Training Log Archive: ba-ba

Event: British Orienteering Championships
 

After 3.5 mind-numbing hours on the start I jogged to the start from the arena for my run. Pretty tired.

Ran:12.24km, 311m, 7:06min/km.
Clean through to 7. Was a bit slow/hesitant up the hill to 4.
Caught DFR at 5.
Bit too low on 7, cut down too early. 20s
Minced to 8 - long leg across green hash - poor up the hill at the start, then pussied out, took the path when I should have gone straight through the bracken.
Bit right on 13. Climbed too high on 14 but meant I could see the control easily.
15 caught up DFR - obv he had out R-C'd me to 8, further compounding how crap I was through there.
Al caught us at the start of the long leg (17) and we took different routes. Caught him when he slipped up at 18.
Clean through to 21 - good relay prac with Al and DFR.
Fucked up 22. Followed Al, we all went wrong (too high); thankfully I relocated before the rest. Called Dan back, Al had disappeared. 90secs and all my luck used up.
Slow to 23, picked up a wrong ride but realised before it was too late.
Al caught me again at 25 and I used him through 27 to the finish.

3mins down on JT. Was absolutely knacked after yesterday and the start of today. Found it really hard to pick up mid-leg features today and was pretty poor up the hills.

I'm pretty pleased with 2nd. OK, I wanted the win if possible but it wasn't too be. I maybe lost 3 mins on running due to tiredness, but probably gained this back in having Dan and Al to push me along and work with at the end.

3 years on 21L, time to move up to 21E. I have no doubt that I will suffer a few 150min epics again, and the end of courses will be tough, but there's no point overstaying my welcome on long unlike a certain ginger ex-ShUOCer ;)

at least City didn't choke and did the business against Stoke - a good weekend for Manchester football I'd say!

C • Thanks 2

Course 6 - Splits

Spent the day setting up the arena for tomorrow. It's gonna be great. Pretty tired, need to get a good night's kip tonight and make sure I don't knacker myself too much before I start tomorrow - a least the veg'll be trampled by then!

Lost 3-0 in what was quite a close game (we hit the post 3 times). Played OK considering 2months off football but we were missing Ash's deciciveness up front.
Cracked my ankle a bit but shook it off pretty quickly.

Out on with Ash round Bole Hill Road and the stables. Left Ankle felt very sore for the first few minutes but had regained full pain-free movement by 5 mins in.

soothing my aching muscles.
Which feel grrrrreat!
Achilles feels better than expected after the last 2 days as well.

Recovery run with Dan - ouch, tonight's going to be pretty hard I fear! Walkley and Bole Hill. GPS trace all over the shop at the start! http://connect.garmin.com/activity/84730772

down to the start (3mins) and a bit of jogging on the way back to ensure I made the bog.

Epic number of runners and once again I was quite a way back at the start - took me until the river to pass Hobbs. We were then directed the wrong way by a marshall - I think the slightly shortened route was weighed out by the 200m of heather bashing we had to do, but managed to leave a few people here. Mnaged to not get passed on Higger or up to Burbage bridge and kept it going along the edge despite having no-one in front - the stick works as well as the carrot then! Fast finish, felt pretty rough throughout, must have been pushing hard! Top 20? maybe even top 15.

To the river and back to warm up. High hr and legs not feeling to great but better than yesterday. Decided to Trunce to try and shake some life into the legs.

5th place, PB smashed (28secs), Sub 26 - done. That's a target I though would take longer to fall than it has, and I reckon there's still time to come off.
Set off hard and managed to maintain it fairly well. Ran a lot further than normal up the quarry. Due to my starting pace I didn't take as many people as normal. Was slippier than I thought on the descent through the woods (should have run in fell shoes) and I had to slow right down to ensure I didn't stack it, consequently I was overtaken on a downhill for the first time I remember (took the place back after the river)
Hit the road in about the same time as normal, but this time I had the energy to keep up along it and kick on the track, taking 2 more places.

Maybe went a bit too hard ahead of tomorrow and the weekend, but I decided half way round that I was going for sub-26 as who knows how many more trunces I'll get to have a go at. Feel like I'm in good form at the moment and looking forward to the weekend and next season once I've got some more structured training in over winter.

Rivelin East, Mill Pond, Den Bank, Xpool. Was hoping to feel a bit perkier after yesterdays run, but last night's beer-shenanigans (probably) put paid to that and legs felt heavy. Started a bit quickly and after 16mins I had a stitch (first in aeons) so I calmed it down from then on.