Training Log Archive: loobeyIn the 31 days ending Jul 31, 2018:
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Tuesday Jul 31, 2018 #
Orienteering 45:00 [3] 4.5 km (10:00 / km)
shoes: VJ Bolds - Pink
Some lovely open bits, mostly horrible bits. Very physical...spent most of the time walking, but hopefully in a race I'll be able to push through it a bit more. Feeling quite dizzy towards the end as it was over 30 degrees, so stopped at 11.
Monday Jul 30, 2018 #
Note
(rest day)
Sunday Jul 29, 2018 #
Running 34:42 [3] 6.82 km (5:05 / km) +33m 4:58 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 4
Saturday Jul 28, 2018 #
Running 32:34 [3] 6.49 km (5:01 / km) +68m 4:46 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 4
Thursday Jul 26, 2018 #
Cycling (Commute) 35:00 [0]
Running 34:43 [3] 6.92 km (5:01 / km) +117m 4:38 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018 #
Cycling (Commute) 35:00 [0]
Running (Warm Up) 12:49 [2] 2.67 km (4:48 / km) +3m 4:46 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Running intervals 36:09 7.19 km (5:02 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
5x 1km (2mins) + 4x 150m
Tired, heavy legs to begin with but got into it after the first rep. There was another lady there doing exactly the same session/pace as me, but by the time I realised we were half a rep out of sync. Was nice to have someone in the distance to chase though.
Again slow on the last rep. Think I mentally slip and start thinking about how nice it will be when I'm done rather than pushing hard during the rep. I think the same thing is happening when I'm orienteering as I keep making mistakes right at the end of courses. Hopefully can solve this before next week!
Absolutely dead on the sprints, but it was into a fairly strong headwind.
3.31, 3.30, 3.31, 3.31, 3.33
24, 25, 25, 25
Running (Warm Down) 13:05 [2] 2.5 km (5:14 / km) +14m 5:05 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Monday Jul 23, 2018 #
Cycling (Commute) 35:00 [0]
Sunday Jul 22, 2018 #
Running (Warm Up) 12:30 [2] 2.49 km (5:02 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Orienteering race 14:02 [4] 3.46 km (4:03 / km) +1m 4:03 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
11th
Felt like I was always behind on the navigation and running too fast to keep up with it throughout this race.
Once again ruined an alright result with a mistake at the end. Didn't see that the alleyway was blocked leaving 16 then took the longer route round once I'd corrected (+30secs).
Running (Warm Down) 15:13 [2] 2.85 km (5:21 / km) +6m 5:17 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Saturday Jul 21, 2018 #
Running (Warm Up) 11:47 [2] 2.33 km (5:03 / km) +37m 4:41 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon Red
Orienteering race 13:47 [4] 3.19 km (4:19 / km) +20m 4:11 / km
shoes: Inov8 X-Talon Red
11th
Aim for this race was to have full focus on the navigation and let the running happen naturally. Which worked for most of the course besides a 10sec loss on wrong route choice to 8. Then got to the knee-high grassy wasteland and proceeded to lose 40secs across 2 controls. Firstly to 17 when I changed my mind from taking the concrete path to going left on the small track for a bit then straight. But faffed about for ages trying to find the start of the path. Should've just committed and gone straight. Then to 19 I just looked up and ran towards the wrong group of trees and didn't navigate at all.
So disappointing result but some positives in the fact that I was similar time to most of the girls after 16 controls.
Running (Warm Down) 12:20 [2] 2.19 km (5:37 / km) +1m 5:36 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Running (Warm Up) 8:49 [2] 1.78 km (4:58 / km) +12m 4:48 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Orienteering race 14:04 [4] 3.46 km (4:04 / km) +19m 3:57 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
6th
This was great. Had Maja starting 1min behind me so aim was to try and stay in front of her for as long as possible. I think the extra pressure really helped me to focus and push hard. Only a slight stumble leaving 11 as I hadn't planned ahead but made sure to stop and figure it out quickly, then ran hard once I knew where I was going. Maja only caught me just before the second to last control so well pleased with that.
