Training Log Archive: Mal

Event: JK 2009
 

M18 9th Winner: Kris Jones - 18:12

Actual distance ran 4.94km (4:08mins/km)

Felt really good today felt as if I was able to push up to another gear when I wanted as opposed to last weekends sprint. The navigation felt pretty good too. Made one bad route choice but apart from that quite solid, with a clean run reckon I could have ben sub-20.

1:Planned it in the start box and saw where Duncan went
2:Good
3:Good
4:Good
5:Good
6:Ok but went to the wrong side of the feature and wasn't sure if I could cross it so played it safe. 3s
7:Took the good route choice and felt strong beat Duncan
8:Good
9:Good
10:Bit iffy wasn't sure exactly where I was in the circle. Nearly went to 18 instead. 8s
11:Good but slowed down a bit going into it as saw another control. 3s
12:Good
13:Went the top route but not on the lower path. 5s
14:Good
15:Good
16:Good
17:Nearly missed the leg, but ok
18:Good
19:Good
20:Good
21:Bad route, then a bad route on it, hit it fine though. 20s
22:Fine
23:Fine
24:Fine but had to slow down due to stewards. 2s
25:Good
26:Fine, panicked a bit though when I hit the wall as I wasn't sure where the walkway was
27:Good, felt I was able to push a little harder

General warm-up lots of loosening and a few sprints to wake my legs up
After warm-down with Josh mainly as noone wanted to :(

M21 - Splits

Had to go out just found it really hard to motivate myself.
Wanted to go explore Ravensworth estate but got about 5-10mins in a found guy wandering around with a gun so thought maybe not and turned around an sprinted the other way. Generally cut across a lot of fields and stuff did a few big hills too and enjoyed the sun :D

http://explore.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/os_routes/show...

C • ravens thingy 1

Run to Hamsterly Hall from Hamsterley Mill
Then afterwards run back from the viaduct

Needed to get out after some maths revision so decided to go up Pontburn for a change was nice went somewhere new as well. Pushed quite hard but felt a little reserved at the end.

http://explore.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/os_routes/show...

Good day

General legs mainly

Event: TAY Regional Event & Scottish O League 1
 

Again made I was fully warmed up before the start.
Pissed off so didn't warm-down

OK not so bad didn't make that many mistakes just the ones I did were huge!
1)Fine spiked and knew exactly where I was
2)Bit unsure as I didn't plan ahead but realised where I was and found it
3)Didn'ttake a bearing, got ahead of myself and undershot (6mins)
4)Was in the circle but just couldn't find it, one contour below (2:30mins)
5)Ok but ran into the dark green by accident (30secs)
6)Fine kind of stumbled upon it a bit, it felt too early
7)Bearing in fine
8)Just slow up the hill
9)Slow up the hill and wasn't really sure where it was (10secs)
10)Fine but slow
11)A bit higgle-dy and slow (45secs)
12)Fine
13)Fine
14)Terrible bearing to halfway then managed to veer off 90degrees right
15)Didn't take a bearing, again veered off massively right
Literally gave up now so slower than normal
16)Fine
17)Good went straight in
18)Good till the circle when I went away from it
19)Good
20)Good but very slow
21)Good
22)Poor - Got the wrong crag then set off to 23(the wrong way), went back
23)Take 2 was better knew where I was going, didn't like the last bit
24)Ok got confused though
25)Poor tried to cut a corner and failed and got confused
26)Good

Worked out I ran 12.2km instead of the 8.5km which is nearly 50% further

Need to focus more on the orienteering and less on the running really annoyed with it. But need to focus on the positives and make sure this doen't happen this week.

C • smile:) 4

Event: British Sprint O Champs
 

Long warm-up to make sure my calf was ok when running
Then jog about with Josh after

British Sprint Champs Race 1
Ok clean after number one, eased off about 1/2 way round as so I didn't do my calf in

Shorter warm-up and longer warm-down

Aim was to spike all the controls and I did that so pleased in that sense. BUt felt I didn't have any leg speed. Tom took a minute out of me