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Sunday Mar 11, 2007 #
Back, core and achilles 10:00 [2]
slept:6.0 weight:78.4kg
Running warm up/down 12:00 [2] 1.9 mi (6:19 / mi)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Ascent II
Real Orienteering race (Bungal) 1:13:10 [3] *** 9.6 km (7:37 / km) +330m 6:30 / km
spiked:15/16c shoes: Mizuno Wave Ascent II
8.8 k straight line course. The first 'official' Sludge event.
A real contrast to yesterday. Vague spur gully, incised by deep gorges. Soft underfoot in comparison, which my feet appreciated. They also appreciated the shift back to the trail shoes. Ran reasonably well. Felt slow at times, but so I should. Cooler weather. One error that cost maybe two minutes. A lapse in cencentration right near the end of the course. Not sure if I 'won' Sledge, because I'm not sure who qualifies. One rumour is anyone who runs faster than Prez on the day is out... but if I repeat that rumour I'm out. That was Phatmax's error.
A real contrast to yesterday. Vague spur gully, incised by deep gorges. Soft underfoot in comparison, which my feet appreciated. They also appreciated the shift back to the trail shoes. Ran reasonably well. Felt slow at times, but so I should. Cooler weather. One error that cost maybe two minutes. A lapse in cencentration right near the end of the course. Not sure if I 'won' Sledge, because I'm not sure who qualifies. One rumour is anyone who runs faster than Prez on the day is out... but if I repeat that rumour I'm out. That was Phatmax's error.
Saturday Mar 10, 2007 #
Event: Eureka Challenge Weekend
Back, core and achilles 10:00 [3]
MTB (Not O) warm up/down 13:00 [2] 4.0 km (3:15 / km)
Running warm up/down 12:00 [2]
shoes: Sarva - no metal
Real Orienteering race (Petticoat Gully) 1:14:00 [3] *** 8.85 km (8:22 / km) +270m 7:15 / km
spiked:18/25c shoes: Sarva - no metal
Curates egg of a run.
Started without a compass, so went back and got it and started again.
Rolled ankle twice in first kilometre. Ilka is right about the lack of ankle support in the Sarvas.
Very sore feet by the two third mark. Feet don't like the hard soles. Evan is interested in this set of shoes, so I may sell them to him. I'm wearing trail runners again tomorrow while he tests the Sarvas. Lets see what he thinks.
Main problem was lack of motivation in the heat. By the fifth control I had decided I wasn't going to bust a gut today. So rolled around the rest of the course. No major errors, but a few messy moments close to seven controls. Julie beat me on four of those, and was messy on the other three herself. Early days in the season.
The good news....
Well, another great course on a great gold mining map. Thats two for the season already! Jymbos and the Lawfords... thanks. And it ain't over yet. To come are Petticoat Gully, Deadman's Flat and Creswick Diggings at SL level. Then in the local series there will be Jymbos Skins event on Diamond Hill and my Ironman on the as yet only partially mapped Peg Leg Gully. What a great year of gold mining.
Oh, and Liggo somehow left work and got to orienteering!
Started without a compass, so went back and got it and started again.
Rolled ankle twice in first kilometre. Ilka is right about the lack of ankle support in the Sarvas.
Very sore feet by the two third mark. Feet don't like the hard soles. Evan is interested in this set of shoes, so I may sell them to him. I'm wearing trail runners again tomorrow while he tests the Sarvas. Lets see what he thinks.
Main problem was lack of motivation in the heat. By the fifth control I had decided I wasn't going to bust a gut today. So rolled around the rest of the course. No major errors, but a few messy moments close to seven controls. Julie beat me on four of those, and was messy on the other three herself. Early days in the season.
The good news....
Well, another great course on a great gold mining map. Thats two for the season already! Jymbos and the Lawfords... thanks. And it ain't over yet. To come are Petticoat Gully, Deadman's Flat and Creswick Diggings at SL level. Then in the local series there will be Jymbos Skins event on Diamond Hill and my Ironman on the as yet only partially mapped Peg Leg Gully. What a great year of gold mining.