Running (Warm Down) 10:46 [2] 2.04 km (5:16 / km) +2m 5:15 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Friday Jul 20, 2018 #
Cycling (Commute) 35:00 [0]
Running 28:36 [3] 5.21 km (5:29 / km) +22m 5:23 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018 #
Cycling (Commute) 35:00 [0]
Running 43:56 [3] 8.26 km (5:19 / km) +144m 4:53 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018 #
Cycling (Commute) 35:00 [0]
Running (Warm Up) 12:52 [2] 2.54 km (5:04 / km) +3m 5:03 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Running intervals 36:38 7.15 km (5:07 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
I quite enjoy training by myself, but man it is so much easier with someone else!! Had Kirstin pushing me along tonight which was great. I'd lead for the first 700m, then she'd push past for the final 300m.
Got a bit excited on the first 2 due to the fact I had company, so was waiting for the inevitable crash, but it never happened. Even survived the final rep for the first time.
3.31, 3.30, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32
24, 24, 24, 24
Running (Warm Down) 14:09 [2] 2.48 km (5:42 / km) +13m 5:33 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Sunday Jul 15, 2018 #
Running 47:28 [3] 8.49 km (5:35 / km) +134m 5:11 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Both calves pretty tight to start with after yesterday, but loosened up eventually.
Saturday Jul 14, 2018 #
Running (Warm Up) 12:06 [2] 2.4 km (5:02 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Running race 18:56 [3] 5.05 km (3:45 / km) +7m 3:43 / km
Little tester pre-WOC. Not really knowing what to expect but hoping for anything between 18.00 and 18.30 really. But this was just shite. Actually felt like I was running strongly so was very demoralised to look down and see that I'd only just gone under 19mins. Could have been even worse if the nice guy I was running with didn't keep yelling at me to hold onto him.
Could blame the wind on the way back, but it really wasn't that bad for Cramond. Ultimately just not as fit as I want to be. Which is very frustrating as I've been able to do so much more training/speedwork than previous years with my foot, but seem to be doing worse in running and sprint races.
Running (Warm Down) 10:44 [2] 1.91 km (5:37 / km) +41m 5:04 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Running (Warm Up) 10:14 [2] 2.01 km (5:05 / km) +4m 5:02 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Orienteering 14:43 [4] 3.44 km (4:17 / km) +4m 4:15 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Trying to focus only on the nav but still found myself thinking about how slow I felt. Jonny added some fake walls which made it a lot trickier. Had to stop quite a bit to plan a route, but even then was taking the wrong ones quite a lot of the time.
Running (Warm Down) 8:40 [2] 1.7 km (5:06 / km) +3m 5:03 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Thursday Jul 12, 2018 #
Cycling (Commute) 35:00 [0]
Running 44:40 [3] 7.77 km (5:45 / km) +209m 5:04 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Tuesday Jul 10, 2018 #
Cycling (Commute) 35:00 [0]
Running (Warm Up) 12:44 [2] 2.66 km (4:47 / km) +3m 4:46 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Running intervals 37:23 7.38 km (5:04 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
5x 1km (2mins) followed by 4x 150m
Legs feeling very heavy but still managing to hit the times. Still couldn't hold the pace on the last rep again. But slightly better than last week.
3.31, 3.32, 3.31, 3.32, 3.34
24, 24, 24, 24
Running (Warm Down) 14:53 [2] 2.62 km (5:40 / km) +12m 5:33 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Sunday Jul 8, 2018 #
Cycling 21:35 [2] 5.88 km (3:40 / km) +101m 3:23 / km
Running 1:01:46 [3] 10.99 km (5:37 / km) +278m 4:59 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Was nice to run in the pentlands again :)
Cycling 17:34 [1] 5.96 km (2:57 / km) +28m 2:53 / km
Note
Saturday Jul 7, 2018 #
Running (Warm Up) 11:46 [2] 2.26 km (5:12 / km) +2m 5:11 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Orienteering 14:04 [4] 3.18 km (4:25 / km) +38m 4:10 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Plan for this session was to make sure I always had a plan for the leg ahead, rather than focusing on running fast like I have in the past few races. Also trying to have full focus throughout the course and not start drifting off into how good/bad I am running or how hard it feels.
