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Training Log Archive: Ollie

In the 31 days ending Oct 31, 2008:

	activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
	Cycle Commuting	17	12:44:29	151.33	(5:03)	243.54	(3:08)
	Field Surveying	3	6:19:45	18.68		30.06
	Cycling	2	2:45:32	32.45	(5:06)	52.22	(3:10)
	Orienteering	1	1:05:06	6.28	(10:22)	10.1	(6:27)	150	24 /	30c	80%
	Total	22	22:54:52	208.73		335.92		150	24 /	30c	80%
	[1-5]	20	18:09:52
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Friday Oct 31, 2008 #

Cycle Commuting (In to Work) 26:24 [2] 8.82 km (3:00 / km)

Via canal.

Cycle Commuting (Back Home) 28:57 [2] 9.3 km (3:07 / km)

Via City uni.

Thursday Oct 30, 2008 #

Cycle Commuting (In to Work) 26:51 [2] 8.81 km (3:03 / km)

Cycle Commuting (Back Home) 32:06 [2] 9.99 km (3:13 / km)

From New Regent Street. Cold, and rained for the first part, so went cautiously and on back streets.

Wednesday Oct 29, 2008 #

Cycle Commuting (In to Work) 27:43 [2] 8.57 km (3:14 / km)

As yesterday.

Cycle Commuting (Back Home) 28:08 [3] 9.05 km (3:07 / km)

Still lots of problems with chain jumping - bashed my knee again! Ow.

Tuesday Oct 28, 2008 #

Cycle Commuting (In to Work) 25:58 [3] 8.48 km (3:04 / km)

Via VPR and the canal, joining it just above Broadway Market Lock.

Cycle Commuting (Back Home) 32:53 [2] 9.18 km (3:35 / km)

Caught in hailstorm, which turned to rain, throughout the commute. Freezing cold. Absolutely soaked, never been so glad to get back to a nice warm home.

Monday Oct 27, 2008 #

Cycle Commuting (In to Work) 27:42 [3] 8.74 km (3:10 / km)

Via canal. Pushed quite hard most of the way.

Sunday Oct 26, 2008 #

Note

Was going to go to an orienteering event, but woke up to the sound of rain, so stayed in bed.

Field Surveying 1:34:45 [2] 21.26 km (4:27 / km)

Once the rain stopped, went down to the Isle of Dogs, via the canal and Limehouse, and then slowly cycling around various areas just south of Canary Wharf, to get a feel for their intricacy and potential. Quite slippy on the ground so went very cautiously around - and it got dark at the end, thanks to the clocks going back.

One unexpected highlight was a field full of cows - Mudchute City Farm. I've visited the Isle of Dogs quite a few times but somehow never made it to the farm before.

Saturday Oct 25, 2008 #

Cycling (To Event) 1:02:27 [2] 18.2 km (3:26 / km)

To Olympia. Not a great route, as went back on myself in a couple of places (Edgware Road and Hyde Park). Couldn't be bothered cycling back, so got the train...

Friday Oct 24, 2008 #

Cycle Commuting (In to Work) 28:54 [2] 8.73 km (3:19 / km)

Along canal.

Wednesday Oct 22, 2008 #

Cycle Commuting (In to Work) 27:04 [2] 8.7 km (3:07 / km)

Along the canal.

Tuesday Oct 21, 2008 #

Cycle Commuting (In to Work) 31:43 [2] 9.03 km (3:31 / km)

Via Euston to get lunch. Felt sluggish today.

Cycle Commuting (Back Home) 33:04 [2] 10.72 km (3:05 / km)

Via Whitechapel.

Sunday Oct 19, 2008 #

Event: Compass Sport Cup Final

Orienteering race (CompassSport Cup Final) 1:05:06 [4] ** 10.1 km (6:27 / km) +150m 6:00 / km
ahr:183 max:196 spiked:24/30c slept:6.0 shoes: Gym Trainers

Running the Brown course at the CompassSport Final, this year hosted by OD at Sutton Park, near Birmingham.

I had a good run, making only a couple of mistakes costing a minute each, and came 41st out of around 140 runners in a very competitive field, finishing 18 minutes down on Oli Johnson (but he was four minutes clear of second place.) Most importantly, I counted for the team results (as one of the six best-placed SLOW runners on the Brown course, and best of all, SLOW came third! Our best result for eight years, traditionally SLOW has finished fifth.