Oh, and Liggo somehow left work and got to orienteering!
Friday Mar 9, 2007 #
Back, core and achilles 10:00 [3]
weight:77.8kg (rest day)
Rest day today. Maybe an easy bike ride tonight.
Here is the remains of my map from Wednesdays street O. I present this as circumstancial evidence of rain in Bendigo. I protected my map better than most.
Here is the remains of my map from Wednesdays street O. I present this as circumstancial evidence of rain in Bendigo. I protected my map better than most.
Thursday Mar 8, 2007 #
Running warm up/down 33:40 [2] 6.3 km (5:21 / km) +20m 5:16 / km
shoes: Mizuno Wave Ascent II
Running intervals 8:13 [5] 2.1 km (3:55 / km) +10m 3:49 / km
shoes: Mizuno Wave Ascent II
After running for a while, one experiences that wonderful feeling of an endorphin day. Running feels like floating on air. Your find you are fast when you check the lap time. ...
Today was definately not one of those days!
The aim was to do 4 or 5 * 1k intervals around Lake Tom Thumb. A strong southerly made for a cool temperature but also created a struggle when running south. That's not the reason for the endorphin drought though. It was that leaden leg feeling. After two reps I gave up and just jogged for two more ks..
I think I have 30 leaden leg days to each endorphin day. How does one change that ratio?
Today was definately not one of those days!
The aim was to do 4 or 5 * 1k intervals around Lake Tom Thumb. A strong southerly made for a cool temperature but also created a struggle when running south. That's not the reason for the endorphin drought though. It was that leaden leg feeling. After two reps I gave up and just jogged for two more ks..
I think I have 30 leaden leg days to each endorphin day. How does one change that ratio?
Back, core and achilles 10:00 [4]
slept:7.0 weight:77.6kg
Intensity 4 for those push ups and pullups. Its a long way to where I used to be when I trained for climbing!
Wednesday Mar 7, 2007 #
MTB (Not O) 41:00 [3] 12.1 km (3:23 / km) +135m 3:13 / km
Back on the bike, riding the tracks of BreakODay. Two options.
1. Training on technical terrain to win my next MTBO event.
2. Giving the ankles and knees a rest.
If you have to think you don't know me.
1. Training on technical terrain to win my next MTBO event.
2. Giving the ankles and knees a rest.
If you have to think you don't know me.
Running race 58:55 [3] * 10.93 km (5:23 / km) +115m 5:07 / km
shoes: Mizuno Wave Ascent II
LIFE IN A LEVEL 4 TOWN
A different street O tonight. My personal aim was to cover 12k in the hour. An insignificant achievement for some. I'd be very happy to do this. For the first 20 minutes I was on schedule. Then it started raining. Light at first, but then heavier as the storm cloud passed over head. No plastic bag! In fact, no-one had a plastic bag. Bendigonians don't expect rain anymore! New skills and tactics came into play. Running with a stoop to try and protect the map. Map memory between shelter where you could read the map. After the rain passed, map folding gave way to map peeling. Thumbing the map took on a new meaning after the thumb erased one of the controls from my map. Missed it entirely. So the thumb went to dead areas of the map. People straggled in according to how much of their map was left to navigate from. Scores were quite low. In retrospect, I missed my chance to win. All it required was a map bag!
A different street O tonight. My personal aim was to cover 12k in the hour. An insignificant achievement for some. I'd be very happy to do this. For the first 20 minutes I was on schedule. Then it started raining. Light at first, but then heavier as the storm cloud passed over head. No plastic bag! In fact, no-one had a plastic bag. Bendigonians don't expect rain anymore! New skills and tactics came into play. Running with a stoop to try and protect the map. Map memory between shelter where you could read the map. After the rain passed, map folding gave way to map peeling. Thumbing the map took on a new meaning after the thumb erased one of the controls from my map. Missed it entirely. So the thumb went to dead areas of the map. People straggled in according to how much of their map was left to navigate from. Scores were quite low. In retrospect, I missed my chance to win. All it required was a map bag!