Mostly fine apart from 5 when I unfolded the map to read ahead for 6, then lost where I was on the map combined with realising the control was actually on the other side of the wall to where I'd originally been running. Couldn't get into 6 as it was all fenced off but didn't make a difference to the next leg.
Running (Warm Down) 7:28 [2] 1.37 km (5:26 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Running (Warm Up) 9:49 [2] 1.75 km (5:36 / km) +21m 5:16 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Orienteering 14:20 [3] 3.21 km (4:28 / km) +25m 4:17 / km
Fast downhill start for the first and third controls. Had trouble planning the leg to 4 as I couldn't read the map running down the stairs. Went right to 6 as Jonny had spent a long time climbing the bank going left and told me not to go there. Navigated well through the housing estate at the top of the hill. Then went down someone's driveway instead of the alleyway at 11.
Was quite surprised to realise I only had 2 controls left after this and it seemed to go by so quickly. So tried to put a bit of effort in to the finish. Legs absolutely done by this point!
Running (Warm Down) 10:52 [2] 1.98 km (5:30 / km) +12m 5:20 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Friday Jul 6, 2018 #
Cycling (Commute) 20:00 [0]
Cycling 1:45:07 [3] 33.01 km (3:11 / km) +353m 3:01 / km
Stunning day, super warm. Went on a cool path from Dalkeith to Eskbank that I haven't been on in a long time through some really nice open woodland. Great fun. :)
Thursday Jul 5, 2018 #
Cycling (Commute) 35:00 [0]
Running 53:06 [3] 9.55 km (5:33 / km) +169m 5:06 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Wednesday Jul 4, 2018 #
Cycling (Commute) 35:00 [0]
Running (Warm Up) 12:40 [2] 2.66 km (4:46 / km) +2m 4:44 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Running intervals 36:57 7.21 km (5:07 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
5x1km (2mins) followed by 4x150m
Had the track completely to myself which was very bizarre but awesome. Took a long time for me to figure out where everyone was...then realised it was a Wednesday!
Felt surprisingly good for most of the session, running a lot faster than I thought I'd be able to. Until the last one when I completely blew up...breathing was super wheezy and legs were wobbling. Took a solid 5mins to get my breathing/heart rate under control.
3.32, 3.32, 3.32, 3.32, 3.35
24, 24, 24, 24
Running (Warm Down) 13:43 [2] 2.53 km (5:26 / km) +15m 5:16 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Sunday Jul 1, 2018 #
Running (Warm Up) 11:46 [2] 2.16 km (5:27 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
Orienteering race 40:55 [4] 8.98 km (4:34 / km) +2m 4:33 / km
shoes: Mizuno Enigma 3
10th
(10th overall)
Started off conservatively as I knew it was long and hot. And normally I start way too fast at normal sprint pace so really made an effort to pace myself. Fine for first 4 controls then started running to wrong side of the wall for 5, even though I'd read the description. Lost 45secs here. Again messed up at 10 with the exact same mistake. Panicked leaving 11 with all the market people everywhere and ended up running 2 sides of a triangle.
By this stage I was really struggling and let my mind take over. Never have enjoyed urbans and just got so grumpy with how boring the course was and how badly I was feeling physically. Lots of walking in/out of controls from 12-20 then Meg caught me (2mins) and put in a bit of an effort until the spectator run through. By this stage the heat had really got to me and stumbled round the last loop so slowly.
Finished 5mins behind the leader. So obviously not happy with that. But some positives to take as without my big time loss at 5, I wasn't too far off the pace for the first 15mins at least.