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Training Log Archive: Cat T

In the 7 days ending Jul 10, 2011:

activity

time

miles

Running - easy

4:14:00

Orienteering - hard

3:12:48

Orienteering - easy

2:15:00

Total

9:41:48

2:11

0:00

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Sunday Jul 10, 2011 #

Note
(injured) (rest day)

travelling

Saturday Jul 9, 2011 #

12 PM

Orienteering - easy 1:10:00 [1]
(injured) shoes: Icebug SPIRIT2-L olx Jul 11

near Joensuu. not sure if i should count this as orienteering, most of it i had no idea where i was! really tired today, a ahame cos the terrain was amazing!

3 PM

Orienteering - easy 15:00 [1]
shoes: Icebug SPIRIT2-L olx Jul 11

Really not my day today! One of my contact lenses broke on the way to the start. it was fine to run on the track with one, but in the tough forest it was impossible to see anything properly. did two controls before i decided to go back - only a matter of time before i would have done some serious damage to myself by falling or running into something!

So that was the end of training and racing in Finland. Am knackered! Now a long drive back to Tampere, flight tomorrow and then to see a physio about my hip and doctor about the gross forest rash thats taken over my right arm. Yuck.

Running - easy warm up/down 15:00 [1]
shoes: Icebug SPIRIT2-L olx Jul 11

Friday Jul 8, 2011 #

8 AM

Running - easy 25:00 [1]
(injured) shoes: Adidas Supernova Glide (Dec 10

before breakfast. painful hip again :-(, i think its the same thing i had the week after tiomila

12 PM

Orienteering - hard race 1:00:00 [4]
(injured) shoes: Walsh PB racer Feb 11

Chasing start. Mixed race, pleased with most of the legs but lost time on two of the three long legs, so overall an average race. didnt lose my place but could have gained places if i hadnt been a bit stupid near the end (really tired again, brain all mushy). When i lost the two girls i'd caught i suddenly felt so tired and my hip really hurt (need to train mental strength too!), so it was a slow and painful end to the race and then off to first aid for some ice...

... they told me i should stop running, take painkillers and see a doctor but also that there was no way i could have a stress fracture, just some tendon inflammation again.

http://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/20110708kainuuD21/

Running - easy warm up/down 18:00 [3]
(injured) shoes: Walsh PB racer Feb 11

in a rush, good thing i ran when i got up too :-)

9 PM

Running - easy 28:00 [1]
(injured) shoes: Icebug SPIRIT2-L olx Jul 11

messing about at the Finnish 'national view' near Joensuu. Beautiful! apart from the factory at one end of it :-)

hip fine on uphills but not enjoying downhills so much.

Thursday Jul 7, 2011 #

7 AM

Running - easy 25:00 [1]
shoes: Adidas Supernova Glide (Dec 10

Morning jog again, i think it's these that have been helping me feel more bouncy and warmed up before races

12 PM

Orienteering - hard race (middle distance) 48:00 [4]
shoes: Walsh PB racer Feb 11

Urgh. Too tired, it all caught up with me today! Slow legs and slow head. Mostly small time losses and never panicked, despite taking some bad routes, but lost a lot of time on one control near the end by not using my compass well enough. Simple mistake but my brain was all tired and mushy. Kind of knew i was asking for trouble doing so much training and then racing, was feeling fine til yesterday but i think iv reached my limit! Still dont regret running yesterday though, Euromeeting isnt too important in the long run.

Bought some nice new shoes, now my shins are better the days of granny-ing over bare rock in Walshes can come to an end :-)

Running - easy warm up/down 30:00 [2]
shoes: Walsh PB racer Feb 11

Wednesday Jul 6, 2011 #

10 AM

Orienteering - easy 50:00 [3]
shoes: Walsh PB racer Feb 11

approx time, still no watch

back near Vuokatti next to the WOC 2013 embargo. lovely terrain, lightning quick morraine, sandy, v high visability. fairly easy running speed. going well til near the end but more tired than i thought i was, brain had had enough and i started banana-ing a bit. afternoon will be resting.

Tuesday Jul 5, 2011 #

9 AM

Running - easy 25:00 [1]
shoes: Adidas Supernova Glide (Dec 10

Sore r. hip this morning :-( will stretch

2 PM

Running - easy warm up/down 15:00 [1]
shoes: Walsh PB racer Feb 11

warm-up

Orienteering - hard race (long distance) 1:11:46 [5]
shoes: Walsh PB racer Feb 11

Mass start long race. Tough terrain, not feeling like i had great strength over it, but orienteering more stable today so more pleased than yesterday. Not feeling super confident and a lot of the time it didn't feel like i was really racing, just being careful and avoiding disaster. but did what we were told - make a plan and read the compass - and it worked well enough :-) Could feel hip but i dont think it held me back, i just wasnt as strong as the fastest girls today!
GPS: http://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/20110705kainuuD21/

6 PM

Running - easy warm up/down 18:00 [1]
shoes: Adidas Supernova Glide (Dec 10

Lazy, knackered and watching the others run so no warm down. dragged self out for a jog when we got home instead.

Monday Jul 4, 2011 #

9 AM

Running - easy 25:00 [1]
shoes: Adidas Supernova Glide (Dec 10

before breakfast

1 PM

Orienteering - hard race (sprint distance) 13:02 [5]
shoes: Walsh PB racer Feb 11

Euromeeting sprint round Kuhmo. Really nice difficult course and another frustrating day for me, starting well but not taking enough care when it got more difficult, meaning a few really stupid routes i could have avoided by just looking at the map for a split second more. Was running fine and the result was okay i guess, but it could have been really good!

Running - easy warm up/down 30:00 [2]
shoes: Walsh PB racer Feb 11

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