Training Log Archive: ba-ba

Jogging around trying to get my legs lively after a rather uncomfortable previous 16 hours - after my individual I spent most of my time on the bog with a dicky stomach (Scott's?). It's a wonder I didn't shit myself during the SingSoc concert!

Ran: 4.22km, 63m; 6.24min/km.
Dan had a bit of a 'mare, coming in 19th about 8 mins down.
Ash dragged us up to 7th but the box decided not to tell his dibber he'd been to #201. Whether the box told itself we'll never know (both were unknown to me when I set off).
Bit hesitant to 1 and 2 but no time lost.
Parallel error on 5, don't quite know how, but was looking at the wrong path. Thankfully lucked out again and found it quite easily. 1min
Slow through the north section - esp. on 11 where I was very hesitant (30secs?)
Caught Happy Herts up through spectator. Didn't know where I was. Thankfully we had the same gaffle which helped immeasurably with #17 and #19.
Once out of the woods I pinned my ears back and passed Herts. I could see BAOC top in front - they set out in 1st at the begining of the leg and as I passed him I heard the tannoy say that 'the leading 3 were together'. I'd done my job and made sure I was in the lead after all the Orienteering, game over! He stuck with me for all of 5m but there was no way he was keeping up. Absolutely stoked on the run-in (bit of over-emotion due to tiredness), but Dan looking like death was not a site I wanted upon leaving download.

Absolutely certain Ash visited that control and punched it; at first I was angry with the organisers/rules for not allowing us a read-out from the box but this gradually subsided. We know that we did what we set out to do, and won.
Considering everything else which happened in the week previously missing out on a pair of socks and a vase... I don't really care.

Helping Neiol collect in a few controls and tape. Despite how much I've been up to this weekend I was well up for this and thoroughly enjoyed it. Got to head out into the Northern section and marvel at the fantastic map - much better at 1:10000 than Hugset is at 1:5000, and that's hardly a poor map!

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!

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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.