Training Log Archive: BrandNewMe

Worldcup long Norway.

Bad. Really bad. Which is why I was just annoyed to have been disqualified for not punching the drinks control, rather than gutted.

1 - 2.5 mins, 4 - 30 secs. 5 - 1min plus, 6 - 30secs, 9 - 30 secs. 10 - 4 mins plus. 11 - ok but no confidence in my route. 12, navigated into the circle, knew where I was but still fucked it. Too tired, demoralised and thoroughly dehydrated by now. 2mins? 13 ok, 14 ok, 15 30 secs couldn't see it, 16 - 30 secs. Not focused enough to think at the start, too tired and dehydrated to think at the end. Annoying. When I wear my usual brain it is easy.

DOMA:

http://www.scottish-orienteering.org/doma/show_map...

The GPS will be on the Internet somewhere too I imagine. Too gruesome for me to look at!

Jog with cat and Hollie. Nice.

World Cup middle - Norway.

I was confident and happy at the start. Felt ok, not great not dire.

Start to 1 around and up the reentrant. I maybe dropped too low to get around the crags. 15 secs 1-2 up the reentrant, boulder, up the other reentrant, then bearing, ride, boulder, hill and in. Good. 3 couldn't decide whether to go for the path. Went that way, didn't see it, wiggled back. Banana. 15secs.

3-4 bearing. Marsh, round the hill. Good.
4-5 straight, above the tags, down the Spur and in. Stopped too soon.15secs. Ok. 5-6 other side of the rocky spur, open marsh and down the ditch. Not a great descent. Nailed the route chosen, big the route wasn't great.

6-7 down, open marsh, across. Marsh was slow. Should have stayed a bit left for longer. Ok.
7-8 plan compass, left of marsh, in off the reent. Compass. Hit track online but the terrain looked rough. Round the track and in, but came off the marsh at the reent going south by accident, corrected but didn't know if I was too high or not. 50secs. Bummer!

8-9 bearing to stream, then spot hill, with the crag and the reentrant and bearing from there. Good.
9-10. Bearing. Good.
10-11 bearing, stream, house track hill, marsh and in. Good.

11-12 bearing, reentrant and in. Good.
12-13 racing with others, getting distracted. All over the place. Oh how ugly.... 1 min. Bad. Bad. Bad.
13-14 bearing, behind hill.
14-15. Ride to the open, then track. Should have cut the corner a bit. Nailed my route but could have been braver!

So ok, but annoying mistakes. Better using Nicks method than mine, and more confident too. Thanks!

Looking forward to tomorrow!

Doma:
http://www.scottish-orienteering.org/doma/show_map...

O training at the model. Great forests!

Jog to the meadows, 2 laps, drills on middle meadow walk and home.

Going to Norway this evening - v v excited! A proper orienteering area, with a long course, and hopefully proper planning and organisation. Not sure how its going to go, but I am thrilled with the prospect of orienteering in such a fun looking area.

Lucy slept in so we all slept in. Panic in the morning to get out the door on time. Nice day for cycling.

6x3mins w 45secs on the canal. Felt good and strong. Got much further than the last few times I did this session too. Really pleased.

Noce and wet, which was refreshing, until I realised that someone had beaten me to the shower, and I had to stand in reception at work caked in mud, sweat and rain, with my white top totally see through, for 10mins. Great.

Good sleep last night. Used 'Kalms' in trying out the herbal alternative to temazepan, I got to sleep pretty well on it, but felt crappy in the morning (tired, nauseous) and struggled to function when I had to get up in the night with Lucy.

Cycle to work was hilarously competitive. There was about 5 of us, together in the end. I was having a nice little chuckle to myself, but I think the others were taking it more seriously...

Inc glutes

Lunctime jog. Legs feeling crap.

The aim this week is to juggle training for woc, resting for world cups and managing niggles. Long yesterday, rest today, fast tomorrow, rest Thursday, light training at the monel on Friday.

C • Tomorrow. 7

Run home over the pentlands. I was running up the hill I had done bike reps on last week when I I remembered I wa going to go back to andrew murray's advice and stick to flat running. Not really suited to my plan. So I got out of the woods on the path and went left through some flattish tussocks for a bit (surprisingly fun) then picked my way to dreg, then SwSwanston and Hillend on paths, then Fairmilehead and back via braids and the fields. Nice. Calf cramping. Achilles much better on the flatter stuff. Walked the short sharp hill bit to the braids trig as by that stage I knew it would be disastrous to try to run a steep hill with v stiff calves and tired, niggley Achilles.