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Sunday Jul 20, 2014 #
Gym 40:00 [2]
(injured) shoes: Brooks Ravenna 5
Back not too bad. Gym - 25 mins then 15 mins on cross trainer, with 3x 15, 2x15 sit ups & stretchign in between. Sadly when i got out of shower, back was worse.
Saw Liz, who did a great job poking around & reckons I've had a spasm/seizure causedprobably by posture, and maybe triggered by running defensively in Swindon 8 days ago with "bad" achilles in heatwave conditions.
More sofa / painkillers, but no booze. TV addict now. Guitar playing goin better tho.
Saw Liz, who did a great job poking around & reckons I've had a spasm/seizure causedprobably by posture, and maybe triggered by running defensively in Swindon 8 days ago with "bad" achilles in heatwave conditions.
More sofa / painkillers, but no booze. TV addict now. Guitar playing goin better tho.
Saturday Jul 19, 2014 #
Note
(injured)
Back still sore, not as bad as yesterday, but pretty bad.
Just as well the tour de france is on, so i can lie there with a variety of hot & cold things on my back / finger, plus doing exercises etc.
The joys of life.
Just as well the tour de france is on, so i can lie there with a variety of hot & cold things on my back / finger, plus doing exercises etc.
The joys of life.
Friday Jul 18, 2014 #
Note
(injured)
Back v painful when i woke up. Felt terrible, Would have called in sick had i had a job to go to today.
Cycled into town, to get bike serviced, then spent day on sofa watching TdF.
Out to watch/ take pics of Towpath Mob match later - glad I went, despite being frustrated. More painkillers when I got in.
Good to see "Actuary" get a pb, but deep down I reckon I'd have been around his time - Ciaran Mcquade, who I dropped easily in the bradley stoke 10km at 8km, was in his group. & Matt Burns, who would never be 2 mins ahead of me in a 10km x-c race, did 35:18.
Gutted. PLease let me recover soon!!!!!
Cycled into town, to get bike serviced, then spent day on sofa watching TdF.
Out to watch/ take pics of Towpath Mob match later - glad I went, despite being frustrated. More painkillers when I got in.
Good to see "Actuary" get a pb, but deep down I reckon I'd have been around his time - Ciaran Mcquade, who I dropped easily in the bradley stoke 10km at 8km, was in his group. & Matt Burns, who would never be 2 mins ahead of me in a 10km x-c race, did 35:18.
Gutted. PLease let me recover soon!!!!!
Thursday Jul 17, 2014 #
Note
(rest day)
Back sore but will sleep on hard floor tonight & take ibuprofen - hope that sorts it!
Wednesday Jul 16, 2014 #
Orienteering race (Urban) 41:05 [4] 8.11 km (5:04 / km)
shoes: Brooks Ravenna 5
BOK / NGOC Urban, Chepstow
After an eventful route there involving cycling, a train, a pick up, being driven, (to be reversed on way home - got in 9:20 with a chippy!), did long course, & have done all but one of these wednesday night urbans.
Dibbed the start and stared at the map, simply unable to find the start triangle. Ran off anyway, despite not having a clue where I was.
2, 3, 4 all ok, but then out of 5 the chap in front somehow found a way thru the hedge to drop onto the road - had he not found it, I wouldn't have and would have gone back to the steps to the far west.
CIrcle for no 9 should have been cut as the gap betweemn the buildings was very small - not reflected by the map. Silly error to 10 - thought I could cut thru green - no chance - turned round. Running fast to 13, 14, 15, which felt like acheat as I dibbed by reaching up into the bandstand. Worse was to come - no 18 - I still hadn't clocked that the slightly unusual 1:4000 map wasn't showing uncrossable fences as thick lines, so I was assuming they (thin lines) were crossable. Had this been marked as thick, I would have a) read the description properly, and b) gone round. But the map showed a thin line (the "double tags" on it so tiny, I can't actually see them with my middle-aged short sight issues...). As i reached through the fence & punched, I knew what i was doing was cheating, so from that moment on( having now passed Joe & Richard), this became a sociable run for me (and them).
Wrong side of wood to 20, appalling execution at 21 meanign i had to climb the same hill TWICE (tho the "crag" was wayyyy below the path as it happened - never mind....) More chatting up hill to 22 before Joe's short lived but impressive sprint ran out of steam & I slowly moved ahead of the NGOC pair.
Decided to test north route to 23 as I suspected Richard would go south; he did, & his route was the better. Fun trying to be effective over the last few controls, with a dubious map and Richard snapping at my heels. 41:05 Mark B 40.00, Paul Geb 41:35,
The results show that i was disqualified- and I'm not arguing with that (though who grassed me up officially?). All i will say is that had there been thick lines, the result would have been different..... and I'd have continued racing / concentrating the whole way round ;)
I'd ask the series coordinator to disqualify Adam last week, tho, too, for consistency, as he clearly went thru the out of bounds area.
