Training Log Archive: Orig4miIn the 7 days ending Mar 29, 2013:
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Friday Mar 29, 2013 #
Orienteering race 17:45 [5] *** 2.0 km (8:53 / km) +15m 8:33 / km
spiked:14/16c shoes: Adidas Swoop
Punching start not correctly administrated - time taken from pre-start "clear" device.
Relatively straight forward campus sprint at Reading University.
Thrown by an adjacent control at one point - lost 30s.
Thursday Mar 28, 2013 #
Note
(rest day)
First event: sprint on Friday at Reading University.
Cycling 8:00 [3] 1.6 mi (5:00 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Sunny morning and just about freezing. Felt chilly so still had thick coat, balaclava etc.
Wednesday Mar 27, 2013 #
Cycling 6:00 [3] 1.4 mi (4:17 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Swimming 42:00 [4] 2.1 km (20:00 / km)
Felt quite good. Didn't catch start time, but extrapolated back after about 4 lengths, therefore time a bit of an approximation. Pace was pretty good and did an extra couple of lengths for the hell of it!
Also some small compensation for a) not running on Thursday (rest befor JK); and b) missing Easter Monday swim session - next swim should be Wednesday 3rd April.
Cycling 12:30 [3] 3.0 mi (4:10 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Quite pleasant out - perhaps spring may (at last) be on it's way.
Cycling 15:00 [3] 2.8 mi (5:21 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Vital supplies of chocolate for Easter.
Tuesday Mar 26, 2013 #
Cycling 8:00 [3] 1.6 mi (5:00 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Still very cold (around freezing, but felt like -4C).
Back to big coat and glasses.
Note
Not sure of distance or time, but probably less than 1 mile each way.
Cycling 13:00 [4] 2.8 mi (4:39 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Left far too late (17:30) and had to rush.
Badminton 40:00 [3]
shoes: Nike
Arrived very late and missed first 15-20 mins of session.
Cycling 10:00 [3] 2.2 mi (4:33 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Monday Mar 25, 2013 #
Cycling 6:00 [3] 1.4 mi (4:17 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Sporting the new Lidl cycling helmet!
Still bitterly cold (about freezing point, but felt like -5C) - should've used the balaclava.
Swimming 40:24 [4] 2.0 km (20:12 / km)
Just within evens time at halfway point and on;y 24s outside 40minute target at the end, so fairly pleased.
Cycling 13:00 [3] 3.0 mi (4:20 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Seemed quite a lot of traffic about, but managed to keep moving well in spite of it.
Balaclava for this trip - magic!
NB still cold.
Cycling 8:00 [3] 1.6 mi (5:00 / mi)
shoes: Lidl Cycling Shoes 2011
Sunday Mar 24, 2013 #
Orienteering race 1:01:49 [4] **** 6.69 km (9:14 / km) +215m 7:58 / km
spiked:20/22c shoes: VJ Falcon (2013)
Final details had played down the extent of the brashings. Seemed just as bad to me as previously and dominated 90% of the course. Mud was also of a particularly sticky and slippery type.
Tried to keep a positive viewpoint and take care on bearings and resulted in a fairly successful (if physical) race. Didn't make too many mistakes. Possibly a bit too slow at times, but feeling tired from Angmering event the previous day and taking the early shift on childcare (ended up carrying E for about half an hour).
General shape of the area and detail in the terrain made it very promising (an almost Scottish type experience), but the brashings certainly detracted from the enjoyment and slowed progress down significantly (reflected in the course lengths).
Saturday Mar 23, 2013 #
Orienteering race 46:16 [4] 6.2 km (7:28 / km) +100m 6:54 / km
shoes: VJ Falcon (2013)
Snowy start to the journey there with rather grim driving conditions. Turned to rain quite quickly as we travelled further south and west.
Very wet and slippery wood.
Yet another "spring" event where multiple layers and gloves were required for comfort.
Plenty of low lying brambles about.
A rare opportunity for A and I both to run at the same time (Gr and Grd having agreed to babysit).
More faffing getting ready than I wanted - just seemed slightly disorganised.
Took care on bearings and confirming map (after a deliberated decision not to use the specs due to the wetness in the air) - worked well and no huge errors, though not quite on line for a few controls - might've lost 30-60s over the course due to this.
Felt that I'd been going well, but surprised by the closeness of times of several of the others in the results - perhaps a bit lucky to get the useful positional result that I ended up with. Not quite as close to Kenny as I would've liked or expected (perhaps I was a couple of minutes off my normal pace after all), but very impressed by JC's result (sub 5min/km!!) - several leagues above me (and Kenny).