Tuesday Mar 6, 2007 #
Running warm up/down 44:42 [3] 6.86 km (6:31 / km) +45m 6:19 / km
Running hills 21:48 [5] 2.76 km (7:54 / km) +270m 5:18 / km
shoes: Mizuno Wave Ascent II
COLD HANDS!
Hill runs in the morning may need to be reevaluated. If my hands are cold, it is probably feasible to run at night.
Hill runs in the morning may need to be reevaluated. If my hands are cold, it is probably feasible to run at night.
Monday Mar 5, 2007 #
Running 37:00 [2] 5.5 km (6:44 / km) +60m 6:23 / km
shoes: Sarva - no metal
This was meant to be an easy run to wear in the new shoes. I was apprehensive of blisters. Some lessons learnt.
1. Lower heel counter. After 200 metres I had to change the lacing pattern from vanilla to something more complicated.
2. Less cushioning. After 700 meters I knew never to use these shoes for street orienteering. After that it was terrain running in the forest for the rest of the morning... well not quite.
3. Less ankle support. After 2.5 k I twisted my left ankle. Expletives rang through the morning forest. Any observer would have been wondering what was going on. Despite the initial pain, the ankle soon recovered and I ran off carefully. Fifty metres later I twisted it again. More expletives. After another ecovery, I headed very very carefully for the nerest even track and home by the shortest well graded route.
4. No hot spots at the end. But application of ice required.
I think these shoes will do for running in terrain. They may even be suitable for a rogaine. But strapping will be required. I'm not going to strap for my terrain training around home, so another pair of shoes will be required. At this rate, I'll be the Imelda marcos of running shoes.
1. Lower heel counter. After 200 metres I had to change the lacing pattern from vanilla to something more complicated.
2. Less cushioning. After 700 meters I knew never to use these shoes for street orienteering. After that it was terrain running in the forest for the rest of the morning... well not quite.
3. Less ankle support. After 2.5 k I twisted my left ankle. Expletives rang through the morning forest. Any observer would have been wondering what was going on. Despite the initial pain, the ankle soon recovered and I ran off carefully. Fifty metres later I twisted it again. More expletives. After another ecovery, I headed very very carefully for the nerest even track and home by the shortest well graded route.
4. No hot spots at the end. But application of ice required.
I think these shoes will do for running in terrain. They may even be suitable for a rogaine. But strapping will be required. I'm not going to strap for my terrain training around home, so another pair of shoes will be required. At this rate, I'll be the Imelda marcos of running shoes.
Back, core and achilles 10:00 [2]
slept:7.3 weight:78kg
Note
Replacing a lense of my glasses.
Not so simple. I have lenses that respond to UV light and transform into sun glasses. But apparently they change colour with time. Do I want to have different colour lenses. ... Maybe I don't want to lose what little facial symmetry I have. OK.. two lenses.
of course, with the cost of two lenses being so high, I notice its five years since your last sight assessment. At your age your vision will be changing quickly. Perhaps you should get a test first.... OK When can you do it?
In a month or so..... But what about the inconvenience now....
Solution. buy a pair of cheap frames with cheap lenses on the existing orienteering prescription. Pickthem up Wednesday.
And think about solving the empty expensive frame in the longer term.
Not so simple. I have lenses that respond to UV light and transform into sun glasses. But apparently they change colour with time. Do I want to have different colour lenses. ... Maybe I don't want to lose what little facial symmetry I have. OK.. two lenses.
of course, with the cost of two lenses being so high, I notice its five years since your last sight assessment. At your age your vision will be changing quickly. Perhaps you should get a test first.... OK When can you do it?
In a month or so..... But what about the inconvenience now....
Solution. buy a pair of cheap frames with cheap lenses on the existing orienteering prescription. Pickthem up Wednesday.
And think about solving the empty expensive frame in the longer term.