Training Log Archive: jgreen

work was really exhausting today... too many days with an afternoon nap session in the past made today very long...
maybe i will be up to going for a run tomorrow, but for the time being i am happy to get stronger while i rest :-).

Course 1 - M21E - Splits

Course 1 - M21E - Splits

better run than i expected.
several mistakes howeve that put me back from my expecte position.
90 seconds up the hill to 3, then at 6 the brazillian pulled a fast one, and bluffed his way past the control with me 5 meters from it... and i spent 4 mins looking for the control. uge caught me and then i battled to lose him, only on the long down hill to 13 and onto the map exchange did i pull a gap, and caught the brazillian properly.
dropped the brazillian at 19 after see sawing with him, with a number of in the circle errors on my part, and a toilet stop.
i though i would battle to get close to 2 hrs for the 15km course so was really happy with 1h48, till i found out the winning time and the rest of the south african times. even without my mistakes i was off the pace.
thoes extra 2kg's are getting heavy...
my ankle held up well, only a couple of twinges, but i fell hard on my ribs and have bruised them.
tomorrows 11.5 will be a long run for me.. I could do with a rest day.

Course 1 - M21E - Splits

a pretty good start to the race but then pulled my ankle a bit.
also had a poor route choice to number 9 keeping right with an extra loop on the end, cost me about 40 secs, and shocker number 10 eventually relocating off the graveyard. lost 3 mins, then from 11 to 12 I ran with a 90degree error on the map as though i wazs doing 12 to 13, then was surprised to not find a ditch. another 3 mins.
biggest error however was missing control 15 completely... never even saw it even though i was checking my control description often. i guess i was pretty dehydrated in the heat and maybe didn't recover well from the hot run yesterday.

Event: Big 5 Orienteering Week (WRE)
 

not a bad race. good start, but kept messing about in the circle. then ran out of go on the second half.
caughht uge at the first control, a bit with a control in the bottom.
we then see sawed for 4 controls until the long leg where different routes got me 60 seconds ahead.
then small fluffs at 10 and 11 dropped it to 30 seconds.
the next long leg i lost sight of him and upped the pace for the last 4 controls.
so should have been about 4 mins quicker, 2 with mistakes, and 2 with the extra 2 kgs that i put on over the festive season.
fun to be out in the forrest again...

Course 1 M21E - Splits

packing for the big 5 o week.
gonna be lots of fun and hard work..