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Training Log Archive: Nathan

In the 7 days ending Aug 12, 2012:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m	load
Orienteering	5	9:27:54	29.7	(19:07)	47.8	(11:53)		2059.8
Cross Training	1	1:30:00						270.0
Running	4	1:10:00	7.77	(9:01)	12.5	(5:36)		210.0
Total	6	12:07:54	37.47		60.3			2539.8

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Sunday Aug 12, 2012 #

Cross Training (match) 1:30:00 [3]

Football match on holiday, knee was shaky so i eased off a bit in second half

Friday Aug 10, 2012 #

Orienteering race (classic) 1:17:34 [4] 6.9 km (11:14 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

I will do a full race analysis when i get off holiday but this was really poor after no6 i was sluggish felt ill and my knee was awful

Orienteering race (sprint relay) 35:00 [5] 2.5 km (14:00 / km)

Time is overall but this was a fun sprint at the end which i enjoyed but yet again messed up that elusive one control :(

Thursday Aug 9, 2012 #

Orienteering race (sprint qual) 19:10 [5] 2.1 km (9:08 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Felt fast but a stupid mistake on number 4 that i should hace realised earlier but apart from that, i still felt a little tired and my knee began to twinge again

Running warm up/down 20:00 [3] 2.5 km (8:00 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Orienteering race (sprint final) 20:35 [5] 2.1 km (9:48 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Really poor race again today so was very dissapointed, i need to find out how to stop this omne mistake that ruins all my races. Felt poor, tired and un focused

Orienteering (trains ) 20:00 [3] 1.6 km (12:30 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Trains with michael, drop a series of controls, the other person follows and picks them up

Orienteering (over or round) 45:00 [3] 4.0 km (11:15 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Took a while because had to walk to areas but i was upset after sprints so really attacked the hills which won't have helped my knee

Wednesday Aug 8, 2012 #

Note
(rest day)

'Rest day' tesco, lake etc...

Orienteering race (distractions) 14:11 [4] 1.6 km (8:52 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Coaches putting us off through a green checker board which was annoying and mis punched on 4 controls because there was 3 kites in each circle

C • checkerboard 2

Running warm up/down 10:00 [3] 2.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Orienteering race (distractions2) 14:13 [4] 1.7 km (8:22 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Really pushed here which was good but still managed to mis punch.

Orienteering race (distractions2) 14:13 [4] 1.7 km (8:22 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Really pushed here which was good but still managed to mis punch.

Orienteering (simplify) 34:00 [3] 2.9 km (11:43 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Jogged with andrew, got stung on my foot but oh well. Felt capable but my navigation is SO SLOPPY!!!

Tuesday Aug 7, 2012 #

Running (warm up/downa) 20:00 [3] 4.0 km (5:00 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Orienteering (simplify) 19:00 [3] 2.0 km (9:30 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Roseisle is a beautiful area,, i seriously recomend everyone going there. This course i went a bit faster because of the area and felt good, a tiny mistake on 8, slightly misread contours but was notuing to worry about

Orienteering (long legs) 27:00 [3] 2.3 km (11:44 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Most helpful excercise all week. I did route choice with jack on it and he helped me so much, so cheers for that. I was running well and navigating better which was new for me

Orienteering (contours) 18:34 [3] 1.9 km (9:46 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Raced john round, felt strong and comfortable

Orienteering (odds&evens) 40:00 [4] 2.0 km (20:00 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Times and distance are a bit sketchy (time is overall) ran well and also navigated well

Orienteering (green) 20:00 [2] 1.9 km (10:32 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Used this as a warm down just a genntle jog around a course in fght, i enjoyed the technical challenge

Monday Aug 6, 2012 #

Orienteering (slopes 2) 25:00 [3] 2.0 km (12:30 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

This really helped for judgement on slopes going up and down and getting used to levels.

Orienteering (Slopes1) 24:00 [3] 1.9 km (12:38 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

Much the same as the previous but ran some with andrew

Orienteering (slopes 3) 34:00 [3] 2.3 km (14:47 / km)

Ran this far slower and spiked every control so was fairly happy with this

Orienteering race (middle) 1:06:24 [4] 4.4 km (15:05 / km)
shoes: inov8 oroc 280

I don't know what the hell is wrong with me in orienteeriing races but i can not focus. I need to sort this out and soon! Was sloppy every where today. My physical fitness after injury is poor at best and afterwards i was really properly exhausted