I really liked the terrain - the first two-thirds were a control pick in open, gently rolling, thicket-studded grassy land, that reminded me a lot of Wimbledon Common and the open parts of Ashford Forest. The last third was in woodland, not very detailed but quite green in places, although I didn't get too caught up in it. I had a strong finish (I thought) but lost two places in the final seconds.

My main mistakes were:
To 12 - Getting stuck at a barrier of impenetrable gorse - I saw it coming and was being lazy. This wasted a minute, and could have been longer had I not spotted Pete H coming back out of it.

To 22 - Tried an "inventive" route choice that was not only longer, but meant I got stuck in some green forest and also considerably overshot my control - I also left it in a poor direction.

I also ran in the direction to the last control - particularly annoying as I'd checked it out before the race.

It was a quite windy day, and very cold in the exposed assembly field, but once the racing got going it was actually very pleasant, and very dry underfoot.

I only remembered to start my GPS after control 12, so the HRavg reading is slightly higher than the truth.

Saturday Oct 18, 2008 #

Field Surveying (OSM) 1:15:00 [0] 8.8 km (8:31 / km)

Updating OSM for the area around where I live - concentrating on the Victoria Park Village area. Quite a few roads were simply missing.

Some real suprises - lots of nice Victorian terraces, and Well Street Common is also very pleasant. This being Hackney though, ugly housing estates are also present at regular intervals.

Friday Oct 17, 2008 #

Cycle Commuting (In to Work) 28:17 [2] 8.81 km (3:13 / km)

Tried more of the back roads just south of, and roughly parallel to, Euston Road. They are slower, but much nicer.

Cycle Commuting (Back Home) 28:00 [2] 9.05 km (3:06 / km)

Via canal, in fading light.

Note

I've added a Google Earth flypast of the Men's Open course, from the City Race last Saturday. It includes the controls and some in-situ photos.

To view:
1. Download the KMZ at: http://www.cityrace.org/mocourse.kmz
2. Double-click on it to open Google Earth.
3. Tick the "3D buildings" under Layers so that you get the skyscrapers.
4. Click the Play button at the bottom of the Places section, this should start "playing" mocourse.kmz which should be loaded and selected.
5. Sit back and enjoy.

Thursday Oct 16, 2008 #

Cycle Commuting (In to Work) 29:18 [3] 8.69 km (3:22 / km)

Slight variation at end to reduce the length of time going along Euston Road - it does slow the commute down, though.

Cycle Commuting (Back Home) 26:01 [3] 8.91 km (2:55 / km)

From CASA. Fast, especially along Hackney Road.

Wednesday Oct 15, 2008 #

Cycle Commuting (In to Work) 27:31 [2] 8.76 km (3:08 / km)

Damp today, went cautiously along the canal. Went via the student union to get a cut-price Independent (so I could get the free lunch token), but the students had bought them all. Students, eh?

Cycle Commuting (Back Home) 23:57 [3] 8.99 km (2:40 / km)

Via Hackney Road. From the UCL Medics SU.

Tuesday Oct 14, 2008 #

Cycle Commuting (In to Work) 27:19 [2] 8.73 km (3:08 / km)

Usual way in, along canal. Euston Road was particularly scary and busy, though. I might alter my route to avoid it.

Cycling (To/from Event) 1:43:05 [3] 34.02 km (3:02 / km)

From work to Southfields, then back home.

Monday Oct 13, 2008 #

Cycle Commuting (In to Work) 25:29 [3] 8.72 km (2:55 / km)

Via canal. Much too fast, much too hot - unseasonably warm for October. N.B. New inner tube and better pressure on tires = larger diameter = shorter apparent distance, by around 100m by the looks of things.

Cycle Commuting (Back Home) 26:42 [2] 9.13 km (2:55 / km)

Still got quite warm. Via Lloyd Baker Street. Was getting dark when I hit the canal, and was 40 minutes past closing time when I went through the park - won't be able to go this way home much longer.

Cycle Commuting (Back Home) 28:42 [3] 9.46 km (3:02 / km)

Via City Uni and the canal.

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