Training Log Archive: philm64

Back v sore this morning :-(

Event: BOK Local Event and Avon Schools Champs
 

BOk westonbirt Blue, 7.1km, "only" 6th. 41:27, Eddie Narbett 34, Adam 36, Clive/Owain 40.

Flat fast & in good condition (the woods, & me). Bluebells (tracked up!) & wild garlic all made this most pleasant after the (self-inflicted) "stress" of the JK. Cooler, too!

Nipped round OK but beaten by Clive by a minute; 30secs of that was no 1 where I went round the paths & cut in too late. a few small 10-20 sec slips elsewhere was all.

so easy tho, this isn't representative of where I need to be in O generally. Winsplits says no errors.

Result: https://www.bristolorienteering.org.uk/sites/defau...

RG: https://www.bok.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#175&rou...

https://www.strava.com/activities/2325476404

well, this is embarrassing, isnt' it. Me on the Orange course ....
https://www.bristolorienteering.org.uk/

Spent £38 in supermarket on healthy foods, to try to combat my worsening diabetes. I will need to cut right down on bread, potatoes, beer, and fruit. But I think the hardest will be cereal. the evidence is that after breakfast, my blood sugars spike terribly. This is soooo unhealthy. It's the cereal. Cereal is NOT a healthy start to the day. At all.

It's not going to be easy.

C • Good that 4

Indoor roped climbing at UCR with Lynne.

The post-Font effect took shape & I was flying, onsighting a 6b+ and a very tricksie 6b, plus other 6b's including a hoofy overhang.

totally knackered by the end. slight sugar crash rectified by banana & cereal bar. balancing act is going to be tough.

Lower back/hip v sore past 2 days. Heh ho.

Little Stoke - 5km with Sian, pacing her to a 4:30 pace 22:30 (22:28) - felt fine, pace even.
https://www.strava.com/activities/2320102427

Coffee break.

Intervals (alone) - 4 x 1km, in park between km posts. 1 min jog / walk recovory approx. Disappointed to find how hard 3:50kms are. Need more of this? All were 3:50 - 3:53. Hmmmm.

https://www.strava.com/activities/2320210410

Up.
https://www.strava.com/activities/2320101347

Indoor climbing / bouldering at Bloc.

1st time climbing since Font, 10 days ago. inner elbow pain mostly gone, but skin on LH fingers (crucial guitar fingers....) ripped early on, not too badly but enough to cull my harder efforts. Even so, i bloody mindedly fought my way up a load of reds. Seemed easy after Font! Guided some newbie Spanish climbers to get up some oranges.

Roz Frugtniet was there. Always fun to be put in my place as a total, bumbly punter by someone elite - whatever the sport. She doesn't smile much, though (unlike my new Spanish mates). https://www.instagram.com/rfrugtniet/

Finished with some rehab in the gym area, including 3 mins' of planks. Go me.

Launched the BOK urban series (I am co-ordinator for 2nd year in a row) this evening, UBOC put on an event at Uni halls. I arrived early to help set up & hang far controls (hint: car).

Good turnout, and most people made complimentary noises.

Contactless system SIAC used. Astonishingly, no one was DQed on download apart from those who had *actually* missed out controls, eg. Eddie!. no protests. Results were up before bedtime. Unheard of in the current climate. As usual, BOK leads at the cutting edge, where other, more expensive events falter.

I managed to find time to check the Orange course (7 mins /km in a coat with a gripple key around my neck) & later the Green which tired me out rather - still tired from JK. probably 40 mins in total really, then collecting controls & packing up. Didnt' bother with Garmin (left it at home); whatever.

well done UBOC.

https://www.bristolorienteering.org.uk/sites/defau...

https://www.bok.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#174

C • BOK Urban 3

Surprisingly unscathed by the JK - unheard of.

Even felt quite energetic cycling to south Bristol & back. (<50 mins total)