Great series - really enjoyed it - only missed one due to a 10k off road race I did, but .... I'm happy they're over! Be nice to reclaim wednesday again :) Huge thanks to all organisers , mappers, and the series coordinator . Even the worst race was a memorable evening (for plenty of reasons....!) :)
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/543075582
http://www.bristolorienteering.org.uk/sites/defaul...
After an eventful route there involving cycling, a train, a pick up, being driven, (to be reversed on way home - got in 9:20 with a chippy!), did long course, & have done all but one of these wednesday night urbans.
Dibbed the start and stared at the map, simply unable to find the start triangle. Ran off anyway, despite not having a clue where I was.
2, 3, 4 all ok, but then out of 5 the chap in front somehow found a way thru the hedge to drop onto the road - had he not found it, I wouldn't have and would have gone back to the steps to the far west.
CIrcle for no 9 should have been cut as the gap betweemn the buildings was very small - not reflected by the map. Silly error to 10 - thought I could cut thru green - no chance - turned round. Running fast to 13, 14, 15, which felt like acheat as I dibbed by reaching up into the bandstand. Worse was to come - no 18 - I still hadn't clocked that the slightly unusual 1:4000 map wasn't showing uncrossable fences as thick lines, so I was assuming they (thin lines) were crossable. Had this been marked as thick, I would have a) read the description properly, and b) gone round. But the map showed a thin line (the "double tags" on it so tiny, I can't actually see them with my middle-aged short sight issues...). As i reached through the fence & punched, I knew what i was doing was cheating, so from that moment on( having now passed Joe & Richard), this became a sociable run for me (and them).
Wrong side of wood to 20, appalling execution at 21 meanign i had to climb the same hill TWICE (tho the "crag" was wayyyy below the path as it happened - never mind....) More chatting up hill to 22 before Joe's short lived but impressive sprint ran out of steam & I slowly moved ahead of the NGOC pair.
Decided to test north route to 23 as I suspected Richard would go south; he did, & his route was the better. Fun trying to be effective over the last few controls, with a dubious map and Richard snapping at my heels. 41:05 Mark B 40.00, Paul Geb 41:35,
The results show that i was disqualified- and I'm not arguing with that (though who grassed me up officially?). All i will say is that had there been thick lines, the result would have been different..... and I'd have continued racing / concentrating the whole way round ;)
I'd ask the series coordinator to disqualify Adam last week, tho, too, for consistency, as he clearly went thru the out of bounds area.
Great series - really enjoyed it - only missed one due to a 10k off road race I did, but .... I'm happy they're over! Be nice to reclaim wednesday again :) Huge thanks to all organisers , mappers, and the series coordinator . Even the worst race was a memorable evening (for plenty of reasons....!) :)
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/543075582
http://www.bristolorienteering.org.uk/sites/defaul...
Tuesday Jul 15, 2014 #
Note
(rest day)
Osteopath admitted herself she overtreated me this morning, the lower back had ahd a seizure on Saturday.
three cracks. knackered by evening. oh well!
Needed a rest anyway....
three cracks. knackered by evening. oh well!
Needed a rest anyway....
Monday Jul 14, 2014 #
Running (Fartlek) 40:00 [4] 5.5 mi (7:16 / mi) +100m 6:53 / mi
shoes: Brooks Ravenna 5
Fartlek run around the houses literally - windmill hill & totterdown. I took an 8 minute time out when bumped into some old mates & went into their house (!).
Several efforts, mostly on grass but some on road hills & a fast 100m (16/17 secs) along a footy pitch, plus a 400m in 85 seconds which felt very fast but is in fact, slower than my lifetime half marathon pace. Sigh.
Realised that I do no speed training at all, this needs to change. No wonder i'm a one paced plodder.
Felt excellent & fit. No pain in achilles, tho lower back is annoying - osteopath tomorrow to address this & rest day.
Couldn't be arsed with garmin or mapometer & dont' see how this could improve my experience or - more importantly - my running! #toomanygadgets a good runner doesn't make.
Several efforts, mostly on grass but some on road hills & a fast 100m (16/17 secs) along a footy pitch, plus a 400m in 85 seconds which felt very fast but is in fact, slower than my lifetime half marathon pace. Sigh.
Realised that I do no speed training at all, this needs to change. No wonder i'm a one paced plodder.
Felt excellent & fit. No pain in achilles, tho lower back is annoying - osteopath tomorrow to address this & rest day.
Couldn't be arsed with garmin or mapometer & dont' see how this could improve my experience or - more importantly - my running! #toomanygadgets a good runner doesn't make.