on the thicket after leaving the urban bit costing me another 20s or so. I simply wasn't fast enough to compete with the big boys, but by my standards I navigated very well. Happy.
Funny how an area that I found so tough underfoot on Saturday was much easier today...
A grand end to an excellent JK. Well done, NIOA.
Funny how an area that I found so tough underfoot on Saturday was much easier today...
A grand end to an excellent JK. Well done, NIOA.
Sunday Apr 24, 2011 #
10 AM
Running warm up/down 15:00 [3] 2.0 km (7:30 / km) +50m 6:40 / km
shoes: Inov8 O-Roc 350
Long jog to the start today!
Orienteering race 1:12:58 **** 9.4 km (7:46 / km) +405m 6:23 / km
ahr:151 max:162 shoes: Inov8 O-Roc 350
JK day 3, Slieve Croob; M40L, 8.1km + 465m. Open fellside with lots of climb - hard work for tired legs! My lack of training was very telling; it was all I could do to maintain a steady plod. The final big climb, up to #16, was brutally hard.
Saying that, I only made about 3 minutes of mistakes in total, so I was reasonably pleased with my run. And, it was warm and pleasant. No complaints.
Saying that, I only made about 3 minutes of mistakes in total, so I was reasonably pleased with my run. And, it was warm and pleasant. No complaints.
Saturday Apr 23, 2011 #
9 AM
Running warm up/down 12:00 [2] 1.6 km (7:30 / km)
shoes: Inov8 O-Roc 350
Jog to the start - somewhat longer than the 1km advertised!
10 AM
Orienteering race 1:27:41 11.06 km (7:56 / km) +250m 7:07 / km
ahr:153 max:170 shoes: Inov8 O-Roc 350
JK Day 1, Tyrella South M40L: 9.3km +250m. This was very hard work! All the dune hills seemed to be very big, and the running was often tough going underfoot. As per usual with complex areas, I really struggled to read the contour detail, and my tried and trusted "straight line" style to the area of the circle, then footer around until I found the control, wasn't the best. Given that, I actually did OK, settling into a reasonable rhythm after fluffing #1 by 3 minutes. I was scrappy on several others but only really fluffed two more, both times when I met Peggy on the course! Very annoyed to throw away 3 minutes on #21, when I was tired and misread my control numbers, running past my control thinking that I was looking for another one, only realising (and returning) about 3 minutes later. Silly.
Tough but good fun. And - there was a beer tent! Top stuff.
Tough but good fun. And - there was a beer tent! Top stuff.
Friday Apr 22, 2011 #
Event: JK 2011
3 PM
Orienteering race 15:58 2.78 km (5:45 / km) +34m 5:25 / km
ahr:160 max:173 shoes: Inov-8 F-Lite 230
JK Sprint, Stranmillis College - M40L, 2.2km +50m. Reasonably happy with my run, only 50s down on Jon and 70s on Roger which, considering my poor prep and hesitant orienteering, wasn't too bad a result. Was OK, if slow, in the first part, but whilst everyone else speeded up in the second half, I slowed down, because it was vaguer and had some of that vegetation stuff! I was much happier running around the buildings.
Good fun, and an enjoyable start to the weekend's proceedings.
Good fun, and an enjoyable start to the weekend's proceedings.